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apostolicfathers0201clem - Carmel Apologetics

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49^ EPISTLE OF S. POLYCARP.<br />

In V. 21 the line of seven feet, and in ver. 22 the substitution of lepoTrSXei<br />

(perhaps 'lepoirriXei) for 'lepairoXet, are justified (despite the metre) by the epitaph of<br />

Alexander.<br />

It is plain that this curious epitaph, existing at Hieropolis and attracting public<br />

attention there, was the text for the story in the Life. As I have stated elsewhere<br />

(Colossians p. 55), it seems to me that the allegorical character of the inscription,<br />

which appears in the Good Shepherd -with the great eyes, in the flocks on mountain<br />

and plain, in the fish and the fountain, extends likewise to the circumstances connected<br />

with the visit to Rome. The people, whom he saw stamped with the bright seal, are<br />

the baptised Christians, in accordance with a common metaphorical sense of ff

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