Section 2

Notes

1. 13

   Isa. vi. 1–9. The quotations are from LXX. version.

2. 14

   μυστήριον is, in the Greek Fathers, equivalent to the Latin Sacramentum.—Tr.

3. 15

   Prov. viii. 9.

4. 16

   ἱεράτευμα. Perhaps less definitely priesthood. Acc. Arist. it is ἡ περὶ τοὺς θεοὺς ἐπιμέλεια. The cult and ordinances of religion to be observed especially by the priests, whose business it is to celebrate the excellence of God.—Tr.

5. 17

   κατὰ τὴν εὐδοκίαν. Allusion is made to Eph. i. 5, According to the good pleasure of God, and His decree for the salvation of man. Less aptly Pantinus renders, ob propensam secæm in nos voluntatem.—Tr.

6. 18

   “One and the same essence.” This is the famous ὁμοουσιοςof the Nicene Council.—Tr.

7. 19

   ἱεροφάντης, teacher of the divine oracles. This, which is the technical term for the presiding priest at Eleusis, and the Greek translation of the Latin “Pontifex Maximus,” is by our author applied to St. Paul.—Tr.

8. 20

   2 Cor. v. 19.