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196 EPISTLES OF S. IGNATIUS.
(c)
Of the holy Ignatius, bishop of Antioch and martyr,
from his
Epistle to the Smyrnseans.
/ warn you of evil men, who are beasts and possess only the form of
men, that not only is it not right that you shotild receive thefn, bnt if it be
possible ye should not eve7i meet them, but only pray for them, that they
may repent, which is difficult, but Jesus Christ hath the power over this
{Smyrn. 4).
Brit. Mils. Add. 12 155, 'A volume of Demonstrations from the holy Fathers
against various heresies'; see Wright's Catalogue p. 921 sq, Cureton C. I. p. 358.
The probable date of this MS according to Wright (p. 954) is A. Gr. io58 = a.d. 747.
The Ignatian quotations occur as follows, (i) Philad. 3, on fol. in a (Wright p.
937). This must have been taken from the Syriac Version, for it closely resembles Sj,
e.g. in rendering cj^i^ovti a/coXou^et by 'adhaeret ei quiscindit ecclesiam.' (2) Smyrti.
6, on fol. 168 b (Wright p. 946). This is obviously taken from the quotation of
Timotheus (see above, p. i73sq), with which it
agrees almost z^tvi^a/m. (3) Ephes. 7,
also on fol. 168 b. This strongly resembles the quotation in Severus; but, as the
on fol.
translation is strictly literal, the coincidence is not conclusive. (4) Smyrn. 4,
262 a (Wright p. 954), a somewhat paraphrastic rendering which has no affinities
with the Syriac Version as represented by the Armenian. Besides these, there is on
fol. 56 a (Wright p. 929) the passage of Severus containing the quotations from
Magnesians, which are given above, p.
190 sq.
(2) Adv. Nestorianos [Anon. Syr.J.
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