[1074] Metaphorical expression for perfect. The phrase “a quadrangular man” is found in Plato and Aristotle.
[1075] 2 Cor. v. 1, 7.
[1076] Ex. xxxiv. 29.
[1077] Matt. v. 48.
[1078] John xiii. 33.
[1079] This is cited by Diogenes Laertius as the first dictum of Epicurus. It is also referred to as such by Cicero, De Natura Deorum, and others.
[1080] In opposition to the heretical opinion, that those who are saved have an innate original excellence, on account of which they are saved.
[1081] Or, “elected”—χειροτονούμενος. Acts xiv. 23, “And when they had ordained (χειροτονήσαντες) them elders in every church.” A different verb (καθίστημι) is used in Tit. i. 5.
[1082] Presbytery or eldership.
[1083] πρωτοκαθεδρία, Mark xii. 39, Luke xx. 46.