1. τὸ δὲ Πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λεγει, ὅτι ἐν ὑστεροις καιροῖς ἀποστήσονται τινες τῆς πίστεως, προσέχοντες πνεύμασι πλάνοις, και διδασκαλίας δαιμονίων, ἐν ὑποκρίσει ψευδολόγων, κεκαυτηριασμένων τὴν ἰδίαν συνείδησιν, κωλυόντων γαμεῖν, ἀπέχεσθαι βρωμάτων.

(α). Translate this; point out the diversity in the interpretations proposed, especially in the construction of evdoλóywv and the other genitives.

(b). What is the figure which occurs in the two last clauses of the passage ?

(ε). διδασκαλίαις δαιμονίων has been variously explained :

2. μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἄνδρα.

Is it simultaneous or successive polygamy that is here forbidden? Give your reasons for the view which you prefer.

3. ἕως ἔρχομαι πρόσεχε τῇ ἀναγνώσει.

What is meant by this precept ? Give examples of ἀνάγνωσις in the New Testament.

4. Θεὸς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκὶ, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι, ὤφθη ἀγγέ λοις.

(α). Write a note on the meaning of the second and third clauses.

(6). Give some account of the evidence for the reading Θεός, and against it.

5. εἰ δὲ τις τῶν ἰδίων καὶ μάλιστα τῶν οἰκειών οὐ προνοεῖ, τὴν πίστ τιν ἤρνηται καὶ ἔστι ἀπίστου χείρων.

Explain what the duty is which is here insisted on.

6. εἰ δέ τις χήρα τέκνα ἡ ἔκγονα ἔχει, μανθανέτωσαν πρῶτον τὸν ἴδιον οἶκον εὐσεβεῖν καὶ ἀμοιβὰς ἀποδιδόναι τοῖς προγόνοις.

(α). Give the English version of the passage.

(δ). There have been different meanings assigned to εὐσεβεῖν and to ἀμοιβὰς, and different views as to the nom. case to μανθανέτωσαν: 7. παραδιατριβάὶ διεφθαρμένων ἀνθρώπων τὸν νοῦν, καὶ ἀπεστερημένων τῆς ἀληθείας νομιζόντων πορισμὸν εἶναι τὴν εὐσέβειαν. Translate this, correcting the English version, stating the reason for the correction, and giving a note on παραδιατριβαὶ.

8. πᾶσα γραφὴ θεόπνευστος καὶ ὠφέλιμος πρὸς διδασκαλίαν.

Give the different renderings, and the reasons from the context against the English version.

9. Why is it held that St. Paul suffered an imprisonment subsequent to that mentioned in the Acts? and how is this view defended from certain passages in 1 Timothy ?

10. Write short notes on the following words :

(α). σοφρωνισμός.

(6). πατραλῴαις. (c). αὐθεντεῖν.

ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY PRIZE EXAMINATION.

THE PROFESSOR OF ECCLESIASTICAL HISTORY.

1. When, and at what period of S. Chrysostom's life, were his Books On the Priesthood written?

2. Latest and best English translation of this work?

3. De Montfaucon's reasonable conjecture, and the mistakes of Socrates and Photius, with regard to Basil, S. Chrysostom's friend?

4. Earliest Latin version of the treatise Пɛpì 'lɛpwovvns? and what is known of the translator?

5. What light is thrown by passages, in the fourth Book of this treatise, on the question relating to the cessation of Miracles in the Church? 6. How far has the use of deceit been defended by S. Chrysostom?

7. With respect to the doctrine of the Real Presence in the Sacrament of the Lord's Supper, as stated in Book iii. Chapter iv., there is a remarkable omission in the Leipsic text, and in the old Latin version?

8. Plagiarism in Sermons how regarded in S. Chrysostom's day? 9. In the latter part of the fourth century, Clergymen frequently complained of wanting that of which the loss is not to be regretted ?

10. Explain the doctrine of S. Chrysostom, and of other primitive writers, relative to Prayer for the Dead.

11. How may we understand this Father's language with reference to Angels being specially present during the celebration of the Eucharist?

12. Age of The Book of Armagh ? and date of the Life of S. Patrick preserved in it?

13. By whom, and when, were The Confession of S. Patrick, and The Epistle to Coroticus, first published ?

14. In what part of Ireland was the Wood of Fochlut, from which S. Patrick fancied that he heard voices issuing, situate?

15. Into what mistake has Sir James Ware fallen with regard to the Mission of Palladius?

16. Sir James Ware has stated, that S. Patrick lived to be acquainted with three of his successors in the see of Armagh.-Who were they?

17. With respect to the alleged existence of Christianity in Ireland before the arrival of S. Patrick, the validity of an argument, founded on Prosper's words, has not been universally admitted?

18. Until what period were wooden churches common in Ireland ?— Proof of the fact?

19. Describe the different kinds of Tonsure; Greek, Roman, and Irish.

20. A statement in the Catalogue of the three Orders of Irish Saints how not consistent, respecting the Tonsure, with a Canon of the Synod of Patrick, Auxilius, and Iserninus?

21. Names of the three principal collectors of the Christian Apocrypha; and their works?

22. Mr. Cowper was mistaken in saying, that the History of Christ, by the Jesuit Jérôme Xavier, was originally written in Persian?-Give some account of this shameless performance.

23. The cousin of the Romish Apostle of the Indies why named in connexion with a fictitious Letter of Pilate to Tiberius?

24. What is Tischendorf's opinion as to the Acts of Pilate now extant? 25. In what work can we find the earliest mention of the names of the parents of the Blessed Virgin?

26. Who, according to Mr. Cowper, were the Three Children, who were delivered from the burning fiery furnace?

27. When the Greeks and Latins scrupled to give the title of "Lord" to any human being, how did they designate their Emperors and great men respectively?

28. In what ancient document do the words, "Carmenque Christo, quasi Deo, dicere secum invicem," occur ?-and what is the meaning of them?

29. Origin and early use of the word "Liturgy ?"

30. When was the supposed half of the Holy Cross, said to have been preserved in Paris for above three hundred years, heard of for the last time?

31. Date of the famous Gelasian Decree, by which the Apostolic Canons were condemned as "Apocryphal ?"-and how may this term be understood?

32. All the Eastern and Western Liturgies may be divided into four branches; except, with Dr. Neale, we recognize a fifth liturgical family? 33. Distinguish the Trisagios from the Tersanctus.

34. What is known of the Missal, which was in use in Ireland for a long time before the twelfth century?

35. How does the Nicene Creed, as given in this ancient Missal, differ from that now received by the Western Churches?

36. What has Sir William Palmer regarded as the chief peculiarity of this old Irish Formulary?

37. Magna Charta not a proof that the Roman Catholic Hierarchy are friends of liberty?

-38. In what is called the "explanatory Bull" of Pope Gregory XIII., with reference to Queen Elizabeth, how was the comment more important than the text?

39. On what occasion first, since the Reformation, does it appear that the Roman Catholic Priesthood in Ireland separated into two sects or schools?

40. Extraordinary inaccuracy in Dr. Phelan's account of Waucop, titular Archbishop of Armagh ?

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[The remainder of the Examination was conducted vivâ voce.

WALL BIBLICAL SCHOLARSHIP EXAMINATION.

DR. TODD.

1. Jo. David Michaelis has suggested an opinion in reference to the descendants of Noah, Gen. x., which has since generally prevailed?

2. What inference has been drawn from the plural form of some of these names? This inference is weak?

3. Gen. ix. 27. "God shall enlarge Japhet, and he shall dwell in the tents of Shem." Some have maintained that Gen. x. is intended to describe the fulfilment of this Prophecy; write a short dissertation on this subject.

4. The four sons of Javan (Gen. x. 4) are named-Elishah (IN) ; Tarshish (on); Kittim (on), and Dodanim (077). (a). How is this word (considered as the name of a region) written and explained by Josephus? A trace of it is found in Homer. (b) What other mention of it occurs in the Cld Testament, and in connexion with what branch of commerce? (c) Its being called isles does not necessarily imply islands?

5. Write notes on the names of the other sons of Javan. The margin of the English Version mentions another reading for the last of these names. This marginal reading is supported by good authorities? How does Gesenius reconcile the two readings?

6. Give an account of what is known of Aristeas, and of his history of the Alexandrine Version. State the opinions of critics on the genuineness of Aristeas, and mention the principal writers who have written on both sides.

7. Give a summary of the opinions as to the date when the Septuagint Version was made.

8. State the astronomical argument of Ussher and Petau.

Give an account of the Greek Versions made in the second and third centuries after Christ.

10. Give an account of the biblical labours of Origen.

11. Explain the divisions of the Law called, and their connexion with the lunar year of the Jews; also the minor sections marked in the Masoretic Bibles and D. Signification of these letters ?

12. Explain them of the Prophets. Etymology of the name? Fabulous and real origin of these divisions?

13. Explain the manner in which the Masorah was printed by R. Jacob ben Chaim in Bomberg's Rabbinical Bible, and the meaning of the division of it into magna, parva, and finalis.

14. What rule did he observe in printing the Masorah magna in each page of the text?

15. Explain the following abbreviations or words used in the Masora:(a) Write in full the word indicated by this abbreviation. (6) On the word 77 (1 Kings, iii. 15) the Masorah parva has this note:

ה' מלאים וכל דה ותריסר ועזרא דכו

translate and explain this. (c) Explain and analyze especially the word

a. Write a note on the form. Give some instances of secondary roots in which a servile letter has become radical.

b. What is the LXX. rendering of

w? What emendation of the text of the LXX. has been suggested, and how is the antiquity of the present reading proved?

a. The Samaritan recension is supported by the LXX. in the omission of what word? Mention any other differences between the Samaritan and Masoretic texts.

b. The Masorets could not have regarded the, in 'n as the pronominal suffix ?

c. Is there anything anomalous in the form

?

a. What is the Keri for ; and what, according to Dr. Wall's view, was the original reading from which both Keri and Kethibh were derived ?