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- [Footnote: Then he adds, that he considered the preaching of Christ where he had
not been named the most needful work; he therefore declined going to Rome, where was a Church already planted; but now, having no more Churches to plant in the regions where he was sojourning, he signifies his resolution of visiting the Roman Church.]
Any deduction that could be drawn from these two passages in S. Paul's Epistle to the Romans, would seem to be exactly the contrary to that suggested by Lightfoot.