Section 23 (Page 19)
SOPHIA
CONFIRMATIO.
m. 11.
$e rov "Opov rourov <pa<r\ KeicaOdpQai koi e<mjpl)(6ai J » -V J.'
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MASS.l.ii.4. rrjv 2d0(piav, Kai aTTOKaraa-rautivai ry crvCvyia.' y_wpi(rOe'tcrtis yap rrjs 'EvOv/xycrewe dir avriji <rbv rw eiriyivog. 13. fievw irdOei, avTqv nev evros irXtipd/xaros etvar fietvar [I. dicunt mundatam et confirmatam Sophiam, et restitutam conjugi.
Separata enim 2intentione ab ea cum appendice passione, ipsam quidem infra Pleroma perseverasse.
Concupiscentiam a synonym for Oepurr^s, the reaper; and this last it Sti liertxti Kal rov varep^p.aTos.
'S.ravpbs nearer the truth.
For a twofold idea attaches to the office of Horns, that of a stay and support, in be 6tl iriirijyev aKKivQs koX dfieravo^rut is ip-eraKiv^rus) ws /xr) himatlm (L [xwpiodrpiai iv iufliri\ /i-nbiv rov bareprhp-arot, Kal yeviaSai (yyis run ivrbs ttXi;pupiaros aiune».
HlPP. P/tilos. VI. 31.
The term Kapiriarfy seems to be indicated in the conclusion of the following passage from the Didasc. Or., volved in the term Sravpbs, and that of
a separater of the godlike from all that unworthy and base.
In this last ca is pacity the Baptist's description of Christ, St Luke iii. was applied by the Va-
7, aravpbs rod b>
lentinians to Horus, as winnowing good from evil, ov rb -wrOop kv rfj x€lP^ airrov, irXvpto/tari "Opou avfielbp tartv' xwP^1 yap robs airlarovs rCjv a-Kiaruv, ws iKei- (t.T.X., and hence the term Carpistes in agricultural phrase, "TheTasker," i.e. pos rbv K<xsp.ov rov ir\?ipup.aros, btb Kal ; to. ffTT^pfiara 'lyaous bid. rod (njp.eiou ivi rum icpuap ^ao~rdaas elo-dyei els rb b one who separates in the barn the corn from the chaff.
N bander, however, 42.
What misapprehension of an affecting image wX-fipio/ia.
§ understands the word to apply to the final judgment, as exemplified in the Parable of the Tares.
" So viel als !
The Greek words should have been rendered supermasculum and super- '
Bepiariis der Erndter, mit Avspielung auf die Vergleichung des letzten Gerichls mil faemineum.
Ita Sophia . .
declinata inves- . einer Erndle," u. s. in confir p. iigatione Patris conquievit, et totam
: f. mation of the explanation now offered Enihymesin, i.e. animationem cum pas and the end of next note. compare ch.
6, sione, qua; insuper acciderat, exposuit.
Merayiayia Reduclorcm, from his
Massoet rightly observes that ovfvylas would have been more adv.
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9. restorative function of bringing back all to that grade of being forwhich they were correctly rendered by conjugio.
Sige was in close relation with Bythus, both destined.
So Neandeb.
These several terms are either expressed or implied in being of eternal subsistence; but Sige was no true cvfyyos of the first principle the following passages from Tebtullian and Hippolytus Adjiciunt aulem Horon etiam Mctagogea as the other pairs of ovfyyoi, which were : severally co-emauative. A few lines lower e. circum- (i. ductorem) vocari et Horothetcn.
II jus down the word recurs.
There Sophia is u represmm ab illicitis pracdicunt opera, et said to be restored from her vague abnormal state to union with the Divine Will purgatam a malis, et deineep» confir matam Sophiam et her consort was Theletos, but avfvyla here also ought to have been et conjugio restitutani, ; et ipsam quidem, in Pleromatis censu remansisse. adv.
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10.
Ka\eirai Si rendered conjvgio.
'Open iih ovros 5ti a<poptfct avb rov jtaijIntentione, iuBvunais, " afterwards is rendered " concupiscentia." piii/iaros {£« to toripijfAa'
JAeroxevs Si 2—2
ENTHYMESEOS
SEPARATIO.
"vti'i'x Tert. remansisse.~j Ttjv Se evOvfirjo-iv avrrjs <rvv rto iraOei 1^,« T0j "Qpou dtpopicrOijvai Kal mass. i. u. g.
airovTepqOijvai airo- [I.
/caJ «ctoc auTOu yevo/xivrjv, elvai nev TrvevfiaTiKtiv <rTavpa>8rjvai J, ovcrlav, (pvcracqv Tiva Aiwvos op/xrjv Tvyxavovtrav • afiop(pov Sia to fjujSev KdTaXafteiv Kal Sia tovto Se Kal avelSeov
3KapTrov acrdevtj Kal 0i}Aw avrov Xeyovtrt.
MeTa to atpopitrOrjvai TavTrjv e/cTO? to? ifKnpuiSe fiaros to>v Aiwvtov, TrjV re M^Te'^oa avTtji diroKara(TTaQt)vai Ty ISla (TvXvyla, *tov IS/lovoyevtj iraXiv eTepav irpofiaXecrOat vero ejus cum passione ab Horo separatam et crucifixam, et extra eum factam, ease quidem spiritalem substantiam, ut naturalem quendam ./Eonis impetum, informem vero et sine
specie, quoniam nihil apprehendisset.
Et propter hoc fructum ejus invalidum et foemineum dicunt.
Postea vero quam separata sit hsec extra Pleroma jEonura, et mater ejus redintegrata suae conjugation], Monogenem iterum alteram emisisse conjugationem, secundum provikiroffTavpoyBTjmi must be the cor
' appreJtendisset, ideoquefructum infirmum rect reading of which cnicifosam famineum) pronunciaet fosminam the (1. is tam. adv. Vol.
10. translation.
The meaning of the word used by Iren mus was not perceived to p.noh KaTa\a(}e?i>,
e. by any fatal avWn^is of Sophia.
Enthymesis, having obtained nothing rov ifipcviKov it i.
; refers to crravpii in the same sense as before, viz. a fence.
Horus fenced out and kept away this Enthymesis from ffir^pfiaro^, was ttfiopipos Kal avtlons. the word abstenlam would The reader will observe that what the Pleroma '
; we understand by emanations the Gnostic have been better, though no exact equi described as spiritual fructification AwocTavptadipfaL hie potius red valent. and '
; as the seed of a tree in itself, even in dendum fuisset, quasi ratio cinctam et a is Pleromate disjunctam esse.
Sic apud Thucydidem lib.rv. cap. 69, direo-Taipow the embryo state, so these various j5Eons, as existing always in the Divine Nature, were co-eternal with it.
Scholiastes explicat xaf'aK<^f-aTa erolow.
Neque alibi in omni Irenaei opere lego, Enthymesin cruci affixam.
Gb.
Tertullian, however, had the same read HiFPOLTTUS says, Ao)<ras off ira-
i T7jp ra odKpva ttjs iro<plas Kal rpoadeijdfiepos twv aluvtov rty Serjffiv, ^TmrpOjSaXctV Ke\eiei (rbv NOc sc.) ov yap aMs, (pntrl, ing in the Greek, unless indeed, which also probable, he copied from our Nous Kal irpoifiaXev, dAV 'A\-h0eia is ij
translator.
He says, Enthymesin vero Xpurrbv Kal Tlveupa dyiov, eh phptpujaw ejus et illam appendicem passionem at Horo relegatamet crucifucam Kal hialpeoiv rov tKTptbfmTos, Kal wapaextra cevum factam; malum, quod aiunf, foras fivdlav Kal otavdiravciv Ttov tt;s troiplas et o-TevaypXbv.
Philos. vi. 31. Tertitllian spiri ; talem tamen substantiam illam, ut natura Igitolerably close to the original is : lem quemdam impetum jEonis, sed in tur post Enthymesin crtorrem, et matrem formem et inspectatam, quatenus nihil ejus Sophiam conjugi redncem, Hit iterum
CHRISTOLOGIA.
ervfyylav Kara Trpoftydetav tov HaTpw, 1?va firj ofiolws MASSTavri] iraQy tis twv Aiwvwv, XpiaTov koi TLvevfta ayiov eis 3irtj£iv Kai o-Ttjpiyfiov tov T\Xripu>fiaTOs, v(f) wv KdTapTicrOtjvai tovs A-lwvai.
3 Tov uev yap XjOttrTov StSd^ai avTovg irvXyylas (puo~iv, ayevv^Tov KaTa\q\^iv yivwaKOVTas, tKavovs eivat, avayopevaal Te ev avrots Tqv tov iraTpbs e-Kiyvwaiv, oti Te M. 12. a^wptjTOS earTi koi aKaTaXtjirrof, Kai ovk etrTiv ovre ISeiv ovt€ aKovcrat avrov
o^a ftovov tov NLovoyevovs yivaxncerai.
<*■14. Kal to /xev alriov rrjs aiwvlov Siauovrjs tois Xoiirots to irpuiTOV 4 KaraXrjirrov virdp-^etv tov Uarpos, rrjs $e yeveerews avrov Kai dentiam Patris, Christum et Spiritum sanctum, a quibus consummatos esse dicunt iEonas.
Christum enim docuisse eos
conjugationis naturam, innati comprehensionem cognoscentes sufficientes, sive idoneos, esse: declarasse quoque in eis Patris agnitionem, quoniam incapabilis est, et incomprehcnsibilis, et non est neque videre, neque audire eum nisi per solum Monogenem.
Et causam quidem seternEe perseverationis iis omnibus incomprehensibile Patris esse : generationis autem et formationis ille Nus . . . no vam excludit SXXws, e. g. For, say they, Christ taught them, the nature of their copula, (namely) copulationem Christum et Spiritum Sanc tum, c. I I.
1 The translation has here lost some that being cognizant of their (limited) perception of the Unbegotten, they needed words, for Tebtullian expresses the Greek text by Ne qua ejusmodi rursus no higher knowledge (UavoM etvat), and tluit he enounced among them, this con ception of the Father, that he it Infinite and Incomprehensible, and it is impos concussio incurreret.
4 Again the translation is defective.
Tebtullian paraphrases the Greek sible either to see or to hear him; neither is he knoicn otherwise than through the rather than translates, Solidandis rebus Only-begotten.
Tebtullian has, quod et Pleromati muniendo, jamque figendo.
3 A passage of undoubted difficulty.
By Harijp is here meant Bu06s or IIpocapere eum non sit, neque comprehendere, non visu denique, non auditu compotiri Trdrwp, not NoCj or Movoyer/is. A desire of penetrating the unfathomable mystery of the Being of this Propator nearly annihilated Sophia (jiera utupbv diroXuejus, nisi per Monogenem. c.
1 1.
4 Tertullian, as well as the trans lator, had the reading to irpGnov dxaraXijtttox, Incompreliensibile quidem patris Aorot, § 5).
The well-being of the rest causam esse perpctuitatis ipsorum, c.
1 1.
He extends also to the entire body of depended upon their comprehension of /Eons, that generation in the knowledge of God which Iben^us limits to Monothe fact that he is incomprehensible.
Hence Christ is represented as saving genes ; Comprehensibile vcro ejus, genera to the iEons, IV. 14, Nolitc quarere Deum, tionis illorum etformationis esse rationem. incognitus est enim, et non invenielis eum.
Hoc enim dispositione Mud opinor inBefore the particle 17, at the close of the period, must bo understood oiii sinuatur, expcriri, deumnonapprehendi;
SPIRITUS SANCTUS. w of ecrri. KaJ ravra M-optpwTeoS to Kara\q7rr6v avTOVjiS oq
OR i 'i'
4' dpri Trpofi\t]6ei$ Xpitrrbs ev avrois iSrifitovpyrjae. To viAbs. i.n.6.
^ ev TlvevfjLa to ayiov
e^ierwOevras avrovs Trdvras evxapiSe o~reiv eStSa^e, Kat rr)v aXrjOivrjv avdiravcriv t)yrjeraro eicr- ^l. tiytjrraro^.
Ovrws re fxopcprj Kai yvwfxrj lerovs KaratrraOyvat Tovs AiUvag \eyovo~i, Trdvras yevo/ievovs Noaf, koi Trdvras Aoyovs, Kai Trdvras 'Avdptivovg, Kai Trdvras ~X.piarovs'
Kat ras dtjXelas 6/J.oloos Trdcras 'AXi70e/ay, Kai irderas Zooas, Kai eiri rovrw ra.
3Ylvevfiara, Kai 'EKKXijcrlas- ^,rrjpiyQevra Se oXa, Kai avaTravadfieva reXews, fiera fieyaXtis xapas (prjaiv cornprehensibile ejus, quod quidem filius est.
Et haec quidem qui nunc emissus erat Christus in eis operatus est.
Spiritus vero
sanctus adaequatos eos omnes gratias agere docuit, et veram requiem induxit.
Et sic forma et sententia similes factos J3onas dicunt, universos factos Noas et Logos, et omnes Anthropos, et fceminas similiter omnes Alethias, et Zoas, et Spiritus, et Ecclesias.
Confirmata quoque in hoc et omnes Christos : omnia, et requiescentia ad perfectum, cum magno gaudio dicunt a perfect knowledge of his own being, put forth, ws av iavrbv tyvo)Kus Trvevfia siquidem inapprehensibile ejus, perpeapprchensibUe autem tuitatis est causa ; rum perpetuitatis sed natiritatis et formayvwoeus oions iv yvtiaei irpotfiaXe rbv But the Father iionisegentium perpetuitatis.
Filiumautem in Movoyevij. is 7.
§ constituunt apprchensibilem Patris. comprehensible, and the knowledge of this secured to the ^Eons of the Pleroma their continued subsistence, and the The translation, Tertullian, and
the Didasc. Or. all indicate the reading vlbs instead of foot, as printed by Grabe, same knowledge, as a generative virtue, Massuet, and Stieren conferred upon Monogenes his yere&ts has therefore it ; been replaced in the text. Tertullian's Kai ubptpwois. words are at the end of the note above i.e. equalised in the way that he s ; Clem. Al. says in the Did. Or. ir/>oeA0uw proceeds to describe, and according to Tertullian, Omnes forma et sententia yvui<Tist tovt4otlv vlbs Sri 5t* vlov Uab b rijp kyvihoBn and again, 2>eriequantur, facti omnes quod unusp.ev fieivas
: nemo aliud, quia alter.
Omnes fiovoyevijs vlbs els rbv koXtfov tov Harpbs quisqne : refunduntur in NoOs, in Semiones, omnes T7)f evvvp.naur dia ttjs yv&aews i^TjyeiTat in Homines, in Theletos. c.
12.
The Pleroma was evidently intended to rots al&oiv, 6is av Kai inrb tov koXttov airrov Trpofi\n8fls.
§.7. Again, Jlpbaujirov typify the multiplicity of Divine Attri vlbs, Si' ov yyupl^erai Xlarifp:
Xlarpbs b b again, Tdxa 5^ rb irpbowirbv ion aiv Kai butes and Perfections in unity of sub stance.
The Didasc. Or. expresses this vlds.
(art St, Kai Itaov KaraKnirrbv tov b still more clearly, 'Ev Trb.ripiZip.an oSv Harpbs
vlov SeStSay/xtvoi BewpovoL' rb be \01wbv iyvworbv ion tov Harpbs. ivbrvros ofons, Ikootos tCiv alwpuw tStov e\ei TtK-qpwua, tt)c avtyylar.
Monogenes also was the very spirit of knowledge, whom the Father, having 32.
§ Pjn being a feminine noun.
JESUS.
SOTEH.
vfxvrjo-at tov YlpoiraTopa, iroXXtjs evcppacrlas ixeraa^pvTa. lib. i. i. 4.
MASS,I'"
GKa) virep Ttjs evirottas Tavrrji /3ovXfj fjtia koi yvwfirj to irdv IlAiJpayxa twv Aiwvwv, o~vvevSoKovvTOs tov XpicrTOV Kat tov HvevfiaTOS, 1tov Se TlaTpos avTwv arvveiri<r(ppayi^ofjtevov, eva e/caaTOV twv Aiwvwv, oirep et%ev ev eavrw koXXkttov koi avQrjpoTaTOv crvveveyKa/xevovs Kai epavKxa/xevovi, Kat TavTa dp/xoStws irXe^avTas, Kat e/j./u.eXws evwcravTas, 3 tov BvOov, m. 13. irpoj3aXeo-6ai irpofiXyfiaTa ets Ttuhv Kai So^av TeXeioTaTOv KaXXos re /cat 3do-Tpov tov TlXtipwfiaTOS, TeXeiov Kapirov tov 'Irjaovv, ov koi ^WTrjpa irpoaayopevdrjvai, kui ^K.pi(TTOV, Ka) Aoyov iraTpwvvfitKWS, 4Kai /caTt» ^Kai Taj FlaWa, Sid to diro ttuvtwv eivaf Sopvipopots o. is.
Te avrwv ^ayTcoJ ets Ttfiijv t>jv avTwv 5 Ofioyeveis 'AyyeXovs o-v/u.irpo/3e[3Xrjardai. hymnizare Propatorem, magnae exultationis participantem.
Et propter hoc beneficium una voluntate et sententia universura Pleroma JSonum, consentiente Christo et Spiritu, unumqueraque iEonum, quod habebat in se optimum et florentissimum conferentes, collationem fecisse: et hjec apte compingentes, et diligenter in unum adaptantes, emisisse problema, et in honorem et gloriam Bythi perfectissimum decorem quendam, et sidus Pleromatis, perfectum fructum Jesum, quem et Salvatorem vocari, et Christum, et Logon patronymice, ac omnia, quoniam ab omnibus esset.
Satellites quoque ei in honorem ipsorum ejusdem generis Angelos cum eo prolatos.
1 Tkrtullian, Hippolytus, and the in this collective seon the origin of the Translator have nothing to correspond Apollinarian notion, that Christ's body with these words. was of a heavenly nature, and descended s Hippolytus says, £5o£ev aureus uii from above. fibvov Kara cvtyyiav 5e8o£aK€vai rbv Tlbv, 3 dffrpov, constellation, as possessing (i.e. rbv Hovoyevrj), 8o£d<rat Si kcU JiA the perfections of all, In honorem ct Tpoffipopii Kapvuv irpeTrbyruv Tip lrarpl. gloriam patris, pulcherrimum pleromatis vi.
33.
The translation as it stands in sidus, fructumque perfectum compingunt Grabe, has Bythi, on the faith of an Jesum.
Tkbt. adv.
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12. ancient MS. as alleged by Feuardent ; 4 Tert. et omnia jam. Kfra r. but the existing MSS. as well as the 5 buoyeveU, homogeneous, inter se, earlier editions, have either Hori or as being the joint wpbp\riua of the whole
Orthi; this induces the suspicion that pleroma.
Tebtullian expresses a Hippolytus preserves the true reading, doubt about the meaning of the word, but that the translator had 8pov in lieu ambigue enim positum inveni.
Urabe of vlou in his copy.
We may trace notices that Athanasius understood the
EXP0S1TI0NES
lib. i. l a. e, AvTn uev ovv ecrrtv 17 e'vToy TrX^pto'/xaToy vir avrwv GR. I. 1. fl.
* MASs.i.iii.i. \eyou£vrj TrpayfiaTela, Kai rj tov ireirovdoTOi Atwvoi, Kai uerd fxiKpov a7roXa>XoToy, aSy ev iroWrj v\r> Sia ^Tr/triv tov TlaTpos crvfKpopa, Kai t\ tov "Opov, Kai 2ti5Xoi/ ^STaupotTj, Kai AvrpwTov, Kai KapiricrTOv, Kai 'OpodeTOV, Kai Merayeoyew? e£ Iaywvos avuirrj^if, /cat 17 to?
3 Trpwrov XptoTov <rvv to> HvevuaTi Tip dylas e/c /ieravotay v7ro tov IlaTpoy avrwv ueTayeveaTepa twv Aiwvwv yevean, Kai rj tov 2SevTepov XpiaTov, it. 14. ov /cat Hwrrjpa Xeyovtriv, e£ epavov crvvOerog KaTaaKevr/.
TavTa Se (pavepws /uev ut] eiprjvOai, Sta to urj -jrdvTai -^oopeiv t>]v yvaxriv, uv&TtipiwSax; Se vtt6 tov ^wrrjpos Sia irapa(3o\wv
Haeo igitur est quae intra Pleroma ipsorum dicitur negotiatio et passi JConis, et pene perditi, et quasi in multa materia propter inquisitionem Patris calamitas, et Hori, et Crucis ipsorum, et Redemptoris, et CarpistiB, et Horothetse, et Metagogei, ex agonia compago, et primi Christi cum Spiritu sancto de poenitentia a Patre ipsorum postrema jEonum genesis, et secundi Christi, quern Soterem dicunt, ex collatione composita fabricatio.
Hsec autem manifesto quidem non esse dicta, quoniam non omnes capiunt agnitionem ipsorum, mysterialiter autem a word to be used with relation to Christ, to the six synonyms for the ./Eon where he says of Valentinus, 6 pir Horus ; Stieren suggests et JSonum in toi)s ayytkovs o/xoycvcis etptjut t$ Xpurthe version, just as Billius had preT(p.
Or. ii. c. At. p. 363 ; and he then ferred Kai akbrup, in the Greek text, proceeds to shew that the same father Gbabe, with his usual discrimination, cites these words of Iren.eu8 in such a leaves botli the Greek and Latin texts way, as to imply that he understood bp.oas they are here printed.
This reading ycvcts to mean coeval, rather than homowill be found to be the most true to the geneous in nature.
Ep. ad Scrap., in preceding account of the Valentinian wepupdirrot tov TlapaKX^rov crwajrc<n-dsystem, and the words may he rendered Xijo-ok aiVn?
0! ijkiKiQnai, the citation and the consolidation (of Sophia) by being from § 8, where Iren^eds says of Horn, (sub.
Sta) &c. from her agonised the mission of the secondary Christ, the condition.
Compare the latter part of Paraclete, to Achamoth, (KiriiiTerai % 2.
4( ay&voi would mark subsequence irpbs avri)V pLeri. t&v fyXiKtwruiv avrov in point of order, just as in the next twv' K"fi(\ii)v. line ix furamUa must mean after the 1 The obscurity of these words has iTurrpoa^i of Sophia ; see the opening as usual caused some variety of reading of § 4.
The reading of the Arundel both in the Greek text and in the Latin MS. Itx ojona, indicates dywros. translation.
MSS. and the printed 3 Even in their Christology the Vaeditions of Epiphanius have {^dyumos ; lentinians must have their part and Masbdet proposes Ifaufotoi, in allusion counterpart.
HiEHETIOaS.
LIB. I. i. 5.
GK. I. i. 5. fxefi>]vva-6ai tois arvvieiv Swa/mevois ovtws' tovs /J-ev yap Tpidkovtu Attova? fiefirjvucruai oia twv TpiaKovra erwv toy irpoe(pa- /xev, ev ot's outJei/ ev (pavepw <pd<ricov<Ti TreiroitjKevai tov ~2,wrr)pa, Kat Sia Ttjs TrapaftoXtjs twv epyaTWV tov dfnreXwvoi.
Kat tov llavXov (pavepwTaTa Xeyovai ToioSe Alwvas dvo/xdXeiv iroXXdxis, eri Se Kal Tr)v Ta^iv avrwv TerrjpriKevai ovtws elirovTa, els irdaas Tas yeveds twv alwvwv tov alwvos' dXXd icai finds aeTri Ttji evyapitTTias XeyovTas, els tovs alwvas twv alwvwv, exelvovs tow? alwvas cifialveiv koi ottov dv alwv rj alwves ovofxdXpvrat, Trjv dvacpopdv els eicelvovs elvai deXovcri.
Trjv Se Trjs SwSeicdSos twv Alwvwv TrpofioXrjv ixrivveaQat, Sid tov SwSeKaerij ovra tov K.vpiov SiaXe^Orjvai tois vofi.oSiSauKa.Xois, Kal Sid
''AttocttoXwv eKXoyrjs"
SwSeica yap 'AtoVtoXoj.
Kat Ttjs twv Salvatore per parabolas ostensa iis, qui possunt intelligere, sic : triginta .Eonas significari per triginta annos, sicut pranliximus, in quibus nihil in manifesto dicunt fecisse Salvatorem ; et per parabolam operariorum vinese.
Et Paulum manifestissime Matt. xx. *, dicunt Fionas nominare stcpissime, adhuc etiam et ordinem ipsorum servare, sic dicentem: In universas generations «<pctt/t
Er*. «l 21. iwculorum.
Sed et nos ipsos denique in gratiarum actionibus dicentes, wonas wonum, illos .Eonas significare: et ubicunque JEon aut ^Eones nominantur, in illos id referri volunt.
Duodecadis autem ^Eonum emissionem significatam per id, quod duodecim annorum existens Dominus disputaverit cum leeis Luc. u. 42 doctoribus, et per Apostolorum electionem : duodecim enim Luc. vi. 13.
<is Trpobpaftai.
See § I and ».
Si Geip Harpl xal Tlif t$ Kvptw ijpMv xxxviii.
'\j)aov Xpumf, <ritv rip aylw Tlveiuari, ' M rrjs evxapiarlai.
These words 5<5£a teal Kpdros els rods alwvas twv aliineed not of necessity refer to the Sacravwv, d/ity.
He also quotes the Christian ment of the Holy Eucharist.
The historian Africanus, as referring to the translator has in gratiarum actionibut, traditions of a primitive antiquity, irl toXs evxapiarlais ; and, in fact, the where he Bays, ii/ieis yap ol K$Kelvwv twv words of the Apostle were at an early frnfidrwv t6 pttrpov iirurrdnevoi, Kal tt)s age incorporated in the Doxologies of wlarews o&k iyvoovrres rfv x&P"'i the Church, e.g.
S. Basil quotes the xaPurro"l"v T<? 'apc&XW^V T0<s '8'0lt words of DlONTSIDS Al. de S. Sp.
72. iiplv Uarpl riv rwv t\wv 2wr%>a Kal <jS 5o|a, to&tois, <pi)irl, iri<riv iKo\ov8ws Kal ypieTs, Kvptov ijp.wv 'Irfffovv Xpicrr6v i) rapa twv rpi iipwv icpeafivTipwv p.eya\axrtirn civ aylw UveifiaTi els Tods W) Kal Ti'nrov Kal Kaviva TopeiX7)<^ATfs, ifioQ&vws alwvas.
S. Basil then adduces the vesairroii irpoaevxapiaTovvTes'
Kal 8t) koI per Laud as rrjs iriXvyylov eirxapurrlas. no necessity, therefore, for vvv i/juv iinoTeWovTes KaTairaiyop.tv rip Tliere is
EXPOSITIONES
LiB i-.'- »■tovs Xonrovs SeicaoKTw Aiwvas (pavepovaOat, Sia tov /xera rrjv eK veicpwv avatTTatriv OeicaoKTW fnqcri Aeyetv diaTerpicpevai avrov <rvv TOti /xaOrjTats' aXXa Kai Sia. twv irpotiyovixevwv tov 6v6f/.aTOf avrov Svo ypanfiaTWV, tov tc iwra Kai tov ^70, tovs SeKaoKTio Aiwvas evarjfiws fAtjvvecrdai.
Kai tovs SeKa Alwvas wcravTbds Sia. tov iwra ypd/ifiaros, o Trpor/yeiTai tov SvofiaTOS avTOv, arj/xalvovai XeyecrOai ^arqfialveardai Xeyovo-i^.
Kai Sia tovto eiptjicevai tov ~£,WTr)pa, iWTa ev t) fxla icepala ov fir) TrapeXdrj ews dv iravra yevr/rai.
To irep\ tov SwSeicaTov M. 15.
Se.
Alwva yeyovos irddos ^inrocrr/fialvecrdai XeyovcriJ Trjs diro11. xxxvi.
(TTaalas Sid 'lovSav, os SwSeicaTos twv 'Attoo-toXwv, yevo- %v fievrjs irpoSocrlas SeiKwarOai Xeyovari, Kai oti tw ^SwSeKarw
Apostolos elegit.
Et reliquos octodecim /Eonas manifestari per id, quod post resurrectionem a mortuis octodecim mensibus dicant conversatum eura cum discipulis.
Sed et praecedentes nominis ejus duas literas Iota et Eta, octodecim jEonas significanter manifestare.
Et decern autem jEonas similiter per Iota literam, quod prsecedit in nomine ejus, significari dicunt.
Et Iota unum, aut unus apex non M«tt.v. is. propter hoc dixisse Salvatorem : prwteriet, quoadusque omnia fiant.
Hanc autem passionem, quae circa duodecimum vEonem facta est, significari dicunt per apostasiam Judoe, qui duodecimus erat Apostolorum, et quoniam duodecimo mense passus est; uno enim anno volunt eum post limiting the term in this passage to the Eucharist properly so called. and ycvop-tvys Tpodoalas would be the genitive absolute.
This preposition ; is ingenious, but there iij fival.
The same misstatement the difficulty that the translator indicates no error
is as put forth by the Ophites, is repeated c. xxxiv. towards theclose of the chapter. in the previous passage, rendering it as he does, significari dicunt; and yet he The text of this period a manifest is ly corrupt.
Gbabe proposes the follow expresses the bracketed words by a repetition of the same two words.
It would seem that the translator, finding in his copy this interpolation of the ing solution.
He imagines that the faulty words at)ix.alvoutri \4ye<rdai, two lines above, had been corrected in the verbs in the wrong place, cut the knot margin by some transcriber's note, yp. by a wilful omission of the clause in which their equivalents stood in the a-qnalveaBai \eyov<ri, which words gave rise to the interpolation placed here within brackets.
By removing these Greek.
Geabe's brackets are retained.
SuSeicdrif) /ir/vl tiraSai.
A chrono words tt}s airtxrraolas would be in
regimen with irdSos, for 'louSan we logical error not wholly peculiar to the must read 'Ioi)5o, as in fact the trans lator read, though he transposed the gnostic party.
Fecabdent. remarks that Tektullian held the same notion,
UJERETICiE.
fitji/i eiraQev eviavrw yap evi fiovkovrai avrov fiera to /3a7roj^f-jf; » I *w '
\ « it/ .
/ MASS.i.liI.3.
Tia-fia avrov KCKy]pv)(_evai.
HdTi Te eiri tis aifioppovo-ris <ra(pe- (TTara touto SrjXovcrQaf ScoSeica yap err) iraQovcrav avrr/v vtto g. 17. rrjs tov 2wt<J|0O9 irapovarlas reQepairevaQai, d\\rafj.evr)v tov KpatrireSov avrov, Kai Sia tovto elpr/Kevai tov ^iWTijpa, tIs f-ov ?\p-aTo; SiSdo-Kovra robs fiaQtiras to yeyovos ev tois alaat /xv-
r) yap iraQovcra ar^piov, Kai rr/v laaiv tov TreirovQoTOS alwvos'
SutSexa err], eKeivt] r\ Svvafjiis, eKreivofxivris avrrjs, Kai els aireipov peovo-rjs Trjs ovo-'ias, ws Xeyovcriv, el nrj e^/avcre tov (poptjfJLaros avrov, rovria-ri Trjs aXrjQelas Trjs Trpoorr/s TerpdSos, r/ns Sia tov KpaaireSov /xefxyvvrat, 3ave\vQtj dv els TtjV ovcrlav avrrjs'
baptisma praedicasse.
Adhuc etiam in ea quaa profluvium sanguinis patiebatur, manifestissime hoc significari : duodecim enim annis passam earn, per Domini adventum esse sanatam, cum tetigisset fimbriam vestimenti ejus, et propter hoc dixisse Salvatorem :
Quis me tetigit ? docentem discipulos quod factum Marc. v. esq. esset inter JEonas mysterium, et curationem passi .35onis.
Per illam enim quae passa est duodecim annis, ilia virtus significatur, eo quod extenderetur, et in immensum flueret ejus substantia, quemadmodum dicunt.
Et nisi tetigisset vestimentum illius 2filii [d. filii], hoc est veritatis primse tetradis, quae per fimbriam
" Ann oe habens quasi triginta cum paai^vyos of NoOs. teretur," c. Jud. 9, and Clem. Al. Strom.
' It has been already shewn that I., Kai 87-1 hiavrbv pbvov (Set atrov TAovoyeviis was also styled Tibs, p. n, KTjpv^ai, Kai tovto yiypavrai ovtus' note I, compare also § 9.
The transla- 'Enavrbv Se/crAc Kvpiov K-qpi^ai aw^areition here, and at the conclusion of the \(v fie.
And oura irXypovvTai tA X' Itij, next sentence, indicates tov vlov as the tois ov tiradcy.
Compare also II. xxxvi. reading of the original.
1 This passage has been involved in s For aveMOri the Latin translator needless difficulty.
All that is required had iyi)\8e in his copy.
The dissolution is, to be borne in mind that a close of Sophia would not have involved of the two constituent maintained beannihilation running comparison is ; tween the circumstances of the miracle elements of individuality, fiip<PV &nd also that ovcrla, the first would have been lost to and the Valentinian myth ; Nus, or Monogenes, especially (jjAXujra her, the second would have been resolved
Si tov Now) interested himself in the into the entire substance in which she e. into the substance of recovery of Sophia, and that the coparticipated i.
; ordinate emanation, with which he was, the entire body of ^Eons.
The Greek were, invested, was Alethia.
The and Latin both indicate the genuineness as it •woman afflicted twelve years represents of avrr/s, the word omnem raises the Sophia, and the hem of the Saviour's suspicion that the Greek reading origina type of Aletliia, the ally was els SXijv tt)v oixriav avrrfi. garment is
TO HAN.
MASS.l.iii.a oIriI'l s'
1e(TTt} koi eiravcraTO tov irddovf t) yap e^eXdovtra SvM. is. vaf/Lii tovtov, elvat Se TavTrji [VairnjvJ tov "Opov OeXovatv, eQepdirewev avrrjv, Kat to Trddog e^wptuev a7r avrrjs.
To Se, 2?£wTtipa tov eK irdvTWv ovto to irdv etvat, Sid tov Xdyou tov [toutov], irdv dppev Siavolyov fiyTpav, SriXouvOat Xeyovcrtv of to irdv wv, ^Stqvot^e t>jv /xyTpav Trjs 'EvOv/uLi'/crecos tov irenovOoTOf *A.iwvoi, Kat e^opicrdelo-qs e/cxoy tow irXtipdfiaTog' fjv rjg Kat Sevrepav SySodSa KaXovirt, irept St) fxiKpov vaTepov o. w. epovfiev.
Kai viro tov TlauXov (pavepwg Sia tovto eiprjcrdui Se Xeyovcrr SKal avTos eari ra iravra'
Kat irdXtv, irdvra eig manifeeta est, "advenisse in omnem substantiani suam.
Sed etetit et quievit a passione per egressam virtutem filii.
Esse
autem huno Horon volunt, qui curavit earn, et passionem separavit ab ea.
Quod autem Salvatorem ex omnibus existentem « Omne esse, per hoe responsum, Omne masculinum aperiens vulvam, manifestari dicunt.
Qui cum omnia sit, aperuit vulvam exLuc. ii. 23, Exod. xili.
2. cogitationis passi ^Eonis, et separata ea extra Pleroma, quam etiam secundam Ogdoadem vocant, de qua paulo post dicemus.
Et coi. hi. u.
Et Paulo autem manifeste propter hoc dictum dicunt a :
Compare the words of iRENiECS, Lib. the ancients, that the term does not II. xxxvi.
Ilia enim, qxue passa est, mean the inanimate world of multi- : virtus extensa et in imnienmm effiuens, formal matter, but the Intelligent Lord ita vl periclitaretvr in omnem subslanof all life.
Orpheus in the earliest tiam dissolvi, cum tetiyisset primam quadays declared in like manner that all ternatumem, qua per Jimbriam signifiedthings centred in one, fv ti to Triyra. tur, sletit et a passione cessavit.
TerThis one of the many connecting tcllian has in rcliquam substantiam, links between the Greek and the old is Egyptian Theology; Plutarch thus see also p.
15, n.
Owing to the support of Horus. describes from Hecatjbus the Egyptian
where the collective emabelief; tok t/xStok 8ebv Tip IIojti rbv a See 5, § nation, Jesus, called by Hippolytub 01)7-01' vopitov<ri.
De Jsid. et Osirid. deThe gnostic application of the term of Kowbs toO ir\ripd)fiaToi napwbt, is
scribed by the appellation of tov Seur4course was widely different, and had pou Xpurrov 6v Kal Zu>T?;/)a \eyov<ru>. reference to the Pleroma alone.
Again we may observe the adoption of 5irJi»oiJe qud yawiZv, not qud yei>-
terms common to the most ancient ytApcms, as will be seen in the sequel, forms of heathen Theosophy.
T6 ttSj> tt)s -oipia; sc.
* The scriptural quotations made by Socrates addresses the Deity in terms Iren.kus frequently bear a closer reof solemn prayer "fl <pi\e flo*, xal semblance to the Syriac translation than favourite term for the Deity.
So was
a dXXoi Saoi Tj5e Oeol, iolr/ri fioi Ka\(# to the Greek original, as we have already ycriadai T&vbodev. k.t.\.
We may obobserved, see p. n. 4.
In the present 1, serve from these words of the wisest of instance we do not find these precise
2TAYP0S.
avrov, Kai e£ avrov ra iravra' Kai iraXiv, ev avrw KaroiKei irav libl *■ '
GR. X. i.
.1. to Mm"''t to TrXrjpctifna Ttjs Oeorqros'
Kai to, avaKecpaXaiwaaadai de iravra ev t<£ Xpi&Tw Sia rod Qeov [suppl. oJ/twjJ, epfitjvevnva aXXa rotavra. ovcriv elprjo-Qai, Kai el "Eiiretra irepi tov "Opov aJrwv, ov 6.
Si] Kai irXelotriv ovofMatri KaXovcri, Svo evepyelaf e^etv avrov airocpaivoixevoi, tt/v eopa<rTiKt]V Kai rrjv fiepiariK^v Kai KaOa fiev eSpd^ei Kai
fiepl^ei Kai Stopl^ei, "Opov tov ftev ^ravpov Se (TTtipli^ei, ~£rravpov elvai, KaOo 2<oT»7jOaJ ovrcos Xeyovcri (leixrjWKevai ras [I. evepyelas avrov'
Kai irpwrov ft*v Ttjv eSpao-TiKr/v ev tw elirelv m. )7aS? ov fiacTTaXei tov crravpov avrov, Kai a.KoXov9el /xoi, /xaOr]rrii ifxos ov Svvarai yevetrdar Kai, apag tov crravpov avrov,
Omnia in ipsum, et ex ipso omnia.
Bom. il as.
Et iterum: In ipso habitat ovinis plenitudo divinitatis.
Et illud:
Coi.u.9. ipse est omnia.
Et rursus :
Becapitulata esse omnia in Christo per Deum.
Sic interpretantur Ep«- 10. i. dicta, et qusecunque alia sunt talia.
Adhuc etiam de Horo sue- (quern etiatn pluribus nominibus vocant) duas operationes habere eum ostendunt, confiret secundum id quidem, quod firmat mativam et separativam : secundum id vero, quod dividit, Horon.
Salvatorem autem sic manifestasse operationes ejus et constabilit, Crucem esse ; : et primo quidem confirmativam, in eo quod dicit Qui non Luc. xiv. »7. tollit crucem suam. et sequitur me, discipulus meus esse non potest.
Et iterum :
Tollens crucem, sequere me.
Separativam autem in Marc.
%.21.
: read in St Luke 8s tis words in Scripture, but they have a e.g. this text is close resemblance to the Syriac version of °6 to» aravpiv airrov, Kai (pXc Tal *rl"a M0"' oi S6vaTai eW 1- '-alO .
CoL iii. i, ..
/ia0ip-7)!.
Ibkn^us varies the text by OCT.
In the next quotation the Greek airrov Kai airrov Kal tit rendering the Syriac ^-iO by «5 simply, text runs H airrhv t4 irivra, but the word irivra by &ko\ov6ci fun, and is repeated in the Syriac, as by Iren^us "joOU* by yaiioBai, and besides this en «-i ^\«in OliiO ^\o> ne fou°ws te exact order of the Syriac V)V - adveniaset. loOTJ • 1.
\ i J Compare Philo.
Tovrov <rTep4u/ia
The same may be observed also .\ ■ 4Kd\ca€v, elr' aurbv ev64u)s obpavbv .... of the next quotation, (where avrov that ijroi SlSti Trivruv Spos ijy "^Stj, k.t.X.
Ilcpi T.
Koo-juoir.
TpOffUTrcv repeated,) in which the preceded is n '™" '" ^ that of the Syriac. idCDO , , .
. order is The peculiarity remarked in the . .
* V may also serve to ac- «-»JilD |<-0 and not of preceding note »
count for the substitution of equivalent tho Greek, iKoXovda p.oi, tpas t&v crravGreek terms in scriptural quotations, p6w.
These Valentinian interpretations
IIORI FUNCTIO.
^Ri'l'e aKoXovOe? fior Trjv Se Siopiar-iKrjv avrov ev tw eiireiv ovk mass i. iu.5. q^Q0V fia\eiv elprivrjv, aXXa fid^aipav.
Kat tov 'Itodvvqv Se Xiyov<riv avro tovto fiefir/vvKevai, eiirovra' to tttvov ev ry X€lpi avrov, xat StaKaOapiel rrjv aXwva, Kai avvd^ei tov crirov etc Trjv diro6qK>]V avrov, to Se ayypov KaraKavaei irvpi aer/3eo-rwKai Sia tovtov Tr/v evepyeiav tov "Opov /xefxrivvKevar Stj tttvov yap eKeivov tov ^ravpov epfitjvevovcriv etvai, lov <y«"J /cat avaXla-Keiv to. vXiku vdvra, toy ayypa irvp'
[f.
I. tow? awXoixevovg, cog to tttuov tov o-itov.
TlavXov Se KaOalpeiv tov ,A.TrdarToXov Kat avrov eTrifj.i[x.vy(TKe<rdai tovtov tov Se tov crravpov roif "EiTavpov Xeyovcriv ovTwf Xoyog yap
jjlIv aTToXXv/Jievoti Utopia ecrri, roif Se o-to^o/mevois fifuv Svvafiig
Qeov1 Kai TrdXiv e/iol Se /x^ yevoiro ev fj.rjSevi KavyaaQai, et fti] ev Tto (rravpw tov 'Irjcrov, ov e/xot /coV/xof eo-ravptorat, °- l9Si Kayto Tto Koafito.
Toiavra /mev ouv Trepl tov irXriptofiarof avToov, Kai tov TrXdvfiaros Trdvres tov ttoVtojJ Xeyov&iv, 3e(pap- [I, Nonvenirnittere pacem, ted gladium. Et Joannem m»u.x.
34. eo quod dicit :
Luc. in. 17. dicunt hoc ipsum manifestasse, dicentem Ventilabrum in manu : ejus, emundare aream, et colliget frumentum in horreum suum, paet per 3haec operationem
Hori significasse.
Ventilabrum enim illud crucem interpretantur leas autem comburet igni inexstinguibili ; esse, quae scilicet consumit materialia omnia, quemadmodum emundat autem eos qui salvantur, sicut venti labrum triticum.
Paulum autem Apostolum et ipsum reminisci paleas ignis : is. hujus crucis dicunt sic:
Verbum enim cruets Us qui pereunt stultitia est; iis autem, qui salvantur, virtus Dei.
Et iterum icor. i.
: o«i. y\. u.
Mihi autem non eveniat in ullo gloriari, nisi in Christi cruce, per quern mihi mundus crucipvus est, et ego mundo.
Talia igitur de Pleromate ipsorum, et plasmate universorum dicunt, adaptare cupientes ea quae bene dicta sunt, iis quse male adinventa sunt are an independent proof, that the SacriPlcroma, whose function was to it fice of the Death of Christ was denied separate the material and gross from stubbornly by the ancient heretic.
The the spiritual and heavenly, hence the rationalist, as well as the high predestiagricultural name of Carpistes.
Valentinus narian, may find for himself certain
nowhere accused historical position in the primitive of having altered the text of Scripture, is a must be in the ranks of as Maboion did, but of having perperiod, but it heresy. verted its meaning.
See note p. 4.
3, The reading of the Ahund. MS.
Si>, referring to the ffraupbs of the
SCRIPTURARUM PERVERSIONES.
fi.6i£eiv (iiaXpfievot to. koXws eiprnxeva tols kokws eTTivevorifievois "r.N.'* vtt avrwv Kai ov povov e/c twv evayyeXiKwv /cat twv airo- (TToXtKwv ireipwvrat Tay diroSel^eis iroietcrQai, irapaTpeirovTes Tay ep/xqvetas, Kai paSiovpyovvres ray e^rjyqareis' dXXd, /cat e/c vofiov /cat irpocptiTwv, are ttoXXwv irapafioXwv /cat dXXrjyopiwv €ipt]fx.evwv, /cat ety iroXXd cXkciv Svva/uevwv to afi(pl/3oXov Sid T»Jy efyyricrews, erepoi Se Setvwf, J[SeivoTepwij tw irXaa-fxaTi m. i& avrwv /cat SoXlws ecpapfxoXovTes, ai^fiaXwriCpvariv dirb T/Jy aXtjOelai tovs nh eSpaiav Trjv tticttiv 2ety eva Qeov iraTepa iravTOKpaTopa, /cat ety eva Kvpiov 'Itjaovv XpicrTov tov vibv tov Qeov SiacpvXa&crovTas^ 7Td Se bktos tov irXripwfjLaTOS Xeyo/xeva vtt avTwv
eoTi TOiavTa'
Tr)v 'EvOv/xtjcriv Ttjs dvw 2o^>t'ay, %v /cat 3'A^afiooO KaXovcriv, d(popicr6e?<Tav tov ^avcoj TrXijpwfiaTos frvv tw irdQei Xiyovariv, ev cr/ctaty /cat 4 o-KrjvwfiaTOs ^Kevw/xaTos^ tottois ab ipsis.
Et non solum autem ex Evangelicis et Apostolicis tentant ostensionea facere, convertentes interpretationes, et adulterantes expositiones : sed etiam ex Lege et Prophetis, cum multae parabolas et allegorise sint dictae, et in multa trahi possint ambiguum per expositionem, propensius ad figmentum suum et dolose adaptantes, in captivitatem ducunt a veritate eos, qui non firmam fidem in unum Deum Patrem omnipotentem, et in unum Jesum Christum Filium Dei conservant.
Ea vero quae extra Pleroma dicuntur ab iis, sunt talia:
Enthymesin illius superioris Sophioe, quam et Achamoth vocant, separatam a superiore Pleromate cum passione dicunt, in umbra
1 The representative of tr. Si Setcws.
I would also suggest irtpdas, Savor. fuit; AcJiamoth unde, adhuc qucerkur.
Xklcus Kal (rKtpnZifiaTos rbirois] Legendum rotas Kal Kevdifiaros t6tois juxta antiquum Interpretem et TheoDoretum, qui lib. I. Hard. Fabul. cap.
3 fco.
The reader will observe the exact terms of the Oriental Creed : this word had been introduced in it to meet 7, p.
199, hanc matrem Achamoth ait gnostic rather than Pagan error.
3 Achamoth is evidently the Hebrew nD2n or rather the Syriac ^ASC2jj.
The second of the Cabbalistic Sephiroth was nDDn. derived from the inspired ii> tr/tig Tin Kal Kcnti/ian Sidycw.
Ipse Iben>eus paulo post scribit, /taraXeXcitpdai fjj>vni> bf T(p ffK&rei Kal KtvufiaTi.
Et lib. II. cap.
7, soepius nominat va cuum et umbram.
Porro Tertollianus, description of Divine Wisdom in Prov. viii.
2o<£/a, yv&ais, though Tertulltan cap.
habet : Explom est in loca laminis aliaia, quod Pleromaiis est, in says, the derivation of the term was unknown to him, Enihymad» de actu vacuum atqne inane Mud Epicuri.
entiiymeseos
(fxDTOf eyevero Kai MASS.I. iv.l. TT\ / tt jf av\ i.l\ripa>fjiaTOt, a/j.op(poi Kai aveioeos, wtnrep eKTpw/xa, ota to o'ri'.'lV!' eKfie/3pdo-0ai Kara. dvdyKtjv.
*E£ft> yap
KareiXtjcpevac otKTelpavrd Te avrtjv tov [ava>~j XptfMriSev <ttov, koi Sia tov ^iTavpov eireKraOevTa, 3Ty ISla Swdfxei fj.op(pwo-ai fxoptpuxriv tijv KaT ovcrlav /xovov, aXX' ov tijv Kara, yvwffiv Kai irpafcavra tovto 4 dvaSpafieiv avarelXavra avrov Ttjv Svvafitv, koi KaTaXnreiv, oirwi alado/xevti tov irepi avrtjv ird6ovi Sid Ttjv aTraWayqv tov Yl.Xtipwfj.aTOi, opeyQy twv et vacuitatis locis 5defervisse per neeessitatem : extra enim lumen facta est, et extra Pleroma, informis et sine specie, quasi abortus, ideo quia nihil apprehendit.
Misertum autem ejus superiorem Christum, 6et per crucem extensum, sua virtute
formasse formam, quae esset secundum substantiam tantum, sed non secundum agnitionem : et haec operatum recurrere subtrahentem suam virtutem, et reliquisse illam, uti sentiens passionem, quae erga illam esset per separationem Pleromatis, concupiscat ararov yeviaBai).
Implying that AchaCum quo et Auctor noster istud comparat, lib. II. cap.
19, scribens :
Urnmoth was not inferior in yv&ffii to the other .Sons.
But the text is defective. bram autem et vacuum ipsorum a Dcmo- * So Tertulmax ul informet Mud crito el Epicuro sumentes, sibimetipsis suis riribus ; it is doubtful however aptaverunt.
Gkabe.
1 </>Qsand rX^puna, being the exact whether the I5t'a SvvauiS be not that of Enthymesis, in Iter own essence, the correlatives of ffKta and KcvQfw.
2 /j.tjdev KaTeikijtp&ai, i.e. tov dfifeviformation KaT1 ototav being of a female kov, her parentage being alone of character, that Kara yvwo~w male.
4 So HiPPOLTTUS, 'E7rci5ij Si y.tpj>pSophia ; hence she had no portion of Jjv that which the sire confers, viz. p.op<p-l). tpwro 7j o-otpta f£a>, /cai oi'x oKw Te 17) See pp. 16, n. 4, and 10.
That yvCiou Iffov t6v ~X.pioTbv Kai t6 dyiov (suppl. also which Monogenes derived from the Father and communicated to the other [IlveOjita] 4k tov pods TrpofiejSXri/Mtva Kai ttjs AXijdelas, ti;io tov irXvpufiaros pivetv, avtSpaficv airb rijs p.ep.optpuifie'rris j9Sons could not be conferred by Sophia alone upon her Enthymesis, who re Xpi<r-
t6s, k.t.X.
Pliilos. VI.
31.
Massuet observes correctly that "defervisse" conveys only the ideaof sub ceived from Christ p6p<pwats rather than
fioptp^j, and Kar* ouaLcw p.6vov, but not Kara yviaffui.
The reader may compare that which is said respecting this gene sidence from a state of fervour, possibly " effervisse " may be the true reading, rative and formative function of yvuais in the Didasc. Or. § 7.
The account of HrppoLYTUS is not quite consistent with as agreeing closely with the Greek.
Grabe has "vanitalis," but vacuitatis is the reading found in the Voss., Arund. and Mkrc, II. MSS. that of Irknj!US.
He says, & XpiorAs Per crucem extensum, Gr., 5ta tov iiriirpofS\n9tU Air6 tov NoC koI Tip ' A\-r)6etas, i/wptpiiffe xal iireipyaaaTo t4-
trravpov tKrcuibficvov, the Valentinian aravpos was as the boundary fence of Aeiw al&va ovievl rtDc evrbs ir\nptbp.aTos X*Lpovow .. ,ov yevfodai.
(xclpova 4vi>ir6the Pleroma, beyond which Christ ex
FORMATIO.
SiaipepovTWV, e^ovca Ttva SS/xrjv cupdapo-la?, eyKaraXeKpOetcrav
"§;}•{• J-
avrt)v avrrj viroj tov X^ojcttou Acat to? ayiov 1TlvevnaTOg.
MASS-I-iY-1-
0.20.
Ajo /cat 3avT^»'
TOtg a/j.<poTepoig ovo/uacri KaXetcrOai, 32o<^>tav T6 iraTpwwfiiKwg, (o <yap Trarrjp avrrjs ^ocpla fcXjjt^eTat), Kai m. 19.
Trvevfjia ayiov axo tou irepl tov XptcrTov Trvev/iaTOS.
MopcpcoQeicrav Te avrr)v, /cat 4ejm(ppova yevrjd€i<rav, irapavr'iKa Se K€vwdet(rav aopaTOv avrrj o-vvovTog A.6yov, tovtsctti tov XpicTTod, 5eTri ^Ttjatv opixrjaai tov KaTaXiirovTOg avrrjv inf. $ a (pwTog /cat fit) SvvtiQrjvai icaTaXafteiv avro, Sta to KwKvdtjvai viro tov "Opov.
Kat evravOa tov "Opov kwXuovto avrtjv Trjf eig Tovfnrpo<r6ev opfiijg eiireiv 'IacoSOev to 8'Iaw ovofia eorura quae meliora essent, habens aliquam 6odorationem immortalitatis relictam in 7semetipsa a Christo et Spiritu sancto.
Quapropter et ipsam duobus nominibus vocari, Sophiara pater, naliter (Pater enim ejus Sophia vocatur) et Spiritum sanctum ab eo, qui est erga Christum Spiritus.
Formatam autem earn et sensatam factam, statim autem evacuatam ab eo qui invisibiliter cum ea erat Verbo, hoc est Christo, in exquisitionem egressam ejus luminis, quod se dereliquisset ; et non potuisse apprehendere illud, quoniam coercebatur ab Horo.
Et sic Horon coercentem earn ne anterius irrueret, dixisse lao, unde tended his virtue and power for the Enthymesis was concerned, Sophia, havsake of Enthymesis, as Iren'.eus says, ing imitated Bythus, seems to have been III. XX.
: Is, qui ab illis affinffitur surconsidered to be ifipeyb8-r)\vs like him. sum Christus, superextensus Horo, id est, 4 tpjppova, possessing now that intelfini, et formavU coram mairem.
Thboligence, which was conferred by her DOBET, therefore, adds the term Spov in nip<puioit, though not Kara yv&aiv. explanation, XpurTbv tircKravBTp/ai Sia 1 M ^irr-naai bppijoat. 'H Si roO toC "Opov, koI "Zravpov koXov/Uvov. irXi;/><i/iaTos aoipla lirifrrTovaa rbv Xpi1 The reader should observo that ffTbvTbvfic/ioptpMKOTa Kalrb &yiovTlvevp.a, ri-1T spirit, is in the Hebrew and in the hi tpbfiy ^teydXy KartcTij, 6Vi dTroXetrai Syriac generally of the feminine gender ; toO Kcxvpivubov tov iiopipiiaavTOi abrty hence the avtyyla of Xpurrbs and Kai ffTTj/jiVcuroj.
Hippol. Philos. VI. 32.
Tlvevp-a.
This may be adduced as 6 Tebtullian expresses it, "iteraanother proof of the Oriental origin of tur odor incomiptibilitatis."
The Abund.
MS. agrees with the the Valentinian heresy.
abrijy, i.e. Enthymesis.
Greek, having Semetipsavi.
Gbabe a said of Soter that he redoes not notice this, but of no it So
is is it tained the names of his ancestral iEons, great importance.
'Iaii.
It to. wpoyoviKa brbfuara Staoiitorra, c. vii. usual to treat this
is Sophia was the sole generative origin of word as identical with the Hebrew Achamoth.
So far as the production of Tetragranimaton ni!V Jehovah.
If so, VOL. I.
PASSIO EJUS "ai l" 7 yeyev>j(r9ai <pd<ricov<ri.
M>?
SwrjOeitrav Se SioSevcrai Tov"Opov, m ass. L lv. i.
^\ (rvnireTr\e-)(6ai t<S irddei, Kai fiovrjv cnroXeMpdeiaav ej~a>, iravri fiepei tov irdOovs v-KOirecreiv TroXvfiepovs Kai ttoXvttoikiXov virdp-)(0VT0S, koi iraOeiv, Xviryv fiev, oti ov tcaTeXafte'
<pof3ov Se, firj KaQairep ^avTrjv to <pa>f, ovtw Kai to <£!jv wnAiVjj* zdiroplav tc stti tovtois'
3ev dyvola Se to irdvTa. et Iao nomen factum dicunt: et cum non posset pertransire Horon, quoniam complexa fuerat passionem, et sola fuisset derelicta foris, omni parti passionis succubuisse multifari® et varies existentis : et passam earn, tristitiam quidem, quoniam non apprehendit, timorem autem, ne quemadmodum earn lumen, sic et vita relinqueret : consternationem autem super haec : [in] ignorantia autem omnia.
Et non quemadmodum mater ejus
of the Apocalypse, cated in the and the vowels must have been transposed ; A (I and in applying the term to Christ, St John apparently avails himself of for, with the help of the digamma, in dicated in the forms 'lavi and the Samaritan 'Io/3i, and 'Ievi>, 'IaiFo would express with tolerable accuracy what we imagine to have been the pro nunciation of the Hebrew mi"l\ If, a term current in the Hellenistic theosophy, in order to teach the eternal attributes of Him, who being, as the divine Logos, " in the form of God, however, 'law be the correct ortho not robbery to be equal with God," in eternal perfection.
" thought it graphy, of which there is little doubt, am I the first and the word may be simply a collection of am the last, and beside I no God."
Is. xliv. me there The 6. is symbolical letters derived from the Hellenistic Synagogues.
I or ' was reader should consult Bp Pearson's notes on the word " Our Lord."
The MSS. write the word with the well-known abbreviation of HJiV while the remaining two letters indicate the attribute of eternity, A and Hebrew a termination Jaalh, or Joath.
Tertullian I), the first and the last.
Now if this a true more exact, inclamaverit in earn is is analysis of the word, and Jao, c. 14. the term if was known, as Epiphanics assures us, Stieren mentions with approba tion the reading airrii of the Ed. Princ,
(Hcer. xxvi. io) to the earlier Gnostics, interesting to observe St John following exactly the same course in the Apocalypse with regard to the term 'low, that he observed in the Gospel with respect to the name AA70S.
For the term Logos was adopted in the Breslau MS. and Gallas but afrrty it is is ; no doubt the genuine reading, and is more like the Greek construction, e. g.
Isocr. ad Dem. imXliroi &v fytas S'
: iras xpbvos.
Tertullian has, ne sicut luce, ita vita orbarelur. et The aropla of Achamoth Gospel as one familiar to the half Oriental half Greek philosophy of the thus
is described by Hippolytus h> dropla : the use of any word being imma terial so long as {y&ero iroWy, \oyi£onivT) t/s day /wp- & ; tpibiras, tI to Syiov Ri>eO/ia, iroC arijXffe, conveys a correct it theological notion.
In the same way the word "Ioui would seem to be indi KuXicas airois ovjiirapcivai, tU rls i 4<(>0&vri<Tc tov kuXov xal /jtaicapiov Bed/iaTos