Letter CXXI.
To Algasia.
Jerome writes to a lady of Gaul named Algasia to answer
eleven questions which she had submitted to him. They were as
follows:—
(1) How is
Luke
vii. 18, 19
, to be reconciled
with
John i. 36
?
(2) What is the meaning of
Matt. xii. 20
?
(3) And of
Matt. xvi. 24
?
(4) And of
Matt. xxiv. 19, 20
?
(5) And of
Luke
ix. 53
?
(6) What is the meaning of the parable of the unjust
steward?
(7) What is the meaning of
Rom. v. 7
?
(8) And of
Rom.
vii. 8
?
(9) And of
Rom.
ix. 3
?
(10) And of
Col. ii. 18
?
(11) And of
2
Thes. ii. 3
?
The date of the letter is 406
a.d.