Section 37 (Page 131)
ELEMENTALIS.
' iroXiopKei, ^Ilipp. yiv wo~k eivJ aXXa oWB.I.vliU. in™. eiccKTTOv €K(pdcivt]<Tiv m. l. ai/TOy eK(poofei, toy to 7rai< eKCpwvovvTa, to o\ov qyeiauai j. di'0|i*d^«i'.
"E^ao-Tov ycijO airrw fiepos o*v tov oXov, tov tStov ^Xov ^? TO lr°v WOAtafeiv, /cat /xi; iravcraa-Qai fyovvTa, ''fii'xpi otov eiri to eo-^aTov ypd/x/ia tov eKavTOV ^Hij>p. itryaTOv^ o-Toi)(e[ov /novoyXaxTo-faavTOS KaraaTriaai ^Ilipp.
/movoyXwTTtjcravTi KaTavTtjo-aiJ.
ToVe Se Kal t>jv aTroKaTcio~Ta<riv twv oXwv ecprj yeveo-Qai, brav ra iravTa KareXQovTa eh to ev ypa/xfia, /xlav kcu tijv uvtijv eK(pwvt]triv >Jx,70*?'"
^? iK<pwvq<reuf eiKova to afirjv 6/j.ov XeyovTwv yfiwv vweOero eivat.
Tovs Se (pdoyyovs {nrapyetv tovs mop<povvTas tov avovatov koi dyevvryrov Aiwvw kcu eivai tovtovs fxoptpas, as 6 Ki^otoy ayyeXovs
elpriKe, tus Sir/veKcos pXeirovaas to Trpdawirov tov LTaTjOo'y. enuntiationem scire, sed quod ipse enuntiat, ita omne quod enuntiat, illud quod est totum nominet.
Unumquemque enim ipsorum, pars existens totius, suum sonum quasi omne nominare, et non cessare sonantia, quoadusque ad novissimam literam novissimi elementi singulariter enuntiata deveniant.
Tunc 1 cor. xv sa autem et redintegrationem universorum dicit futuram, quando omnia devenientia in unam literam, unam et eandem consonationem sonent, cujus exclamationis imaginem, Amen simul dicentibus nobis, tradidit esse3.
Sonos autem eos esse qui formant insubstantivum et ingenitum Mona, et esse hos formas, quas Dominus Angelos dixit, quae sjne intermissione vident Matt, xviil faciem Patris. pere, qui fut avant tous les autres fitres, Kpareiraf 6 Si tov xf/aiaamos ^ttop'
Ikqui les renfermes tous lui mSme.
II. 4.
So Nbandkk, p.
170.
Pie Sylben sind Kpifierat Si Kal rplros Sevripov, Kal t(to/jtoj rplrov, Kal rifiwrot rcrdprov, Kal eripuv frepoi Kara ptaKpbv OToixov virb ate) die JZonenreihen, jeder einzelne Buchstabe der SyWe tin jEon.
Jeder jEon enthalt in tick dcu gSttliche Wcten, nur nach einer betonderen Richtung hin, mil Vorherrschen einer betondern Form fitai 6\kov Swdfietos ffwexbuevoi, tt\j)v Si 06 rbv avrbv rpbtrov del yap ol trbpp'w rrp Apxy* dirrjpTTjfih'Oi xaAwrrat, Sia rb rty b\Kty dveiodai, fiJjKea" bfioiuts <r<pLyyeiv Swap.ivnv. r. t. Koafior. entfaltet und gettaUet, jeder Mon urn-
Hippolytxjs preserves the true fatst daher in tick cine game Welt, wird reading, ya>tJio-Kcw.
This word written Schbpfer einer groteen Reihe von Weten, indem die in ihm liegende Lebentkeime in capitals, might, with a slight mutila tion, be mistaken for IT0AI0PKEIN, e. g.
nNDCKEIN,
where n = TI, AI = N. sick ent/allen und selbstdndig werdcn.
8 esse is transferred to the end of the
Qu'on se fasse, says Matter, sentence, on the faith of the Clkem.
Arund. and Voss. MSS., as well as of d'apres cela une idee des profondeurs the Greek text on A men, see p. 159, n. 1 . revele'es a Marcus sur le nom entier du 9—2
RATIONES bbi*1 2* ovofiara twv <rrov)(eltoV tcl prjra koi KOiva Hipp.
MASS. I.'xiv. TTT » » « n A >~ » \ '
' r'S'
' fi*"/?*"
I xl.
«coiva «ra< ^TaJ, Ataway *cat Acyoi/j, *ca« /o'Cari /ca* avepixaTa, km irhripwuaTa, kcu Kapirovs wvo/xacre.
Ta (5e *ca(?' m. s». eva avrwv koi eicavTOV i$ia ev tw ovofian rtji 'E/c/cX>7- <rlas e/nrepte^ofieva voetaOai e(ptj.
'Qy wv aToiyelwv tov [l. ea"xa.TOV H.J vroiyeiov to vcrTepov vcrTaTOvl ypdfi/na [l.
(pwvrjv irporjKaTO Tqv avTOvH.J %X0i ov [suppl.
6. eXOuiv KaT eiKova twv aToi-^elwv oTOf)(eia ISia eyevvrjo-ev wv Ta Te evTavda KaTaKeKOcrfirjcrOal [Hipp.
&a*re/t.J (pq<ri, e£ aAcai twv [ra H.J irpo tovtwv yeyevrjo~Oai.
To fiev toi
(Tvve-jraKoXovQwv tw 'i\\w koi to ypa/t/jta avrb, 4ou fyos $v
[kotw, H.J virb Trjs <ri/XXa/3J/y Ttjs eavrov aveiXijcpdai dvw s\eyet els avaifXripwo-iv tov o\ov fiefievt]Kevai
Si els Ta To KO.TW t6v VX0V> wa"7re|0 e£w pKpevra. crrof)(etov avrb
Se a<fi ov to ypd/xfia avv rf] eK<pwvijo-et rrj eavrov a-vyKarriXQe ypafifiarwv eival (prjcri rpiaKOvra, ko) ev koltw, o [dele oj 2.
Nomina autem eJementorura communia et enarrabilia iEonas, et verba, et radices, et Bemina, et plenitudines, et fructus vocavit.
Singula autem ipsorum et uniuscujusque propria in nomine Ecclesise contineri et intelligi ait.
Quorum elementorum novissimi element! ultima litera vocem emisit »uam, cujus sonus exiens secundum imaginem elementorum ex quibus et qure sunt hie. disposita dicit, et ea quae sunt ante hsec, generata.
Ipsam quidem literani, cujus sonus erat consequens sonum deorsum, elementa propria generavit : syllaba sua sursum receptam dicit, ad impletionem universi a reman- : sisse autem deorsum sonum quasi foras projectum.
Elementum autem ipsum, ex quo litera cum enuntiatione sua descendit deorsum, literarum ait esse xxx, et unamquaraque ex his xxx here expunged.
They are evidently a ifxos> Achamoth, who accord
ing to the Pantheistic notions of the East, marginal interpolation, and are neither found in Hifpolytdb nor acknowledged said to have given birth to the is material elements, after the type of the by the translator the four words more ; over involve two solecisms. divine (rrotx«a. i.e. the Demiurge, seven hea HiPPOLYTtJB has X^yet, the trans lator dicit, the usual reading \£yuv * * vens, &c. is The jEon Sophia of Valkntinus. therefore corrected without scruple.
* Four words, tA iJx0* tQ i?x"< are
t6 <ttoix«oi'
• here the Pleroma. is
MARCOSIORUM.
ph?£« eKaarov twv rpiaKovra ypafi/idrwv ev eavrw e^etv erepa L™£ tL w ypdfifiara, Si ov [H.
<?i/J to ovofia tov ypdfi/j.aros ovoftdMASSjI xlv- ^erar Kat au irdXiv rd erepa Si dXXwv ovofidl^eadai ypa/j.Harwv, Kai to. dXXa Si dXXwv wf £H.
I. werre] els direipov eKirlirreiv to irXrjOos twv ypa/JL/mdrwv.
Ovtu> 6" dv cracpearepov /jidOoif to Xeydfxevov 3To SeXra trroiyelov ypd/mfxara ev eavrw e%ei irevre, avro oe to oe\ra, Kai to ei, Kai to Kafipoa, Kai to rav, Kai to aX<paKai ravra irdXtv ra ypd/xnara Si1 dXXwv ypdtpeTai ypaftfidrwv, koi rd dXXa Si' dXXwv.
Et ouv r\ irdara viro&raais tov SeXra eis direipov eKirlirrei, del dXXwv dXXa ypd/i/uara yevvwvrwv, Kai SiaSe)(o/xevwv dXXtjXa, irocrw fidX-
Xov exelvov tov o-roiyelov fielXov etvai to ireXayog rwv ypafifxartov ; Kat et to ev ypdfi/ma ovrwg direipov, opa oXov rov ovdfJLaros tov j3v8ov twv ypafUfiaTwv, e£ wv rov irpoirdropa jj MdpKov ~E,iyr] trwecrrdvai iSoy/xdricre.
3Ato /cat tov IlaTepa eiriarrd/j.evov to dywprjrov avrov, SeSwKevai rots o-roi)(eloig, a Kai AtaJvay /ca\et, evl eKa<rrw avrwv rqv Uteris in semetipsa habere alias literas, per quas nomen literse nominatur.
Et rursus alias per alias nominari literas, et alias per alias, ita ut in immensum decidat multitudo literarum.
Sic autem planius disces quod dicitur; 3.
Delta elementum literas habet in se quinque, et ipsum A, et E, et A, et T, et A, et hae rursus literaB per alias scribuntur literas, et alise per alias.
Si ergo universa substantia Deltse in immensum decidit, aliis alias literas generantibus et succedentibus alterutrum, quanto magis illius elementi majus esse 3pelagus literarum ?
Et si una litera sic immensa est, vide totius nominis profundum literarum, ex quibus Propatora Marci Silentium constare docuit.
Quapropter et Patrem scientem incapabile suum, dedisse elementis, quae et Monaa vocat, unicuique 1 ThereadiDgof Hipp.; seep. 146,11. 1. dern, ein jeder glaubt in dem was er 3 Da das unendlichen Wesen Gottes selbst fur sich ausspricht, das Gauze auszusprechen, u. s. f. Neandkr, 171.
3 This word is written pelagos in the Arcnd. MS. with u superscribed, but Ton keinem erfasst werden kann, und jede uEon seine eigene Welt in sich triigt, die er zum Daseyn bringen soil, in another hand.
The translator most so heisst es, keiner der JEonen kennt probably used the Greek termination. die Aussprache und SchriftzUge des an-
RATIONES Lor i' "xV' '0><'a" eK<pwvti(Ttv «c/QoaV, Sia to fit) 8uva<r6ai eva to oXov m^>.
MASS-Kxiv. ^mV< vi.44.
Tat/Ta <5e (racprjvtcraaav aurtp Ttjv TerpaKTvv eiireiv 1 Oe'Xw Se o-oi Kai avrhv eiriSei^ai Tqv 'AX^Oetay.
KaTiJM yayov yap ''aurrjv ck twv virepOev SwftaTuv, "iv e&lSijs avrr/v yvftvrjv, xat KaTafxddoii [^H.
/rctTayuafy?] to *caXXoy avrrjr aXXa Kai aKovays auTtji XaXoua-tii, Kai Qau/xdarj<; to cppovrj/xa avTtjs.
"Opa ouv Ke<paXr/v dvw, to dX(pa Kai to a>, £H. tog. 6b.
■v|^, Kai Se to] cofiovf dfia Xe/00"'
Tpd^lXov irpwTOV aXcpa /8 Kai <p, Siacppayfia [H.
(ppdy/u.a~\ Kai x> trrrfin koi v, y S e Kai t, KoiXlav £H. aiSota^ Kai <r, vwtov r^H. Koikiavj rj ^ Kai Kai ir, KV^fiai k koi o, crcpupa. yovaTa X p, fxypouf
Kat v.
Touto ecrTi to <rw/xa t?9
KaTa. tov Kai iroSas ix fidyov ,A.X>]Belav touto to o-yfina tou OTOiyttov, ovto^ xjapaKTtip tov ypdfifiaToi.
KaJ KaXet to <rToi)(elov touto
%"A.vdpwKov eTval Te Triy^v (ptj&iv auTo iravTos Xoyou, Kai eorum suam enuntiationem exclamaro, eo quod non possit unum, illud quod est totum enuntiare.
Hsec itaque exponentem quaternationem dixisse [dedisse, MSS. Cl. Ar. Voss. &c] ei Volo autem tibi et ipsam ostcn- : dcre Veritatem.
Deposui enim illani de superioribus aedificiis, ut circumspicias earn nudam, et intuearis formositatem ejus sed ; et audias earn Ioquentem, et admireris sapientiam ejus.
Vide quid igitur in caput ejus sursum, primum et Q.
Collum autem A et X.
Pectus A et Cinctum et Humeros cum manibus B T et Y.
Ventrem et T.
Verenda et 2.
Fe E H Z et n.
Tibias et O.
Crura et P.
Genua mora et E< Pedes M et N.
Hoc est corpus ejus, quae est secundum ma-
K A I haec figura elementi, hie character liter®.
Et vocat elementum hoc, Hominem gum, Veritatis ; esse autem fontem ait eum :
So Hippolytcs; Or. and Mass.
Oiav 5j).
the Book "t>On p»J7 said, DflN it is \\bitn Din hde'3
~iyo D"np "kvdpwwov.
The Ophites or Naasa Te are called men (Adam) because of senes (from CTI3 terpens) were the pre cursors of Onosticism, and they first tlie (spiritual) soul that you receive from but the heathen are the Supreme dam A : borrowed the Cabbalistic notion of the Adam Cadmon or Adam Elion, from whom the Jews were taught to believe that their souls were derived not dignified by this name, as receiving mere animal sou] or CB3 from the Adam Belial, or x°i'K°* °f the Gnostic.
HiPPOiTTua says of the Naassenes a e. g. in o5- ; :
MAECOSIOKUM.
Hipp.
Philos. vi. 44. apprirov pncriv, apxyv ttcktij? tpwvrjs, icai ttclvtos MASS-I.xiv. aicoTrcofievtjg Si-yijc o-TOfJia.
Kai tovto fiev to crwfxa avTi}{.
2u Se nerdpariov eyelpas to [|H. adj.
T>js~\ Siavolas v6r\fia, tov avroyevvtjTOpa Kal TraTpoSoTopa [H. yevvtjTopa Kal irpo3.
TraTopa] Xoyov airo (TTOfidTUiv 'AXijOe/ay aicove. omnis verbi, et initium universae vocis, et omnia inenarrabilis enarrationem, et taciti Silentii os.
Et hoc quidem corpus ejus.
Tu autem sublimius allevans sensus intelligentiam, Autogenitora et Patrodotora verbum ab ore Veritatis audi. roi twi> dWuy dfrdmuv rapb. rbv airCiv likeness of God, Gen. i.
47, and after wards, of the dust of the earth, Gen. ii.
\byov ripwaiv dvOpuirov Kal vlbv ivBpili7.
Philo clearly expresses this notion, jr. r.
Kojfwrr.
In commenting upon ttov.
"E<rrt Si dydpwTros ovros dpaevb-
Brj\vs, Ka\elrai Si 'ASd/ias Trap' avrotr vpvoi Si els ainbv yeybvaai woWol Kal Gen. ii.
7, he Bays, ivapyiarara Kal Sib. toucCKm' ol Si vpvot, us St' bXlyuiv elireiv, \4yovrai trap avrois roiovrbv rtva rpb~ vov 'Airo aou, lldrep, Kal Sib. <ri, pwtPi rd Svo dddvara bvbpara alwvtov yoveis, tovtov Traplart)aiv Sri Sia<popa wa/ipeyi6rrs io~rl rod re vvv TrKaaQevros dvdpthiroVj Kal rov Kara ri)v eUbva deov yeyovbros vpbrepov.
'0 ph yap Siair\aa6els tjS?;, aladrrrbs, pere\uv woibrrjros, 4k ffibpuros iroXtra ovpavov, peyaXwvvpA dvQpiaire.
Philos. v. 6.
Again, the spiritual seed Kal ^uxTjs owearus dvrjp rj ywi), ipiaei or i taw drffpuwos, was an efflux axb Bv-qTrn iiy 6 5^ Kara tt)v eUbva, ISia ris, rov dpxavQp&irov dvtaBev 'ASapdvros, if yiros, t) aippayls, vorjrbs, dauparos, v.
7, which is a close copy of the Cab ovr' dfipyv otire 6tj\v, dtpffapros <f>6o~ei} rov Si alc&rjrov Kal irrl pipovs dv&pibwov balistic IV^J?
This Adamas in their system, then, was the higher or r-qv KaraaKevty advderov cXval t/>T}&wiK spiritual principle of Man, perfectly dis tinct from the animal principle, (Hipp.
Philos. V.
6), as the soul of man is dis tinct from his body ; no wonder then yeiltSovs ovclas Kal wevparos delou.
There can be little doubt, I think, but that St Paul, who was so well versed in Jewish philosophy as well as theology, that man, fashioned after this exalted had these notions in view when he drew a contrast between the first and second Adam, in 1 Cor. xv.
As StJohn adopted prototype should be placed at the head of creation, accordingly, 'Saaatrtivol &vthe current term Abyos, and shewed that SpUTTOV KaXoSffW T7JC TrpwTTp> T&V S\u>l> there was no impropriety in it if cor dpxty, rbv avrbv Kal vlbv dvdpwirou* rovtop Si rptxv Siaipovam.
"Etrri piv ybp rectly understood, so St Paul contrasts the natures of the first and second clvtov, ipatrl, rb piv voepbv, rb Si if/vxtKbv, rb Si xoikov.
Ka\oSo-< Si airbv 'ASdpar, Adam; but the terms must be understood in a Christian and theological, and not Kal vopifrvffi rrjv els avrbv elvai yv&ffiv in a Jewish and philosophical sense. dpxhv T0" Stiva.ada.1 yvdvai debv.
Philos. x. 9.
It also may be noted as worthy of remembrance that this belief in a twofold humanity perfectly distinct, The adoption of these terms severally by the Evangelist and St Paul stopped their misuse by heresy, and when the Gnostic age had passed away, the true and of successive development iu order of creation, wan deduced by the Jews catholic meaning of these terms was the only one that remained. from the book of Genesis, where man is said to have been created first, in the
RATIONES lid. i. viii.5. e TaCra Se Tavris etTrovcrris, irpoa-BXe^faaav avrw Hipp.
Ull !• X. J.
1*1 * philo*, mass^i.xiv.
T^v '_^\^e<a|/j ^at avol^acrav to crTOfia XaXtjo~at Xoyov * **• tov <Je Xoyov ovo/xa yeveaOat, Kat to ovofia yeveadat £H.
«vaij tovto, o yivwaKOfiev Kai XaXovfiev, Xpto-Tov 'Irjcrovv o Kat ovofiatracrav avTtjv Trap' aiiTrj £H. irapavTiKa ari<i)Trqaai,~^ Kat o~iu>-ir^v.
TipocrSoKwvros Se toO Ma^Kov TrXetov Ti fieXXetv avrrjv Xeyetv, irdXtv y TerpaKTvi irapeXOovcra els to fieerov, (prjo-tv ws evKaTa<pp6vt]Tov yyfao) tov Xoyov, ov airb (TTOfxaTWV Ttjs 'AXijOe/af i/KOvcras' ov tov&>, oirep olSas Kai SokoTs, iraXaiov [H. I SoKeii e^etv, xaXai] ecmv ovofia'
(pwvijv yap fiovov e^ets avTov, Ttjv Se 8vvafi.iv ayvoeif.
1 eirla-ijfiov ovofia, e£ wv I. e%ov] ypdfifiaTa, virb trdvrwv 3t5>v Ttjs KXrjcrewf ytvwerKofievovTo v. to.
'Irjcrovs fxev yap eo-Tiv
Hsec autem cum dixisset ilia, attendentem ad eum Veritatem, et aperientem os, "locuta est verbum : verbum autem nomen factum, et nomen esse hoc quod scimus et loquimur Christum Jesum ; quod cum nominasset, statim tacuit.
Cum autem putaret Marcus plus aliquid earn dicturam, rursus Quaternatio veniens in medium ait :
Tanquam contemptibile putasti esse verbum, quod ab ore Veritatis audisti.
Non hoc quod scis et putas habere, olim est nomen.
Vocem enim tantum habes ejus, virtutem autem ignoras.
Jesus autem est insigne nomen, sex habens literas, ab omnibus qui sunt voca1 iirloTiiiov, i.e. aD arithmetical sym- +400 Moo) = 888. That this is the meanbol.
There were three iirl/rrjfia in the ing of Mo-qnov in this place is evident Greek notation ; the irla^/tar j3a0 or from the words found in II. xli.
Falta est digamma, having the power of 6, the ergo epuemi eorum reddiiio, et numerut irUrijtioy k6tito for 90, and the (wlari/wv eorum evertu* e»t manifeitc. trcunrt for 900; see Scalioer, Animadv.
' tGiv rrjt /tXijirews, meaning the Ca in Euscb.
112, 115, 116.
It is remarktholic Church, for from the earliest days able that each of these three characters the gnostic party made a threefold disin form similar to the Samaritan tinction in the Church, corresponding letters expressed by their names, the with their triple division of humanity equivalents for the Hebrew \ p, and S5\ into the spiritual, the animal, and the According to the Valontinian notion the material ; oirw <P&ukow;l rpiyevrj, iyyename 'lijaovs expressed 888, and for this Xikov, \p\rxiKOv, xourjr' koI rpeis etvai reason was called irUnntw Svofia, not iKK\7i<rtas, iyyeKiidiv, \(nrxiKty, xo""}»' because it consisted of six letters, as drS/iara Si aircus ^cXeirrj), kXttt^, alxsomo have supposed, forgetting that ^dXwroj.
Hippoltt.
PhU.
X. 9.
Did a there were other Marifia besides the modern writer borrow his notion of the f)av=d, but because the letters, of which "Church in chains" from ancient heresy ! the name is composed, symbolised that 8 locutam etse is required by the conmystic number, e.g.
(10^.8 + 200 + 70 text.
MARCOSIORUM.
H^pp.
Tapa Toif A.iw<ri tov TlXrjpwfjiaTOS TroXvfiepet Tvyydvov, uai.Tiii^s. aXX>;c etTT< ft.op(ptji, kcu eTepov tvttov, yivwarKOfievov MAS^L xiT> 1 avyyevtov, wv Ta fieyeBrj Trap avTwv j^H. atrrwj exeivwv twv ea-Ti SiairavTof.
Tout ovv Ta Trap'
£jmi> eiKocriTeacrapa ypdfi/xaTa airoppola? xnrapyeiv ylvwrxe twv Tpiwv Svvdfiewv eiKovtKCLf, twv irepie-^ovawv habet e/nrepie^ova-wv"^ tov oXov twv avw vToiyelwv tov dpiOfiov.
Ta ftev yap u(pwva ypd/u.fiaTa ewea vdfiicrov eivai tov TlaTpos kcu Trjs 'AXrjOela?, Sia to d(pwvovf avrovf eivai, tovt£<ttiv appr/Tovt ica! aveicXaXiJtok?.
Ta o€ qfil(pwva oktw, ovto tov Aoyov Kat Trjs Zwrji, Sia to fieva wcrirep inrapj(etv twv Te dipwvwv Kai twv
(pwvrjivTwv Kai avaSe^ecrdai twv fiev virepOev Tt)v diroppoiav, Ttov o i/xc^Q avTrjv I rl.
<. u7r airral t»;!' avacpopav. la Se (pwvyevTa /cat airra e7rra oVra toC ^AvQpwirov Kai Ttji 'EicicXria-las, eiret &a tov 'AvOpwirov (f>wvr) irpoeXQovrra, ifidp- <pw<re to oXa.
'O <yap ^o?
T^y (pwvrjs 3 fiop<pr)v avTois Treptl* tionis cognitum. lllud autem quod est apud iEonas Pleromatia, cum sit multifarium exsistens, alterius est formae, et alterius typi, quod intelligitur ab ipsis qui sunt cognati ejus quorum magnitudines apud eum sunt semper.
4 Has igitur, quae apud nos [Gb. melius apud vos] sunt viginti quatuor literse, emanationes esse intellige trium virtutum imaginales, eorum quae continent universum, quae sunt sursum, elementorum numerum.
'Mutas enim literas novem puta esse Patris et Veritatis, quoniam sine voce sint, hoc est, et inenarrabiles et ineloquibiles.
6Semivocales autem cum sint octo, Logi esse et Zoes, quoniam quasi mediae sint inter mutas et vocales : et recipere eorum quidem quae super sint, emanationem, eorum vero quae subsint elevationem.
Vocales autem et ipsas septem esse, Anthropi et Ecclesiae : quoniam per Anthropum vox progrediens formavit omnia.
Sonus enim vocis formam 1 air/ytvuv, the t)X«iwt<u 477CX01 of allow the truth of Gbabe's supposition, the Saviour. I. § 17. that the translator rendered ravra in 3 amtpopA, the converse of iirbfipoia. the neuter, without observing that the 3 Compare I. § 9. concord should have been with Went.
4 The MSS. are so unanimous in 5 Mutas, i. e.
<p,x, 6. it, <c,t.
7, 8. f), reading Hcec, that impossible not to Semivocales, a, • X, £, f. is e. it v, p. p., f, i.
RATIONES vjii.^6. eirolrjarev.
"Etrriv [H. ovvj 6 /u.ev Aoyoi e)(wv Kai r\ Zwrj Ta |J^£^ MAS\I tiB-i. xlT' o'/cto),
Se "Avdpwiros Kai h 'EKKXtjerla Ta eTTTa,
Se vl-4"TlaTtjp Kai tf 'AXr/Oeia ra evvea.
'Exe^)} [H. 'Ext to?
<5eJ acpeSpaerQeis ev tw TlaTpt KaTrjXde, vcrTepfoavTOi Xoyov
irefACpOeli [^H. eKirefMpOe]?^ eiri tov a<£' off e^wplaOri eiri twv TrXripwfidTwv erori/j
SiopOuxrei twv irpayQevrwv, "iva ff iGOTiyra e^owra Kapirocpoprj fxlav ev Trdai Ttjv « irdvTWV twv otto Ttjv twv oktw eKOfilcraTO Svvafiiv.
Kcu ovtw{
Svvafiiv Kai eyevovro ot £H. TjoeFy] tottoi ofioioi Toig apidfiois, oySodSes ovrev olTivei Tpeif e<p' eavTovg eXOovTes, tov twv eiKoaiTeavdpwv aveSeifcav apiOfiov.
Ta /lev toi Tpla m. 71.
<pr]o-iv~j avrbs twv Tpiwv ev ovtyyla o-Toi^eia a(plri<riv [H.
(a )
Svvdfiewv inrdpxeiv, a eerTiv se£, ck^ wv cnreppvt] Ta eUoa-iTeaaapa oroi^eta, TeTpairXaa-iao-QevTa tw Tjjr appr/Tov TerpdSos Xoyw, tov avrov avTOis apidfibv iroiei, 3aVe^o (ptjai tov avovofid(TTOV vTrdp^eiv.
Qopeierdai avra wo twv Se 4Tpia>v Svvdfiewv, eig ofioioTtjTa tov aopaTov, wv o~TOf^e'iwv eis circumdedit.
Est igitur Logos habens et Zoe vm.
Anthropos autem et Ecclesia vn.
Pater autem et Alethia ix.
Ex minori autem computatione, qui erat apud Patrem descendit, emissus illuc unde fuerat separatus ad emendation em factorum, ut Pleromatum unitas aequalitatom habens, fructificet unam in omnibus quae est ex omnibus virtus.
Et sic qui est numeri vii eorum qui sunt octo accepit virtutem, et facta sunt tria loca similia numeris, cum sint octonationes is quae ter in se venientia : viginti quatuor ostenderunt numerum.
Et tria quidem elementa, quae dicit ipse trium in conjugatione virtutum exsistere, quae fiunt vi. ex quibus emanaverunt viginti quatuor literae, quadripertita inenarrabilis quaternationis ratione, eundem [cum illis Gr.] nnmerum faciunt, quae quidem dicit illius qui est innominabilis exsistere.
Indui autem eas a tribus virtutibus, in simili4, on the unity of the /3o5=6 was easily mistaken for 7=3, Compare I.
§ Pleroma.
The ninth letter being taken as instanced by St Jebom in Pa. bxxvii. from the mutes and added to the seven Scriplum est in MalOueo Johanne,) (et vowels, the twenty-four letters were quod Vominua nonter hora aorta crucithen equally distributed. fixus »it.
Rursum scriptum est in Marco, i.e. three pair of ovtftyoi, reprequia hora tcrlia crucijixm nit. —Error
Rented by Pater, Authropos, Logos. scriptorum fiiit: et in Marco hora texta e. aroixtia. fuit: scd miilti episcmum Graxum pu-
drep, F i.
HlPFOLTTUS has (i, the iirie-niioii tavervnt em T.
MARCOSIORUM.
eiKoves eiKovwv tu 1OitrKd ypdfi.fJ.aTa virdp^etv, a ovvapiQfjLOVfieva tois eiKoaiTecrirapai aToi^elots Svvdfiet twv £H.
TpJ KaTa avaXoylav tov tHov TpiaKOVTa iroiel LIB. I. viit.7
Hipp, i'hifos. vi. 46.
Trap fi/xiv GR. I. x.4.
MASS. I. xiv.
6. apiOfiov.
Tourov tov Xoyov, Kal Ttjs oiKOvoixlas [^H. avaXoylasj Tavrrji *Kapir6v <pt]crtv ev 6/j.oiwfiaTi eticovos Tre(pvKevat ^Jlipp.
7re<pijvevaiJ eiceivov, tov faeTa Tay l£ qftepa?
TeTapTov avafidvTa els to 3opos, Kal yevotJtevov ^cktov, tov KpaTyOevra Kal KaTa/3dvTa £H.
/cara/S.
Kal /CjOaT.J ev tjJ s efiSo/xdSi, eTrlcrtifiov SySodSa virdp^ovTa, 6Kal e^ovTa ev G. 68. tudinem illius qui est invisibilis : quorum elementorum imagines imaginum esse eas quae sunt apud nos duplices literae, quas cum xxiv literis adnumerantes, virtute quae est secundum analogiam, xxx faciunt numerum.
Hujus rationis et dispositionis fructum dicit in similitudinem imaginis apparuisse ilium, qui post vi dies quartus ascendit in montem, et factus est sextus, qui descendit et detenMalt. xvU. 1.
Marc. ix.S. tus est in hebdomade, cum esset insignia octonatio, et 'haberet 1 SiirXa, the letters f, {, = (Sa, kit, detained, the Saviour 2E/m, p. 64, having been contained for a while in the space beneath the Pleroma, but not perma t<t,) enumerated among the ■fiplipwva.
1 ndpirov.
Compare i.
4. t4\€iov nently.
Here trfolifur dySodSa refers to the word XpeiarSs: soe xii.
§ 3.
Generally the ogdoad was the receptacle of the spiritual seed, to which the faith ful among the \pvxtnol should eventually be raised, p. 59.
6 The Saviour contained in himself Kapvbv rbv lrjoovp, K. T. X.
' i.e.
Mount Tabor, in allusion to the Transfiguration.
* With the addition of Moses and Elias.
This event was considered by the Marcosians to be typical of Soter visiting Achamoth, with whom Horns and Demiurge made four ; while, by the the mystical number of the thirty jEons, having been thirty years of age when addition of the avfvyla, Christ and the baptized, i. § 1, 5.
As A and Spirit from the Pleroma, those four fi, again, he was symbolised by the dove, the sum of the Greek numerals tt, became six.
5 ipSopdSt.
Gbabe imagines that <r, t, p, c, t, t, p, a, being 801.
It was by the illapse of the dove that the Saviour jEon de this means the seventh day, as the com pletion of the six that preceded the Transfiguration.
Petavius, that it al scended upon Jesus. I.
13, and XII.
§ See Tkrtullian de Pruxcr. H&r. ludes to the seventh day during which Christ lay in the tomb ; but more pro 3.
§ 50.
Kal TreptcTtpb. be o~wp.a w<pdn' i] piv to dytov rvevpa tpaclv ol 5e bably it means the Hebdomas, the habi tjv ol tat of Demiurgus, pp.
44, 48, i. e. the dird Ttatri\el8ov, rbv Sidnovov be dtrb ol OOaXevrlvov to trvevpa ttjs ivOvufoeuis tov Ylarpbs, t^v KaTfKevav TrtTroinpivov M Tt)v tov \byov adpKa. Did. Or. seven heavens above which Achamoth dwelt, exterior to the Pleroma, but above the material universe.
Kparv16.
§ Feuardent restored the original Sbrra here means contained rather than
RATIONES eowTw tov avavra twv a-roiyelwv apiO/j-bv, ov] etpave- {JJljJ^ MASS. I.xiv.
*y /1 ' f « » * \ # c« ~ vi. 47.
6. pwcrev, €\vovto$ avrov eiri to pairrtcrfia, 17 t»/c irepicrrepas KadoSoi, tjTti ecrriv to Arai a.
'O yap apidfiof avrrji fita Kai OKTaKocrtai.
Kai Sia tovto Mftwea ev tjj e/frj7 T«3w £H.
^yue'pa^l qfiepwv eiptjKevai rbv avOpwirov yeyovevar Ka) Tr/v oiKOVOfilav Se Iev ry eKry twv fjfxepwv, tjris 3 tov ecryarov avBpwirov els avayevvrjcrtv tov irpwrov avOpwirov iretptjvevai, ecrr) vapatTKevi], oiKOVOfilat apyyv Kai ij? reAo?
Kai [del.
Kai H.] rqv eKTrjv wpav £H. efvat], ev p irpoerrjXwdi] rw £vXw.
Tov yap reXetov vovv, eirierraixevov tovm.7». twv apidfiov, Suvafitv iroi^crewi Kat avayevvqcrews e-^ovra, e£ Sia touJ tpavepwcrai rots vlois tov tpwrbs 3tijv avrov Si [l.
in se omnem elementorum numerum, quern manifestavit, cum et A.
Numerus enim ipsius unum et dccc.
Et propter hoc Mosen in sexta die dixisse hominem factum ipse venisset ad baptismum, columbaa descensio, quae est Q et dispositionem autem in : sexta die, quae est in 4ccena pura, novissimum hominem in regenerationem primi hominis apparuisse.
Cujus dispositionis initium et finem sextam horam, in qua affix us est ligno.
Perfectum enim sensum, scientem eum numerum qui est sex, virtutem fabrications et regenerationis habentem, manifestasse filiis luminis earn generationem quae facta est per eum, qui manifestatus reading habcret.
In the Clerm. MS. haa rip> 8(4 tov Qavtrroi irlariuov els ttjv it had become habent, and by a corrective oV avrov iriyevopdvrpf avaylvir/\<ja>.
The attempt habtt in the Arund. and other text re-constructed above from the MSS. three.
The Latin confirms the reading is Here the words tov rddovs, as reof Sia tov also indicates the words
it ; quired by the sense, are inserted by iwuripxiv els rbvSe ipiBpAv, instead of Hippolytus. OlKOfofda taken absolutely, this propose to read els iirlaripJiv rovde , means the mystery of the Incarnation, apidfiov, I the mystic d. as the symbol of q. see I. although when modified by number, 6.
1, § any other term, Coma pura.
Greece, i}Vis earl may mean almost it * any mystery. irapaoTcewj.
Hie veteris Intcrpretis locus Hippolytus supplies jj>
which seems Josephi Scaligeri obscrvaticmem confirmed to be required, though not expressin Festum, voce Penem Coena pura est, is it : ed by the translator.
His copy had iv qua fungebantur, cum in casto essent. rapaaicevfj, a mistake arising from the Glossarium:
Coena pura, rpoodfipaTov. terminal letter of the word iarlr preImitationc GentUium Tapao-iccviiv Judcev a vocat (Intcrprcs.) Fronto Due. ceding. orum it The text of Epiphanius and HipIta et lib. v. cap.
sextam diem, qua polttus are both corrupt, and the transDominus cruci confixus est, appeUavit
lator's copy was no better.
Hippolytob coenam puram cujus nominis memine- :
MARCOSIORUM.
<Si avrov \1. eig ewlcrnuov tov lib.i.tUL8.
Hipp.
(havivTOg eTTurnuov eig avTov GH 1x4.
1T'47aptd/j.ouJ yevofxevtjv avayevvtjariv.
"EvOev tea) ra Si-rXa ypdfimas&'i.xIv. nilos.
L eirlo-ijfiov ?-)(eiv (ptjo-lv.
'O yap eir'io~t]fiog fiara tov apiQfxbv
apL0fj.bg cruyKpaOetg Tolg eiKoo-iTe&crapo-i vTOiyeloig, to TptaKovra ypdfj.fj.aTOV ovo/xa axereXecre.
StaKovw tw twv ctttci aptd/uiiov a/j.eye8.
Se KejQoijTat 6ei, wg (prjaiv Mdpicov 2fy^, Iva Ttjg aurofiovkqTOv /3ov\tjg t) Kapirog.
Tov fiev toi i-wl(Tt]fj.ov tovtov aptQfibv
(pavepooOrj ^Hipp. delet tovtov apm~J eiri tov irapovTog, <j»]<ri, tov hri tov eTria>'ifj.ov fj.op<p(i)6evra votjarov, tov tocrirep fiepiuQevTa
rj tjJ iavTov Svvd/xet Te Sf^orofj-tjOevTa ical e£w fielvavTa, og Kat (ppovfoei, ($ia Ttjg air avrov TrpofioXtjg tovtov tov tu>v
o. 69. eirTa Svvd/xecov, teal |^/caTa HiPP. fitfi^irei tamenj filfxtjaiv Ttjg eftSofj-dSog Swd/xewg, e\J/-J^a)cre Kocrfiov, teat y^v^tjv edeTO
est insignia in eum numerum.
Hinc etiam et duplices literas numerum insignera habere ait.
Insignis enim numerus commixtus viginti quatuor dementis xxx literarum nomen explicuit.
Usus est autem Diacono septem numerorura magnitudine, quemadmodum dicit Marci Sige, ut ab se cogitatae cogitationis manifestetur fructus.
Et insignem quidem hunc numerum in praesenti, ait, eum qui ab insigni figuratus est intelligi [intellige,] eum qui quasi in partes divisus est, aut praecisus, et foris perseveravit, qui sua virtute et prudentia per earn quae est ab eo emissionem, hunc, qui est 5septem virtutum, secundum imitationem ney(dei, namely i\ri$ela, having runt etiam TertuU. lib. v. adv.
Afar-
cionem cap. 4. Augustinu* Tract. 120 in seven letters.
Ai/ro^ouXijrou /3ouXi}j, Johan. et Beda in cap.
19. Johan.
Sic meaning the independent <7i)XXi;^<i5 of autem earn diem appellant, quod juxta Achamoth.
Here Bee the preface.
Legis priescriptum puros vestimentis, SixoTofiySbra, these words read * rj gloss from the margin, Hippolycibis, corporibus, et animis cos esse decelike a bat, qui sacrum Pascha cssent celebraturi.
TUB omits them.
Still, if they are an Unde et Jud<eorum principes non intrainterpolation, the translator had them verunt prsetorium Pilati, ut non contamiin his copy. narentur {ait Evangclista) sed puri videIfSSo/idSos, the Demiurge called * licet manducarent Pascha. Feuard.
Hebdomas, I.
Hippolytus has § e. the numiirTaSwd/wv, and the sense would be t6v ipiBubv Mormon,
i. for each of the seven heavens of which the Mo-rnwv jSaO was the same ber 6, ; the symbol, and of which the three presided over by the Demiurge was an double consonants, when resolved into angelic essence or SiWjuj. est, omitted by Gbabe, their simple elements, contain the found in is
sum. the Clkrm. and Abund. MSS.
INFANTIUM
i xH4a e'val T°v opwfievov TravTOf.
Ke'xjoi/Tat fiev ovv avTOS £H. loco ^fj^ MASS. l.xiv.
*T • ~ v r is\ i '
> '
~ vi. 48.
7. avTOS 1. Katj outos Twoe tw epyw, ws avtfaipeTws vir avTov yevofievw'
1TaSe Staicovei, fiifitj/xaTa ovto. twv afitfi^Twv, tt/v evOvjurjaiv Trjs /xrjTpos.
Kai
fiev irpunos ovpavos <p6eyyerai to a,
Se fiera tovtov to et,
Se TpiTOS 1, TeTapTOS Se Kai fiecros tu>v wra Tqv tov i Svvafiiv eKCpwvei,
Se Tre/ATTTOs to ov, eKTOS Se to v, efiSofios £H.
Se~j Kai TeTapTOS airo fiepovs [^H. airo tov fiecrovj to w arToiy^eiov eicftoa, iroXXa fiev (pXvapovera, fitjSev Se WldpKOv ^iyt;, Ka6u>s i] f\ aXtjQes Xeyovara, SiafiefiaiovTat.
AuTtves Svvdfieis ofiov, (ptiai, aXXyXas crvfiirXaicetcrai ^■^ovcri Ka) So^dl^ovcriv M-'x irdo-ai eis
Se S6£a Ttjs f"H.
VX^~ eKelvov, v(f> ov irpoe^XrjQrjcrav fj ere&jcj avairefnrerai eis tov TIpoiraTopa.
TavTqs fiev toi Ttji
So^oXoylas tov ^XPV T^'' t*tv <j>ep6fievov <prj<ri vXdarTijv yevecdai, Ka\ yevvtjTopa tu>v eiri Ttji y^iSe Trjv aTToSei^tv (pepei airo tuiv apTi yevvwfievwv 9hebdomadis virtutis animavit mundum, et animam posuit esse hujus universi quod videtur. Utitur autem et ipse hoc opere quasi spontanee ab ipso facto: reliquavero ministrant.cum sint imitationes imitabilium, enthymesin matris.
Et priraum quidem ccelum sonat A, quod autem est post ilium E, tertium autem H, quartum vero et medium numeri vn Iotae virtutem enarrat, quintum vero O, sextum autem Y, septimum autem et iv medio Q a elementum exclamat, quemadmodum Marci Sige, quae multa quidem loquacius exsequitur, nihil autem verum loquens, affirmat.
Qua? virtutes, ait, omnes simul in invicem complexae, sonant et glorificant ilium quo emissaa sunt, gloria autem soni mittitur in Propatorem.
Hujus autem glorificationis sonum in terrain a delatum ait plasmatorem factum, et generatorem eorum qure sunt in terra3.
Ostensionem autem affert ab iis qui nunc nascuntur in9.
Epiphaniub agrees with the trans Ovii-fiacus t. /i., which also harmonises
lation, but Hipfolytus suggests the io. with the recapitulation in § Hippolytus has els h for els i\. he has, r& St' Adfar, genuine reading
; in tcrram ....in terra.
In the Arundel MS. these are the emendations of another hand, written over litteramm fufjvff/jtarn Svra twv Afxtfi^Tuv, ttjs ivdvfi-f}- ' aews rijs fiirrpis.
The presence of reliqua in the Latin, justifies the restoration of dXXi rdSe St' cIkSvwv t?J? ivlittera.
VAG1TUS MYSTICt.
Ph'ioi. ftp£<p<*>v>
^X^ L^- '
r^X^] "'ua TV '* M'frjooy Trpoe\6eiv LIGBg,,vi"; vi. 48.
/D - '
' rXJ •* ~\ MASS. i.xiv. eiripoa evof eKatnov twv crTOiyeiwv tovtwv ti. tovtov I s. tov ^Xov'
KaOw? ouv a! ctttu, <p>]cr\, Swu/uetf So^dj^ovcri tov <}.70.
A.6yov, oxiTooi kcu f\ Vfuyjl ev tois fipe<p€(ri K\alovcra ikcu Opr/vovcra ~M.dpKOV, So^d'Cei avrov.
Aia tovto Se koi tov AafilS eipqKevar (ttohcltos vtitt'iwv kcu dtfXwQovTW KorrjpTt'o-ft) aTvov kcu ird\iv, Ol ovpavol Sir/yovvTai So^av Qeov.
Kai Stct tovto ev tc cttuv Se evj irdvoif koi TaXatirooplais t^X' yevofxevtj, eh SivXicrfiov avrtji, eirMpwvet to w ei'y
avw 3\J/-i/^i} to avyyeves urmeiov aiveaewf, Iva yv<i)pl<ra<ra t\ avTtjs, fioqObv avrrj KaTwrreix^rri. fantibus, quorum anima. simul ut de vulva progressa est, exclamat
uniuscujusquo elementi hunc sonum.
Sicut ergo septem virtutes (inquit) glorificant Verbum, sic et anima in infantibus plorans et plangens
Marcum, glorificat eum.
Propter hoc autem E.u ore infantium et lactentium per/ecisti et David dixisse *• J£ :
»]»• laudem.
Et iterum, Cceli enarrant gloriam Dei.
Et propter hoc quando in doloribus et calaraitatibus anima fuerit, in relevationem suam, dicit Q, in signum laudationis, ut cognoscens ilia quse sursum est anima, quod est cognatum suum, adjutorium ei deorsum mittat.
The next five words are omitted by tuting, for ei's SivXurpJbv, in defweationan,
Hippolytus, doubtless as interfering St' a\v<rp.ov, pro? anyore. with the meaning.
The reading, alvtaews, may have
tis Siv\ur)iAv.
So Matt, xxiii.
24, been by a corruption from ividaews,
SiiiMfoires tov xwvwra, who strain Hippolytus having for els arnuiov alvtol 01U the ynat.
In what does this defeeoem, the words, tip' aviarm, but the $ as Grabe says, in the derivative forms ivuoficu and ividuis arc cation consist ? chastening of the soul itopois Kal t. unknown elsewhere, and Hippolytus Massuet, however, cites a passage from probably wrote alveirai.
On the whole, Clem. Al. Peed. where in speaking of the explanation of Grabe the most 1, is Gnostics, he says that the memory of suitable to the context, and any corif good incites the soul to virtue, to the rection be required, would be best to it SivKio-fiiv fitv tov substitute irapaiviotus for alv. in the purging out of evil ; xrei/iaTos rijv firfonjp twv KpeirrSvuv sense indicated by Aul. Gell. VI.
14. elvai <paalv StvXio-pJiv Si voouai, tov, Puniendis peccatis tres esse debere camai
• djro Trft \ncopjH)<rews tuv ifietvbvuv, twv existimalnm est; una est qua; vovOtaia Xapivwv xupio-ytbv Htctoi St ilivdyvel KbXaait vel Tcapalveois dicitur, cum poena adhibelur castiyandi atque erntiiktjs, T$ inroiwnadhm. twv peXridvaiv, ij M tois rjTToaiv.
Either indandi yratia, ut is, quifortuilo deliquit, neTavola v simple aUeniior fiat corrcctiorque. far-fetched; is terpretation a meaning, though at variance with the Avw ^vx^, the angelical counter-
i) translation, may be obtained by substipart of the human soul.
MARCOSIORUM
LJBM.Tiii.io.
10.
Kat irepi fiev tov 1iravrot, ovofiaTOt Tptaxovra ovrot mass i xiv '
* ~ t> /1 ~ ~ *y~ » ~ / j ypafi.fj.aTwv tovtov, /cat toi/ rJffou tov au£oiToy e/c Ttov touTOf ypafifiuTwv, ert T€ Tijy 'AXr/0etay arwfxaTOt SwSeicafieXovt e/c Svo ypafifidrwv wve&TWTOt, /cat T»Jy (pwvrjt avrrjt, qv [int.
■7rpo<ru>fJu\rj(j-e fitfj irpoarofJ.iXqcrava, koi irep\ Ttjt eiriXvcrewt tov fxrj XaXrjdevrot ovofj-arot, /cat irep\ t>?? tov icoo-fiov "^v^t /cat avdpwirov, icada e^oua-t t^v /car' eiKova oiKovofilav, ovTWt eXqptjcrev.
'E£»/y Se wt airo tcov ovofiaTwv ia-dpidftov Svvafiiv M- ~*eireSei^ev 17 TerpaicTVt avrw, cnrayyeXovfxev, Iva fitjSev XaOt) tre twv eit rifiat vif avTov Xeyofxevwv eXrjXvQoTwv, ayawijTe, Kadwt TToXXaKit airyTtio-at Trap qfiwv.
II.
Ovrwt ovv dirayyeXXei 17 irdvo-odyot avrw 2t"y^ Trjv p{,Xs.
, , , yeveaiv twv eiKoaiTeorapwv VTOi^eiwv Ty fiovoTt]Ti ovv-
VTrdpxeiv evoTfTi [H. evoT^TaJ, e£ wv Svo 7rpo/3oXai, icaO' a irpoeipipxu' fxovdt re /cat to ev eiri ^H.
<51yJ Svo ovo-ai T€<r<rapa TeVcra^oeyJ eyevovTO' Sit yap Svq, Teaaapet.
Kat iraXiv, at Svo /cat Tevaapet ety to avTO owrefletcrat tov twi/ t£ e<pavepwaav dpiOfxov.
Ovtoi Se oi e£ TerpatrXa<ria<T10.
Et de omni quidem nomine, quod est xxx literarum, et de Bytho, qui augmentum accipit ex hujus literis, adhuc ctiara de Veritatis corpore, quod est duodecim membrorum, unoquoque membro ex duabus literis constante ; et de voce ejus quam locuta est non locuta ; et de resolutione ejus nominis, quod non est enarratum; et de mundi anima, et hominis, secundum quse babent illam, quae est ad imaginem, dispositionem, sic deliravit.
Dehinc autem quemadmodum ex nominibus aequiparatam virtutem ostendit eorum quaternatio, referemus, ut nihil lateat te, dilectissime, eorum quae ad nos pervenerunt ex iis, quae ab iis dicuntur, quemadmodum saepe postulasti a nobis.
1 1.
Sic autem annuntiat perquam sapiens eorum Sige generationem xxiv elementorum : cum 'solitate esse unitatem, ex quibus duae sunt emissiones, sicut praedictum est, monas et hen, quae duplicatae, iv factae sunt: bis enim duo, quatuor.
Et rursus duo et quatuor in idipsum compositae, sextum manifestaverunt numerum.
Hi autem sex quadruplicati viginti quatuor 1 rod ircanbs, the name of Soter, the ' All the Manuscripts here have perfect fructification of the whole Pietoliditate, but the error is evident, and roma, called tA Trdira, 5ta rb dirb iravrGtv need not otherwise have been menttvai.
I. § 4, end. tioned.
TETRADES
CABBALISTIC^.
h^j.
Oevres, Ten eiKoaiTeo-aapas cnreicvticrav fioptpds.
Kat Ta fiev gI*j-1|}{};,11vi JQ*'
~ ' t * i I ft f t / 1* MASS.I.xv.1.
T»/y irpwTtjs rerpaoos ovofiara ayia ayiwv voovfieva, Kat fit] SeJ viro fiovov tov Suvdfieva Xe)(6tjvai, yivuxTKeadat ^H. adj.
Ylartjp oioe Tiva eo-rt. la oe cefiva, Kai fiera iov, a o 0.71.
Trio-Tews ovofiaXofieva ■^^ap, ai/TW ecrTt Tat/Ta- "Appijros Kat ^tyt), Haryp T6 /cat AXi/0eta.
Tavrijy Se Ttjs TerpdSos
aifiiras dptdfids earn arroi^elwv eiKoertreaadpoov.
'O yap "Apptjros ovofia ypdfifiara e%ei ev eavrw evra, "jJ Se ILiytj 'AXiJOeta eirrd'
7revre, Kai Harrjp £H. ha. vevre^, /cat
t) a avvreoevra eiri to avro, ra ois irevre, Kai ois eirra, tov twv etKoaireo-ardpwv apidfiov aveirXripwa-ev.
'Qo-avrws Se koi Sevrepa rerpas, Aoyos /cat Zwtj, "AvBpwvos Kat 'E/ckX>7ma, tov avrov apidfiov twv croi^elwv dveSei^av.
Kat to t]
Se tov HwTijpos ptjrov ovofia, 3oVra> Kai oV/ca, ypa/ifidrwv generaverunt figuras.
Et quidem quse sunt primse quaternationis nomina sancta sanctorum intelliguntur, quae non possunt enarrari solo Filio, qure Pater scit quaenam sunt.
Alia vero, quae cum gravitate, et honore, et fide nominantur apud eum, sunt hsec, "Apptjros et luyq, Tiarrjp et intelliguntur autem a ; 'AXtjOeta.
Hujus autem quaternationis universus numerus est literarum viginti quatuor "Apptiros enim nomen literas habetin : se septem, 'S.etytj quinque, et llartjp quinque. et AXtjOeta vn, ' quse composita in se, bis 4quini, et bis septem, xxiv numerura adimpleverunt.
Similiter et secunda quaternatio Logos et Zoe, Anthropos et Ecclesia eundem numerum elementorum ostenderunt.
Et Salvatoris quoque narrabile nomen 'it/aois t4 Si irtfard.
Hippolytus has t4 the glosa, Ar* apiff/up twv Kara tv ypa/iSi /ura auoTTTis, the true reading perpArav, rovriari rir 'Ir/aoOn.
The entire
haps lies midway, ri Si fiera (te/ivAtijto!. passage obscure, and Gbabe says of The translator read in addition, nal is "Qutenam fuerit autem, mystica ilia it, imagine exnomina Jeru expotitio .... vix quisqvam Ti/ui;s, xal vlartui, which I presses the genuine text. dicere poterii." The words of Hippolytus,
Si Ziyi] irirrt, spelling the word however, explain it; for, in the present * i) cominstance, the letters that form the word Xetyti, as in the sequel.
X/motAs is puted as XpcurrSs, hence the form Chres- 'I-qaovs, are 14, e. g. ('Ifira, -/jl, atyfta, oi, tus in Tacitus.
Hippolytus supplies fl^aXor, oiyna).
^1 follows the analogy rirrc after Uar-^p. of p. 146, as indicated in lftra, el, n.
I, &ktw xal Siica.
Hippolytus neither #ra.
See the false reading, p. 147, n.
1. s The Clermont, Voss, Merc. n.
H, the recognises these words, nor
I but after MSS., as also Pass., have quini, which abbreviated form of "IijtroCi ; the words, ri Si ip^np-or airrov, he inserts has therefore been replaced in the text.
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^B-^jj-'j1vvapyeiv [H. wajOX"] to 6* apprjrov avrov ypafifiarwv mpp. mass.i.xt.i.
€lK0(rlTe(rara.p(l)Vm 1Ylos XpeicrTOS, ypanixarwv SwSeKcr rb ^ej|*73 iv £H. tw] Xpia-Tw Cf. x. i 4. a apprjrov, ypafifiaTwv rpiaKovra.
Kai &a tovto (pr/aiv avrov a Kai w, Iva rrjV irepttrrepav firjvva-ri, tovtov e^ovTOS t6v apiOfibv tovtov tov opveov.
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'O Se 'Itjirovi Tavrrjv e%ei, <pi<r*t, rr)v apprjrov yevetriv.
'Atto yap rrjs M.rjTpbi raiv o\wv, rrjs Trpwrrji rerpaSot, iv dvyarpbs ^rpoirw irporjkQev r) Sevrepa Terpen, Kai eyevero SySoas, e£ j?j irporjkQe Seicaf ovrws eyevero SeKas Kai literarum est sex ; inenarrabile autem ejus, literarum viginti quatuor.
^Yio's Xpeio-ros literarum xu ; quod est autem in Christo inenarrabile, literarum xxx.
Et propter hoc ait eum A et Q, ut ^irepiorepav manifestet, cum huno numerum habeat
hseo avis.
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Jesus autem hanc habet inquit inenarrabilem genesin.
A matre enim universorum, id est primse quaternationis, in filiae locum processit secunda quaternatio, et facta est octonatio, ex qua progressa est decas : sic factum est xvm.
Decas itaque 1 TIAs Xpeurrbs.
The text of Hippoacripierunt, quanta, qui et (vocalem c,) ex e et 1; Mud enim inopia fecemnt, hoc nulla re tubacti.
0 was not then known LTTCS is here given : TI6s Si Xpeurrbs SciSera, to Si A>r$ XpetorQ tfipnTov ypafiixirwv rptiKOvra, Kai abrb rots iv a{rr<p as 0 puxpbv, but c was already etytXoc Here the ancient and later modes are ypdn/icuri Kara tv a-TotX""" aptSptoi/icvov.
To p.h> yip X" rptwv, rb Si pii bio, Kai combined.
Compare p.
133, n.
* The term dftp^rtrov, here applies to rb (I S6o, Kai ICrra reaadptav, rb oiypn the pronunciation, not to the notion of Trhrre, Kai rb rav rptwv, rb Si ov Sio, Kai rb ffav rpiuv.
Ovrus rb iv t$ XpeioTip inscrutability, for as the name'I^uoOs is brrrbr, i. e. articulate, when each letter Hflfnrrov ipiaKovai orotx^v rpiaKOvra.
The passage is defective, for Xpeioros so is expressed by the sound that it sym summed, only gives 14.
It is no more bolises, so the same name is apprp-ov, i. e. not to be pronounced, when the perhaps than the endeavour of some constituent elements of each literal ap reader to sum the characters, on the margin of his copy, in a calculation that pellative are to be brought into the account.
In the same way, the mystical jargon used in the Marcosian baptism is afterwards found its way into the text ; still it indicates the mode of solution.
The calculation runs thus, yl, j>w, said to be uttered i^jy/jrip <t>uv^. HrppOL.
Phil. VI. 41. ttyikov, /&ra, aiy/jui, rav, ov, aiypa, which letters sum 30.
The letters c and 3 The translator read rbvif faultily.
* The Clermont MS. has Tibs Xpi0 were written with the vowel sound crbs, as in the Greek.
The Arundel next in sequence, to enounce them ; so Nigidius, as quoted by Aclus Gellius, XIX.
14 :
Grcecat rum tantce intcitia oromits Tioi.
The Voss MS. inserts the copula, which is here cancelled.
* The earlier editions had per itta teuo, qui ov (vocalem sc. o,) ex o et v