unfair. The example selected is as follows:

"'It has been demonstrated that Ignatius was not sent to Rome at
all, but suffered martyrdom in Antioch itself on the 20th December,
A.D. 115,(3) when he was condemned to be cast to wild beasts in the
amphitheatre, in consequence of the fanatical excitement produced by
the earthquake which took place on the 13th of that month.(4)"
[87:2]

"'The references in support of these statements are the following:--

"'(3) Baur, _Urspr. d. Episc., Tüb. Zeitschr. f. Theol._ 1838, H.3,
p. 155, Anm.; Bretschneider, _Probabilia_, &c. p. 185; Bleek, _Einl.
N.T._ p. 144; Guericke, _Handbuch, K.G._ i. p. 148; Hagenbach,
_K.G._ i. p. 113 f.; Davidson, _Introd. N.T._ i. p. 19; Mayerhoff,
_Einl. petr. Schr._ p. 79; Scholten, _Die ält. Zeugnisse_, pp. 40,
50 f.; Volkmar, _Der Ursprung_, p. 52; _Handbuch Einl. Apocr._ i.
pp. 121 f., 136.

"'(4) Volkmar, _Handbuch Einl. Apocr._ i. pp. 121 ff., 136 f.;
_Der Ursprung_, p. 52 ff.; Baur, _Ursp. d. Episc. Tüb. Zeitschr. f.
Theol._ 1838, H. 3, p. 149 f.; _Gesch. chr. Kirche,_ 1863, i.
p. 440, Amn. 1; Davidson, _Introd. N.T._ i, p. 19; Scholten, _Die
ält. Zeugnisse_, p. 51 f.; cf. Francke, _Zur Gesch. Trajans u.s.w._
1840, p. 253 f.; Hilgenfeld, _Die ap. Väter_, p, 214.'"

Upon this Dr. Westcott remarks:

Such an array of authorities, drawn from different schools, cannot
but appear overwhelming; and the fact that about half of them are