196 Eph. v. 5.

197 So Jerome, although the Vulg. has "is."

198 Col. iii. 5, Col. iii. 6.

199 Matt. xxvi. 15.

200 Publicarum libidinum victimae; words borrowed from Tertullian, de C. F. II. 12.

201 Rom. xii. 1.

202 Acts v., Ananias and Sapphira.

203 Luke xiv. 33.

204 Matt. iv. 18-20.

205 Matt. ix. 9.

206 Matt. viii. 20.

207 Rom. viii. 17.

208 Matt. xix. 21.

209 Matt. xix. 12.

210 Wisd. i. 11.

211 Luke xvi. 13.

212 Luke ix. 23.

213 1 Joh. ii. 6.

214 Matt. xiii. 58.

215 Luke iv. 24.

216 Joh. vi. 15.

217 In the sacrament of baptism.

218 1 Cor. ix. 13, 1 Cor. ix. 14.

219 Matt. iii. 10.

220 Luke xxi. 1-4.

221 Cf. Letter CXLVI.

222 1 Cor. v. 5.

223 Deut. xvii. 5, Deut. xvii. 12.

224 1 Tim. iii. 1.

225 1 Tim. iii. 2, 1 Tim. iii. 3.

226 1 Tim. iii. 8-10.

227 Matt. xxii. 11-13.

228 Luke xix. 23.

229 1 Tim. iii. 13.

230 1 Cor. xi. 27.

231 Rev. ii. 6.

232 1 Cor. xi. 28.

233 Susannah 45 sqq.

234 Amos vii. 14.

235 1 Sam. xvi. 11-13.

236 Luke xiv. 10.

237 Isa. lxvi. 2.

238 Luke xii. 48.

239 Wisd. vi. 6.

240 Matt. xii. 36.

241 Matt. v. 21, Matt. v. 22.

242 Matt. xxvii. 51.

243 Rev. ii. 5.

244 Luke xiv. 28.

245 Matt. v. 13.

246 Rev. xxi. 19, Rev. xxi. 20.

247 From Cyprian, Letter I. 14 (to Donatus).

248 Luke vi. 20.

249 From Cyprian, Letter LXXVII. 2 (to Nemesianus).

250 Joh. xiii. 10.

251 Rom. viii. 18.

252 1 Cor. xv. 53.

253 Matt. xxiv. 46.

254 1 Thess. iv. 16.

255 Luke ii. 7.

256 From Tertullian, de Spect. xxx.

257 Matt. xxvii. 28, Matt. xxvii. 29.

258 Joh. viii. 48.

259 Matt. xxvii. 64.

260 Joh. xix. 23.

261 Cant. ii. 15.

262 Cant. iv. 12.

263 Rom. i. 8: I thank my God through Jesus Christ for you all that your faith is spoken of throughout the whole world.

264 I.e. holy baptism; cf. Gal. iii. 27.

265 Matt. xiii. 46.

266 Matt. xxiv. 28.

267 Matt. xiii. 22, Matt. xiii. 23.

268 Mal. iv. 2.

269 Luke x. 18.

270 Isa. xiv. 12.

271 Matt. v. 14.

272 Matt. v. 13.

273 2 Tim. ii. 20.

274 Rev. ii. 27.

275 Matt. xvi. 18.

276 Ex. xii. 22.

277 Gen. vii. 23.

278 I.e. the bread of the Eucharist, at this time sent by one bishop to another in token of communion; or possibly the allusion is different, and what Jerome means to say is: "You are the oracle of God, but owing to my present situation I cannot consult you."

279 Certain bishops banished from their sees by Valens. See Letter III.

280 The three rival claimants of the see of Antioch. See note on Letter XVI.

281 Matt. xii. 30.