Although Bonner’s identification of the work he had assembled as that of Melito has received widespread acceptance, there have been a few dissenting voices. The cause of this dissent derives from the report of Melito’s work found in Eusebius. This report has been subject to much debate.21 In his work “Concerning the Pascha” he indicates the time at which he drew it up at the beginning, stating thus: When Servillius Paulus was proconsul of Asia, and Sagaris was martyred at a fitting time, there was
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