Section 25 (Page 51)
SPIIUTALIS.
Tt]v air avrov ^fv^tjv uirapev, Kai eis to vXikov tovto crwfxa, uai.Lio.
Kvo(popt;6ev ev tovtois Kai avfydev, eroiftov yevrjrai elf woHAS&jJv.i So-^tjv tov ITe\elov [X6yov~j.
"EXaOev ovv, ws (patri, tov Aq/j-iovpyov
o-vyKaTacnrapei? tw e/LKpvcr^fjiaTi avrov viro Ttjs Hocpias irvev/xariKos dvQpaiirwv [dvOpwiros^ dpp^rw [adj.
Svva/xei kguJ irpovola.
'Qs yap Trjv fitjTepa qyvorjKevai, ovtw koi to 0-irepfj.a avTtjs" o Stj /ca/ avro eKKXrjcrlav eivai Xeyovatv, dvr'iTvirov Ttjs dvus 'E/cAfX^cr/ay Kai totc [rovSeJ eivai m. sa tov ev avTois [dvdpwirov^ a^iovcriv, wcttc e%eiv avrovs Ttjv fiev ■^rvyriv airo tov Arjfjiiovpyov, to arwfxa airo tov %oos, koi to aapKiKov dir6 Ttjs vXr/s, tov Se irvevjuariKov dvQpwirov dird Se rrjs fJLflTpoS TtjS 'A^ayuw^. g. ».
II.
2Tpiwv ovv ovtwv, to nev vXikov, o Kai dpiaTepov 1LxHi-
KaXovcri, Kara dvdyKtjv diroXXvcrOai Xeyovcriv, are fj.rjSen'iav eiriSe^aaOai irvorjv dcpOapalas Swdfievov to Se ^rvyiKOV, o Kai oeQov irpoaayopevovariv, are fiecrov ov tov tc irvevfx.aTtKov esset animam seminatum, et in materiale hoc corpus, gestatum iis et auiplificatum, paratuni fiat ad quoque velut in utero in 8usceptionem perfecta) rationis.
Latuit igitur, quemadmodum dicunt, Demiurgum conseminatus insufflationi ejus Sophia spiritalis homo, inenarrabili virtute et providentia.
Quemadmo dum enim Matrom suam ignoravit, sic et semen ejus.
Quod etiam ipsum Ecclesiam esse dicunt, exemplum superioris Ecclesijb a et hunc esse in semetipsis hominem volunt, uti habeant : limo, et carneum Demiurgo, corpus autem animam quidem a a matre Achamoth. a materia, spiritalem vero hominem a 11.
Cum sint igitur tria, alteram materiale (quod etiam sinistrum vocant) ex necessitate perire dicunt, quippe cum nullam
Animale vero (quod etiam dextrum appellant) cum sit medium spiritalis et materialis, 6pirationem incorruptelie recipere possit : the Demiurge, as being animal, could Trinita* Ifomini» apiul Valentinum. have no cognizance, was secretly infused Pnmcr. H(er.
The translation my into him, and by this means passed into authority for reading liri$t£a<rdai in lieu is 7. the living, though otherwise animal of tiriSd£a<r8at.
The reader may cornsouls that he made. pare the account in the Didasc. Or.
56:
§ Abyov may be added to TtXe/ou, rb niv oiV irvcvfiaTiKbv <pv<reioutfiiitvov,
because the translator wrote perfecta Tl>ii4>vxiKo>>aiT(tov<riovovcirtTT)5ci6Ti)Ta raXionu, while Tkrtulliah has, Sermoni *x« xpds re ttlaTu/ Kai a<t>9apolav koI perfecta.
"yds ou-ior/ax Kai ipdopav Kara tt\v oIkcIov Hence Tertollian speaks of the atptaiv rb Si vXtKiv tfiiati drbWirrai.
MATEBIALE.
ANIMALE. lib. i. i. 11. kcu vXikov, 'e/cetcre ^oopetv, oirov dv Kai tijv irp6a-K\i<rtv iroitjcrr]MAss.i.vi.i. Tal.
T0 fie -jrvevfiaTiKov eKirevefifpuai, oirwg evdade Tie -vf/w^i/coi) ovQyev fiopCpooOy, o~vfiiraiSev6ev avrw ev T]? avatrTpofpy.
Kai tovt eivai Xeyova-i to a\ay, koi to (pwf tov koct/jlov eSei yap 3twv y^-v^iKwv ^rw -^rv^iKte^ Kai ato-drjTwv iraiSev/xaTOOv .
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<Sv Kai koct/jlov KaTecrKevdcrdai \lyovcri, Kai tov Scoria Se evi tovto vapayeyovevai to ^v^ikov, eirei /cat avTe^ouaiov icrTiv, oVtoy avro CTwar/.
^Qv yap fj/ieWe erte^eiv, Tag avap)(as avrwv eiXrjcpivat (pdtTKOVcriv, airo nev Ttjs 'A^a/xa)0 to irvevfiaTiKov, airo Se tov Arj/jLiovpyov ivSeSvcrdai tov -^v^ikov Xpio-TOV, otto Se Trjf oiKOVO/j.lai 3 TrepiredeicrOai o-w/jLa -^v)(iKt]V et. p. 60. n. 3. e%ov oucrlav, KaTecrKevacr/ievov Se appr/TW Teyvr/, irpos to koi
4a6paTOv, Kai a-^/rj\d<pi)Tov, ^leg. opaTOv /cat \|/-!7Xa0>7TOi'] Kai TraQtiTOv yeyevtjcrdar 5 Kai vXikov Se ovS' otiovv ei\r/<pevai illuo redigi, quocunque declinaverit :
Spiritale vero emissum esse, uti hie aniraali conjunctum formetur, coeruditum ei in Mattv.i3.i4. conversatione.
Et hoc esse dicunt, sal, et lumen mundi.
Opus erat enim animali sensibilibus disciplinis.
Ob quam causam et mundum fabricatum dicunt, et Salvatorem autera ad hoc venisse animale, quia suae potestatis est, ut id salvet.
Quae enim salvaturus erat, eorum primitias eum suscepisse dicunt: ab Achamoth quidem spiritale, a Demiurgo autem indutum psychicum
(id est animalem) Christum, a dispositione autem circumdatum corpus, animalem habens substantias, paratum vero inenarrabili arte, ut et visibile, et palpabile, et passibile fieret.
Et hylicum autein 1 ineiae x<"y>«", i. e. Inter materialem may trace back to the Gnostic period et spiritalem nutanti, et illuc debito qua the Apollinarian notion that the body plurimum annuerit.
Tert.
16.
The of Christ was of a heavenly constitution, ijnixiKol become more and more conand not truly of this earth earthy, firmed either in all faith and goodness, * 'Oparbv Kai xf/nXdQnTov is the unor in infidelity and corruption, they doubted reading; compare with the alone having freedom of will. translation Tertullian's words, Quo * lndiguisae enim animalem etiam congresmi, et compectui, et coniaclui, et temibttium disciplinarum.
Tert.
26. defunctui, ingratw mbjateret.
The pasBut the spiritual seed needed the anisage as altered has been almost tranmal discipline of life, see p. 58, and for scribed by Theodoret, n. 5.
The prothis reason Grabe's conjecture expressed posed reading is fully confirmed, § 10. within brackets is unnecessary ; although
The doctrine of Valentines, confirmed by the translator and Tertherefore, as regards the human nature tullian. of Christ was essentially Docetic.
His 3 diro St rrjs oiKoroplas.
Hence we body was animal but not material, and
SPIRITALE.
Xeyoveriv avrov (xrj yap etvai rtjv vXr/v SeKrtKrjv rrwrqplus. lib. I. Ml TjJi/ Se avvreXeiav eaeadai, orav /jLop<pwdrj Kai reXeiwdlj 1 yvwmass. i.Tti. erei nrav rb irvevfuartKov, rovrearriv
trvevfiariKot avdpunroi, ol rrjv reXelav yvaxriv e^ovref wept Qeov Kai r>}<{ '
A.^a/n.wd'
He/xvrj/xevovf Se fiv<Trr)pia etvai rovrovf virorldevrai.
'EiratSevOtjaav yap ra \|/-in£i*ca ot yjrv^iKoi avOpwiroi, ol Si epywv /cat Trlcrrewi \^iX>jf (3e/3atou/u.evoi, Kai fir) rrjv reXelav yvaxriv nihil omnino suscepit : non enim esse hylicum capacem salutis.
Consummationem vero futuram, cum formatum et perfectum fuerit scientia omne spiritale, hoc est, homines qui perfectam agnitionem habent de Deo, et hi qui ab Achamoth initiati sunt mysteria : esse autem hos semetipsos dicunt.
Erudiuntur autem
"psychica (id est animalia) psychici (id est animates) homines, qui per operationem et fidem nudam firmantur, et non perfectam only visible and tangible as having been 'Ayviixrros ofo
Xlaryp (3i> i)Bi\r)acv yvuedfjvai rots aitaoi .... iavrbv eyvwK&t formed nar* oUovopLlav and KaTCOKeuaop.ivov apjrijTtp rix^V- 'At4 Si rrjs oIkovoTrveVfia yvtbattat ofio-ns (v yvtlxru irpoifiake rbv pLovoycvr).
Did.
Or. § 7. It was also uias rtpiOiodai tr&iut ^uxixijc fx0" oialav, the spiritual seed derived from the Plei/ifr/frif Si coipiq. veiroiij/x&'oi', Trpbs rb arrbv Kai bparbv yevio&ai Kai TaBTjrdv.
Theod.
Hcer.
Fab. i.
This is also roma that made perfect the initiated.
So Cl. Al. Strom, ii, o! Si iirbOiaXarrtvov, ttjv fiiv ttUttiv rots aw\oh a\Trovelp.avTei sketched out in its usual chiaro-oscuro Tifuv, avToh Si tj)v yv&ffiv, rots ipfiffet style in the Didasc. Or., still with suffi owfrpiivots Kara rty tov StatpipovTos cient distinctness to justify the assertion that Valentinus in this respect taught Docetic error, e. g. d\\i» Kai outos
jrAeopcfiac oirtppjLTOt, (rvrapxcw fioi- \ovrai, /dtaK/xp 5^ K€xwpur/*ivTlv Tforcwy, tfrvxixbs Xpio-rbs, Sv beSvearo, Abpwrot 17TO TTVevp-aTlKSf TOV iflVXlKOV \4yOVT€S. a Is the meaning of the author ex ^r, (Set Si top KbopLov atpua>o6u.evop, l<p' pressed here by the Greek text or by tpre dtpBrjvai, KpaTTjdrjvai, TroKiTsvffaodai Kai aioBrrr ov ffii/iaros avrixeaBai.
-u'/m the Latin version ?
G RAISE says the latter ; the foreign editors, BlLLlus, Ju nius, Massuet, and Stieren prefer the Tolfvr our<p btpavat ix rr/i atpavom ^i»x<KTjs ovclas Swipei Si Betas itc KaraffKcvrji Greek ; and, I think, justly ; for as the tls aloB-nrbv Koajuov b\(piypM>ov.
§ 59.
Agaiu, Era tSuxriv els Sv QeKimiioaV Benedictine editor says, Isti enim sese i^Ktvrriaav Si r6 ipambixtvov,
rjv <rapijactabant perfectog et aemina eleclionis, ut pauUo inferius Ircnwus, ut qui a malre rod <(rvxiKod.
§ 61.
The observation of Tektullian therefore is perfectly just ; Achamoth spiritale semen participasaenl, Kai IbibKTJrrov Avtadev airb tt\i afifrhrov ut carnis nostra habitum alicnando a Kai avovofidorou avtyytai ouyKaTc\ij\vChristo a spe etiam saiuiis expellant.
Bviav txetr rtp xapui, qua scilicet a matre c. 16.
1 yvuiait was the generic attribute sua acccpta, mi/steriis initiati fuerant.
Hinc subditur, Sib <tol iK tovtos Tpbvov wherein Nus was evolved from Bythus, Stir airobs ael rb tjjs ffv^vyias p.e\erSi and the other emanations in succession ftviiT-qpior. p. J 7afterNus.
SoTHEODOTUSsaysof Bythus,
CATHOLICOS
AN IM ALES
Lia L i. n. e^ovref etvat Se tovtovs avo t>/? 'EmcXi^/aj i}/*a? Xeyovcrr MAss.i.vi.2.
^t0 Kai ^ji/ juei/ avay/caroi/ eiVat ti^ a'yaaiji' trpuQV au-oG0*6 (paivovrar aXXwi yap aSvvarov eruiQrjvai.
Ai/rovy /u>/ o\a irpd^eoov, dXXa Sia to *(pucrei 7rvev/jiaTiKovs etvat, iravrtj tc Kai ttoivtcos awdrjcrecrOai SoyixaTtCpvcriv.
'O? yap to ^oikov dSvvaTOv crwTrjplas fieracryelv (ou yap eivai Xeyovertv aurot SeKTiKov avTiji^ out<b? irdXtv to irvev/xaTtKOv deXovcriv oi avToi OeXovcriv avToij] eivai aSvvaTOV (pQopdv KaraSi^aaOai, 3kciv oTrolan crvyKarayevwvTai irpa^ecriv.
*Ov yap [6 agnitionem habent.
Esse autem hos nos, qui sumus ab Ecclesia, dicunt.
Quapropter et nobis quidem necessariam esse boaliter enini impossibile esse nam conversationem respondent :
salvari.
Semetipsos autem non per operationem, sed eo quod sint naturaliter spiritales, omnimodo salvari dicunt.
Quemadmodum enim choicum impossibile est salutem percipere, (non enim esse ilium capacem salutis dicunt,) sic iterum quod spiritale
(quod semetipsos esse volunt) impossibile esse corruptelam dwtxpalvovTai.
The translator read follow, when he says the Valeutinian
dirOKplvovrat, a variation of no great Gnostic professed ad to rijs ffvfuylas peXcrav p.vari]pi.ov.
Origen, as Grade importance, only the conjecture may be observes, charges Heracleon with hold hazarded whether vTroKplvovrai was not originally written by Iren.eus. ing the same execrable notion, Comm. in Joh., and Clement of Alexandria to !>.'-■-■ TrveufULTiKOV <pvati trwfroues says the same of the Basilidians, is vov.
Didasc.
Or.
Basilides held the same opinion, in affirming ^/cXoyijp tjtol e'x<Ww» i^ovaiav Kai tov aaapruv Trdjrws 7c ow&ijaoSia ttjv TeXetdr-qra, virfpKhauiov tpuaei ovaav. Strom.
IV. 540. tj fxivojv </>v<rei,k&> vuv audprtoGi bid rty 0wret Tts rbv Qfbv ^7rtorarat w$ BatrtXeftutpvrov iKXoyqVf iird uySt ravra avrois otcrai.
Strom.
545.
<pvaw Kai birbaraoty .... oi'xl S£ Tpvxn'i avTc$ovalov \oyiKrjv GvyKa.T&6e<nv \{yu ttjv ttLcttii/.
Ibid.
Tpdrrav cvyxupovaw Trpoirdropes twv ol doy/xdruv.
Clem. Al.
Strom. III.
427.
Hence Beausobre says, IIill. d<:Man.
TV. iii.
17, Mai* quand les mceurs des Biuilidicm miroknt (t6 cent foil plus These monstrous notions were first
entertained by Simon Magus, as we learn from Hippolytus d\Xd Kai uamcmTompties, e'est une haute injustice de : e'en prendre aux chefs de leur tecte.
Augustine declares of Eunomius, Fcrtur plfcvfftv tavroi'S hrl rfj ^vjj p.l$€i, ravrty clvai \eyovres ttjv reXefap dydv-qv, Kai veque udco fuusc bonis moribm inimicus, rb, ayio? aytwv XX?7.... os ayiatr$^.~ aerai [perhaps 0*7105 dylup /xeXiJirerat, oh dyiaaB-qocTat].
Ou yap p.r) KpareiaOai avrovs cirl tivi vop.L^op.^i'^ KaK$, XeXtJut asseceraret, quod nihil cuique obesset quorumlibct perpetratio ac perseverantia ujus, quw ab illo docebatur, jidfi partkeps cssct. De fftrr.
54.
As most peccatorum, si h Tpuivrai yap.
Ph'dos. VI.
19.
The pro partly supported by the words of Iren^us that shortly posed insertion errors recur at different periods, so even is this was not too gross for John of Leyden