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26 EPISTLES OF S. IGNATIUS.
ficance which some late fathers and many modern critics have
assigned
to it, this silence, though it would have little weight against the unanimous
testimony of all the direct authorities, might have demanded an
explanation. But in fact Theophorus v/as a second name of Ignatius,
and nothing more. Examples of these second names, introduced in the
very form which we find in the openings of the Ignatian Epistles (o /cat
©eo^opos), abound in the inscriptions.
A few of these have been given
in the notes (ii. p. 22); but, if it were necessary, instances might be
multipHed manifold. Illustrations also might be gathered from extant
authors. Thus a nearly contemporary writer, Aristides, mentions a
person, '
Sedatus by name, but originally Theophilus
'
iyOrat.
26 S^/Saros
oi/o/Aa, TO 8' apxa-lov 0eo^tXo5, Oj>. I. p. 506, ed. Dindorf). So too Josephus
speaks in one place of ' Diodotus also surnamed Tryphon ' (Ant xiii.
5. I AtdSoTos o Koi Tpvc})(i}v e7riK\7/6'£t), in another of 'Joseph also called
Caiaphas ' (Ant xviii. 3. 2 'Iwarjiro's u kol Kaia'^as), besides several other
exarnples which this author alone could furnish. And so again in later
writers, both Greek and Latin. Thus Eusebius (as reproduced by
Syncellus) speaks of the Roman emperor as MapKos AvpyXto^ 6 koI
OuT/pos (Chnvi. II. p. 170, Schone), and elsewhere describes him as
M. Aupr/A.tos Ovripo%
o Kai 'AvTwvtvos {H. E. iv. 14). In Hke manner
Socrates [H. E. i. 30) tells of 'Axad/3 6 koI TwavyTys, and Jerome (Catal.
80) of ' Firmianus qui et Lactantius ' ; while Cyprian {Epist. 66) styles
himself ' Cyprianus qui et Thascius,' at the same time addressing a
friend who is
designated ' Florentius qui et Puppianus'.'
The reasons for assuming another name either in place of or in addition
to the original name may be various. In some cases it was a mark
of personal affection or respect for some friend or patron. Thus Josephus
mentions one of his sons ' '
Simonides also surnamed Agrippa (Jos.
Vit.
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