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references Cath 5, 630 — DHGE 23, 1343, R. Aubert — EECh 1, 375, G. Ladocsi — LThK 5, 238, J. Kraus — LThK 43 , 1430, M. Stark XLVII. MAXIMUS n the reign of the same emperors,1 Maximus,2 in a distinguished volume, aired a famous question: “What is the origin of evil and was matter made by God?”3 notes 1. Commodus, 180–192; Septimius Severus, 193–211. 2. Eus., h.e. 5.27; work no longer extant. 3. The reference should be to Methodius, De libero arbitrio; cf. L. G. Patterson , Methodius of Olympus: Divine Sovereignty, Human Freedom, and Life in Christ (Washington, D.C.: The Catholic University of America Press, 1997), 16 and 13 n. 17 (“De libero arbitrio .l.l. may originally have been titled Maximus : On God, Matter and Free-Will”). Eusebius quotes it in Praep. evang. 7.22, GCS, Eusebius Werke 8, 1, 405. See T. D. Barnes, “Methodius, Maximus and Valentinus,” JThS, n.s., 37 (1979): 353–68. references EECh 1, 546, C. Gianotto XLVIII. CANDIDUS n the reign of the above-mentioned emperors,1 Candidus2 published very fine treatises On the Hexaemeron .3 ON ILLUSTRIOUS MEN 71 ...

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