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SPURIOUS AND INTERPOLATED EPISTLES. 255
of authorship. And the same conclusion follows from the style and
character of the epistle itself It is true that the strange expedient
of addressing Satan in a long monologue gives to this epistle a uniqueness,
which distinguishes
it from the other five ; and altogether the
writer has aimed at producing a more complete and systematic exposition
of his theological views here than in the other letters. But these
special features do not affect either the complexion of the theology or
the characteristics of style. In these respects I can only see such a
strong resemblance as points to the same mind and the same pen.
There is a recurrence of the same favourite theological terms as in the
other epistles; o 0eos twv oXcov (§
i ; comp. Trail. 3, Philad. 9, Smyrn. 9,
Ant. 3, Hero 7, Ephes. 7) and d [).6vo% d\7]0Lv6