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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1901. Excerpt: ... because he wishes to reject the authenticity of the Epistle to the Colossians and because the letter to Philemon furnishes an argument against his thesis, but he could not give a reason in support of his opinion. CHAPTER VI EPISTLE OF ST. PAUL TO THE HEBREWS I. Author Of The Epistle To The Hebrews.--The authenticity of the thirteen Epistles of St. Paul with which we occupied ourselves thus far has been universally admitted during the first eighteen centuries of the Church. It is not the same with the fourteenth and last, that which is addressed to the Hebrews; its Paulinian origin has been a subject of discussion among the ancient ecclesiastical writers, and naturally rationalistic criticism does not hesitate to maintain that "the Epistle to the Hebrews is not from St. Paul." We shall explain the incertitudes about the author of the letter, and show at the same time that our Vulgate was right in ranking it among the Epistles of this Apostle. The first ecclesiastical author who quoted the Epistle to the Hebrews is one of the most ancient of all--St. Clement, of Rome, the companion of St. Paul (Phil. iv. 3). This illustrious Pontiff knew the writing very well, and his letter to the Corinthians is filled with reminiscences of this Epistle; he makes use thereof, as of an inspired writing, and we have thus, in favor of its canonicity, a testimony which goes back to the year 70 of our era, according to some, to the year 97 or 100 for the latest, according to others. However, the successor of St. Peter in the chair of Rome, in teaching us that the Epistle to the Hebrews was already looked upon in his time as a part of the Scriptures, does not tell us who its author is; he quotes it as he does most of the other passages which he borrows from the Sacred Books, wit...
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