[510] Matt. xx. 16; xxii. 14.
[511] 2 Sam. vi. 6, 7.
[512] 2 Kings xx. 12, 13.
[513] Dan. v. 1-3.
[514] Ex. xxv. 11.
[515] 1 Kings viii. 9.
[516] Ex. xxv. 22.
[517] Matt. xxi. 1-3.
[518] Ex. vii. 16.
[519] Matt. xxi. 12, 13, R.V.
[520] Matt. xxvii. 51.
[521] Matt. xxiii. 38.
[522] R.V. marg.
[523] Luke x. 41, 42.
[524] Cant. iii. 4.
[525] Cant. vi. 9.
[526] Gal. iv. 26.
[527] Cf. Gen. xxvi. 8.
[528] R.V.
[529] Cant. v. 2, 4, 8.
[530] Cant. iv. 12.
[531] Gen. xxxiv.
[532] Cant. iii. 2, 3.
[533] Matt. vii. 14.
[534] Cant. iii. 2; v. 6.
[535] Cant. v. 7.
[536] Cant. v. 2.
[537] Cant. i. 13.
[538] Cant. i. 7, R.V.
[539] Cant. i. 8, LXX.
[540] Prov. iv. 23.
[541] Matt. xxv. 33.
[542] Isa. xxvi. 20.
[543] Matt. vi. 6.
[544] Rev. iii. 20.
[545] Cant. v. 2, 3.
[546] Cant. v. 6.
[547] Eccles. x. 4, A.V., "the spirit of the ruler."
[548] Dan. vi. 10, LXX.
[549] Jer. ix. 21.
[550] Joh. v. 44, R.V.
[551] Jer. ix. 24.
[552] 1 Cor. i. 31.
[553] Gal. i. 10.
[554] Gal. vi. 14, R.V. marg.
[555] Psa. xliv. 8; xxxiv. 2.
[556] Matt. vi. 3, 16-18.
[557] Ps. cxxxi. 1.
[558] Matt. vi. 16.
[559] Ps. liii. 5, according to the Roman Psalter.
[560] Cucullis fabrefactis, ut ad infantiam redeant, imitantur noctuas et bubones.
[561] 1 Cor. xi. 14.
[562] 2 Tim. iii. 6, 7.
[563] Diomede. See Lucretius, v. 31, and Virgil, A. i. 752.
[564] Gen. iii. 1.
[565] 2 Cor. ii. 11.
[566] Cur mens diversa sit. The ordinary text has "menda."
[567] 1 Cor. vii. 9.
[568] 1 Cor. xv. 33.
[569] 1 Tim. v. 11, 12.
[570] Persius i. 104.
[571] 2 Cor. vi. 14, 15.
[572] Viz., the epistles of St. Paul. In like manner the Psalter was often called David.
[573] 1 Cor. viii. 10.
[574] Tit. i. 15.
[575] 1 Tim. iv. 4.
[576] 1 Cor. x. 21.
[577] Matt. vi. 21.
[578] Ps. vi. 5.
[579] Luke xvi. 12.
[580] Prov. xiii. 8, R.V.
[581] Matt. vi. 24.
[582] Matt. xiii. 7, 22.
[583] Matt. vi. 25.
[584] Matt. vi. 32.
[585] Matt. vi. 25, 26.
[586] 2 Cor. xii. 10, 7.
[587] Ps. xcvii. 8.
[588] Job i. 21.
[589] 1 Tim. vi. 7.
[590] Matt. vi. 2.
[591] Terence, Eun. 236.
[592] "The eucharist was at first preceded, but at a later date was more usually followed, by the agape or love-feast. The materials of this were contributed by the members of the congregation, all of whatever station sat down to it as equals, and the meal was concluded with psalmody and prayer." (Robertson, C. H., i. p. 235.) Scandals arose in connection with the practice, and it gradually fell into disuse, though even at a later date allusions to it are not infrequent.
[593] 1 Tim. vi. 10.
[594] Col. iii. 5.
[595] Matt. vi. 33.
[596] Ps. xxxvii. 25.
[597] 1 Kings xvii. 4, 6.
[598] 1 Kings xvii. 9-16.
[599] Acts iii. 6.
[600] 1 Tim. vi. 8.
[601] Gen. xxviii. 20, 21.
[602] Gen. xxxii. 5, 10.
[603] Luke xii. 15.
[604] Matt. xxvi. 15.
[605] Acts viii. 20.
[606] From koinos bios (koinos bios), a common life.
[607] Apparently an Egyptian word. It does not occur elsewhere.
[608] In commune viventes.
[609] From anachorein (anachorein), to withdraw.
[610] These were monks who lived under no settled rule, but collected in little groups of two and three, generally in some populous place. They seem to have practised all the arts whereby a reputation for sanctity may be won, while they disparaged those who led more regular lives. Cassian (Collat. xviii. 7) draws an unfavorable picture of them. See Bingham, Antiquities, vii. ii. 4, and Dict. Xt. Ant., s.v. Sarabaitæ.
[611] Pannonia, or possibly Syria.
[612] I.e. three o'clock.
[613] Decani, "leaders of ten."
[614] Cf. Letter LII.
[615] Ps. lv. 6.
[616] See Letter LXX. § 3, De Vir. Ill. xi.
[617] Josephus, The Jewish War, ii. 8.
[618] I.e. the hermit of that name. See his Life in vol. iii. of this series.
[619] Lam. iii. 27, 28, 30, 31.
[620] Lam. iii. 24
[621] 1 Thess. v. 17.
[622] In Jerome's time the seven canonical hours of prayer had not yet been finally fixed. He mentions, however, six which correspond to the later, Mattins, Terce, Sext, None, Vespers, and Nocturns. Cp. Letters CVII. § 9, CVIII. § 20, and CXXX § 15.
[623] Ps. l. 20.
[624] Rom. xiv. 4, R.V.
[625] Rom. xiv. 6, R.V.
[626] Isa. lviii. 5.
[627] Isaiah lviii. 3, 4, R.V. marg.
[628] 1 Tim. i. 19, 20; 2 Tim. i. 15.
[629] 1 Sam. xvi. 7.
[630] 1 Cor. vii. 34.
[631] Luke i. 28.
[632] Isa. viii. 1, i.e. "the spoil speedeth, the prey hasteth;" or, in Jerome's rendering, "quickly carry away the spoils."
[633] Isa. viii. 3. Jerome should have substituted "prophet" for "prophetess." As it stands the quotation is meaningless.
[634] Isa. xxvi. 18, Vulg.
[635] Matt. xii. 49.
[636] Prov. vii. 3; Jer. xxxi. 33.
[637] Col. ii. 14, 15.
[638] Cp. the maxim of Cyprian: Extra ecclesiam nulla salus, "Outside the church there is no salvation."
[639] Exod. xii. 46.
[640] 1 Peter iii. 20, 21.
[641] James ii. 25.
[642] Founder of the widely prevalent sect of Manichæans, which at one time numbered Augustine among its adherents. One of its leading tenets was that matter as such was essentially evil.
[643] Matt. vii. 15.
[644] Phil. iii. 8.
[645] Rom. vi. 4; Gal. v. 24.
[646] Rom. viii. 35, 38, 39.
[647] An echo of the Nicene Creed.
[648] Cp. Virgil, Ecl. iv. 61.
[649] Cp. Ps. xcv. 4, 5; Isa. xl. 12.
[650] Luke ii. 51, 52.
[651] Ps. cxvi. 12, 13, 15.
[652] Heb. xii. 6.
[653] Cp. Matt. xxvi. 40.
[654] Gen. xxix. 20.
[655] Gen. xxxi. 40.
[656] Ps. xxxviii. 2.
[657] Ps. cxx. 5, Vulg.
[658] Rom. viii. 18.
[659] Rom. v. 3-5.
[660] 2 Cor. xi. 23-27.
[661] 2 Tim. iv. 7, 8.
[662] Matt. xi. 12.
[663] Luke xi. 5-8.
[664] Is. xiv. 12, 13.
[665] 1 Cor. ii. 9.
[666] Ex. xv. 20, 21.
[667] A legendary virgin of Iconium said to have been converted by Paul.
[668] Cant. ii. 10, 11.
[669] Cant. vi. 10.
[670] Cant. vi. 9.
[671] Viz. Paula, for whom see Letter CVIII., and Marcella, for whom see Letter CXXVII.
[672] Matt. xxi. 1-9, literally "she-ass."
[673] Isa. viii. 18.
[674] Matt. xxi. 9.
[675] Rev. xiv. 1-4.
[676] Cant. viii. 6; the variant is peculiar to Jerome.
[677] Cant. viii. 7.