ification for assuming that the Church at Rome probably had
Adoptionist proclivities is the undeniable fact that early in the
second century Hermas held this view, and there is no evidence that he
was an innovator.

[8] _Eprepen gar auto di on ta panta kai di ou ta panta pollous vious
eis doxan agagonta ton archegon tes sotepias auton dia pethematon
teleiosai._ The English translators take _agagonta_ as referring to
the same person as _auto_, but it seems grammatically preferable to
construe it as a qualification of _archegon_.

[9] Though, if the late date for 1 Peter be accepted, 1 Clement is the
earlier document. But the chronology of 1 Clement seems to me less
certain than it is usually held to be. It depends on two factors, both
doubtful: (1) the chronology of the list of Roman bishops in Eusebius
and in the _Liber Pontificalis_; (2) the supposed reference in the
epistle to the alleged persecution under Domitian. Against these is
the reference to Clement in _The Shepherd_ of Hermas, and the
apparently clear testimony of the Canon of Muratori that _The Shepherd_
was written about A.D. 140.

[10] Cf. Sim. ix. 1: "For that Spirit is the Son of God," and the Latin
(Vulgate) text of Sim. v. 5. 1, which adds to the explanation of the
Parable the exact statement, "Now the Son is the Holy Spirit." It is
uncertain whether this is the true text or merely correct explanation,
but in general the Latin text is better than that of the Athos
MS.,--the only Greek evidence at this point.

[11] See Appendix on pp. 137 ff.

[12] "Especially remembering the words of the Lord Jesus which he spoke
when he was teaching gentleness and long-suffering. For he spoke thus:
'Be merciful, that ye may obtain mercy. Forgive, that ye may be
forgiven. As ye do, so shall it be done unto you. As ye give, so
shall it be given unto you. As ye judge, so shall ye be judged. As ye
are kind, so shall kindness be shewn you. With what measure ye mete,
it shall be measured to you.'"

[13] There is no entirely convincing evidence in favour of this
tradition. See, however, B. W. Bacon, "The Roman Origin of the Gospel
of Mark," in _Harvard Theological Studies_, vii.

[14] "I answered then and said, This is my first and last saying, that
it had been better not to have given the earth unto Adam: or else when
it was given him, to have restrained him from sinning. For what profit
is it for men now in this present time to live in heaviness, and