AETIOLOGY [OF THE THING]
AETIOLOGY [OF THE THING]
AETIOLOGY [OF THE THING] is, when the proposition of a sentence is not enunciated simply, but the reason and the cause of it are at the same time brought forward; which is done either explicitly, or else by implication.-2Co 11:13, -This is the AEtiology, or expression of the reason why he is unwilling that those teachers should be thought like himself. Gnom. on this passage.-Rom 13:1, . An AEtiology by implication; viz., because they are . The Gnom. on this passage. Germ. Weil sie souverain sind.-1Th 4:6, , . There is here to be observed a double AEtiology; 1) one by implication, , viz. because he is his brother, 2) an explicit AEtiology; . Comp. the Gnom. on this passage.