Blue-grass blade. [volume] (Lexington, Ky.) 188?-19??, 1908-06-07
BLUE GRASS BLADE
Neoplatonism


of patching were in order. Phio l said
elsewhere says nothing of any church of Mark
at Alexandria, or of any other church, nor
does he once mention the christians in that
connection, or any other for the very simple
reason t: at there were Waite says,
There is in fact historical evidence at
all reliable in the fist century" Taylor says,
The first reliable information on this SUBJ
ject, is in the letter of Emperor Hadrian to
Servianus. This Servianus was CONSUL 1874
a. d. The letter is preserved by Vopiscus
who wrote about 800 a. ID. and who took it
from the books of Phlegon, the historian who
was a freedman of Hadrian. From this
epistle it appears that the religion of the chris
tians was crude that Christ and Scraps
-Neoplatonism-were worshipped indiscrimin-
ately; from which may reasonably infer
that the christian religion had not long been
established in the country" That is about
125 years after Phio wrote about the as
cetics monasteries, Monks and churches quoted
by Eusebus. AS the catholic church was
never known to do anything By halves after
Constantines time, so far as the hereto was
concerned, any writings concerning her
etics, it is passing strangs that, after de-
stroying most of Philo's writings, they should
have overlooked this 10th chapter of Eusebius.
Perhaps Constantine whose friendship for the
bishop of Caesarea great, may have
influenced the destroyers. 1t appears
the christian apologists for the last 400 years
have all been for naught.
Chambers Encyclopedia takes up the sub
ject and makes it very plain. 1t says MANY
theories have been preached regarding this
mysterious sect. one of the most plausible
notions is the one commonly accepted,
of the book of DE Vita Contemplativa, which
treats of this sect, being falsely attributed
to Phlo. 1t is rather believed to be the work
of an early christian intended to ideaZe the
life of christian monastcism and asceticism of
the first centuries" But there was no church
at Alexandria until the last half of the
second century. This appears the best thing
the church could do in the matter, as 1t had
failed to discover the blunder in time to de-
stroy it, without being found out and of
course, Buddhism, and other oren-
tai religions were being studied and investi-
gated this mistake had to be covered. Let
the reader notice the uncertainty in the tone
of this apology in Chambers, and he see
faithful and that they have faith in its
truthfulness. Pantaenus of the
church fathers in 1870 \. ID. He was also the
head president of the Neoplatonst school
at Alexandria There appeared to be in
congruity in his occupying the two positions
at the same time. Eusebius again bears tes-
timony to Pantaenus "a highly celebra-
ted an account of his learning" That he
was nominated sent forth as a missionary
to preach the gospel of Christ to the nations
of the East, and to have Travelled in India,
where it is commonly said he found the gospel
of Matthew, which before his arrival had been
delivered to some in that country who had
knowledge of Christ to whom Bartholomew
one of the apostles is said to have preached"
Reader be and understand what Eusebius
says still further about this great man. This