Ante-Nicene Fathers • VOLUME 9
Gospel of Peter, Diatessaron, Apocalypse of Peter & Other Early Texts
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The heretics drew a distinction for purposes of their own between the just and the good. They did not make the matter very clear, but they c
The heretics drew a distinction for purposes of their own between the just and the good. They did not make the matter very clear, but they considered that the demiurge was just, while the Father of Christ was good. That distinction may, I think, if carefully examined, be applied to the Father and the Son; the Son being righteous…
2,962 wordsSECTION 122Book II.
The saying then stands, first, "In the beginning was the Logos;" we are to place that full in our view; but the testimonies we cited from the Proverbs led us to place wisdom first, and to think of wisdom as preceding the Word which announces her. We must observe, then, that the Logos is in the beginning, that is, in wisdom, alwa…
3,112 wordsSECTION 123[4667] Deut. iv. 19, quoted apparently from memory.
[4667] Deut. iv. 19, quoted apparently from memory. 4. That the Logos is One, Not Many. Of the Word, Faithful and True, and of His White Horse. "He was in the beginning with God." By his three foregoing propositions the Evangelist has made us acquainted with three orders, and he now sums up the three in one, saying, "This (Log…
2,430 wordsSECTION 124[4668] Apoc. xix. 11-16.
[4668] Apoc. xix. 11-16. [4669] In the Greek the article is here omitted. [4670] Reading parekdexasthai, with Huet. [4671] Philipp. iii. 20. [4672] Deut. xxxii. 4. [4673] Lam. iv. 20. [4674] Ps. cxliii. 2. [4675] Omitting legesthai, with Jacobi. [4676] 2 Thess. ii. 8. [4677] 1 Cor. iii. 19. 5. He (This One) Was in the …
2,412 wordsSECTION 125[4678] See R.V. margin, John i. 3.
[4678] See R.V. margin, John i. 3. [4679] Rom. i. 1-5. [4680] i. 1, 2. [4681] Matt. xii. 32. [4682] Reading pro pauton, with Jacobi. [4683] 1 Cor. xii. 4-6. [4684] Isa. xlviii. 16. [4685] ii. 9. [4686] John i. 32. [4687] Matt. xii. 50. [4688] Ps. civ. 24. 7. Of Things Not Made Through the Logos. Let us see, however, …
2,273 wordsSECTION 126[4698] Rom. vii. 8, 9.
[4698] Rom. vii. 8, 9. [4699] Rom. v. 13. [4700] John xv. 22. [4701] John xii. 48. [4702] Rom. x. 6-8. 10. "That Which Was Made Was Life in Him, and the Life Was the Light of Men." This Involves the Paradox that What Does Not Derive Life from the Logos Does Not Live at All. The Greeks have certain apothegms, called paradox…
2,207 wordsSECTION 127We have been discussing certain things which are opposite, and what has been said of them may serve to suggest what has been omitted. We are
We have been discussing certain things which are opposite, and what has been said of them may serve to suggest what has been omitted. We are speaking of life and the light of men, and the opposite to life is death; the opposite to the light of men, the darkness of men. It is therefore plain that he who is in the darkness of men …
2,487 wordsSECTION 12820. Different Kinds of Light; And of Darkness.
20. Different Kinds of Light; And of Darkness. "And [4727] the light shineth in darkness and the darkness hath not overtaken it." We are still enquiring about the light of men, since it is what was spoken of in the preceding verse, and also, I consider, about darkness, which is named as its adversary, the darkness also being, i…
2,909 wordsSECTION 129[4747] John i. 6.
[4747] John i. 6. [4748] Gen. iii. 23. [4749] vi. 1, 9. [4750] Luke i. 17. [4751] John i. 33. [4752] Luke i. 13, 15. [4753] Matt. xi. 14. [4754] 2 Thess. ii. 11, 12. [4755] Jer. i. 7. [4756] Ezek. ii. 3. 25. Argument from the Prayer of Joseph, to Show that the Baptist May Have Been an Angel Who Became a Man. As we are…
2,488 wordsSECTION 130[4760] John i. 7.
[4760] John i. 7. [4761] The Old Testament belongs to the Creator, the Demiurge. [4762] 1 John ii. 23. [4763] John viii. 56. [4764] Isa. xliii. 10. [4765] Acts i. 8. [4766] Matt. viii. 4. 29. The Six Testimonies of the Baptist Enumerated. Jesus' "Come and See." Significance of the Tenth Hour. Accordingly John came to bea…
2,203 wordsSECTION 131[4778] 2 Cor. iv. 7.
[4778] 2 Cor. iv. 7. [4779] 1 Cor. i. 26, 27. [4780] Rom. i. 14. [4781] 2 Cor. iii. 6. From the Fifth Book. From the Preface. [4782] You are not content to fulfil the office, when I am present with you, of a taskmaster to drive me to labour at theology; even when I am absent you demand that I should spend most of my time o…
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------------------------ [4791] x. 19. [4792] 1 Kings iv. 32. [4793] Prov. i. 24. [4794] Acts xx. 7-9. [4795] John v. 39. [4796] xl. 7. [4797] Apoc. v. 1-5. [4798] Apoc. iii. 7. [4799] Ps. lxix. 28. [4800] Dan. vii. 10. [4801] Exod. xxxii. 32. [4802] xxix. 11, 12. [4803] Isa. xxii. 22. [4804] ii. 10. [4805] Apoc. …
3,055 wordsSECTION 133[4812] John i. 19.
[4812] John i. 19. [4813] Matt. xiii. 17. [4814] Mark xii. 20. [4815] Rom. iv. 11. [4816] Ps. cv. 3. [4817] Coloss. i. 15; John xiv. 19. [4818] John viii. 39. [4819] Prov. xvi. 23. [4820] xvi. 25. [4821] Ephes. iii. 5. [4822] 2 Cor. xii. 4. [4823] Lommatzsch omits ou before ekribokota, but it is necessary to the sense…
2,825 wordsSECTION 134[4837] John i. 19, 20.
[4837] John i. 19, 20. [4838] Matt. xi. 3. [4839] Acts v. 36, 37. 7. Of the Birth of John, and of His Alleged Identity with Elijah. Of the Doctrine of Transcorporation. "And [4840] they asked him, What then? Art thou Elijah? and he said, I am not." No one can fail to remember in this connection what Jesus says of John, [4841…
2,494 wordsSECTION 135[4840] John i. 21.
[4840] John i. 21. [4841] Matt. xi. 14. [4842] Mal. iv. 5, 6. [4843] Luke i. 13. [4844] Luke i. 17. [4845] vii. 4. [4846] Luke i. 35. [4847] 1 Cor. xiv. 32. [4848] 2 Kings ii. 15. [4849] Gen. iv. 25. [4850] Luke i. 65. [4851] Matt. xvi. 13, 14. [4852] Mark vi. 16. [4853] Matt. xiii. 55. [4854] 2 Kings i. 8. [4855]…
2,200 wordsSECTION 136[4877] tethlimmene, the word translated "narrow" in Matt. vii. 14.
[4877] tethlimmene, the word translated "narrow" in Matt. vii. 14. [4878] Matt. xi. 12. [4879] tethlimmene, the word translated "narrow" in Matt. vii. 14. [4880] Exod. iii. 5. 12. Heracleon's View of the Voice, and of John the Baptist. The words, however, "I am the voice of one crying in the wilderness," etc., may be taken …
2,318 wordsSECTION 137[4889] John i. 24, 25.
[4889] John i. 24, 25. [4890] Matt. iii. 7, 8. [4891] Luke xviii. 10, 11. [4892] Ps. xiv. 3. [4893] 1 Kings xviii. 33 sq. [4894] By not noticing the difference between "a prophet" and "the prophet." Vide supra, p. 356. 14. Comparison of the Statements of the Four Evangelists Respecting John the Baptist, the Prophecies Rega…
2,391 wordsSECTION 138[4895] Isa. xl. 3.
[4895] Isa. xl. 3. [4896] iii. 1. [4897] John i. 24. [4898] Matt. iii. 7. [4899] Luke iii. 2. [4900] Matt. iii. 10. [4901] Hos. x. 13. [4902] Luke iii. 9. [4903] Lev. xix. 23. [4904] Matt. xi. 13. [4905] Matt. xxi. 23. 15. How the Baptist Answers the Question of the Pharisees and Exalts the Nature of Christ. Of the Sh…
2,305 wordsSECTION 139[4911] 1 Peter iii. 18-20.
[4911] 1 Peter iii. 18-20. [4912] Rom. xiv. 9. 19. Luke and John Suggest that One May Loose the Shoe-Latchets of the Logos Without Stooping Down. We must not, however, omit to ask how it comes that Luke and John give the speech without the phrase "to stoop down." He, perhaps, who stoops down may be held to unloose in the sens…
2,247 wordsSECTION 140"These things were done in Bethabara, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing." [4921] We are aware of the reading which is found in almost
"These things were done in Bethabara, beyond Jordan, where John was baptizing." [4921] We are aware of the reading which is found in almost all the copies, "These things were done in Bethany." This appears, moreover, to have been the reading at an earlier time; and in Heracleon we read "Bethany." We are convinced, however, that …
2,653 wordsSECTION 141[4931] John vi. 53.
[4931] John vi. 53. [4932] Luke xii. 50. [4933] 1 John v. 8. [4934] x. 1-4. [4935] Exod. xiv. 11. [4936] Josh. iii. 5. [4937] Philipp. ii. 9-11. [4938] iii. 7. [4939] Josh. iii. 9, 10. [4940] Josh. v. 9. [4941] vi. 49. 27. Of Elijah and Elisha Crossing the Jordan. Another point which we must not fail to notice is tha…
2,340 wordsSECTION 142[4952] iii. 13.
[4952] iii. 13. [4953] i. 9. 32. John Calls Jesus a "Lamb." Why Does He Name This Animal Specially? Of the Typology of the Sacrifices, Generally. "And he sayeth, Behold the Lamb of God, which taketh away the sin of the world." [4954] There were five animals which were brought to the altar, three that walk and two that fly; an…
1,852 wordsSECTION 143We have lingered over this subject of the martyrs and over the record of those who died on account of pestilence, because this lets us see t
We have lingered over this subject of the martyrs and over the record of those who died on account of pestilence, because this lets us see the excellence of Him who was led as a sheep to the slaughter and was dumb as a lamb before the shearer. For if there is any point in these stories of the Greeks, and if what we have said of …
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------------------------ [4983] kosmos means both "ornament" and "world." [4984] Matt. v. 14. [4985] Matt. xxiv. 12. [4986] Luke xviii. 8. [4987] 1 Tim. iv. 10. Tenth Book. 1. Jesus Comes to Capernaum. Statements of the Four Evangelists Regarding This. "After this [4988] He went down to Capernaum, He and His mother and H…
3,028 wordsSECTION 145[4997] Gen. xxvii.
[4997] Gen. xxvii. [4998] Rom. i. 3. [4999] Philipp. ii. 8. 5. Paul Also Makes Contradictory Statements About Himself, and Acts in Opposite Ways at Different Times. On the same passage one may also make use of such an example as that of Paul, who at one place [5000] says that he is carnal, sold under sin, and thus was not ab…
2,498 wordsSECTION 146[5015] i. 14-27.
[5015] i. 14-27. [5016] iv. 31-41. 10. Significance of Capernaum. Matthew for his part adds, [5017] that when the Lord had entered into Capernaum the centurion came to him, saying, "My boy is lying in my house sick of the palsy, grievously tormented," and after telling the Lord some more about him, received the reply, "Go, an…
2,056 wordsSECTION 147A few points may be added in connection with the doctrines now under consideration, though it would require a special discussion in many vol
A few points may be added in connection with the doctrines now under consideration, though it would require a special discussion in many volumes to treat of all the mystical statements about the law, and specially of those connected with the festivals, and more particularly still with the passover. The passover of the Jews consi…
2,381 wordsSECTION 148[5045] iv. 11 sqq.
[5045] iv. 11 sqq. [5046] Matt. viii. [5047] viii. 23. [5048] xxvi. 2. 15. Discrepancy of the Gospel Narratives Connected with the Cleansing of the Temple. "And Jesus went up to Jerusalem. [5049] And He found in the temple those that sold oxen and sheep and doves and the changers of money sitting; and He made a scourge of c…
1,651 wordsSECTION 149We shall, however, expound according to the strength that is given to us the reasons which move us to recognize here a harmony; and in doing
We shall, however, expound according to the strength that is given to us the reasons which move us to recognize here a harmony; and in doing so we entreat Him who gives to every one that asks and strives acutely to enquire, and we knock that by the keys of higher knowledge the hidden things of Scripture may be opened to us. And …
2,997 wordsSECTION 150[5063] xxi. 10.
[5063] xxi. 10. [5064] Zech. ix. 9. [5065] Zech. ix. 9. [5066] Luke xix. 40. 18. The Ass and the Colt are the Old and the New Testament. Spiritual Meaning of the Various Features of the Story. Differences Between John's Narrative and that of the Other Evangelists. Now to see into the real truth of these matters is the part …
2,482 wordsSECTION 151[5067] 1 Cor. ii. 16.
[5067] 1 Cor. ii. 16. [5068] Song of Sol. i. 15. [5069] Ephes. vi. 12. [5070] Isa. i. 7. [5071] 2 Cor. iii. 14. [5072] Heb. i. 11. [5073] Ephes. ii. 12. [5074] Mark xi. 15. [5075] Luke xix. 41. [5076] Zech. ix. 10. [5077] Ps. xxxiii. 17. [5078] Zech. ix. 9, 10. [5079] Ps. lxxiv. 13. [5080] xi. 2. [5081] Isa. xxx. 6…
2,203 wordsSECTION 152[5088] 1 Cor. xii. 27.
[5088] 1 Cor. xii. 27. [5089] Ver. 14. [5090] 2 Peter iii. 3, 10, 13. [5091] Ezek. xxxvii. 11. [5092] Gal. vi. 14. [5093] Rom. vi. 4. [5094] These words do not occur in Rom. vi. 4. [5095] xxxvii. 1-4. [5096] Ps. xxii. 13. [5097] Ephes. iv. 13. [5098] 1 Cor. xii. 12 sq. 21. That the Son Was Raised Up by the Father. The…
2,943 wordsSECTION 153[5116] John ii. 21.
[5116] John ii. 21. [5117] 1 Cor. xii. 27. [5118] 1 Pet. ii. 5. [5119] 1 Kings v. 3-5. [5120] 1 Cor. xv. 25. [5121] 1 Chron. xxii. 9. [5122] Ps. cxx. 7. [5123] 1 Kings v. 15-18. 24. The Account of the Building of Solomon's Temple Contains Serious Difficulties and is to Be Interpreted Spiritually. For the sake of those, …
2,689 wordsSECTION 154[5136] John ii. 22.
[5136] John ii. 22. [5137] xx. 29. [5138] Matt. xiii. 16. [5139] John xx. 29. [5140] Luke ii. 29, 30. [5141] 1 Cor. xiii. 12. 28. The Difference Between Believing in the Name of Jesus and Believing in Jesus Himself. "Now, when He was in Jerusalem at the passover, during the feast, many believed in His name, beholding His …
1,235 wordsSECTION 155Introduction.
Introduction. ------------------------ According to Eusebius (H. E. vi. 36) the Commentaries on the Gospel of Matthew were written about the same time as the Contra Celsum, when Origen was over sixty years of age, and may therefore be probably assigned to the period 246-248. This statement is confirmed by internal evidence. In…
1,169 wordsSECTION 156Book X.
Book X. 1. The Parable of the Tares: the House of Jesus. "Then He left the multitudes and went into His house, and His disciples came unto Him saying, Declare to us the parable of the tares of the field." [5160] When Jesus then is with the multitudes, He is not in His house, for the multitudes are outside of the house, and it …
2,202 wordsSECTION 157[5185] Col. ii. 3.
[5185] Col. ii. 3. 6. The Exposition Continued. And at this point you will inquire, whether the kingdom of heaven is likened only to the treasure hidden in the field, so that we are to think of the field as different from the kingdom, or is likened to the whole of this treasure hidden in the field, so that the kingdom of heave…
2,347 wordsSECTION 158[5204] Eccles. iii. 1.
[5204] Eccles. iii. 1. 11. The Parable of the Drag-Net. "Again the kingdom of heaven is like unto a net that was cast into the sea." [5205] As in the case of images and statues, the likenesses are not likenesses in every respect of those things in relation to which they are made; but, for example, the image painted with wax on…
2,242 wordsSECTION 159[5216] 1 Pet. i. 12.
[5216] 1 Pet. i. 12. [5217] 1 Cor. vi. 3. [5218] Ezek. xviii. 17-22. 14. The Disciples as Scribes. "Have ye understood all these things? They say, Yea." [5219] Christ Jesus, who knows the things in the hearts of men, [5220] as John also taught concerning Him in the Gospel, puts the question not as one ignorant, but having on…
2,600 wordsSECTION 160[5253] Matt. xiii. 53, 54.
[5253] Matt. xiii. 53, 54. [5254] Matt. xiii. 11. [5255] Mark vi. 1. [5256] Matt. ii. 23. [5257] Matt. xiii. 57. [5258] 1 Cor. i. 23. [5259] Eph. ii. 12. 17. The Brethren of Jesus. And the saying, "Whence hath this man this wisdom," [5260] indicates clearly that there was a great and surpassing wisdom in the words of Jes…
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