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292 EPISTLES OF S. IGNATIUS.<br />

latter by (Sy When the case is thus stated, the fallacy of inferring the<br />

superior antiquity of the recension from the superior antiquity of the<br />

extant readings becomes apparent. Yet Ignatian critics, following<br />

Cureton's example, have repeatedly built upon this hollow foundation'.<br />

This is<br />

perhaps the proper place for considering<br />

a curious fact<br />

relating to the documentary evidence. The headings of the epistles in<br />

the Greek ms (the Mediceaii), which however contains only six of the<br />

seven letters, present remarkable differences in form. Taking them in<br />

the order in which they occur, we get the following titles :<br />

1.<br />

CMYpNAfoiC.<br />

2.<br />

npoc noAYKApnoN irNATioc.<br />

3. npoc e(})ecfoYC irNAxioc.<br />

4. M^rNHCieYCIN i(-NATIOC.<br />

5. M^rNHCieYCiN cJ)iAAAeA(t)eYCiN IrNATioc.<br />

6.<br />

jpAAAlANOIC irNATIOC.<br />

The word \xa.yvr]ai^v

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