[20] [2 Cor. xi, 4]; [Gal. i, 6]. [↑]
[21] Cp. [Rom. ix, 14–21]. [↑]
[22] [2 Cor. x, 5]. Needless to say, such an expression savours strongly of late invention; but in any case it tells of the attitude of the Christian teachers of the second century. [↑]
[23] [1 Cor. vii, 20–24] (where the phrase translated in English “use it rather” unquestionably means “rather continue” = remain a slave. Cp. [Eph. vi, 5], and Variorum Teacher’s Bible in loc.). [↑]
[24] [Rom. xiii, 1]. Cp. [1 Peter ii, 13–14]; [Tit. iii, 1]. The anti-Roman spirit in the Apocalypse is Judaic, not Gentile-Christian; the book being of Jewish origin. [↑]
[27] The Apology of Athenagoras (2nd c.) is rather a defence of monotheism than a Christian document; hence, no doubt, its speedy neglect by the Church. [↑]
[28] Justin Martyr, 1 Apol. c. 5; Min. Felix, Octavius, c. 10. [↑]