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10. DIFFUSION OF CHRISTIANITY, ETC. 511
Paroreios Phrygia inscr. have perished in a larger proportion than
elsewhere1. The few Chr. inscr. that are found along that line are
later than Constantine ; and it would appear that Christianity did
not penetrate in the earlier period along the great Highway much
further to E. than Apameia. On the other hand, in S.E. Phrygia
and the adjoining corner of Lycaonia, early Chr. inscr. are numerous ;
and they are not of the Eumenian or Apamean type. Here we
recognize a different influence.
These facts point distinctly7 to three separate lines of Chr. influence
in Phrygia during the early centuries. The first comes up the
Maeander valley, and reaches on different lines as far as Akmonia,
and the Pentapolis and Apameia and Pisidian Antioch, and Lake
Askania: the second belongs to Lycaonia and the extreme S.E.
district: the third belongs to the N.W. The spheres of these three
influences are separated from each other by belts of country where
early Chr. inscr. are non-existent2, while in most cases late Chi-,
inscr. are comparatively numerous. It seems beyond question that
the first line of influence spread from the Aegean coast lands, and
that its ultimate source is in St. Paul's work in Ephesos (Acts XIX)
and in the efforts of his coadjutors during the following years3, while
the second originated in the earlier Pauline Churches of Derbe,
Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch (Acts XIII, XIV).
Two facts require notice. (1) Pisidian Antioch has been classed
epigraphically with the Maeander valley. But it is on the frontier
between that and the S.E. group, and shared in both influences.
(2) The Lycos valley shows no example of the Eumenian formula.
Eut that district was one of the centres of administration, and
greater privacy and concealment was necessary there4. Moreover,
it is clear that, for some reason, Chi-istianity spread to a quite extra-
ordinary extent in Eumeneia and Apameia.
South of the line just indicated, in the mountainous districts of the
southern frontier, no early Chr. inscr. occur5. Aphrodisias is the
1 That district was swept by many 350 f, 358.
armies and many raids; and ancient i Chr. trials in Phrygia occurred
remains perhaps suffered from fire ; oftenest at Laodiceia, also at Hierapolis,
while the marbles used in the fine Apameia, Eumeneia and Synnada. In
Seljuk buildings (though probably an- most of these places (perhaps in all)
cient) have all been reworked, so as to conventus met, and trials before a go-
obliterate inscr. vernor (who alone could judge Chr.
2 Only at Pisidian Antioch two spheres cases) were naturally held there,
of influence meet. 6 Unlessno. 432 bis is Chr.
3 See my St. Paul the Trav. pp. 274
Paroreios Phrygia inscr. have perished in a larger proportion than
elsewhere1. The few Chr. inscr. that are found along that line are
later than Constantine ; and it would appear that Christianity did
not penetrate in the earlier period along the great Highway much
further to E. than Apameia. On the other hand, in S.E. Phrygia
and the adjoining corner of Lycaonia, early Chr. inscr. are numerous ;
and they are not of the Eumenian or Apamean type. Here we
recognize a different influence.
These facts point distinctly7 to three separate lines of Chr. influence
in Phrygia during the early centuries. The first comes up the
Maeander valley, and reaches on different lines as far as Akmonia,
and the Pentapolis and Apameia and Pisidian Antioch, and Lake
Askania: the second belongs to Lycaonia and the extreme S.E.
district: the third belongs to the N.W. The spheres of these three
influences are separated from each other by belts of country where
early Chr. inscr. are non-existent2, while in most cases late Chi-,
inscr. are comparatively numerous. It seems beyond question that
the first line of influence spread from the Aegean coast lands, and
that its ultimate source is in St. Paul's work in Ephesos (Acts XIX)
and in the efforts of his coadjutors during the following years3, while
the second originated in the earlier Pauline Churches of Derbe,
Lystra, Iconium, and Antioch (Acts XIII, XIV).
Two facts require notice. (1) Pisidian Antioch has been classed
epigraphically with the Maeander valley. But it is on the frontier
between that and the S.E. group, and shared in both influences.
(2) The Lycos valley shows no example of the Eumenian formula.
Eut that district was one of the centres of administration, and
greater privacy and concealment was necessary there4. Moreover,
it is clear that, for some reason, Chi-istianity spread to a quite extra-
ordinary extent in Eumeneia and Apameia.
South of the line just indicated, in the mountainous districts of the
southern frontier, no early Chr. inscr. occur5. Aphrodisias is the
1 That district was swept by many 350 f, 358.
armies and many raids; and ancient i Chr. trials in Phrygia occurred
remains perhaps suffered from fire ; oftenest at Laodiceia, also at Hierapolis,
while the marbles used in the fine Apameia, Eumeneia and Synnada. In
Seljuk buildings (though probably an- most of these places (perhaps in all)
cient) have all been reworked, so as to conventus met, and trials before a go-
obliterate inscr. vernor (who alone could judge Chr.
2 Only at Pisidian Antioch two spheres cases) were naturally held there,
of influence meet. 6 Unlessno. 432 bis is Chr.
3 See my St. Paul the Trav. pp. 274