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Annotations on the Epistles of Paul: To the Romans and I. Corinthians, Chaps; I. IV
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The Epistle to the Romans is one of the few books of the New Testament, whose genuineness has never been called in question by any critic of standing. The Tubingen school accepted it, with the two Epistles to the Corinthians and the Epistle to the Galatians, as undoubtedly Pauline. Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria and Tertullian quote from it as an Epistle of Paul. It is acknowledged as such by the Gnostics, Basilides, Valentinus, Heracleon, Epiphanes and Theodosius. It is only in respect to the closing chapters, that we find any doubts entertained concerning the integrity, - and that upon entirely insufificient grounds, of which the chief is that the salutations are entirely too numerous to individuals in a church at a place where the Apostle had never been. "The best refutation is a consecutive reading of chapters xii.-xvi. by a reader who does not start with a pedantic theory of what Paul ought to have related, or alluded to, or discussed" (Moule).
No intimation is given in the New Testament of the origin of the church at Rome. It appears clear, however, that when this Epistle was written, it had been in existence for many years, ch. 1:8-13; 13:11, 15. The Jewish population of Rome, it is well known from Philo and Josephus, had become numerous.
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The Epistle to the Romans is one of the few books of the New Testament, whose genuineness has never been called in question by any critic of standing. The Tubingen school accepted it, with the two Epistles to the Corinthians and the Epistle to the Galatians, as undoubtedly Pauline. Irenaeus, Clement of Alexandria and Tertullian quote from it as an Epistle of Paul. It is acknowledged as such by the Gnostics, Basilides, Valentinus, Heracleon, Epiphanes and Theodosius. It is only in respect to the closing chapters, that we find any doubts entertained concerning the integrity, - and that upon entirely insufificient grounds, of which the chief is that the salutations are entirely too numerous to individuals in a church at a place where the Apostle had never been. "The best refutation is a consecutive reading of chapters xii.-xvi. by a reader who does not start with a pedantic theory of what Paul ought to have related, or alluded to, or discussed" (Moule).
No intimation is given in the New Testament of the origin of the church at Rome. It appears clear, however, that when this Epistle was written, it had been in existence for many years, ch. 1:8-13; 13:11, 15. The Jewish population of Rome, it is well known from Philo and Josephus, had become numerous.
About the Publisher
Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com
This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works."
411 pages, Paperback
First published December 28, 2009
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