Note 244 — Chapter III
Neil Buchanan translation
Footnote 244:
(return)
The baptismal formula which had been naturalised everywhere in the communities at this period preserved it above all. The addition of ιδιος πρωτοτοκος is worthy of notice. Μονογενης (= the only begotten and also the beloved) is not common, it is found only in John, in Justin, in the Symbol of the Romish Church and in Mart. Polyc. (Diogn. 10. 3).