ΤΗΕ integrity of the Epistle to the Romans has been called in question mainly in connection with chaps. xv. and xvi. Partly on the ground of textual phenomena, partly on internal grounds, the authenticity of these chapters has been denied, in whole or in part ; and even among those who recognise chap. xvi. as Pauline, many are unable to recognise Rome as the place to which it was addressed. It will be convenient to consider (1) the questions raised by the position of the doxology, and the various endings; (2) questions raised by the internal character of. chap. xv.; and (3) questions connected with the character and destination of chap. xvi.
1. The position of the doxology, and the various endings. The facts in regard to the doxology are as follows :—
(a) It is given at xvi. 25-27, and there only, by NBCDE, Vulgate, Syriac, Memphitic, Aethiopic and Latin Fathers. This is by far the best attested position for it, and that which, owing to the respect of Erasmus for the Vulgate, it occupies in the received text.
(b) At xiv. 23, and there only, it is found in L, most cursives, Greek lectionaries, and Greek commentators except Origen. Pos- sibly the lectionaries explain its appearance at this point. The matter in chaps. xv. and xvi. being of a more personal or temporary interest was not likely to be chosen for reading in church. But in order that the great doxology, which was too short for a lesson by itself, might not be lost in public worship, it was appended to the last lesson before chap. xv.
(c) It is found both after xiv. 23 and at xvi. 25-27 in AP 17 arm.
(d) It is omitted in both places in FG, but F has space left after xvi. 24, in which f (the Latin of this bi-lingual MS.) has the doxology, while G has space left between chaps. xiv. and xv.
Besides this variety of MS. attestation, there are certain other facts to take into consideration. (a) There is the evidence of Origen (in his translator Rufinus) to the text in his time. It runs. as follows (ed. Lommatzsch, vii., p. 453): Caput hoc Marcion, a quo