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254 THE ACTS OF THE APOSTLES Of these five arguments the first has no weight, because the exegesis of the Eastern Fathers begins after the time that ttvlktov had found its way into the text. Neither is the second to the point ; for the Decree in either form forbids wopvevcrai koi (payeiv eiSwXoOvra (Revelation). The question is only what range of meaning " aire^ea-Qai eiSoAoOuroov '' is in- tended to have in the Decree (taking part in sacri- ficial feasts may be meant ; but partaking of any flesh that was used in sacrifice may also be under- and this cannot be decided from the wording stood) ; alone, but only from the context. The third argument is likewise without force ; for iropvela has nothing to do with eating, neither therefore need m/xa be so interpreted. It cannot be allowed that it is more natural to translate aire^ecrOai tov al/maTO^ by the words " to abstain from partaking of blood," than by the words " to abstain from murder." ^ When OLfjLa stands by itself, or side by side with Idolatry or Fornication, it is rather to be understood as " murder," unless there are strong reasons to the contrary, vide— Lev. xvii. 4 : Xoyia-OriareTaL rep avOpcoTrw al/uia, Deut. xvii. 8 : eav a^vvarria-ii cnro trov ptj/ma ev KpicreL ava jxedov alfxa al/maTO^ koi ava /mea-ov Kpia-iq Kpia-ecDg, Sirach xxxiv. 25 : apro? eTriSeo/mevcov ^wrj irrw-^^wv, 6 aTro(JTepwv avTt]v avOpotrirog aijuiaToov, St. Matt, xxiii. * 1 Thess. iv. 3 : aTixe
THE APOSTOLIC DECREE 255 30 : Koivooi'o] €v rco alp.aTi tmv TrpochrjTwv. Tliere thus remain only the two last arguments— general considerations whose validity shall be straightway tested. On the other hand, in favour of the interpretation of the Apostolic Decree as giving moral precepts, we have the following arguments : (1) In the whole of St. Luke's book, where it deals with the Gentile Christian controversy, there is no other reference to the question of prohibited meats, but only to questions of capital importance—namely, to Circumcision and the Mosaic Law as a whole. It is most strange that in a single passage, and that a passage so important, St. Luke should suddenly in- troduce rules concerning meats without making any further remark, or giving any reason for their appear- ance. Fundamental ethical directions, on the other ^ — hand, do not suffer from this difficulty.* * This use of the word is also found in the i^rofane writers {vide Resch, p. 42). We need no examples to prove that atfia, when placed side by side with Idolatry and Fornication, as a rule means "shedding of blood." 2 I omit the arguments in favour of this interpretation which may be derived from the Pauline epistles, although, after all, there is no reason for this forbearance. ' St. Peter's vision in chapter x. (the sheet with the unclean animals) ought not to be adduced here. But even if it is thought necessary to take notice of this instance, it will be found that it does not favour the view that chapter xv. deals with regulations concerning meats. The import of chapter x. is that these regulations were an especially characteristic element of the Law of the Old Testament from which St. Peter was to shake himself free. How, then, could St. Luke have related, without turning a hair, that regulations concerning meats were nevertheless imposed upon Gentile Christians 7
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