it seemed good to me also, having traced the course of all things accurately from the first, to write to you in order, most excellent Theophilus;
      2. That it was requisite there should be a declaration made in order of those things; that the history of the life of Christ should be methodized, and committed to writing, for the greater certainty of the conveyance. When things are put in order, we know the better where to find them for our own use, and how to keep them for the benefit of others.