Section 24 (Page 35)
CONVERSIO.
Ka2 ov icaOdirep 17 /xyTfjp avrrjg, 7) irpwrri Zo^)/a koi Aionv, J- *•7If '
» « '/3 * *\N * » ' iTTi MASS I erepotwcriv ev TOti iraueo-tv ei%ev, aAAa evavrtOTTyra.
Oiiriarvfi- ' fiefirjicevai 8' avrrj' koi erepav SidGea-tv, Trjv t>7? eirio-Tpo(pt}v eirt tov (^woTroiqaravTa.
TavTyv 3 o-va-rairiv Kai ova-lav t*}? vXtji rj<; G.21. yeyevrja 6ai Xeyovcrtv, e£ Koo-fioi o-vvearrjKev.
'E/c fiev oSe
tov Sijfiiovpyov Traorav 4» yap Trji STTicrTpocpiji Trjv tov KoafJ-ov Kai
tov (po/3ov koi t?s Xvirys Se ^VX^V T*lv yweo-iv elXt](pevai, ck Ta Xotira Trjv apy^rjv ea-^riKevai'
4air6 yap twv SaKpvoov avTtji ct. §10. yeyovevai iracrav evvypov ovalav airo Se tov yeXcorog, tijv M. 20.
(parreivqv dirb Se Trjs Xvirtjs Kai T>js e/c7rX»;^eto?, Ta aoo/xaTiKa prima Sophia Mon, demutationem in passionibus habuit, sed contrarietatem.
Super haec autem evenisse et alteram afei
fectionem conversionis ad eum qui vivificavit.
Earn collectionem et 8ubstantiam fuisse materiaB dicunt, ex qua hie mundus con stat.
De conversione enim mundi et Demiurgi omnem animam de timore autem et tristitia reliqua initium genesin accepisse : habuisse.
A lacrymis enim ejus factam universam humidam a tristitia autem et pavore risu autem lucidam substantiam a :
: ixelvov.
'EttI tovtolz KaOetrrCjffa tols ov Kokbv.
.hroi-na^v obv (b'lvvoOs sc.) ws .. wiBeai rpiirtrai hrl SitiaW Kai iKertlav tijAiicoDtos atwv Kai rravrbi tov ifkqp&uaros (xyovos, iKo-rfjvai ra rriO-n dir' tov aTo\nrbvros avrfy.
Philos. VI. 32.
In the sequel avrrjs'
Kai iToirjaev avra vwoaT&ras
said more clearly, Kai Tip* iyvotav rots rpicl irddeo-iv'eyKeis it ovalas, Kai tov p.tv tpbpov \j/vxiKty tirotnKpi'i<pOcu5i5d<Ticov<ri,viz. in grief, fear and oev itridvfuav, rrjv tie XuTrrjv, vXiKijv, ttjv perplexity.
Compare also Tebtull. c.
Vol.
Si airoplav, Saipivuv, rty St iirurTpoipty 14, coepit affligi mcerore, metu, Kai Stijffiv Kai iKerelav, bbbv Kai fierdvoiav xal bivap.iv \pvxiKTp oiffias, ijTts /taXetrat § consternatione, turn, ignorantia.
The 8rip.iovpy6s, k.t.X. Philos. reader may bear in mind that her for Sefia, (l.
mation was oi Kara yvdaw.
Wherefore VI. 32.
The Demiurge derived from Enher passion was b> iyvola.
Sophia declined from a compara tive state of yvufftt.
Her ignorance, thymesis an animal and not spiritual
a nature, "Ex hac (conversione scil.) omnis anima hujus mundi dicitur constitherefore, was by degeneration ere- ; pciaaa cTxa>.
Achamoth never enjoyed tisse, etiam ipsius Demiurgi, id est, Dei nostri." Tertdll. c. 15.
"Audistimoaa ray of this yvwaif, and her ignorance from the first was connate, and Kar' ex his initiata sunt rorem et timorem ; b/ajmonrrra.
Tertdllian draws the ctetera."
Ibid.
" Ex lacrymis ejus universa aqualame distinction, but still more ob * rum natura manavit....Proinde ex conscurely, turn ignorantia; nec ut mater ejus.
Ilia enim jEon at haec pro consternationc et pavore corporalia elementa ; ducta sunt ridebat interdum, qua ditione deterius.
14.
§ conspecti Christi recordans, eodem gauaiaToaa/, consistency.
According to
HlPFOLTTDS,
airo\to6ai airra (ra xiBv sc.) altiwia 6vra xal rrft aotplai tSta * dio risu lumen effulsit."
Tbbt. adv.
Vol.
15.
3—2
INEPTIARUM
tiB.i-i-7.
Tov Kocrfnov crTOi^eia.
Hot« fiev yap e/cXate koi eXwetro, wg massi.w.s. \£y0wrti gta T(J Kara\e\e[(f)6ai fiovr/v ev riS ctkotsi /cat rw KevwfiaTt'
Trore Se els evvoiav yKovcra tov KaTaXnrovros avrr)v (pwros, Sie%etTO koi eyeXa' wore 6* av vaXiv ecpofHeiTO' aXXoTe Se Sitjiropei, koi e^lcrraTO.
Kat Tt yap ; TpaywSla 7toXX^ Xotvov rjv evddSe, /cat <j>avTacrla evos eKacrrov avrwv, dXXws /cat aXXaiy
cro/Sapws 3>7 acSir/yovfievov e/c iroTairov irdOovs, e/c tto'iov UTOi-^elov ovcria 2t notes.
TqV yevecriv el\t](pev a /cat eiKorws SokovctI fioi fir) diravTas fiovovs eicelvovs tow /cat OeXeiv ev (pavepw StSdcnceiv, aXX' r) fxeyaXovs fucrOovs virep tiXikovtwv fivcrTrjplwv reXeiv Svvafievovs.
OvKeTi yap Tavra ofioia eicelvois, Trepi wv Ki'pto?
t)fiwv elprjKe, Swpeav eXafiere, Swpedv Sore' dXXa dvaice- •^wprjKOTa, /cat TepaTwSrj /cat f3a6ea fivcrrr/pia fierd ttoXXo?
Kaftdrov irepiyivofieva rots (piXo^evSecri.
Tt'y yap ovk dv eKSaTravt/creie irdvra Ta virdp-^ovra avrov, iva fidOy, oti diro twv SaKpvwv Ttjs 'Evdufiycrews tov TreirovOdros Alwvog, OdXacrcrai, /cat irrjya\, /cat Trorafiot, /cat irdcra evvSpos ovcria rrjv corporalia mundi elementa.
Aliquando enim plorabat et tristis erat, quomodo dicunt, quod derelicta sola esset in tenebris et in aliquando autem in cogitationem veniens ejus quod dereliquerat earn lumen, diffundebatur et ridebat: aliquando autem rursus timebat: aliquando consternabatur, et ecstasin patiebatur.
Et quidem enim [Ecquid enim vacuo : tragoedia multa est jam hie, et phantasia uniuscujusque illorum, aliter et alitor graviter exponentis, ex quali passione, et ex quali elemento substantia generationem accepit.
Quae etiam convenienter videntur mihi non omnes velle in manifesto docere, sed solos illos qui etiam grandes mercedes pro talibus mysteriis prccstare possunt.
Non enim jam dicunt similia illis, do quibus Dominus uttx.
?] noster dixit:
Gratis accepistis, gratis date: sed "separata et a portentuosa, et alta mysteria cum magno labore exquisita fallacibus.
Quis enim non eroget omnia qua* sunt ejus, uti discat, lacrymis Enthytneseos, qu® est ex passione yEonis, maria et fontes, et flumina, et universa humida materia generaquoniam a
oofiapus, pompously.
Separata, abstrusa would have s oiffla here used in the sense of hetter expressed the sense. ffXiji material substance. a t)
INDICATIO.
yiveo~iv etXrjcpev, eV tow yeXwrog avrtjg to <pwg, Kai ex aJf'L* Trjg eKirKtj^ewg Kai ti?? a/itj^avtag Ta awfiariKa rov Koa/xov (TTOiyeia ; TiovXofiat Se Kai avrbg avveiaeveyKeiv ti tjj Kapiro- (popla avrwv.
'T&ireiSrj yap bpw to. fiev yXvKea vSara ovra, o. 22. oiov Trrjyag, Kai irorafiovg, Kai ofifipovg, Kai Ta rotavra'
Ta Se iiri ratg OaXdcraatg dX/ivpd' eirtvow fir) iravra dvb rwv SaKpvwv avrrjg Trpo/3e/3\!j<rdai, Siori to Sdxpvov dX/ivpbv ry •Kotdrryri virdpyec (pavepbv ovv, on to dXfivpd vSara ravrd eoTt ra airo rwv oaxpvwv.
EiiKog oe aurr)v ev aywvta ttoAAj/ Srj m. 2i. koi dfir/^avla yeyovviav Kai ISpwKevar evrevOev KaYa rr)v inroOeo-iv avrwv viroXafij3dveiv Set, irtjydg Kai irorafiovg, Kai et riva dXXa yXvKea vSara virdpyei, rr)v yeveatv fir) ^l.
fiereo~fc] ecr^rjKevat dirb rwv SaKpvwv [ISpwrwvJ avrtjg' dir'tOavov yap, fitdg iroioTtjTOg ovcrjg rwv SaKpvwv, rd fiev dXfivpd, ra Se irtOavwrepov, rd avrwv irpoeXOetv tovto yXvKea vSara Se e£ a eft at ITT! pis (lev eivai airo rwv daKpvwv, ra oe airo rwv topwrwv. hiireiorj
/ * \ \ t / de risu autem ejus lumen, de pavore autem tionetn acceperunt : et inconstabilitate corporalia mundi elemental Volo autem aliquid et ego conferre fructificationi eorum.
Quoniam enim video dulces quidem quasdam aquas, ut fontes, et flumina, et quae autem sunt in rnari salsas imbres, et talia adinvenio non omnia a Iacrymis ejus emissa, quoniam lacrymae salsaB sunt :
; qualitate.
Manifestum igitur, quoniam salsse aquas sunt hae a Iacrymis.
Opinor autem earn in agonia et in inconstantia grandi constitutam et sudasse.
Unde etiam secundum argumentationem ipsorum suspicari oportet, fontes et flumina, et quaB sunt alias si 'sudoribus ejus.
Non est aquae dulces, generationem habuisse a enim suadibile, cum sint unius qualitatis lacrymae, alteras qui dem salsas, alteras dulces aquas ex iis exisse.
Hoc autem magis suadibile, alteras quidem esse Iacrymis, alteras vero a sudoria bus.
Quoniam autem et calidae et austerae quaedam sunt aquae The translator clearly indicates the a\/i{pas 0aX<Was {nriarriaev, wt 6S6-
(( preferable reading of ISptlrrav, supported vrjs xal Spipvyfiov IkovoO TrpoxvBivra.
'O Si ISpws rrjs raXaiiriipov ywaiKiit by the apt quotation of Grabe, is as it from Nilus Asc. the disciple of S. J. irrryas ifrjpfufoTO ical rorrafiois xal <pp4ara, \lpj>as tc koI tA i£rjs y\vxia'
Chrysostom (ad Carpion. Valent^'ExPW dirarr^roi X^ytwra, 6ti ra fikv riKpa rrjt dvvirdpKTov 'Axafi&O Sdxpva tAs ravra irpbs riv abv \fjpov ye\otuSws \4yoficv.
PARACLETI
'dn.i'ts *a'
@epfla Ka* Sptuea Ttva. vSard eartv ev tw koo-uw, voetv
MASS 1 IV*. 'J
*y « I \ i t I i o<pei\eis, Tt irotrjcraaa, Kai ck ttoiov uoptov irporjKaTO Tavra' apiioXpwt yap TOtovToi Kapiroi Ty viroQe&ei avrwv.
AioSevaacrav ovv irdv irados Tt)v Wlrprepa avrSsv, koi fioyts 1eiri 'tKemav Tpairrjvat tov KaTaXtirovros avrr)v virepKir^aaav, tpurros, TOvreoTi tov Xpt&Tov, Xeyovirtv os aveXOiov fiiv els to irXripwfia, avros nev etKos on 2wKvti<rev ck Sevrepov KareXdeiv, tov 3TIapdicXriTOv Se e^eireu^ev [«?J avrr)v, Tovretm 4 evSovros avrw vao-av tt)v Svvautv tov vaTpbs, tov ararrrjpa, Kai.
Tfav vtt ej~ovalav irapaSovros, *Ktu twv atwvtov Seofievos [8e oftotwsj, otrms ev avrw to. irdvra KTi&dij to. opara Kai to o.h. aopara, Opovot, OeortjTes, KVptoTrrres' eKirefnrerat Se irpos
in mundo. intelligere debes, quid faciens, et ex quo membro emisit has.
Apti sunt enim hujusmodi fructus argumento ipsorura.
Cum igitur peragrasset omnem passionem mater ipsorum, et vix cum elata esset, ad obsecrationem converea est ejus Iuminis, quod dereliquerat earn, hoc est, Christi, dicunt : qui regressus in Pleroma, ipse quidem, ut datur intelligi, pigritatus est secundo descendere :
Paracletum autem misit ad earn, hoc est, Salvatorem, pnestante ei virtutem omnem 7Patre, et omnia sub potestate tradente : et ^Eonibus autem similiter, uti coi. i. id in eo omnia conderentur, visibilia et invisibilia, tkroni, ditinitaies, 1 Theodotcs in the Didatcalia Or. dri tXj^s tut alwvuy iXriXvOcr, (it dird varies the account : Xourrds yap, Karatov 5~Xov-rpofXduv.
Xctyaj ttjv TrpofiaXov&av avrbv "Zotpiav, * Kai dovros iracap tt)v i^owiap tov flocXOwv eis t6 irXripu/ia, xrrip rrfl ££u nreiVaros 0ege potina ex IrenaK) rarpbs, KaToXtupQiUnri ~ofplas Trr-qaaro ttjv §<rir Grabe) civawfoayros 5i koX tov TXijpwOetav, Kai cidoKias tup Aiu.-vojp 'Itjo-ovs fiaros, iKT^p.Terai 6 Trjs povXrjt dyyeXoj, rpopdXXerai Tlap&KXrrros Tip rapeXBom nal yiyerai k^oXt) r<S» SXwr uera tot A&i.
§ 23.
TaW/jaTaVra yip (v at'-rip IktIoBti tA
WKntaey.
So Tertolliax, Sed opara xal dipara, Opbvoi, Kvptbrrrres, ChriMui, quern jam piyebat extra Pleroma
/3ao"(Xe<a<,tfeonrres, XeiTovpylai. to. §43. projicitci, tlcarium pnrficit Paracletum,
5 rum •danm (sc. {rSorrur 7-)jf SiVaSoterem . ... ad earn emittit cum officio pw), compare § 4, Soter being a colatque comitttlu co&taneorum angelorum. lective impersonation of the entire 16.
See also Theodoeet, H<er. Fab. I.
Pleroma.
7. p.
299.
Ed.
Schultze.
8 Betrnrrft is a word interpolated by 3 Jesus or Soter was also called the theValentinians, lis ai>rol X^yowi, TheoParaclete in the sense of Advocate, or doret adds ; sometimes at least Valenone acting as the representative of others.
TIXUS "excogitavit Scripturas ad maSo the Didatc. Or.
24 : Toy napaKXtrror teriem."
Tert. Pnr»er. Hot. cf. n. 4. ol a-rb QvaXtm'wov rA» 'Iijo-oit X^yowi», 7 The MSS. have Patril ; cf. theGr.
MISSIO. avrrjv fiera ru>v 1^\iKia>ru>v aurov rwv ^Ayyekwv.
Tj/v Se /J?f!;f '
3 KaXvuua MASS-I lv-5 A^afAioO evrpairetaav avrov \iyovcri irpwrov fiev eirideirOai oY atSw, /xereireira Se ISovaav avrov avv oXt] rrj m. 22.
3Kapiro(popla avrov, vpocrSpafietv avrw, SvvafJ.iv \a/3ovo~av e/c rrji eirKpavelas avrov' tcaiceivov /J.op<pw<Tai avrr)v 4 fiopcpwaiv rtjv Kara, yvaxriv, Kai "lairiv rwv iraQwv Troir/<ra<rdai avrijf ■)(wplaravra S* avra. aurrjg, 5 fir) afieXr/aavra Se avrwv, ov yap r)v 6Svvara (MpaviaQrjvai, wi ret ^rrjt irporepas, Sia to eicriKa dominationes.
Mittitur autem ad earn cum coaetaneis suis Angelis.
Hanc autem Achamoth reveritam eum dicunt primo quidem coopertionem imposuisse propter reverentiam : deinde
autem cum vidisset eum cum universa fructificatione sua, accurrisse ei, virtute accepta de visu ejus.
Et ilium formasse earn formationem, quae est secundum agnitionem, et curationem passionum fecisse ejus, separantem eas ab ea, et non eas neglexisse, nee enim erat possibile eas exterminari quemadmodum 1 Angels were the male seed, the * The reader may refer back to § 7, where it is said that Christ formed her initiated were the female seed of Sophia, in her own essence rrj ISia Swdfiei, Kar' henceforth to be united in the final dTraraTdorewis.
The Didasc.
Or. says, tA p.kv dfijieviKa dyyeXurA icaXoOirc, tA ova iav only, but not Kara yvwaai.
Soter or the Paraclete now confers the forma tion Kara yvCicw.
EiNWs obv i Xurijp 6rj\vKa 5' eavrobs rb Siacpipov wvevfia. ... tA otv appeviKa fieri, tov \6yov ffweordXi?, tA 0ij\vko.
Se diravSpbidivTa ivovrat rots AyyAots Kai els to wK-ZipupM xaP&- 1*1. iirLtpipei abr^v (forte abr-fi) fibptpoxrw rip Kara yv&aiv Kai taaut tuv iradCbv, Sel£as Atto Trarpbs dyevvrirov to. hr vXrjpibnari, a 'ISovaa Se abrby 57Zotpla, SfWtov Tip Kara\iv6trri avrTjv tptarl eyv&purev, Kai koI tA pixpi abrrp.
Didasc.
Or. § 45.
HiPFOLYTUS
seems to refer this more perfect /i/>p<pwo-isto the previous mission of Christ. xpoaibpanev, Kai iryaWidaaTO, Kai irpoaeKvrqaeV robs Si fyi/Was dyyiXovs robs 5 /it) diuK-qaavra.
"Susceptam ille aim afrrQ (Kirefi<p6evTas 6eaaap.iirn, Kar-QSfaBi), Kai KiXvfifta iwiSero'
81A tovtov confirmat atque conformat agnitione jam, et ab omnibus injuriis passionis extov fivffTTjplov 6 IlaCXos KeXebei rat ywat.
Kas tpopetv O-oufflav iirl rijs Ke<pa\ijs 5iA pumicat, non eadem negligentia in exrobs 'Ayye~\ovs. ib. § 44.
Tektullian terminium discretis, quae acciderat in says, " Adventu pompatico ejus concussa Achamoth, protinus velamentum sibi casibus matris."
Tebt. adv.
Vol.
16.
AirotrT-fio-as Si tA jrdtfi? rip TrewovBvlas, abrty ftir d7ra^7; KareffKebaffev, tA ird^r; obdnxit, ex officio primo venerationia Se Siaxplvas itf>v\ai;cv Kai obx tHavep rrjs et verecundiae."
8 Kapirotpopta, emanation of excellen hSov Sie<t>op-q8-n,dX\' els obalav fyayev cies derived from all the jEons, as the abrd re Kai rrjs Sevrtpas SiaBiaews. airdvOio-fia of the entire Pleroma.
So Tertullian has, Contcmplatur turn Didasc.
Or. 45.
6 See Note 2, p.
35.
' ttjs irporipas, t<xj>las sc., or, as fructiferum suggestion.
SEMEN tiai.ji.fiSjSrj koi 18vvaTa elvar aXX' aTroKplvavra^-^wp^a-ei tov [-^top]?, MASS. J.iv.5.
~] '
* "V x 1V * / //\ i -j i * etra o-vy^eat /cat Tn/fjat, Kat acrwfiaTOV Travous etc Ja<rt«>e£; fiarov Trjv vktjv fierafiaXeiv avra' e?0' outwc eVtTijoVtoTJ/Ta Kai 0.2*.
(pvcriv efiTreiroir]Kevai avrols, w<TTe etc cruyKplfiara /cat (rw/xara eXdeiv, irpos to yeveerdai *Suo ovcrlai, Trjv (pavkyv twv iraQwv, prioris, eo quod jam habilia et possibilia essent; sed segregantem separatim commiscuisse et coagiilasse, et de incorporali passione in incorporalem materiam transtulisse eas et sic aptabilitatem : et naturam fecisse in eis, ut in congregationeB et corpora venirent, uti fierent dutc substantia, una quidem mala ex passionibus, she was also called, rrp AVw Zoc^as.
Achamoth being X«a, &v awlarnKev K6<rfios mpbs,
kAtoj and devripa (Jr Kai tA &Wa dipos, yjft, vtiaros, li; i] trdvra auyKptpLara KdXoi/ieva, '(fid re Kai Xo<pla. ipvri (TvyccrTnKivai. p.
10, ed.
Miller.
Ieen.kus uses the same philosophical As having a virtual existence.
Tertullian says, " eo quod jam habi-
term in this passage, wore els crvyKplpara tum et robur contraxissent."
17.
Kai ffiipara i\0eiv.
Further that this For xu/")°'E'
T°v which mani is is a festly a corrupt reading, Billius pro the meaning of drrup-arov evident from is the words of the Didasc.
Or. poses simply xwP's> an<l Gbabe xupk 47, § dffdp.arov de Kai Tafrnjv Iv dpxv aivlaaerai, to tpdaKew dbparov othe ydp dvOptbafrrfp. xuP'si &Ta n0 improbable reading.
Teetullian has, Atque ita massalUcr solidata defixit seorsim in ma ir<p T(p p.tjtieTru 6vtl d6paros fy, ovre r(p (....) Itiifpnovpyel ydp' d\\d to &p.op(pov teria: corporalem paraturam.
Kai dveltieov Kai daxqpATUiTov avrrjs woi retained for the reasons
aadp-arov is jtws e^e<puitnj<rer.Diog.Laertius,iji.
86, given by Grabe, to whose note the records Plato's opinion in very similar he quotes here from reader referred is ; the Didate. Or., TlpCyrov ow terms, elvai de ttjv v\tjv do~x.npATL<TTOv daap-drov i% yjs ylvevdai rd avyKplpuiTa.
The German language expresses the vddovs Kai ffvpftcfivKoros els datapJXTW Kai diretpov, i£ rfyv v\tjv airra ^erijirrX-qffev Kai pxrtpaXev.
The English equivalent not incorporeal meaning with greater accuracy than our is mhstance but unorganized mailer, which own, e.g. Back, as quoted by Stieben, " Das unkorperliche Leiden ging in eine unkorperliche Materie iiber the meaning of the passage quoted by Gbabe from the Philaeophumena of Hippolytcs, in speaking of the opinion of Plato respecting matter, x. IlXdVuis diese ver- ; dichtete sich in Korper, und es enstanden zwei Suhstanzen eine bose aus dem kaytyuiATurrm yap airrty (tt)v vXriv) otaav Kai diroiov, TrpocXafiovaav trx^p-ara Leiden, und eino Leidens fahige aus der '' vos.
Sehnsucht.
Dies bewirkte die bildende Macht des Soter."
Chr. Gnos. p.
134.
Kai TroidTTjras yeviodai cruifia, (p. 21, ed.
Hippolytus says that these trdOn Miller), and the author immediately
before had described this tTXij as the were hypostatised as substance, but he ex presses himself in such a way as to shew that the idea in his mind was not that of the creation of matter, but of certain rude subjective material out of which the elements and earthly bodies were formed, vXtjv tie tV Tratrav \rK0Keip.4irqv, t}v Kai tie^afievrjv Kai Tid^VTjv Ka\u, moral qualities supposed by the Gnostics i£ 17s, tiiaKoapLijOelant ytvioSai rd rtaaapa <rroito have a substantive existence.
SriRITALE.
rqv Te Trji hrirrrpo<prii ifnraOrjkcu Sia tovto Suvd/iet tw mSj^La
SeSrj/jnovpytjKevat (pda-Kovtri, TiJV tc 'A^a/tobQ array WA ^EinTfjpa 7ra0oi/c yevofJLevrjv, koi 3 <rv\\a/3ov(rav tij Xa/°?
T^'; a^TCP McpwToav Trjv Qewplav, TovreoTt twv 'AyyeXwv twv per airrou, /caJ 3 iyici<r<rqcra<Tav avrovs, Ketcvrjicevai leapirovi kotol ttjv eiKova SiSda-Kovai, Kvt}fta irvevfj-ariKov icaff 6/Aolcocriv yeyovoTWf ^yeyovbi^ tu>v Sopvcpoptav tov SwtJJ/oo?. g.
TplWV OVV rjSt] TOVTWV VTTOKelfJleVWV KOT CtVTOVf, TOV fxev €K tov irddovf, o v\tjm tov rjv Se etc Trjs €TricrTpo(p>jg, o
altera autem conversionis passibilis: et propter hoc virtute Salvatorem fabricasse dicunt.
Hanc autem Achamoth extra
passionem factam concepisse de gratulatione eorum, quas cum eo sunt luminum visionem, id est, Angelorum qui erant cum eo, et delectatam in conspectu [conceptu] eorum peperisse fructus secundum illius imaginem decent, partum spiritalem secundum similitudinem factum satellitum Salvatoris.
Tria igitur haEC cum subsistant secundum cos, unum quidem ex passione, quod erat materia, alterum vero de conversione, Bays that the rdd-n of Achamoth having facta, simulque contemplatione ipsa anbeen separated from her by Soter, iirolt)gelicorum luminum, ut ita dixerim, subfcrmentala, (pudet, sed aliier exprimere crev airra inroaTarat ovatas, Kal rhv piv tpdflov ^vxtK-tjv £irolTi<r&> iindvpAav, rty non est,) quodammodo substruit intra et Si \vtt7jv iiKiK-qv, rip Si drroplav SatpAipsa in ittos, et conceptu statim intumuit spiritali.
Adv.
Vol.
17.
Afterwards, vwv, tt)v Si hrurrp&pjp Kal Sirjiriv Kal also, Irek^ds seems to decide the ques tion when he says, jmrty) Kal perdvoiav UeTetav, iSbv 1.
(f. xal Sivauiv \j/vxiKfjs oiatas, ijris KaXcTrai t6 Si K&ripa
§ :
Se£id.
Philos. VI.
32.
The consolidation of matter was the subsequent work of Trjs yLtjTpbs aiT7?5
(avrutv) t^5 'Axa/iuiO, Kara rty Ottaplav twv irepl rhv Xwrripa
ayy(\wv iireK&ri<rev k.t.\., where the the Demiurge.
See page 43.
SeSri/uovpyiiKimi, intransitively in aiKkirfitt was clearly said to be Kara ti)v
the sense of IpydfcaBai.
Bewplav. iyKunri\<saaav, LXX. Gen. xxx. 38, ovWafiowav.
Gbabe, Mabsuet,
39, iva i-yKiaff^ffaai ra irpbfiara eit rods and Stieben agree in allowing no other force to this word in connexion with pdjiiSovs. cwiSTpo(pi}i rendered here by con rlfv Beapiav, than visu apprehcndentem,
afterwards expressed by the word KeKirnKhai notwithstanding.
But Tebtullian gives an almost con versione, is impelu. II. lii.
Facta est exinde trinitas generum, ex trinitatt causarum.
Unum, temporaneous interpretation, which would fix upon crvWafjovaa its more aliud ani material!, quod ex pastione ; tertium ipiriordinary meaning:
Abhinc Achamoth... in opera majora frugescit.
Prce gaudio mate, quod ex conversione ; tale, quod ex imaginatione.
Tebt. adv.
Vol.
17. enim tanii exinfeliciiatesuccessus concale-
DEMIURGUS
orI'i'M'
T® ^VXLK°V'
ro"
° aT«cw;<re, Tovre&Ti to irvevfiaTiKov, MASS.i.v.l "
» '
> v * '
± • "
'A\\ > » ' ovtws erpairr) eiri Tt\v fxopcpwiriv avrwv.
AAAa to fj.ev TrvevfiaNUiiDi.f'h'd' tikov fit) SeSvvrjcrQai avrij [avrtjv] fiop<pS><rai, eveiSii ofioovo-tov virrjpyev avry'
Terpd(p6ai Se evi rtjv fj.6p(pwcriv rrjf yevo/xevrjs
irpofSaXeiv re to SK Ttjf eiriarpoo^rji avrtji y^v^tKtji overlap, irapu rod 2a>T^jOoy /MaOq/xara.
Kai irpwrov ne/j.op<pwKevai avTtjv €K Tijy y^v)(iKtii ovaias \eyovari tov Tlarepa Kai /3a<ri\ea iravrwv, rwv re 6/uloovctiwv avrw, rovrean rwv y^v)(_iKwv, a Srj tov iraQovs Kai r>js vXiji, a 3Se£ia. KaXovcri, Kai twv he St) apiarepa.
KaXova-f iravra yap ra /car avrbv <pa<TKOv<ri fxe/xopcpooKevai, XeXtidorws Kivovfievov virb rrjs M^-
it A.iraropa, Kai Atjfiiovpybv a. rpov odev Kai Mtirpoiraropa, /cat
avrbv, Kai TlaTepa KaXovcrf twv fiev Se^iwv irarepa Xeyovres aptarrepwv, TOvreo~ri twv avrbv, TOVTecrTi twv yjfV^iKwv twv Se Se vXikwv, Sr/fiiovpybv, avfMTravTwv /3a<riXe'a.
Trjvyap'EvdufJi.rio-iv ravrrjv ^ovXrjQeiaav ety rtfj.t]v twv Aiwvwv to. iravra iroirivai, tov "Eiwr^pa Se eiKovai Xeyovai TreiroitiKevai avrwv, 4/naXXov Si quod erat animale alteram vero quod enixa est, quod est : spiritale, sic conversa est in formationem ipsorum.
Sed spiritale quidem Don potuisse earn formare, quoniam Bejusdem substantias erat.
Conversam autem in formationem ejus, quae facta erat ei de conversione ejus, animalis substantias, emisisse quoque a Salvatore doctrinas.
Et primo quidem formasse earn de aniniali substantia dicunt Deum Patrem, et Salvatorem, et Regem omnium sejusdem substantias ei, id est, animalium, quas dextras et eorum quae ex passione et ex materia, quas sinistras dicunt.
Ea enim quas post eum sunt, eum dicunt formasse latenter motum a matre sua.
Unde et Metropatorem, et vocant ; Apatorem, et Demiurgum eum, et Patrem vocant dextrorum : quidem Patrem dicentes eum, id est, Psychicorum; sinistrorum vero, id est, Hylicorum, Demiurgum omnium autem Regem.
Hanc enim Enthymesin volentem in -iEonum honorem omnia : facere, imagines dicunt fecisse ipsorum, magis autem Salvatorem Ut scilicet hcec formatio non utei fiTrrpoirdropa because Achamoth,
• tantum kclt' overlay sed el ko.t& yi/Qerm, from whom he emanated, was the sole uli supra formatio matris chamoth discause of his being iirdropa because he A ; tinguebatur.
Grabs. proceeded from no other atfvyos.
/iSXKov St...
The Valentinian Compare note 4, p. 40, and p. 43.
* * 3,
VARIE
DENOMINATUS.
avrrji' kcu avrijv eavT>]vJ ftev 1ev eiKovi tov aopuTOv TlaTpos g^i'I'Il [l.
TerriprjKevai fit] yivcoo-KOfj.evrjv vtto tov orjfuovpyov tovtov de tov fiovoyevovs vlov, tUv Xonroov Alwvwv tovs vtto tovtwv Se Ap^ayyeXovs Te koi 'AyyeXous.
UaTepa '
[tovtov^ yeyovoTctg ouv koi Qeov Xeyovcriv avTov yeyovevai toov e/CToy to? irXtjpwfiaTO?, TrotTjTrjv ovTa ttolvtcov yp-v^iKwv Te Kai vXucuiv SiaKplvavTa yap ray Svo ovala? irvyKe-^yfievas, /cat ej~ acrca/jtaTcov (rw/AaT07roiqcravTa, SeSrjfjuovpytjKevai to.
Te ovpavia Kat s TCi yffiva, /cat yeyovevai vXikwv Kai y^v)(iKU>v, iwv Kai apiiTTepwv 8qf/.iovpybv, K0v<pwv Kai fiapewv, avaxpepwv Kai per ipsam.
Et ipsam quidem in imagine irivisibilis Patris
conservasse incognitam a Demiurgo.
Hunc autem unigeniti Filii reliquorum vero iEonum eos, qui ab hoc facti sunt :
Angeli et Archangeli.
Patrem itaque et Deum dicunt factum eorum quae sunt extra Pleroma, fabricatorem esse omnium Psychicorum et Hylicorum.
Separantem enim duas substantias confusas, et de incorporalibus corporalia facientem, fabricasse quaj sunt ccelestia et terrena, et factum Hylicorum et Psychi corum, dextrorum et sinistrorum fabricatorem, levium et gravium,
JRonas exprimerent.
As Badb expresses Saviour being an aggregation of all the " Die Enthymesis habe sich unter ^Eonic perfections, the images of them it : dem Bilde des unsichtbaren Vaters, sowere reproduced by the spiritual concep fern sie das Nachbild desselben war, tion of Achamoth beholding the glory of Xar-f/p.
The reader will not fail to verborgengehalten."
Chr. Gnosis, p. 145.
The supposed moral tendencies observe that every successive develop
the reflex of of matter having been developed by more divine ment is a Enthymesis, the grosser substance now antecedent. owed its being to Demiurge.
Tertullian follows closely the account of Irkn^us Unius substantia quod Greece bpaoi-
aiov dicitur. Ruffin.
See my Hist, and Ex incorporalibus corpora the Creeds, p. 234, &c. of Theol.
: in elxSn.
Achamoth now formed edificat, gravia, levia, sublimantia, atque
vergentia, ccelestia atque terrena; turn Kara yvwatr, was without the Pleroma as the image of Propator, Demiurgus as ipsam ccelorum septemplicemscenam, solio that of Monogenes or Nus, and in the unde et Sabbatum desuper suo fixit ; world the angels his creation were as dictum est, ab hebdomade sedis suet, et the likeness of the other iEons of the Ogdoas mater Achamoth, ab argumento Ogdoadis primigenitalis.
20.
Pleroma.
Qui per illam sit operatus, ut Kai wpurrov irimtav rpopdWerai ipsam quidem imaginem Patris invisibilis
eUbva tov irarpos $ebv 8V off lirolnaev rbv inco'jniti daret, incognitam scilicet et et oipavbv koX tt)v fTp, Tovriirn to oupivta invisibilem Demiurgo, eundem autem Kai ra Myeia, ra 5e|io xal to apiarepd.
Demiurgum Now JUium effingeret, Arch Didasc. Or. angeli vero, Demiurgi opus, reliquos 47.
IIEBDOMAS.
1 eirra yap :-> *■Karwcpepwv' ovpavovs KaTeo-Kevaicivai, <3v eirv'2' dvw tov Aij/xtovpy6v eivai Xeyovcrr koi Sia tovto ko.) [I.
e/3So/idSa KaXovtriv avrov, Tt]v Se firjTepa Tqv 'A^a/xw0 'OySodSa, aTroarw^ovaav tov dpiOfubv tov £t»7?] dpyeyovov, icai irpo Trji ^TrpdoTis'^ tov TrXrjpwfiaTOi 'OySodSos.
Tov?
Se evTct ovpavovs ovk £e?.owcJ eivai 3vo>]tovs [f.l. voepovs~j (pao~iv 'AyyiXovs Se sursum advolantium, et deorsum devergentium septem quoque : ccelos fecisse, super quos Demiurgum esse dicunt.
Et propter hoc Hebdomadam vocant eum, matrem autem Achamoth Ogdoada, servantem nuraerura primogenitse et primarise Pleromatis Ogdoadis.
Septem autem ccelos, quos intellectuals esse dicunt,
Cabbalistic Book Zohar, Paradise The Valentinian notion of the
is ewish said to have been among these seven seven heavens referrible to the is J UV^ai also that Adam Cabbala, which in its origin consisted of myths received by the Jews from worlds pj> (J when ejected from Paradise had his dwelling in the first instance upon the Babylon and the East, rather than of fables of their own invention.
So in this instance, these seven heavens of lowermost earth, a region of darkness and discomfort jltWin DIN tTUJEJOl umnnn p*6 m"pn irb& py po the Cabbala have their counterpart in the seven Amshaspands of Zoroaster.
In the Book T^Dn pJ35> cap.
VDET mv-ix tit. xnan nhv, 'U1 "on dip DC? -pin Dip» sin:>> and afterwards raised to the second, called Adamah. m"pn ir6j>D fVm rbyab dcod nw nw nonxn said it is "?y D'S'po on nitnpn nictayn ntnpjn pxn iubc ny ito hdoV it py jj» wrbx innbc?M -idkde> ibid, .nonxn m nayb yae> zrw nvoji wdso wn "pan •Ul D'S'pO DW "The holy worlds ipdop-dSa.
As the heavens are angels in the Valentinian scheme, so the term a are in circles, the one beneath the Hebdomas was applied indifferently to other, unto the navel of the earth called ban which in the centre, and Demiurge and the mode, scarcely the is region, of his subsistence.
Thus HlPpolytus says, tan Si rvpuSrjs true that seven heavens encompass them." The seven heavens, however, of Valentinus, were more true to their Eastern origin, for they were defined it is ipvaiK^ oiaia, KoKfiTon St Kal t6tos inr' afrrQp fi Kal if}5op,as, Kal TroXaiis twi> fyxc/xSi', Kal iaa toioOto \tyovai repl rofrrov, ravra neither by locality nor shape, but were rather angelical excellencies, such as Ormuzd and his six subordinate Am etvai tov \pvxtKov b*v <pt\ao> ettrai tov nbap-ov Sriiuovpy&y.
Tert. cf. p. 45, n. 2.
Cf. Tebtulliak's version, Ccelos shaspands.
Thus the heavens were
autem nogros deputant, et interdum angehs votpol, d-y-yAous 5i avrods virorldevrai.
So also the Paradise above the third of eos (coelos) faciunt, sicvl ipswm Demiet these heavens they called rtraprov dlyye- \ov, where Adam at first was placed, and from whence he derived certain urgum sicut et Paradisum Archangelum quartum, quoniam et hunc supra caelum ex cujus virtute sumtertium pangunt ; qualities of the soul.
This may be the proper place to remark, that in the serit Adam diversatus illie inter nube cula*, d-c.
20.
OGDOAS ALTERA.
avrovs virorlQevrai, Kai rov Srifiiovpyov Se Kai avrov ayyeXov * r e \ \ '
TT e9 « '
» * MASS. L v. *2 ew eoiKora' ws Kai rov llapaaeicrov vTrep rpirov ovpavov M. ss. ovra, riraprov "AyyeXov \eyovo~i Svvd/xei virdpyeiv, Kai airo rovrov n elXr/cpevai rov 'ASafi Siarerpicpora ev avrw.
Tavra 1 wrjaOai Karaq. so.
Se rov Srifiiovpyov (pdcrKovo-iv <z^>' eavrov fiev o-KevdXeiv, ireiroiriKevai S* avra. rrjs 'A^afiwO irpofiaXXovcrris' ovpavov TreTTOtr/Kevai fir) eiSora rov ovpavov Kai avOpwirov ireifXaKevai, fit] eiSora rov avdpwirov yrjv re SeSei-^evai, fir) eiricrrafievov rrjv yr)v /cat eiri irdvrwv ovrws Xeyovaiv 3 r]yvoriKevai avrwv Ta? iSeas t$v eiroiei, Kai avrrjv rr)v firjrepa' avrov Se fiovov wtjaOai irdvra eTvai.
Alrlav <5° avrw yeyovevat rrjv fir/repa rrjs oir/crews ravrrjs (pdo-Kowiv, ryv ovrw fiovXrj-
Oeiarav irpoayayetv avrov, Ke(paXriv fiev Kai apxyv rijs iStaf rrjv overlap, Kvpiov Se rrjs oXrjs irpayfiarelas.
3Tavrriv Se Angelos autem eos tradunt et Demiurgum et ipsum angelum, Deo autem similem, quemadmodum et Paradisum supra tertium coelum existentem virtutem Archangelum quartum dicunt esse, et ab hoc aliquid accepisse Adam conversatum in eo.
Haec autem Demiurgum dicunt semetipso quidem putasse in totum a fecisse autem ea Achamoth.
Caelum enim fecisso fabricasse ; nescientem ccelum, et hominem plasmasse ignorantem hominem, terram autem ostendisse non scientem terram, et in omnibus sic dicunt ignorasse eum figuras eorum, quae faciebat, et ipsam matrem semetipsum autem putasse omnia esse.
Causam autem ; fuisse matrem ejus talis 4operationis dicunt, quae sic voluerit ei caput quidem et initium sua? substantias, producere eum :
Or.
06k iylvuffKcv rrf Si' avrov b/epyov- 'AvOpuiros yotiv lariv iv avSpuirtp
ifivxucfa b
X°^KV> °&
/^P*1 V^poi, d\X4 oav, o16/mfos ISta Svpdftei Siyuovpyetv, Skip S\os (rwiic AfSfrffrf Sw/ip-u 6eov, (pi\cpybs i3v (pbati.
49.
§ SSev Iv r$ rrapaddacp rtp rerdprip ovpavip rairrpi Si ttiv pvqripa. Achamoth
Sr/iuovpyctrai, ixcl yltp xouri) ffckpf oi/c by these names must be understood to irafkUya, dXX* rp> t§ <f>vxv Sela olov have an intermediate position between i\iK^. Sid.
Or. the divine prototypal idea and creation 51.
<rap£ r) :
§ she was the reflex of the one, and
HlPPOLYTUS
similarly, puapla Si, s <pi)tj\v> ifjrlv Sivafiis rov SrjpAovpyov, therefore d/S/WW^Xus, she was the r) pattern to be realized in the latter, fiwpbs yip ijv xal Srovt, xal frA/ufev avrbi Sij/uovpyeiv rov xofffiov, ayvo&v Sri and therefore was named yr) Kai 'lepovrrdrra dySoas, b>epo~a\r)p..
M-rrrrip ao<pla, ij The translator had in his copy yet airif Tp&s tt\v Kriuui rov Kb<rp.ov ovk
7Toif)a€o>s, but cf. u>i;<r0<ujust before. clSori.
Philot. VI. 34, and the IHdasc.
4G PASSIO
GENEKATB1X.
g^'i'M' Mr/ripa Kal 'OySoaSa icaXovcri, Kal ^Eo(plav, Kal Yrjv, ko.\ mass.1. v.3. ,IB«owraX^a, Kal ayiov Ylvev/ma, Kal Kvpiov aptreviKw?.
"E-^eiv Se tov Trj$ /xecroTrjTOf tottov avrrjv, Kal etvai inrepdva) fiev tov Aijfiiovpyov, vTTOKaTOo Se rj e£a> tov TtXtipd/xarof A^Xi04 1 avvTeXeiat.
IO.
'Exer ovv tijv vkiKtjv ovalav eK Tpiwv iraOwv ava-Trjvai \eyov<ri, tpofiov Te, Kal ^Xvvrjs, Kal airoplaf e/c fxev tov (pofiov Kal Ti/y eiriarTpocp^i to.
-^rvyiKa.
Tt)v crucrTatriv €i\t](pevar e/c /xev Trjs €7ri<TTpo(prii tov Arj/xiovpyov j3ou\ovrai Trjv yeveo~iv eo"^t]Kevai, eK Se tov <po/3ov rrjv Xonriiv iracrav iKtjv v7r6<TTa(7tv, a>y \^w^ay aXoywv Xwutv, koi Otjplwv, Kal av6pa>7Twv.
Ata touto arovtoTepov avrov virdp^ovTa Trpb<s to m. ss.
yivwa-Keiv Tiva Trvev/xaTiKa, 3ai/Tov vevofiiKevai fiovov etvai dominum autem universae operationis.
Hanc autem Matrem et Ogdoadem vocant, et Sophiam, et Terrain, et Hierusalem, et Spiritum sanctum, et Dominum masculiniter.
Habere autem medietatis locum earn, et esse quidem super Demiurgum, subtus autem sive extra Pleroma usque ad finem.
10.
Quoniam quidem materialem substantiam ex tribus passionibus constare dicunt, timore, et tristitia, et aporia, de timore quidem et de conversione animalia subsistentiam accepisse : de conversione quidem Demiurgum volunt genesin habuisse : de timore autem reliquam omnem animalem 4substantiam mutorum animalium, et hominum.
Et propter hoc 5superiorem eum existentem praescire quae sunt spiritalia, et se putasse solum wpdaaei rj ipydfcraioUK oTSev. ' Kyvoovvri
Si airrif Sri Si Toiei, ^ aotpla {yjpynae vdvra Kal tvioxvaei Kal iKelpns ivfpyoiO1 But in the end Achamoth regains the Pleroma, § 12. a \frirns rendered here by tristitia, is afterwards expressed by tcedium, n. hi.
HrppoLTTES enumerates a fourfold (Ttjs, airros (jjero d<p* iaurov Troifiv t)jv Krltrw tov K&fffioV Sffev ifp£aro \{yeiv 'Eyui
Oeis, Kal TrXty iaov SXKos ouk passion, cvpwv avrijv tv irddeai rots TrpuiTotJ rh-paat, Kal <p6(3(p Kal \inrv Kal ttrra/, c.
33.
4 Gbabe would fill out the transla tion after the Greek, Substantiam ut awopla Kal 5eTj<r€t.
The latter is to be identified with the iiriaTpcxpii of Iresxva. animas brutorum animalium, et ferarum, 8 To the passage from Hipp, quoted in note 1, p.
45, the following may be et hominum ; but it is not unlikely that the word ij/vxas should have been inter polated in the Greek. added from a preceding section, obStv olSev, \eyovaw, 6 Snuiovpybs 8\cjs, d\\'
5 Superiorem i. e. dpiircpov.
Shortly IffTtv ivovt koI fiupbs Kar' avrois, Kal rl afterwards it is said, that the Cosmo-
COSMOCRATOK.
Qebv, leal Sia twv Ylpo(pr}Twv eiprjicevar iyw Qebs, 7r\rjv ifxov lib.i. l 10.
1 'Ek $e Ttjs XuTrtjs to trvevfiaTiKa Tqs Trovr\p'ia<s SiSaa-
MASSL T 4-
ovSeli.
Kovai yeyovevar oOev tov ^AiafioXov Tqv yeveaiv ear-^rjKevai, ov koi 3 Koa-fj.OKpa.Topa KaXovai, koi to. Sai/xovia, ko.) tovs dyyeXovg, Ka\ iraa-av tijv Trvev/xaTiKrjv Ttji irovripla? viroa-Taaiv.
Deum, et per prophetas dixisse, Ego Dem, et prceter me nemo.
^••J'v-5,6; De tristitia autem spiritalia malitise docent facta: unde et diabolum genesin habuisse, quem et Cosmocratorem vocant, et dsemonia, et omnem spiritalem malitiiB substantiam.
Sed crator had cognizance of things above that cannot be conceived or apprehended by mortal sense ... but behold they are a him because he was the spirit of evil ; whereas the Demiurge that formed him spiritual body, for so are these elements spiritual."
The Didascal.
Or. agrees with the statement of Iben^ub, Kol
was animal, and therefore was wholly ignorant of the spiritual.
The reading voieT £k twv v\ikwv, to ph> £k \&irvs ovaiAtitrrepov scarcely consists with this assertion, or with Tkrtclman's words, Invalidus spiritalia acccdere, ut se solum wSes, ncr/fwy Trvevaaruch rrp irovvplas wpos a ii iraXv T)uiv, § 48.
3 Roop.0Kpi.T0pa.
A term applied by S. Paul to the " rulers of the dark ratus concionaretur : Ego Deus et absque me non est.
Junius conjectures ivfirmiorem to be the true reading.
May not ivoilrrepov have been written by Iben^us ? ness of this world,"
Ephes. vi.
12, i.e. to the heathen and Jewish persecutors of Christ's Church ; but transferred by Valentinus to his fanciful system.
It 1 'E/c tt)s iXiKrjs oiV/as oiV Kal Siawas a term well known in Rabbinical /3o\t/C7;s kirolntjQ/ b Snptovpybs rats Xats ra aufiara.
Philos. VI.
34. ovrbs itrri Kar' ai/rous 6 &rw avdpuiros 6 ^ux(* commentaries, meaning "an universal Monarch," nDipiOtlp "pD In the Cabbalistic Treatise H31 Xnp»1. k6s b> T(p o-fbfiaTt KaroiKuiv T(p I'AtKy, b § 18, it is applied to the Angel of Death ; In that hour the Lord called the Angel iffTLv bXiicbs, tpdaprbs, tAcios in t?;s 5taf3o\iK7js oialas v(v\aap.b>K, ibid.
* The Cabbala refers the origin of evil spirits to fire and air, the constitu of Death, and said unto him, Although I have constituted thee a Monarch (Cosent elements of Demiurge.
Qjvin ip'y mini mn cm abp nniD11 *ne>o mocrator) among other creatures, &c. by "iiDipuDtip inix wcye> 'B"j>n nVDn.
It should be observed that om^pi Dnipn an!? iDits* pi rbx nniD* w d'aaniDn dhetn S. John in speaking of Satan as 6 ipXav tov Kbapav tovtov, John xii.
31, xtrto t6i B»rno pn fju on ynn t(\3 on com Dnxn *ennfr D":m r6«n nniD»n p *a Nuhmath translates literally a denomination of Satan that had become familiar among the Jews since the Babylonian Captivity,
Chajim. Meamar. 3. " Their substance is of two subtle elements, fire and spirit, viz.
JLoo-paKpdTojp is the equivalent for this Hebrew term, and being expressed in Hebrew characters, and so they fly by reason of thoir ex re-entered the Rabbinical demonology, ceedingly subtle and light nature.
. . .
And devils are composed of these two from whence no doubt the Gnostic ex elements, but they have a subtle body tracted it.
ELEMENTORUM
oili'i'io '-^AXa T0V PLtv Arjfitovpyov viov rrjs lArjrpos avrwv Xeyovcri, tov oe KoarfiOKparopa KTMrfia tov lAtjuiovpyov /cat tov ftev o. 27.
KOcr/iOKparopa yivwtriceiv to. virep avrbv, on 17rvevfid [irvev- /j.aTiK<x] icrn rqs irovqp'ias' tov Se Atj/xiovpybv dyvoeiv, are y^v^iKa virapyovra.
Ot/cetV Se rrjv NLrjrepa avrwv els tov virepovpaviov tottov, rovrecrTiv ev rrj /xearorrjrr rov Aq/jLiovpybv Se els rbv ^virepovpaviov [eirovpavtov^ rovrea-Tiv ev tjJ iravroKparopa [Koo-fioKparopa^ ev rw /ca0' e^SofidSf tov Se qfias Kotrfiw.
'E/c rtjs eKirXrj^ews /cat r>js afiij^avlas ciiroSe [I. jot'ayj, toy e/c rov dcrtjfiorepov ra crwfjiaTiKa, icaOws irpoelirafiev, rov Koarfiov (TToiy^eia yeyovevai' rrjv yrjv] fiev Kara, rtjs eic- ^l.
Kara rqv rov <po/3ov twv Saicpuwv Se ir\y£ews crrdcriv, vSwp twv SaKpvwv^ Kivr\<Tiv, 3aepa re Kara rrjv Xvirqs irtj^iv to
[d.
Demiurgum quidem psychicum filium matris suaE dicunt, Cosmo cratorem vero creaturam Demiurgi et Cosmocratorem quidem intelligere ea quae sunt supra eum, quoniam sit spiritalis malitia; :
Demiurgum vero ignorare, cum sit animalis.
Habitare [autem] matrem quidem ipsorum in eo qui sit coelestis [7. supercoelestis] locus, hoc est in medietate Demiurgum vero in eo qui sit in ; Cosmocratorem vero in eo qui sit secundum nos mundo.
De expavescentia vero et aporia, ccelo locus, hoc est hebdomade : quasi de vesaniori, corporalia, quemadmodum praediximus, mundi terram vero secundum expavescentia? statum, aquam vero secundum timoris motum, aerem vero secun dum materia? [4mcestitiae] fixionem: ignem vero omnibus iis inesse elementa facta esse : distinction Lege omnino, irvevfiaTind, compare expressed by the trans lator
is Eph.vi.
12. Tbbtullian says, Munditcthe superior grade he renders by ; calcstis, or more probably, by supcrccelestis; the inferior by qui sit in ccelo locus; the one ncnlem appellant, et supcriorum magis ynarum, defendvml, ut spiritalem natura, heavenly or superguam Demiurgum ut animalem. is celestial, the other in heaven.
Subest,
bfepovp&viov, lirovpavioii pro is says Tertulhan of the Demiurge, in preferable reading, and for posed as a the following reasons.
The habitat of and Metatur medidatcm hebdomade sua ; Achamoth was without the Pleroma, Achamoth, filium calcans.
48, "El5i but above the seven heavens, to which Compare the Did.
Or.
§ the term inrepovpdwtos applies; but the rots rpurl ffToixclois to irvp ivatupeirat
Kal Demiurge was of an inferior position.
He was above (c5v lirdi/u, tvio-iraprat Kal iuipbiXevei, Kal inro toi5rw 4(d.TTCTai, Kal rothois iiraTro6rfi<TKei. the seven 9) Cf. Tebt. Si non heavens, though not exterior to them, istum Sophies
et an idea expressed by iirovpivun.
This mastitia colassct.
23.
ORIGO.
m. 27.
Se irvp airacrtv avrois eKiretpvKevat Odvarov teat (pOopdv, ws lib. i. i. 10.
Kai rrjv uyvotav rots rpio-t irdOeortv eyKeKpvtpOat StSdarKovai. mass.'i.v.4. rov Koa/j-ov, Stj ireiroitjKevai Kai rbv dvOpoo-
Ari/uovpyrjo-avra rrjs fylpds ytjg, oXX' dirb irov rbv -^oikov ovk dirb ravrtjg Se r>js dopdrov ovarlas, dirb rov Ke-^yfxivov koi pevcrrov rtjs v\tjs XafiovraKai eig tovtov e/xcpvirtjcrai rbv y^fV^iKov SioplXpvrat.
Ka« tovtov etvat rbv Kar eiKova koi bfxolwaiv yeyovora'
Kar eiKova fiev rbv v\ikov virdp)(eiv, irapairkrjcriov fiev, aA\' ov% 6/ioovcriov tw Qew- /caO' ofiolwcriv rbv -^v^ikov, odev Kat Se
irvevfia Xwrjs Ttjv ova-lav avrov elprjtrOat, e/c irvev/iaTiKijg °diroppolas ovcrav.
"Ycrrepov Se ireptredeiaOai Xeyovcrtv avrw rbv mortem et corruptelam, quemadmodum et ignorantiam omnibus tribus passionibus inabsconsam doeent.
Cum fabricasset igitur mundum, fecit et hominem choicum, non autem ab hac arida terra, sed ab invisibili substantia, et ab effusili et fluida materia
et in bunc insufflasse psychicum definiunt.
Et accipientem : hunc esse secundum imaginem et similitudinem factum: secun dum imaginem quidem hylicum esse, proximum quidem, sed non ejusdem substantias esse Deo: secundum similitudinem vero psychicum, unde et spiritum vita? substantiam ejus dictam, cum sit ex spiritali defluitione.
Post deinde circumdatam dicunt ei 5re7ro(7)/f^rai Kal rbv HvBpwKOv, comde fluxili . . Figulat ita fusili ejus
et . pare the similar statement of the Did. Or. hominem Demiurgus, et de afflatu sua Ao/3i!w x0"» TW 77'i TV animal; sic eril et choicus el animalis,
§ :
{i7pos, dXXd rfjt roKvuepovt, Kal irotKCKr/i ad imaginem el similitudinem factus . .
. vXvs /Upot, ffxty ytdiSv xal iXurfj» Imago quidem, choicus deputetur, materiIriKThvaro i\oyov, Kal rijt twv Br/piuv alii scilicet; etsi non ex materia Demiifwovvtov euros Kar' eUbva drBpor urgus.
SimUiludo autem, animalis; hoc irot.
Si Ka$' bpaiuiatv tJ)» airrov enim et Demiurgus Interim carnalem .
. tov Sjjpnovpyov, iKtivSt ivrui, tv els superficiem postea aiunl choico superTovTov bapio-rpiv re, itai biaireiper, lactam, et hanc esse peUiccam tunicam, oaoovaibv n abrif St' ayyfKmv bBdt. obnojeiam sensui.
Adv. Vol.
14.
Kaffo uiv ahpartn loriy xal aetlipuiTos, The reader will observe this early
TT)i>oialav airrov rvoiiv fw^s irpoaurcv use of the word o/woiffios, the great uop<pw8b> Si if/vxi) fw<io tybero.
Tertest of orthodoxy in the Arian age. Cf.
TULLIAN follows Iren.sus with his p. 43 n.
The primitive meaning of the 5.
Molitus enim munword well expressed by our English usual closeness is : dum Demiurgus ad hominem mantis version in the Nicene Creed, Of one capit non ex substance with.
The term was known to confert, et substantiam ei so Aristotle says, iuoofota ista, inquiunt, arida, quam nos unicam philosophy : and Porphyry, etye . . sed ex invisibili corSi trima iarpa terram :
. pore materia illius, scilicet pliHosophiar, o/uooiViot ol rSm fawn if/vxal fypcripait. voi,.
HOMO lib. i. i. 10.
1 Sepfidnvov vitwo' tovto Se to alcr6t]rbv crapKiov elvai mass. i. v. t. Xeyoveri.
2To oe Kvrjfxa t»}c fitirpos avriji \avra>v\ r>js ,A.yafiw6, o Kara, ryv Qewplav rwv irepl tov l£a)Trjpa dyyeXwv cnreKvijcrev, oftooveriov virdpyov rtj fxtjrpt, TrvevfxariKov, Kai avrov fjyvorjKevai tov At;/j.iovpybv Xeyovar /cat XeXrjOdrcei 3KarareOeicrdai elf avrov, fir] elSdros avrov, Iva St avrov eis dermatinam tunicam : hanc autem sensibilem carnem esse volunt.
Partum vero matris ipsorum, qua; est Achamoth, qucm secundum inspectionem eorum Angelorum qui sunt erga Salvatorem generavit, existentem ejusdem substantia? matri sua' spiritalem, et ipsum enitn ignorasse Demiurgum dicunt : et latenter depositum esse in eum, nesciente eo, uti per eum in earn quaa ab eo
1 Tots Tpialy dcujfidTois eirl T(p 'A5d,u that this spiritual seed was infused into the soul of Adam while sleeping.
Oi Si reraprov eirevSverai tov xotVoV, robs Sepaird OvaXevrlvov, irXao-Qhros <f>aal tov fiarivovs xiTt*>vasDMUucOr. 55.
8 The author now describes the in \pvxmoC awp-aros, tj eKXeKTrj tpvxv ofaji Iv virvtp IvreB^vai bird tov X6yov awipfxa fusion of that spiritual seed into Man by Achamoth, which resulted from her afiptviKbv, flirtp iaTtv airoppola tov dyyeconception of the vision of angels, and XtKov.
§ 2.
But it was always referred, from her fruition of the light of the Pleas above, to angelic origin.
To o-tripp^a roma.
The Church was thus evolved ; rjf tov dppevos Kai ayytXiKov.
Ibid.
At' dyyiXwv oZv tuv afifievw rd airofipoia the countcqiart of the ' l^KKXtjcla of the Pleroma.
May we not trace in these erirepp-ara vinjpcTeLTai, rd els yhevtv myths a parody of the Christian doctrine that the Church of Christ was predes TrpofiXnQtvra viro rijs 2o0fas, Ka$b eyxw53.
Tertcllian's ac pei ylveaBai.
% tined to glory, in the eternal counsels of the Father, before the foundation of count may assist the reader in the interpretation of Irenjeus Incrat avlem : in Achamoth, ex substantia Sophia? mairis the world was laid ?
Divine grace was called by Valentinos the seed of pcculiu m quoddam teminit spirilalis .
. ut cumDemiuryus animam mox de suo Sophia.
The iirop^ola proceeding from afllaiu in Adam communiearet., pariter ct her was o"xepp.a afyevtKov, and tj iKXoyf], and by virtue of it the Church was to semen Mud spiritale quasi per canalem animce) derivaretur in be re-united to its angelic origin in the final consummation of all things.
So animam (f.
1. a faturatvm in corpore choicum, atque it material!, velut in utcro, adultum illir, the Didasc.
Or. says, atp' ys (tt)s So^i'as et sc.) tA p£v ippeviKa t) AXoyTj, ret Se idoncum invenirctur suscipioido quandoque fkrnwni perfect o. toque cum DeOtjXvko.
J] K\fj(ris, Kai to. p.kv ap"pcviKa I d77« AiArct KaXodo-t, ra 6wXvkcl Se tavrovs t6 Sta<pipov irveufia . . . . ra ol<v afipevtua miurijm traducem animee suo? committit in Adam, kttuit homo tpiritalis fiatu insert us, et pariter corpori indvetus; /*erd tov Adyov oweffTaXv, rd dyjXvKa Se quia non magis semen noverat matris airavdpuOfrra ivovrai rots dyyeXois Kai els irX-r)pwp.a xwP*tAid tovto tj ywij Demiurgus, qvam ipsam.
Hoc semen els BvSpa p.eraTldtaOai Xiyerai koX t) ivTauda lKKXt\ala els iyyeXovs.
§ 21.
Com ecclcsiam dicunt, ccclcsio? supemcc specu lum, et hominis centum, c. 25. pare also 39, 40.
Elsewhere it is said The spiritual principle of which