c. 36) of the “Apostolic sees presiding over their own places”—­referring to an arrangement then recently made which recognised the precedence of Churches to which Apostles had ministered.  This arrangement, which was unknown in the time of Ignatius, was suggested by the disturbances and divisions created by the heretics.  Though the words in the text may be quoted in support of the claims of the bishop of Rome, they do not necessarily imply his presidency over all Churches, but they plainly acknowledge his position as at the head of the Churches of Italy.

[411:1] See Euseb. iii. 36.

[411:2] See preceding note, p. 406.

[411:3] “Corpus Ignatianum,” Intro, p. 86, note.

[412:1] See “Corpus Ignatianum,” pp. 265, 267, 269, 271, 286.

[412:2] See Blunt’s “Right Use of the Early Fathers.”  First Series.  Lectures v. and vi.

[414:1] It would be very unfair to follow up this comparison by speaking of the Trustees of the British Museum, as the representatives of hierarchical pride and power, proceeding, like Tarquin at the instigation of his augurs, to give a high price for the manuscripts.  We believe that these gentlemen have rendered good service to the cause of truth and literature by the purchase.

[414:2] Bunsen rather reluctantly admits that the highest literary authority of the present century, the late Dr Neander, declined to recognise even the Syriac version of the Ignatian Epistles.  See “Hippolytus and his Age,” iv.  Preface, p. 26.

[415:1] See “Corpus Ignat.”  Introd. p. 51.

[416:1] Thus, in his “Epistle to the Corinthians,” Clemens Romanus, on one occasion, (Sec. 16,) quotes the whole of the 53d chapter of Isaiah; and, on another, (Sec. 18,) the whole of the 51st Psalm, with the exception of the last two verses.

[416:2] How different from the course pursued by Clement of Rome and by Polycarp!  Thus, Clement says to the Corinthians—­“Let us do as it is written,” and then goes on to quote several passages of Scripture.  Sec. 13.  Polycarp says—­“I trust that ye are well exercised in the Holy Scriptures” and then proceeds, like Clement, to make some quotations.  Sec. 12.

[416:3] Phil. iii. 3.

[416:4] Eph. vi. 17.

[416:5] Heb. xii. 1, 2.

[416:6] “Epistle to Polycarp.”  Lest the plain English reader should believe that the folly of the original is exaggerated in the translation, I beg to say that, here and elsewhere, the English version of Dr Cureton is given word for word.

[417:1] Sec. 8.

[417:2] See Period II. sec. ii. chap. ii. p. 403.

[417:3] Epistle to Philemon, 10.

[418:1] See Daille, lib. ii. c. 13. p. 316.

[418:2] According to some accounts, Timothy presided over the Church of Ephesus until nearly the close of the first century, when he was succeeded by Gaius.  See Daille, ii. c. 13.  Some attempt to get over the difficulty by alleging that there was a second Onesimus in Ephesus, who succeeded Gaius, but of this there is no evidence whatever.  The writer who thought that Ignatius had been at school with Polycarp, also believed, and with greater reason, that he was contemporary with the Onesimus of the New Testament.