[30]Dionysius’s language recalls 2 Cor. ii. 14; Col. ii. 15 is different. [31]Cf. Heb. xi. 38. [32]_i. e._ they showed themselves worthy of being among the elect. [33]A range of hills to the east of the Nile seems to have been so called. [34]On the marriage of the clergy at this time, see Bingham, _Antiq._, IV, v. § 5. [35]This is probably the earliest extant mention of the Saracens—at least by that name. [36]The opinion that the martyrs passed at once to heaven and shared His throne was general among the early Fathers (see Matt. xix. 28 and 1 Cor. vi. 2, 3). [37]Cp. Ezek. xviii. 23, xxxiii. 11, 2 Pet. iii. 9. [38]These expressions are not to be pressed as if they assumed episcopal authority. [39]Cp. Gal. i. 20. [40]_i. e._ in October 249. [41]The Prefect of Egypt. [42]This was a kind of soldier employed on secret service by the emperors and their provincial governors. [43]Probably his sons, though they might be his pupils or his servants. [44]One of “the boys.” [45]Whether Timotheus was making off to join Dionysius or was fleeing in another direction is not clear. [46]Cp. Mark xiv. 52. [47]Dionysius’s language here recalls 2 Cor. xi. 1, 17, 21 and xii. 6, 11. [48]Viz. Tobit xii. 7, where the best attested reading is “to reveal gloriously,” instead of “(it is) glorious to reveal.” [49]The Prefect of Egypt at that time. [50]Though Dionysius was Bishop, it is noticeable that he still associates himself with the presbyterate here and elsewhere; cp. 1 Pet. v. 1, etc. [51]Acts v. 29. [52]Marcellus seems to be the “brother from Rome” mentioned above, and Eusebius is not now mentioned. [53]The word “also” either refers to the imperial edict or suggests that some written communication had been sent. [54]Viz. Valerian and his son Gallienus. [55]Cp. 1 Tim. ii. 2; this laudable custom is often referred to in early Christian writings. [56]This restriction was constantly enforced by persecuting emperors, because the graves of martyrs were a favourite resort for prayer and worship. The word cemetery (=sleeping-place) was introduced by Christians for graveyards. [57]This is an indignant protest against Germanus’s charges. [58]1 Cor. xv. 3. [59]Col. iv. 3. [60]Cp. Acts xii. 25. [61]The brethren who lived on the outskirts of a city like Alexandria were not bound to attend the mother church, but had as it were chapels of ease in their own vicinities. [62]Or perhaps “carried on” (to act as thou didst). [63]Strictly speaking, Novatian’s withdrawal was not very likely to involve actual martyrdom. [64]The word is κατόρθωµα (success); perhaps “recovery” would bring out the antithesis to “fall” (σφάλµα) better. [65]Gen. xix. 17 (LXX). [66]Another reading gives “blessed” (µακάριος), which, though less well supported by the MSS., makes the phrase µακαρίως ἀνεπαύσατο more pointed.