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270 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES<br />

fidpTva-iv 'TrpoKe-^eipoTOVij/uLevois (<strong>Acts</strong> x. 41 ; cf. xiii.<br />

31)—all <strong>the</strong>se things happened as had been fore-<br />

told in Holy Scripture ; just <strong>the</strong> subjects which St.<br />

Paul specifies as fulfilments <strong>of</strong> prophecy, and to<br />

which he himself bears witness that <strong>the</strong>y formed <strong>the</strong><br />

content <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> Apostolic teaching (1 Cor. xv. 1—11<br />

irapeScoKa o koi TrapeXa^ov . . . Kara Tag ypa(j)dg<br />

. . , eiT€ ovv iyco e'lre cKetvoh ovrcog Kr]pv(rcroiuLev koI<br />

oihrm e-jria-Teverare). In <strong>the</strong> <strong>Acts</strong> (including <strong>the</strong><br />

speeches <strong>of</strong> St. Paul) <strong>the</strong> <strong>the</strong>oretical and practical<br />

content <strong>of</strong> Christian doctrine is not unfrequently<br />

summed up in <strong>the</strong> term " ^ 6^69 " ; in 1 Cor. iv. 17<br />

St. Paul speaks <strong>of</strong> Ta9 o^ovg /mov Tag ev XpicrTO), KaOoog<br />

iravTa-^ov ev Tracr^ eKKXyjcrla SiSdcrKCi).<br />

(28) In <strong>the</strong> <strong>Acts</strong> <strong>the</strong> power to work miracles and<br />

signs appears as part <strong>of</strong> <strong>the</strong> equipment <strong>of</strong> an apostle<br />

and missionary (<strong>Acts</strong> ii. 43 ; iii. 12 ;<br />

ff.<br />

viii. 6 ff. ;<br />

xiv. 3, &;c.) ; but also in 2 Cor. xii. 11 /• we read<br />

ovSev v

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