VII.32 Papias thus speaks, word for word: To some of them [angels] He gave dominion over the arrangement of the world, and He commissioned them to exercise their dominion well. And he says, immediately after this: but it happened that their arrangement came to nothing.33 32 This extract is made from Andreas Cæsariensis, [Bishop of Cæsarea in Cappodocia, circiter, A.D. 500]. 33 That is, that government of the world’s affairs was a failure. An ancient writer takes τάξις to mean the ar- raying of the evil angels in battle against God. VII. 414 VII.