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Canon Muratorianus

Caius

Section 2

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Author: Caius

2. Moreover, the Acts of all the Apostles are comprised by

‹ Salutation / Introduction Section 3 ›

Luke

in

one

book

,

and

addressed

to

the

most

excellent

Theophilus

,

because

these

different

events

took

place

when

he

was

present

himself

;

and

he

shows

this

clearly

—

i

.

e

.

,

that

the

principle

on

which

he

wrote

was

,

to

give

only

what

fell

under

his

own

notice

—

by

the

omission

of

the

passion

of

Peter

,

and

also

of

the

journey

of

Paul

,

when

he

went

from

the

city

—

Rome

—

to

Spain

.

Notes

12
The text is, “semote passionem Petri,” etc., for which Westcott reads “semotâ.” [A noteworthy statement.]