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“ So the work entitled ‘The Apocalypse of the Apostle Paul,’ though rejected by the ancients, is still esteemed by most of the monks. Some persons affirm that the book was found during this reign (i.e., of Theodosius) by divine revelation, in a marble box, buried beneath the soil, in the house of Paul, at Tarsus, in Cilicia. ”

“ The Vision of Paul seems to have enjoyed great popularity during the Middle Ages. Brandes (Halle, 1885) , in his edition of two shorter Latin versions, enumerates twenty-two different mss. of the Latin and “gives particulars of French, English, Danish, and Slavonic forms of the legend.” ”

“ The book was probably composed, or rather compiled, for it is largely indebted to previous Apocalyptic writings, about the time when it purports to have been discovered at Tarsus, i.e., 388 a.d., the year of the consulship of Theodosius the Less and Cynegius. ”