CHAPTER 35
THE PARADOXICAL EXULTATION OF THE APOSTLE-HIS APPARENT FAILURE AND THE
APPARENT FAILURE OF THE CHURCH-THE GREAT TEST OF SINCERITY. - 2
Timothy 4:5
ST. CHRYSOSTOM tells us that this passage was for a long time a source
of perplexity to him. "Often," he says, "when I have taken the Apostle... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 36
THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS.
IT would scarcely be exceeding the limits of legitimate hyperbole to
say that these two passages prove the authenticity and genuineness of
the Pastoral Epistles; that they are sufficient to show that these
letters are an authentic account... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 37
THE APOSTLE FORSAKEN BY MEN BUT STRENGTHENED BY THE LORD-THE MISSION
TO THE GENTILES COMPLETED THE SURE HOPE AND THE FINAL HYMN OF PRAISE.
- 2 Timothy 4:16
THERE is a general agreement at the present time that Eusebius is in
error, when, in a well-known passage in his "Ecclesiastical His... [ Continue Reading ]
CHAPTER 36
THE PERSONAL DETAILS A GUARANTEE OF GENUINENESS.
IT would scarcely be exceeding the limits of legitimate hyperbole to
say that these two passages prove the authenticity and genuineness of
the Pastoral Epistles; that they are sufficient to show that these
letters are an authentic account... [ Continue Reading ]