On Idolatry — Chapter 17

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This is Oehler’s reading; Regaltius and Fr. Junius would read “liberti” = freedmen. I admit that in this instance I prefer their reading; among other reasons it answers better to “patronis” ="patrons.”

2

Majores. Of course the word may be rendered simply “ancients;” but I have kept the common meaning “forefathers.”

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“The judge condemns, the legislator fore-condemns.”—Rigaltius (Oehler.)

Chapter 17

Chapter XVII.—The Cases of Servants and Other Officials. What Offices a Christian Man May Hold.

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