Ante-Nicene Fathers • VOLUME 6
Gregory Thaumaturgus, Dionysius, Julius Africanus & Others
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[1598] Matt. vii. 16.
[1598] Matt. vii. 16. [1599] Ingenitam. [1600] The text gives "quoniam quod futurum est nescio, homo enim sum, non tamen," etc. Routh suggests "quonam? quod futurum," etc. = What has that to do with the matter? The future I know not, etc. [1601] The text is, "sed homo a mala natura plasmatus manifestum est quia ipse sit fruct…
2,269 wordsSECTION 82[1610] 1 Cor. iii. 17; 2 Cor. vi. 16.
[1610] 1 Cor. iii. 17; 2 Cor. vi. 16. [1611] The reading is scit et audit. Routh somewhat needlessly suggests scite audit = he who hears intelligently. [1612] The codex gives "hic enim qui exstruis." It is proposed to read "sic enim qui exstruit" = For in this very way he who constructs. [1613] The text gives "quod si dicat q…
2,338 wordsSECTION 83[1631] Matt. v. 16.
[1631] Matt. v. 16. [1632] The text gives a quo si, etc. Routh suggests atqui si, etc. [1633] Medietas. [1634] Reading objectu...creaturarum, instead of obtectu, etc., in Codex Casinensis. [1635] The text of this sentence stands thus in Migne and Routh: "cui enim non fiat manifestum, solem istum visibilem, cum ab oriente fue…
3,177 wordsSECTION 84[1655] Matt. xix. 11.
[1655] Matt. xix. 11. [1656] The text gives et jam quidem for the etiam quidem of the Cod. Casin. [1657] John x. 27. [1658] Apprehensus est hoc ingenio. For hoc here, Routh suggests hic in reference to the leo so that the sense might be = But by this plan the lion was caught, and hereafter He will save the soul. [1659] The t…
2,311 wordsSECTION 85[1676] The text has, "sedens ipse per se," etc.; for which we adopt "sed et ipse," etc.
[1676] The text has, "sedens ipse per se," etc.; for which we adopt "sed et ipse," etc. [1677] The Codex Casinensis gives, "deinde die moriturus," which may be either a mistake for "deinde moriturus," or a contraction for "deinde die qua moriturus"--then on the day that he was about to die, etc. [1678] The codex has, "Sin aute…
2,417 wordsSECTION 86But after Moses had made his appearance, and had given the law to the children of Israel, and had brought into their memory all the requirem
But after Moses had made his appearance, and had given the law to the children of Israel, and had brought into their memory all the requirements of the law, and all that it behoved men to observe and do under it, and when he delivered over to death only those who should transgress the law, then death was cut off from reigning ov…
2,994 wordsSECTION 87[1740] John viii. 44.
[1740] John viii. 44. [1741] Reading commonens for communis ne. Communiens is also suggested. [1742] Luke x. 18. [1743] We have another instance here of a characteristic opinion of the Jewish rabbis adopted by a Christian father. This notion as to the intercourse of the angels with the daughters of men was a current interpret…
2,225 wordsSECTION 88[1767] Reading Domine for Dominum, which is given in the text.
[1767] Reading Domine for Dominum, which is given in the text. [1768] The quotation may refer to Isa. xxvi. 18. [A curious version.] [1769] John viii. 44. [1770] Conturbari. [1771] Translatis in se. [1772] John xiii. 27. [1773] Poenitentia. [2 Cor. vii. 10.] 34. I think that you cannot fail to understand this too, that th…
2,316 wordsSECTION 89[1800] 2 Cor. ix. 14, 15. The text gives "velut angelum lucis," as if the Greek had read hos. So also Cyprian, in the beginning of his book
[1800] 2 Cor. ix. 14, 15. The text gives "velut angelum lucis," as if the Greek had read hos. So also Cyprian, in the beginning of his book on The Unity of the Church. [Vol. v. p. 422, sec. 3.] [1801] Avertere vos. [1802] Gal. i. 6-8. [1803] Infimo omnium apostolorum. [1804] Eph. iii. 8. [1805] Col. i. 24. [1806] 2 Cor. xi…
2,450 wordsSECTION 90[1836] Reading "qui solus," for the sed, etc., of the codex. See also Luke x. 22.
[1836] Reading "qui solus," for the sed, etc., of the codex. See also Luke x. 22. [1837] Matt. xi. 27. [1838] 1 Cor. xiii. 8-10. [1839] Inducias fortassis aliquas quærit. [1840] Reading "non plane, non tam obscure," etc., instead of the "non plane nota," etc., of the Codex Casinensis. [1841] "Protectores," on which term con…
1,761 wordsSECTION 9140. I wish you to know, most pious father, that in these days there has arrived in our parts a certain person named Manes, who gives out tha
40. I wish you to know, most pious father, that in these days there has arrived in our parts a certain person named Manes, who gives out that he is to complete the doctrine of the New Testament. And in the statements which he has made there have been some things, indeed, which may harmonize with our faith; but there have been al…
3,029 wordsSECTION 92[1892] This epistle is edited not only from the Codex Casinensis, but also by Valesius from the Codex Bobiensis. The most important varietie
[1892] This epistle is edited not only from the Codex Casinensis, but also by Valesius from the Codex Bobiensis. The most important varieties of reading shall therefore be noted. [1893] Summum studium. But the Codex Bobiensis reads suum studium. [1894] Reading "ex subtegmine atque stamine," etc., with the Codex Bobiensis, inst…
2,202 wordsSECTION 9343. I shall speak now with the utmost brevity of the veil of Moses and the ministration of death. For I do not think that these things at le
43. I shall speak now with the utmost brevity of the veil of Moses and the ministration of death. For I do not think that these things at least can introduce very much to the disparagement of the law. The text in question, [1946] then, proceeds thus: "But if the ministration of death, engraven [1947] in letters on the stones, wa…
2,367 wordsSECTION 94[1968] Censum dare.
[1968] Censum dare. [1969] Reading "sermonem, et ostendere ut intelligi dignum est." The Codex Bobiensis gives a mutilated version: "sermonem, ut intelligi, dignum est." [1970] Reading "Moysi scientis," which is the emendation of Valesius. But Codex Casinensis gives "scientibus," and Codex Bobiensis has "scientes." [1971] Ex.…
2,009 wordsSECTION 9547. Then Manes, after silence had been secured among all, thus began his address: Like others, Archelaus, you too smite me with the most inj
47. Then Manes, after silence had been secured among all, thus began his address: Like others, Archelaus, you too smite me with the most injurious words, notwithstanding that my sentiments on the subject of God are correct, and that I hold also a proper conception of Christ; and yet the family of the apostles is rather of the ch…
1,730 wordsSECTION 9648. On hearing these statements, the multitudes assembled were greatly moved, as if they felt that these reasonings gave the correct account
48. On hearing these statements, the multitudes assembled were greatly moved, as if they felt that these reasonings gave the correct account of the truth, and that Archelaus could have nothing to urge against them; for this was indicated by the commotion which arose among them. But when the crowd of auditors became quiet again, …
2,715 wordsSECTION 97[2048] 1 Cor. xv. 32.
[2048] 1 Cor. xv. 32. [2049] Salva. [2050] Gal. iv. 4. The reading is, "cum autem fuit Dei voluntas in nobis." The Vulgate, following the ordinary Greek text, gives, "at ubi venit plenitudo temporis." And so Irenæus, Tertullian, Cyprian, etc. [This should have been in the margin of the Revised Version.] [2051] 1 Cor. v. 7. […
2,328 wordsSECTION 98[2066] Artifex.
[2066] Artifex. [2067] Phil. ii. 7. [2068] Hominem. [2069] Hominem eum tantummodo ex Maria. [2070] Or, effect, per profectum. [2071] Effect. [i.e., progressively.] [2072] Routh puts this interrogatively = Is it then your position that He really is a man, that is to say, one who is flesh and blood? Well, but if so, then it …
2,225 wordsSECTION 99[2103] The Codex Casinensis reads Terbonem for Terebinthum.But in Cyril of Jerusalem, in his Catechesis, 6, as well as in others, we regular
[2103] The Codex Casinensis reads Terbonem for Terebinthum.But in Cyril of Jerusalem, in his Catechesis, 6, as well as in others, we regularly find Terbinthon, Terbinthum, or Terebinthum, given as the name of the disciple of Scythianus. The form Tereventus is also given; and the Codex Reg. Alex. Vat. has Terybeneus. The statemen…
3,066 wordsSECTION 100[2136] But Codex Reg. Alex. Vat. reads "Stracum fluvium."
[2136] But Codex Reg. Alex. Vat. reads "Stracum fluvium." [2137] The text gives, "evadere potuit dum nemo eum insequeretur. Sed populus, cum Archelai quem libenter audiebant relatione teneretur," etc. The Codex Reg. Alex. Vat. reads "evadere potuit dum ne eum insequeretur is populus, et Archelai quem libenter audiebant relation…
2,252 wordsSECTION 101[2177] 2 Tim. ii. 23; Tit. iii. 9.
[2177] 2 Tim. ii. 23; Tit. iii. 9. [2178] St. Bernard, Opp., tom. i. Compare note 10, p. 227, supra. See the Abbé Laborde on the Impossibility, etc., translated by the editor of this series, ed. Baltimore, 1855. [2179] Save only by Mohammed. [2180] Matt. xiii. 34; Mark iv. 33. General Note. ------------------------ As I ha…
1,519 wordsSECTION 102Chapter I.--The Excellence of the Christian Philosophy; The Origin of Heresies Amongst Christians.
Chapter I.--The Excellence of the Christian Philosophy; The Origin of Heresies Amongst Christians. The philosophy of the Christians is termed simple. But it bestows very great attention to the formation of manners, enigmatically insinuating words of more certain truth respecting God; the principal of which, so far as any earnes…
802 wordsSECTION 103Chapter III.--The Fancies of Manichæus Concerning Matter.
Chapter III.--The Fancies of Manichæus Concerning Matter. It came to pass on a time that matter conceived a desire to attain to the superior region; and when it had arrived there, it admired the brightness and the light which was with God. And, indeed, it wished to seize on for itself the place of pre-eminence, and to remove Go…
1,738 wordsSECTION 104Chapter VII.--Motion Vindicated from the Charge of Irregularity; Circular; Straight; Of Generation and Corruption; Of Alteration, and Quality Affecting Sense.
Chapter VII.--Motion Vindicated from the Charge of Irregularity; Circular; Straight; Of Generation and Corruption; Of Alteration, and Quality Affecting Sense. There is added to the discourse an appendix quite foreign to it. [2202] For you may reasonably speak of motion not existing. And what, also, is the matter of motion? Is i…
1,904 wordsSECTION 105Chapter XI.--The Transmitted Virtue of the Manichæans; The Virtues of Matter Mixed with Equal or Less Amount of Evil.
Chapter XI.--The Transmitted Virtue of the Manichæans; The Virtues of Matter Mixed with Equal or Less Amount of Evil. To other things, therefore, our discourse has come round about again. For, because they say that God sent virtue into matter, it is worth our while to consider whether this virtue, so far as it pertains to good,…
1,468 wordsSECTION 106Chapter XV.--The Lust and Desire of Sentient Things; Demons; Animals Sentient; So Also the Sun and the Moon and Stars; The Platonic Doctrine, Not the Christian.
Chapter XV.--The Lust and Desire of Sentient Things; Demons; Animals Sentient; So Also the Sun and the Moon and Stars; The Platonic Doctrine, Not the Christian. Whence, then, come pleasure and desire? For these are the principal evils that they talk of and hate. Nor does matter appear to be anything else. That these things, ind…
1,019 wordsSECTION 107Chapter XVIII.--Dissolution and Inherence According to the Manichæans; This is Well Put, Ad Hominem, with Respect to Manes, Who is Himself in Matter.
Chapter XVIII.--Dissolution and Inherence According to the Manichæans; This is Well Put, Ad Hominem, with Respect to Manes, Who is Himself in Matter. This then is the wise assertion which is made by them--namely, that as we see that the body perishes when the soul is separated from it, so also, when virtue has left matter, that…
831 wordsSECTION 108Chapter XX.--The Divine Virtue in the View of the Same Manichæus Corporeal and Divisible; The Divine Virtue Itself Matter Which Becomes Everything; This is Not Fitting.
Chapter XX.--The Divine Virtue in the View of the Same Manichæus Corporeal and Divisible; The Divine Virtue Itself Matter Which Becomes Everything; This is Not Fitting. I, indeed, besides all these things, wonder that they do not perceive that they are making the divine virtue to be corporeal, and dividing it, as it were, into …
2,337 wordsSECTION 109Chapter XXV.--The Manichæan Abstinence from Living Things Ridiculous; Their Madness in Abhorring Marriage; The Mythology of the Giants; Too Allegorical an Exposition.
They say it was by way of appearance, and in this manner, that the divine virtue in matter was affixed to the cross; and that He Himself did not undergo this punishment, since it was impossible that He should suffer this; which assertion Manichæus himself has taken in hand to teach in a book written upon the subject, that the di…
2,348 wordsSECTION 110In Peter's day Antioch was coming to be a school under the influence of Malchion's genius and that of the bishops who withstood Paulus of Sa
In Peter's day Antioch was coming to be a school under the influence of Malchion's genius and that of the bishops who withstood Paulus of Samosata. Malchion had taught there in the "School of Sciences," and learning was once more to be made the handmaid of true religion. But Alexandria was still the seat of Christian illuminatio…
2,316 wordsSECTION 111For in the time of this man the fire of Christian persecution so raged, that not only in one region of the universe, but even throughout the
For in the time of this man the fire of Christian persecution so raged, that not only in one region of the universe, but even throughout the whole world, both by land and by sea, the storm of impiety gave forth its thunder. The imperial edicts and most cruel decrees running hither and thither, the worshippers of Christ were put …
2,248 wordsSECTION 112These things having thus ended, it was everywhere published far and wide that Arius had not been cut off from the Catholic unity without a d
These things having thus ended, it was everywhere published far and wide that Arius had not been cut off from the Catholic unity without a divine interposition. But that contriver of deceit, and disseminator of all wickedness, ceased not to keep hidden his viper's poison in the labyrinth of his bosom, hoping that he should be re…
2,208 wordsSECTION 113And this, most prudent reader, I would not have you regard as a wild fancy and superstition, since, if you learn the cause of this novelty,
And this, most prudent reader, I would not have you regard as a wild fancy and superstition, since, if you learn the cause of this novelty, you will admire and approve of the zeal and deed of the populace. For this blessed priest, when he celebrated the sacrament of the divine mysteries, did not, as is the ecclesiastical custom,…
2,225 wordsSECTION 114Canon I.
[2271] [This may be credited. See Cyprian's Passion. But the technical names which follow seem an anachronism if technically understood. I say this with no spirit of objection to these vestments, however.] [2272] [See Kingsley's Hypatia. In Cyril's time this might have happened: one trusts that for Peter's day this, too, is an …
960 wordsSECTION 115Canon II.
Canon II. But in the case of those who, after that they were thrown into prison, and in the dungeon, as in a place besieged, endured afflictions and nauseous odours, but afterwards, without the conflict of torments, were led captive, being broken in spirit by poverty of strength, and a certain blindness of the understanding, a …
769 wordsSECTION 116Canon IV.
Canon IV. To those who are altogether reprobate, and unrepentant, who possess the Ethiopian's unchanging skin, [2287] and the leopard's spots, it shall be said, as it was spoken to another fig-tree, "Let no fruit grow on thee henceforward for ever; and it presently withered away." [2288] For in them is fulfilled what was spoken…
1,255 wordsSECTION 117Canon VI.
Canon VI. In the case of those who have sent Christian slaves to offer sacrifice for them, the slaves indeed as being in their master's hands, and in a manner themselves also in the custody of their masters, and being threatened by them, and from their fear having come to this pass and having lapsed, shall during the year show …
1,320 wordsSECTION 118Canon IX.
Canon IX. With those also who, as it were from sleep, themselves leap forth upon a contest which is travailing long and likely to be protracted, and draw upon themselves the temptations as it were of a sea-fight, and the inundations of many waves, or rather are for the brethren kindling the coals of the sinners, with them also …
1,275 wordsSECTION 119Canon X.
Canon X. Whence it is not right either that those of the clergy who have deserted of their own accord, and have lapsed, and taken up the contest afresh, should remain any longer in their sacred office, inasmuch as they have left destitute the flock of the Lord, and brought blame upon themselves, which thing did not one of the a…
2,222 wordsSECTION 120Canon XI.
[2315] Philipp. i. 23, 24. [2316] Tit. ii. 7. [2317] Cf. St. Paul's description of charity, 1 Cor. xiii. 4: "Charity vaunteth not itself," ou perpereuetai. [2318] A digression which follows is entirely directed against Muzalon. [2319] [Not OEcumenical.] Canon XI. For those who first, when the persecution waxed warm, leaped…
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