²⁴⁶⁹ Ezek. xvi. 25.

²⁴⁷⁰ Ezek. xxiii. 3.

²⁴⁷¹ Exod. xxxii. 4.

²⁴⁷² Ezek. xx. 25.

²⁴⁷³ 1 Tim. v. 11, 1 Tim. v. 12.

²⁴⁷⁴ Phil. iii. 13.

²⁴⁷⁵ As Judith cut off the head of Holofernes (Judith xiii.).

²⁴⁷⁶ Luke ii. 36-38.

²⁴⁷⁷ i.e. Jerome.

²⁴⁷⁸ Cant. i. 4. See the Preface to Origen on the Canticles translated in this volume.

²⁴⁷⁹ Rem maioris gloriae sequitur ut pater verbi sit potius quam interpres.

²⁴⁸⁰ i.e. St. Paul.

²⁴⁸¹ Or Pamphilus.

²⁴⁸² See this treatise in vol. iii. of this series. Rufinus with John of Jerusalem had been already accused of Origenism. See Letter LI. 6.

²⁴⁸³ For this adjuration comp. Rev. xxii. 18, Rev. xxii. 19, and Stieren's Irenaeus i. 821.

²⁴⁸⁴ Matt. xxv. 41.

²⁴⁸⁵ Matt. xxii. 13.

²⁴⁸⁶ Mark ix. 44.

²⁴⁸⁷ Chromatius and Eusebius of Aquileia.

²⁴⁸⁸ Concordia, near Aquileia.

²⁴⁸⁹ See the introduction to Letter CXVII.

²⁴⁹⁰ i.e. insincerely.

²⁴⁹¹ Plautus, Aul. ii. 2, 18.

²⁴⁹² Paulinian (of whose ordination an account is given in Letter LI.) had been sent to Italy by Jerome in a.d. 398 partly to counteract the proceedings of Rufinus and partly to sell the family property at Stridon (see Letter LXVI.

²⁴⁹³ Rufinus the Syrian, to be carefully distinguished from his more famous namesake (to whom this letter is addressed) of Aquileia. He was a monk in Jerome's monastery at Bethlehem.

²⁴⁹⁴ Gal. v. 15.

²⁴⁹⁵ Joh. xiv. 27.

²⁴⁹⁶ Matt. v. 9.

²⁴⁹⁷ 1 Cor. iv. 21.

²⁴⁹⁸ Cf. Heb. xii. 18.

²⁴⁹⁹ Ps. cxxxii. 1, LXX.

²⁵⁰⁰ Matt. xi 29.

²⁵⁰¹ Rom. xii. 18.

²⁵⁰² Jer. xi. 14, LXX.

²⁵⁰³ Matt. v. 23, Matt. v. 24.

²⁵⁰⁴ 1 Cor. xiv. 16, where in the Greek `giving of thanks0' is `eucharist.0'

²⁵⁰⁵ Matt. xxvi. 48, Matt. xxvi. 49: the kiss of peace formed an integral part of the eucharistic office from primitive till mediaeval times.

²⁵⁰⁶ Attributed by Cicero to Ennius.

²⁵⁰⁷ Prov. 1. 7.

²⁵⁰⁸ 1 Joh. iv. 18.

²⁵⁰⁹ 1 K. xii. 10.

²⁵¹⁰ Tarquin the Proud the last king of Rome was driven into exile because of his many acts of tyranny.

²⁵¹¹ Nu. xii. 3.

²⁵¹² Exod. xvii. 4.

²⁵¹³ Exod. xxxii. 31, Exod. xxxii. 32.

²⁵¹⁴ Joh. x. 11, RV.; Luke xv. 4, Luke xv. 5.

²⁵¹⁵ Rom. ix. 3, Rom. ix. 4, RV.

²⁵¹⁶ Eph. vi. 4.

²⁵¹⁷ John, Bishop of Jerusalem, who had accused Jerome of Origenism, a charge which was brought against himself by Epiphanius (see Letter LI.).

²⁵¹⁸ Jerome represents John as saying that he took advantage of a verse in the lesson "to preach on faith and all the dogmas of the Church (c. Joh. Jer. ii.).

²⁵¹⁹ Jerome now addresses John of Jerusalem.

²⁵²⁰ The Origenists.

²⁵²¹ The orthodox.

²⁵²² Philemon, 10.

²⁵²³ The highest and lowest offices in the Roman magistracy. Jerome insinuates that if the ordained slave was a common informer so also was John of Jerusalem.

²⁵²⁴ A hit at Rufinus.

²⁵²⁵ The statement that he had read 6000 volumes of Origen was attributed to Epiphanius by Rufinus and John of Jerusalem. Cf. Apol. c. Ruf. ii. c. 13.

²⁵²⁶ Paulinian, who had been ordained by Epiphanius.

²⁵²⁷ Sacerdotes; lit. `sacrificing priests.0'

²⁵²⁸ Not by himself but by Epiphanius.

²⁵²⁹ Otherwise Lydda, a town in the south of Judah at this time the seat of a bishopric.

²⁵³⁰ Aelia Capitolina was the name given by Hadrian to the colony established by him on the site of Jerusalem.

²⁵³¹ Nu. iv. 3, LXX. AV. follows the Hebrew.

²⁵³² 2 Cor. v. 17.

²⁵³³ 1 Tim. iv. 12.

²⁵³⁴ The word `presbyter0' means elder.

²⁵³⁵ Here as frequently in Jerome the word `sacerdos0' is used to denote a bishop.

²⁵³⁶ Probably Isidore, who had taken a view hostile to Jerome, and who at this time fell under the displeasure of Theophilus.

²⁵³⁷ The execution of the decree was stopped by the sudden death of the imperial minister Rufinus.

²⁵³⁸ John of Jerusalem.

²⁵³⁹ Ps. xxiv. 1.