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Contrast between the Christianity of the New Testament and That of the Later Centuries--Gnosticism and Allegorical Interpretation--Testimony of Harnack and Bauer Concerning the “Hellenization of Christianity”--Hatch on “Pagan Exegesis”--The “Fathers” as Allegorists; Justin, Clement of Alexandria, Barnabas, and Others--Examples: “The Red Heifer a Type of Christ”; “Spiritual Circumcision”; “Scriptural Significance of Foods”; “The Cross in the Old Testament”; “Why Are There One Hundred and Fifty Psalms?”; “The Phœnix a Type of the Resurrection”; “Gnostic Exposition of the Decalogue”; “Types of Christ”; Various Examples from Augustine.