248. Matt, xxiv, 40.
249. Referring to the text quoted above: o( ei[j paralamba&netai and mia paralamba&netai .
250. II Thess. i, 7-9.
251. Gr. di/kh o)le/qrioj . The Latin version gives here poena aeterna.
252. Gr. th~j despoi/nhj h(mw~n Qeoto&kou . Latin: Dominae nostrae deiparae. Nestorius, the Primate of the Eastern Church, vehemently condemned the application of the term Qeoto&koj to the Virgin Mary. "The Blessed Virgin", says Gibbon, "he revered as the Mother of Christ, but his ears were offended with the rash and recent title of Mother of God, which had been insensibly adopted since the origin of the Arian controversy. From the pulpit of Constantinople .... he repeatedly preached against the use, or the abuse, of a word unknown to the Apostles and unauthorised by the Church." He thus kindled a controversy which raged so furiously that it threatened the disruption of the Church, led to the convocation of the Council of Ephesus (431 A.D), and resulted in his deposition from his episcopal office. It seems singular that Cosmas, who was most probably a Nestorian, should use a term so much reprobated by his master.
253. Matt, xxv, 34.
254. Hagg. i, 7.
255. Gr. e1xomen . A printer's error for e1xwmen .
256. Heb. xii, 28.
257. Members of this sect still exist at Nablus, as they have existed in that district from the time of Christ. In their creed and form of worship they closely agree with the Rabbinical Jews, but they reject the "Traditions". They retain, however, the sacrifice of a lamb at the Passover.
258. This was a Phrygian sect founded about 171 A.D. The Montanists practised fasting, held the doctrine of the Millennium, and were noted for their austere manners and the severity of their discipline. Jerome wrote against them.
259. Manichaeus, called also Manes, being a Persian, maintained the doctrine of two co-eternal principles, the one good and the other evil.
260. Matt. xxv, 34.
261. Deut. xxxii, 8. This is the reading of the Septuagint. In our version the reading is: according to the number of the Children of Israel.
262. Rom. xi, 25, 26.
263. Luke xx, 36.
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