] Euseb. vi. 21.

[378:1] He says Celsus lived in the reign of Hadrian and afterwards.
"Contra Celsum," i. Sec. 8; Opera, tom. i. p. 327. The references to Origen
in this work are to the edition of the Benedictine Delarue, 4 vols.
folio. Paris, 1733-59.

[379:1] The three other Greek versions were those of Aquila, of
Symmachus, and of Theodotion.

[379:2] Origen, in his writings, repeatedly refers to Philo by name. See
Opera, i. 543.

[379:3] See Euseb. ii. c. 17.

[380:1] Thus he declares-"The prophets indicating what is wise
concerning the circumstances of our generation, say that sacrifice is
offered for sin, _even the sin of those newly born_ as not free from
sin, for it is written--'I was shapen in wickedness, and in sin did my
mother conceive me.'"--_Contra Celsum_, vii. Sec. 50.

[380:2] He held, however, that Satan is to be excepted from the general
salvation. See "Epist. ad Amicos Alexandrinos," Opera, i. p. 5.

[381:1] See Sage's "Vindication of the Principles of the Cyprianic Age,"
p. 348. London, 1701.

[382:1] In the case of these epistles, much confusion arises, in the way
of reference, from their various arrangement by different editors. The
references in this work to Cyprian are to the edition of Baluzius,
folio, Venice, 1728. Baluzius, in the arrangement of the letters, adopts
the same order as Pamelius, but Epistle II. of the latter is Epistle I.
of the former, and so on to Epistle XXIII. of Pamelius, which is Epistle
XXII. of the other. Baluzius here conforms exactly to the numeration of
the preceding editor by making Epistle XXIV. immediately follow Epistle
XXII., so that from this to the end of the series the same references
apply equally well to the work of either. The numeration of the Oxford
edition of Bishop Fell is, with a few exceptions, quite different.

[382:2] Mr Shepherd has completely failed in his attempt to disprove the
genuineness of these writings. They are as well attested as any other
documents of antiquity.

[383:1] See Period II. sec. i. chap. ii. p. 302, note.

[383:2] It has not been thought necessary in this chapter to notice
either _Arnobius_, an African rhetorician, who wrote seven Books against
the Gentiles; or the Christian Cicero, _Lactantius_, who is said to have
been his pupil. Both these authors appeared about the end of the period
embraced in this history, and consequently exerted little or no
influence during the time of which it treats.

[384:1] His li