[56] Literally, “perform the liturgy” = “serve the (public) service.” [↑]

[57] Here we have the Christist expression. [↑]

[58] This may have been a Jesuist allusion to Bar Cochab, about the year 135. [↑]

[59] Or “outspreading.” [↑]

[60] An early support for the “Conditional Immortality Association.” [↑]

Appendix B

THE MYTH OF SIMON MAGUS

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