Section 31 (Page 98)
VALENTINIANORUM
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LIB. I. v. 1.
K.e<p.
GR. I. v. I.
MASS. I.xi.l.
Quce est Valentini sententia, in qutbiis discrepant adversus eum discipuli ejus.
"IAQMEN vvv koi Ttjv tovtwv avTdTOV ^l. a<rwT.] m.m. yVWflrjV SvO TTOV KCU TpiS>V OVTWV, TTWS TTep) TbOV dVTWV OV TO. avrd Xeyovatv, aXXd tois Trpdynaai Kai tois ovdfiacriv evavTia airocpalvovTar 'O fiev yap 1Trp5>TOS, airo Ttjf Xeyo/j.evtn yvooo~TiKrjs alpecrewf Ttf? 'ap^di els 3iSiov yapaKTrjpa SiSacrKaXelov CAP.
Videamus nunc et horum inconstantem sententiam, cum 1. sint duo vel tres, quemadmodum de eisdem non eadem dicunt, sed et nominibus et rebus contraria respondent.
Qui enim est primus, ab ea quae dicitur gnostica hoeresis, antiquas in suum the Philosophumena of Hippolttcs we rpCiros with relation to the two or
three hefore mentioned, not with relation read, 5i)o tlal Trapatpvdbes twv 5Xuv aluto those who originated the Gnostic vwv.
. . dirb pias pttfts, rjris 4cti bvvaput Styii, abparos, dKardXijirTos, tZv heresy.
S. Ignatius, in his epistle to pia t) <palv(Tai AfuOev, ijrts iarl peydXy S6the Magnesians, alluded to the Gnostic vapus, vovs twv SXoiv, bthroji' rd Trdvra, emanation of the Ao^yoj from 2171), and 6V irtpa Karoidev, lirlvoia pesays, 8s karlv avrov Abyos dtStos, ouk dirb dptrqv 7) ydXi}, BrfXeia, yewuffa to vdvra.
Philos.
VI.
18, where the bvvapus 2t77/is clearly St7^! irpoeXSiiv, and Blondel and the Pere Daille' inferred from this passage, the radical base of vovs and iirivoia, the Divine Intelligence.
It as compared with the words of Irenaeus above, that the Ignatian text could not have been written before the age of Valentiuus, who, as they say, was the first who spoke of 2177).
Bp Pearson's vindication of the genuineness of the epi also certain that Valentinus took the fundamental is principles of his scheme, common per haps to every form of Gnosticism, at second hand from Simon, for Hippolytus says in the sequel of 7-05 SJj icol stle, shews that Trpdrot does not refer to theorigination of theGnostic Sige, but to b ; Kara, top 'Zlp.uva p-vdos, d<f>ov OuaXevthe $60 Kai rpefs of the Valentinian school tivos tAs d<popp.ds Xafiwv, dXXots dvbpaffi KaX'.i.
But the reader should consult who are mentioned, namely, Secundus, and two or three others.
It the note of Grabs on this place, and very cer tain that Simon Magus was the first that spoke of Sige as the root of all is study Pearson's argument in his Vin dicate Ignaliancc, III—vi, which, as a for this ; the meaning of the words of Eusemasterly piece of criticism, has not yet been shaken. is biuB, de Eccl.
Th. n. in describing as 9, one fundamental tenet of Simon Magus, dpxds, principle*; the translator
?7k Geos xal 2ryr}, God teat also Silence, read most erroneously tAs dpxalas... not, there vat God and Silence.
For in StoaovraXfas.
To the proof given above