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Chapter
XX.—The Extant Works of the Writers of
that Age.
1. There flourished many learned men in the Church at that
time, whose letters to each other have been preserved and are easily
accessible. They have been kept until our time in the library at
Ælia,1933
| 1933 Ælia, the city built by Hadrian upon the site of Jerusalem
(see Bk. IV. chap. 6). We do not know the subsequent history of this
library of Alexander, but it had already been in existence nearly a
hundred years when Eusebius examined it. | which was established by
Alexander, who at that time presided over that church. We have been
able to gather from that library material for our present
work.
2. Among these Beryllus1934
has left us, besides letters and
treatises, various elegant works. He was bishop of Bostra in Arabia.
Likewise also Hippolytus,1935
| 1935 On
Hippolytus, see chap. 22. | who presided
over another church, has left writings.
3. There has reached us also a
dialogue of Caius,1936
| 1936 On Caius and his discussion with Proclus, see Bk. II. chap. 25,
notes 7 and 8. | a very learned
man, which was held at Rome under Zephyrinus,1937
| 1937 Zephyrinus was bishop of Rome from 198 or 199 to 217. See Bk. V.
chap. 28, note 5. | with Proclus, who contended for the
Phrygian heresy. In this he curbs the rashness and boldness of his
opponents in setting forth new Scriptures. He mentions only thirteen
epistles of the holy apostle, not counting that to the Hebrews1938
| 1938 On the Epistle to the Hebrews and the opinions of the early Church
in regard to its authorship, see Bk. III. chap. 3, note 17. | with the others. And unto our day
there are some among the Romans who do not consider this a work of the
apostle.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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