The term canon, from a Hebrew-Greek word meaning “cane” or “measuring rod,” passed into Christian usage to mean “norm” or “rule of faith.” The Church Fathers of the 4th century ce first employed it in reference to the definitive, authoritative nature of the body of sacred Christia...
of idolatrous nations: in such cases the, idea of a vow appears to be dropped, and the word assumes a purely secondary sense (Sept. ἐξολοθρεύω); or, if the original meaning is still to be retained, it may be in the sense of Jehovah (Isa 34:2) shutting up, i.e...
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From the remaining fragments, it may be inferred that his knowledge of Hebrew was not great. He has retained Hebrew words not very difficult or obscure, expressing them in Greek letters from ignorance of their meaning: "Praetor alia minus docti interpretis signa quse erudito lectori exploranda...
As to the meaning of the passage Mt 16:18, there is much dispute. The accounts which have been given of the precise import of this declaration may be summed up under these heads: (1.) That our Lord spoke of himself, and not of Peter, as the rock on which the Church was to be...