Peter, 43, 49 sq, 95, 109, 191 sq;
coincidence with 1 John, 49;
relation to the Pauline Epistles, 95 sq, 101 sq;
its testimony to the Ignatian Epistles, 11, 82, 113 sq

_Polycarp, Martyrdom of_;
the document, 103, 220;
its date, 220;
emphasizes the coincidences with the Passion, 220 sq;
its evidence to the Fourth Gospel, 221 sq;
employed by the _Paschal Chronicle_, 148 n

Polycrates of Ephesus;
his place in the School of St John, 218;
his work on the Paschal controversy, 244, 248 sq;
scriptural quotations in his letter to Victor, 248, 249;
quotes the Fourth Gospel, 249;
his reference to Melito, 224

Pontius Pilate, date of the termination of the procuratorship of, 131 n

Pothinus;
probably a native of Asia Minor, 253, 265;
date of his martyrdom, 253, 265;
perhaps one of the elders of Irenaeus, 196 n, 266

Presbyter John; see _John the Presbyter_

Presbyters in Irenaeus; see _Elders_

Proclus, Cominius, proconsul of Cyprus, 294 n

Proconsuls;
the title in imperial times, 292 sq;
the Greek equivalent, 292;
of Cyprus, 294

Propraetors; the title in imperial times, 292;
the Greek equivalent, 292

_Protevangelium_, 15, 256 sq

Quadratus, proconsul of Cyprus, 294 n

Quadratus, Statius, the Asiatic proconsulship of, 103 sq

Quartodeciman; see _Paschal controversy_

Renan, 104, 232 n, 291

Rhodon, 272, 273 n, 274

Ritschl, 63, 65, 110 sq

Rivetus, 66, 67

Roman Church, its influence in the time of Ignatius, 59

Roman prisoners, treatment of, 75 sq

Roman provinces;
Augustus' division of, 291 sq;
the titles of their governors, 292;
interchange of imperial and senatorial provinces, 292;
Asia and Africa the most sought after, 293

Rosenmueller, 68

Routh, 154 n, 201 n, 214 n, 241 n, 252 n

Rufinus, 203

Rufus, 111

Ruinart, 76 n, 80

Sachau, 232 n

Salutaris, C. Vibius, 302

Sanday;
on the Fourth Gospel, 15;
on Marcion's Gospel, 186 n

Saturus, 76

Saumaise, 66

Schleiermacher, 171

Schliemann, 70

Schmidt, 68

Scholten, 64, 119, 242, 262 n

Schroeckh, 68, 69

Schwegler, 24

Second century;
its voluminous ecclesiastical literature, 32, 102;
meagre literary remains of the first three quarters, 33, 53, 89, 102;
small bearing on the Canon of the extant works, 33, 271;
importance of Irenaeus at the close of the century, 53, 89

Semler, 68

Serapion, 238

Sergius Paulus, proconsul of Cyprus;
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