⁹⁸Though the form Μαρκιανοί (Trypho 35) suggests followers of Marcus, we think Marcion is intended.

⁹⁹They justified their practice by an appeal to Gal. vi. 6 (see Hieron. in loc.).

¹⁰⁰Although some of the dates are well established, considerable uncertainty prevails respecting others. Thus though his length of life seems unquestioned, its limiting dates are not quite settled. It is difficult to reconcile some of the statements of Severus with the chronology set forth by Gregory of Tours.

¹⁰¹The chronology is here painfully confused.

¹⁰²Conf. vi. 16 states that both Augustine's parentes procured his initiation as an infant catechumen.

¹⁰³We do not ignore the discussions upon this incident; see e.g. Wall on Infant Baptism, pt. ii. c. iii. § 11. But we think the Confession does not imply that Patricius interfered to defer Augustine's baptism.

¹⁰⁴v. 1. sibi, as the epitaph appears in Papebrochi, Acta Sanctorum Maii, t. i. p. 491.

¹⁰⁵I.e. "nomination," which might suggest the acknowledgment as St. Paul's of Hebrews as not addressed to a church by name. But no mention of that epistle follows, as we should in that case expect. Cyril's mention of Paul's Epp. to Seven Churches (de Exhort. Mort. 11, cf. Tert. adv. Jud. and Optatus, de Schism. Don. ii. 3) and the language of Augustine (de Civ. Dei. xvii. iv. 4), Victorinus of Padua (in Apoc. 1) and Pseudo-Chrys. (Op. imperf. in Matt. i. 6 pp. vi. xvii. Bened. ed.) suggest the acquaintance of those writers with our document.