Section 41 (Page 179)
E SCRIPTURIS.
vovf Se vvv tow Alwvas etprjo-Oai Xeyovai.
Kai Sia to fiy ^'("xvn2' air okpiQrjvai Tof? elirovcriv avTw, I'Ev irolq Svvafiei tovto MAS\l- •jroieti ; aXXa t»J avreirepwrfaei anroptjaai avTOt/g, to apptjtov tov TraTpoi, ev to [adjice ftrfj elireiv, SeSei-^evai avTov 2 IIoXXaK-te eiredv/xtiaa e^iyovvrat.
'AXXa Kat ev tw eiptjKevai, aKOvcrai eva twv \6ywv tovtwv, Kai ovk eo")(ov tov epovvTa, eivai] Sia. tov ev6s tov aXtjdwg efiCpalvovTOS (pacri Selv [l. eva Qeov, ov ovk iyvwKeierav.
"Eti ev tw vpoaa^ovTa avTov T>j 'lepovcraXri/J.
SaKpvcrai eif avrijv, koi eiireiv Ex eyvwf
Kai o-v o-^fiepov to irpos eipyvtjv, eKpv^rj Se [suppl. axo'J crov Sia tov eKpvfiri pyfiaTO?, to cnroKpvcpov tov BvQov SeStfKwKevai.
Kai iraXiv etirovTa'
Aevre irpos fie iravTei ol KovtwvTei koi irecpopTKr/ievoi', Kayw dvairavarw v/iar (cat
fiaQere a7r' iftov, tov T>jt aXrjOelai 4iraTepa KaTtjyyeXKevai.
* O yap ovk rjSei&av, (prjcri, tovto avToif vireo-yeTO SiSa£eiv . .
. t>]v [l. twvJ avtoTaTCO, Kai oiovei KopwvlSa Se '
M. 93.
\_adj.
AwoSei^ivJ JEouslb dictos dicunt.
Et propter hoc non respondisse eis, qui dixerunt, In qua virtute hoc facix? sed contrario interrogaMatt *xi.s3 ei e tione sua constornasse eos, inenarrabilo Patris, in eo quod non JJjj™x!
xxdixerit, [d. non] ostendisse eum interpretantur.
Sed et in eo J;^
Swpius concupivi audire unum ex sermonibus litis, et quod dixerit : non habui qui diceret mihi, manifestantis dicunt esse per hoc unum, eum qui sit vere unus Deus, quem non cognoverint.
Adhuc in eo quod appropinquans ad Hierusalem ploraverit super earn, et dixerit Si cognovisses et tu hodie quae sunt ad pacem, abscondita Luo. ju. 42.
: autem sunt a te, per eum sermonem qui est absconditus, apocryphon Bythi manifestasse.
Et iterum dicentem, Venite ad me Matt *' 28 ct omnes qui laboratis et onerati estis, sdiscite a me, veritatis Patrem annunciasse.
Quod enim nesciebant, inquiunt, hoc eis promisit se docturum.
Ostensionem autem superiorum, et velut finem tion may be assigned to carelessness. to verbal accuracy.
As stands, it it .]«~^ agrees neither with the MSS., the anGr. iv ?roif i(oval<f.
Syr.
- the word » meaning cient versions, nor with other quota- ^ ft authority, as in the E.V. tions of thc same words- ™e Supreme Power was called
Words taken from some apocry-
T^s ^V^etas irarip, xn.
2, and again A phal writing.
§ This scriptural text having only at the cloae of the Pre8ent 8ection-
been introduced on account of the word The translator omits the words
not quoted with any regard Kq.yii avaraiaw vims. is inpifir), 12—2
REDEMPTIO
o'r.' \'Xtv\\'
T^s viroOecrewf avrwv (pepowt tclvto.'
'E^OfioXoyrjironai crot MASS* I xi ' t "
* ~ \ * ~ tt > r l * irarep Kvpte twv ovpavwv Kat Tt]f yns, on aireKpv^af airo o. as.
<ro<pwv Kai crvverwv, Kat aireKaXvfya? ai/Ta vrjirloti'
1ova,
trarrip fxov, oti efinrpoo-Oev o~ov evSoKta [d.fioi] eyevero.
YlavTa fioi TrapeSodi] viro tov TlaTpot flow Kai ovSeh eyvta tov arepa, et fit} o I<o?, /cat tov juov, et firj o ILarrip, Kat <a dv 6 Yio? a7roK,aAtrvJ/,»7.
'Ev TOirroi?
Siappr/Srjv (paari SeSef)(evai avTOV, ws tov au7r' avTtcv 7rape^evpt]/xevov irarepa aXrjdela? irpo Tqs irapovtrlas avTOv fir/Sevos irwiroTe eyvwKOTOS'
Kat KaraffKevaXeiv OeXovcrtv, ws tov ttoititov Kat ktIcttov aei vtto iravToiv eyvwafievov Kat TavTa tov H.vptov etprjKevat irept tov ctyvwcTTOV tois ira&t TlaTpoi, ov avrot KaTayyeXXovcrt.
Ket^>. tS'.
De redemptione sua quanta dicunt et faciunt : quot modi sunt apud eos redhibitionis : quemadmodum imbuunt eos, qui sibi credunt, et quibus sermonibus utuntur.
THN Se Ttjf airoXvTpwaewf avTOti avTiwJ irapa- [/.
So<rtv wn^e^rjKev ctopaTOV etvat Kat d/caTaXi/XTOC are twv Confiteor tibi Pater Domine terra et Luc. x. SI
Matt, xi 25. reeulse sum afferunt haec :
T »"» cwlorum, quoniam absconatsti ea a eapientibus prudenhbus, et et revelasti ea parmlis.
Ita Pater mem, quoniam in conspectu tuo placitum /actum est.
Omnia mihi tradita sunt a Patre et nemo : v r cognovit Patrem nisi Filius, et Filium nisi Pater, et cuicunque Filius revelaverit.
In his enim manifestissime (aiunt) ostendisse eum, quod ante adventum ejus nemo manifeste cognoverit Patrem veritatis: et aptare volunt, quod quasi fabricator et conditor semper ab omnibus cognitus sit et haec Dominum : dixisse de incognito omnibus Patre, quern ipsi annunciant.
CAP. XIV.
Redemptions autem ipsorum traditionem evenit invisibilem esse et incomprehensibilem 1. videlicet cum sit incompre- : the Syriac exMidraxh EcJia. i. oid.
This word
is % inr' aln-dv, Stieren's reading; the pression of sudden joy, as ouai would * finDC \\ih HI Latiu omits a few words. be of grief, ^jj^ ^fsh *1
MARCOSIORUM.
aKparr/Ttnv kcu aopaTOOv nr/repa vie ap)(ovoav.
Kat Sia touto QjJi1^}}" v * * f ^ ^ r \ r i « t » MASS.I. xxi.'
«cTTaToi' ou<rai>, 01/^ axAaif owe ew Xoya> airayyeiXai earr i.
«Jta to ev eWJ e/catrrov avrwv, icadujs aijro} fiovKovrat, \l. vapaSiSovai avTtjv.
"Otroi yap elari Tavrijs Trjs yvdfir/s fiWTaywyoi, Toaavrai cnroXvTpwtreis.
Ka! oti fiev ety e^a^ovrjcriv tov fSavTicrfiaTOS Ttjs ety Qeov
avayevvfaeeos, teal ira<rtj<} Trjf TrlaTews diroOeariv virofiefiXrjTai to eiSot tov [rovTo~j viro tov ~2,aTava, eXey%ovTes avrovs airayyeXovfiev ev tw Trpo&rjKovri tottw.
A.iyovcri Se avrtjv avayKalav eivai I. »4.
ToFy Trjv TeXelav yvaxriv elXtjcpocrtv, Iva ety Tr)v virep iravra hensibilium et invisibilium mater.
Et propter hoc cum sit instabilis, non eimpliciter, neque uno sermone referendum est
: quoniam unusquisque illorum, quemadmodum ipsi volunt, tradunt earn.
Quanti enim sunt hujusmodi sententiae mystici antistites, tot sunt et redemptiones.
Et quia ad negationem baptismatis ejus quae est in Deum regenerationis, et universe? fidei destrucdestitutionem, submissa] est species hacc a Satana, arguentes eos referemus aptiori loco.
Dicunt autem tionem, !remissa [/. earn necessariam esse iis qui perfectam agnitionem acceperunt, IbeNjEUS evidently knew no dis Kal pXTlx*LV TV* dvevvo-qrov il-ovalat'
oh Kal fieri, rb pdimo'p.a trepov dirayyiWorrai, tinction between baptismal regeneration and the diroKfrrptocts tov Xpurrov rcareXKaKovaw dwoKtirpvo'iv, Kal
66vros.
The severe view of the irrebr Tofrr(p i.va<jTpt<povTt% ko-kCis tovs airrots TrapapJvovras itr (XiriSi rijs diroXuT/ximissibility of sin committed after bap o-eus, Siva/itvovs [f. tism, which was caused by Gnostic olofUvovs] fiera t4 I. dVaf fiaTTTitrdivTai rdXiv rvxtiv atpfoews. k.t.X. Hipp. Phil.
VL 41.
Like those profligacy, was also a divergence from the Novatianist schism Catholic truth ; who in modern times deny baptismal was the correlative of Gnostic immo rality.
Hipfolttus has been accused regeneration, the Marcosians called the of having struck the first note of dis sacrament ^vx^kSv, and their post-bap tismal regeneration ryevpartKiv. cord, being hurried away by his horror It seems doubtful whether destitu of heretical iaurla.
For what could be a not the true reading, for more detestable than the assertion of tionem is Simon Magds Erasmus and Gallandius have, on MS. authority, ralitulionem pufibi cfoai afrit* 5/<ci;s ? irpd%€i rts kclkus, oil ydp icri (pvo-ei or d7r<iel ; /ca/cis, d\XA 64<rci.
Hippol.
Phil.
VI.
\eiav perhaps may be indicated in the Sola Greek.
The next word, remitsa, may 19.
Or of the Carpocratians ? have been tuimuia; inrofldXKctv being, enim humana opinione negotia bona et mala dicunt.
Iren. I. xxiv.
Hence, to introduce, in and tubbad sense a ; mitiere the same €uk6\ovs jutV elvcu 5t5d£a?
(sc. he says is e.g.
Monstrumve summisere Colchi Majus. —Hob.
OA. rv. 4.
; : o tidpKot,) rp&s to auapTdvfw, dxwSvvovs Si, 8i4 rb chat rrjs T(\eiai Swdpxwt
KEDEMPTIO
i.in GK. I'iviil'i1' ^vafllv wcr<i/ dvayeyevvtjfievot.
"AXXws yap aSuvarov evros a. j.
TrXtjpw/iaTOs elcreXOeiv eTreiSr/ avTtj e<TTiv y els to ftddos ^suppl. tov fivdovj Kardyovara avrovs.
To fiev yap /3dvTtcrfia tov (paivo/iivov 'Iijvov, dcpeaeoos dfiapTiwv, Trjv Se diroXvrpwriv tov ev avrw XpiaTou KaTeXdovros, els TeXelwtriv teal 'to fjiev y^fV^iKov, Ttjv Se irveufiaTiicriv etvai v<plo~Tavra.i.
Kat to fxev j3dTTTio-fx.a virb ^lwdvvov KaTrjyyeXOai els fxerdvoiav, Tt]v Se diroXvrpwo-iv virb tov ev at/TW X|Oja-Toi?] 'Irjtrov Keico/j.lcr6ai els TeXelaxriv.
KaJ tovt etvai irepi ov Xeyer 3Ka/ dXXo f$dirTi<rtia e^to (3aTTTia6>jvai, icai irdvv etrelyofjiat els avro.
'AXXd koi toIs viols ZefieSalov, Ttjs firjTpos avTwv alTOvfievrjs to KaBlaai avrovs eic Se^iwv koi
upitTTepwv fier avTov els t>]v j3atriXelav, Tavrqv irpoadeivai Trjv diroXvrpwaiv tov Jiupiov Xeyovcriv, etirovra'
Auva<rOe to jSaxTio-yua ftairTiaOrjvat, o eyw fieXXw (3airTtl£ecr9ai ; Kcu tov ut in earn quae est super omnia virtus, sint regenerati.
Aliter enim nobis impossibile esse intra Pleroma introire, quoniam hsec est quse in profundum Bythi deducit secundum eos.
Et baptisma quidem apparentis Jesu in remissionem esse peccatorum, redemptionem autem esse ejus qui in eo descenderit 3spiritus ad perfectionem : et illud quidem animale, illam autem spiritalem esse repromittunt.
Et baptisma quidem a Joanne annunciatum in poenitentiam, redemptionem autem ejus qui in eo est Christi, positam esse ad perfectionem : et hoc esse de quo Luc. xii. so. dicit :
Aliud baptisma habeo baptizari, et valde propero ad illud.
Sed et filiis Zebedaei, matre ipsorum postulante, ut sedere faceret eos a dextris et a sinistris cum eo in regno, banc apposuisse reMarc, x. 38. demptionem Dominum dicunt, dicentem:
Potestis baptismum 1 rb fibnl/vxinbv.
S. IbeNjECS, taking (iretyo/icu, cf. Ps. lxviiL 31.
The the highest view of the grace of baptism, Hebrew student will remember that the mentions, only to condemn, the notion Hebrew h is interchangeable with the that Christian baptism was nothing Chaldaic or Syriac "I . more than the baptism of 3 ohn for re- * The correct reading seems to be tpipentance. ritus (MSS. Clebm., Pass., Voss) arising s Again, the reader may be reminded possibly from the Greek Xpurrov irrcvthat the texts are written down as by the fiaros : in the Gnostic systems it was pen of the heretic.
There would seem, Christ, the avfvyos of the Holy Spirit, however, to be a confusion between the 1. § 4, that descended upon Jesus at Syriac - . ^ ardor, and the Hebrew baptism and conferred upon him mira- •5 culous powers.
MARCOSIORUM.
TlavXov pijTWf <pd<rieov<Ti rrjv ev Xpicrrw 'Ii/croo diroXvrpwcriv gjfj '^f- ■\A '
\ * i , MASS I. xxi.' iroXXaKis fie/j.r)WKevar Kai etvai Tavrqv rtjv vtt auTwv ttoiki3, Xws Kai d<rv/x.(f>u)vwg TrapaSiSofi.evt]v.
Ot fiev yap avrwv vvfi(pwva KaraaKevaXpvcri, /cat
eirippqerewv tivwv tois reXeiovm. s». fivaraywylav eTrireXovct per /xevois, Kai TTveu/xaTiKov ydftov (pacrKovcriv etvai rb vtt avrwv yivo/xevov, Kara rqv ofioiortira twv avw ovCvyiwv.
Ot Se dyovcriv e(f> vSwp, Kai fiaTTTiCpvTes ovtws eTriXeyovcriv Etc g. so. ovofia dyvwarov Tlarpbs twv SXwv, eh 'AXyOeiav firjrepa iravrwv, els tov KareXOovra els 'I^croi/y, aety evweriv Kai diroXvrpwcriv /cat KOivuviav twv Svvdfxewv.
"AXX01 Se 'Efipai'Ka nva ovofiara eiriXeyovari, irpbs to fiaXXov KarairX^acrOai tovs reXeiov/ievovs, ovtws '
Bacre/ita yafiocrcrr) fiaaiavopa
baptizari, quod ego habeo baptizari?
Et Paulum manifeste dicunt earn, quae sit in Christo Jesu, redemptionem saepissime ostendisse : et esse hanc earn quae ab ipsis varie et inconsonanter traditur.
Quidatn enim ex ipsis sponsale cubiculum quoddam adaptant, et quasi mysticum conficiunt cum quibusdam profanis dictionibus iis qui sacrantur, et spiritales nuptias dicunt esse id quod ab ipsis fit, secundum similitudinem supernarum conjugationum.
Alii autem adducunt ad aquam, et baptizantes ita dicunt:
3In nomen incogniti Patris omnium, in veritate[my matrem omnium, in descendentem *[in] Jesum ad unitionem *[et redemptionem] et communionem mrtutum.
Alii autem et Hebraica nomina superfantur, ut stupori sint, vel deterreant eos qui sacrantur, sic :
Basyma cacabasa eanaa irraumista diarbada Ujo5 ]^1dL m 15ojo ic] 1 So HiPPOLYTUS says, X^yoixrt ydp ti ipwvrj ifiprp-ip {wiffeWcs Xe'Pa TV TV i.ttoKirpwau'
\apivri, 9 (pd/rnovai i^eiretv In nomine Sophia Patris, et Lucia, q\ue c6k6\us SfoaaOai, el /v/j Tit etn irwepvocuta eat SpirUus Sanctitatis, inHedemptdxifiM k.t.X.
Philos. VI. 41.
* With the exception of els ...
. tioncm angelicam.
The corresponding Greek words may have been, Jiatrepa.
Sivdpeuv, the commencement of § 1 as *Axapu>6 "AjSa oOa. vovpa pA.ffT6.pua. 'Poua far as the word Te\eiovp.bovs is found baKo&ffa fiatpovpKav p.e\dx&ei. For kov<xalso in Eusebius, H.E. iv. ii. t4 I read with Gb., KovSui., ^? o .
3 The following Syriac words are ob ■ '.' tained partly from the Greek, partly from animalium, [cf.
Lat.] would scarcely the translation:
~\AVon . .
<y> » p substituted for and make sense is p ;
RITUS M ASS. 1.xxi. t i tt l tv '
** 1'
3. t) epfinveia eo~Ti TOiavrrjlirep iraa-av owa/xiv tov iraTpot GRi'xVuii fuoTaila povaSa kovo-to.
/3a/3o<pop #raXa^0ei".
Tovrwv $ eiriKa.Xovfi.ai (pws ovonaXpfievov, koi irvevfia ayaQov, koi X^v' oti ev crmfiaTi efiao-lXevo-a?.
"AWoi Se irakiv Ttjv XvrpaKrtv eviXeyovaiv ovtcos'
To ovofia to airoKeKpvfinevov airb Trdorjf OeoTrjTOf, Ka\ KvpioTrjTOi, Kat aXtjOelas, o eveSvo-aro 'Inoov?
6 Na^apt]vbi ev Tali fyoats tov (pwTOi tov ~X.pio~Tov, Xpio~TOv ^u>vtos Sict UvevfiaTOi dylov eif XvTpwo-tv ayyeXiKyv.
**Ovo/xa TO Tys aTroKaTaoTao-em • Mecrcr/a ovtpapey va/xeu^raifMav o n. caeota bafobor camelanthi.
Horutn autem interpretatio est talis : Hoc quod est super omnem virtutem Patris invoco, quod eocatur lumen, et spiritus, et vita, quoniam in corpore regnasti.
Alii autem rursus redemptionem profantur sic :
Nomen quod
absconditum est ab universa deitate, et dominatione, et neritate, quod induit Jesus Nazarenus in zonis luminis, Christus Dominus viventis per Spiritum sanctum in redemptionem angelicam Nomen quod est reetaurationis : Messia ufar magno in seenchaldia $ in piffraSta.
The penultimate word redeemed from thraldom to the animal also is little else than a transposition of principle ; and that initiation was by unc the syllables as given in Nicetas, tion.
Th.
Orth. F. ptupoydp.
Thus the last two words agree with the close of the next formula.
But A-<\Vrt «i ^.
. g>i«-i Unctut et redemptut ego ab fiatpoybp k&S /ie\axffeh expresses better ^_,>^J anima et ab omni judicio, in nomine Jah; redime animam, 0 Jem Nasarenel The words written in Greek being, Mtauia ov[p]<pap(K [&~\va pe\y v~\a-jia [oi)]fiiv Salav [Siva] [f}a]aop.i) Saea <j>pax the interpretation.
Such passages are more open to corruption than others ; and it is more likely that the ignorance of transcribers should have altered bar barous expressions that they did not understand, than that Iren.eus, himself of Oriental extraction, should have set viif/a, ova *Ij;<ro!!
Nafap/a.
The varia tions from the printed text are bracket down a cento of unintelligible words in ed ; of these [p.] is preserved in the Latin ; [o] is an arbitrary insertion, but Hebrew or Syriac.
The interpretations the sound of the letter in the Syriac word is so fleeting that it may not have may be referred to some other hand.
4 The omissions of the Clekh. MS.
1 In offering a solution of the 6vopa rfji 6.iroKaTaaT&<re<at I premise that the been written even by the author ; the [v v] I consider to represent the uncial M ; the [oil] is the copula as it would Syriac words correspond with the second of the two passages interpreted into be written in Greek ; [/3a] replaces po, Greek, the Syriac of the first having been lost; that the soul was redeemed by Jesus, p. i8j ; that the spiritual seed was these two labials being easily inter changeable ; AAEA I consider to have been expanded into AAEAA.
The word
MARCOSIOBUM.
XaXSalav fjLoaofirjSaea a.K(f>pavai y^-aova, 'Iijerov Najajo/a. a i?i S" xvm K* V ~ ~ MASS l.xxi'. ai TOiTcoi/ oe epfitjveia ean Toiavrrj- \Jv oiaipw to irvevfia,
« » ^ * '
-j. m. 96.
Tyv KapSlav, Kat Tt)v virepovpaviov Svvafiiv, Tt]V oiKTipfiova'
6valiAt)v tov ovofiaTOf o~ov, 2wt^> dXtjOelai.
KaJ TavTa ftev eirCXeyovcriv ol axiToi TeXovvTef.
'O TeTeXe<T/j.evos airoSe Kplverar 'EcrTypiy/uLcii, Kai XeXvrpwfjiat, Kai Xvrpov/j.ai TtfV ■^rvxfiv /xov airo tov alwvoi tovtov, Kai irdvrwv twv irap' avrov ev Ta> ovouaTi tou 'law, os eXvrpdxraTO Ttjv yp-v^ijv avrov els diroXvrpwo-iv ev ru> Xpurrifi tw ^wvri.
E?t' eiriXeyoviriv ol irapovres'
Elpqvq iracriv, e^)' ovf to ovofxa tovto eiravairaverai.
"Eireira ftvpuCpwi tov rereXea/ievov 't» tw oVo/3aX<ra/Uw]to yap fivpov tovto rvirov Ttjs virep To oXa evwSlas eivai Xeyovaiv. oVw tw airo fiaX&dfiov [l.
avrwv to /lev ayeiv eiri to vSwp irepiiraov 3- "Ewoi 6* eXatov Kai vSwp eiri to avro, /iter Se eivai (patTKOvat, fil^avres eiripp^uewv 6/J.oioTpoirwv, at? irpoeip^Ka/mev, eiri/3dXXov<ri Ttj KeipaXy twv reXeiovfxevwv Kai tovt eivai Ttjv airoXvrpwcriv Kai avToJ tw ftaXcrdfuw.
"AXXot Se GeXovai.
M.upl<£ouai mosomeda eaaeha faronepseha Jem Nazarene.
Et horum interGhristi non divido spiritum, cor, et superccelespretatio est talis : fruar nomine tuo Saloator veritatis.
Et bee quidem profantur ipsi qui sacrant.
Qui autem sacratur tern virtutem misericordem :
Confirmatus sum. et redemptus sum, et redimo animam respondet : meam ab ceone hoc, et omnibus quw sunt ab eo in nomine Iao, qui redemit animam ejus in redemptionem in Christo vitente.
Dehinc Pax omnibus in quos hoc nomen requiescit.
Post deinde ungunt sacratum opobalsamo.
Unguentum enira superfantur qui astant : hoc typum esse dicunt ejus suavitatis, quae sit super universa.
Quidam autem eorum adducere quidem ad aquam super3. vacuum esse dicunt admiscentes autem oleum et aquam in ; unum, cum quibusdam prophanis dictionibus, similibus quae praediximus, mittunt super eorum caput qui sacrantur et hoc esse : redemptionem volunt.
Ungunt autem et ipsi opobalsamo. obtained by transmutation of manifestly made up into an unguent, is 4>paK the letters x<ppa. there can be little doubt but that the rip dry T$ irb f3a\aifu>v.
If the reading should be t<$ iirofidKaiiJUp, as
recent juice of the balsam were used, the Latin also has it.
On Catholic uncwas tion, compare Bingham, but since this reading might do nt.
XT. it A 9.
18G RITUS GKYxTiiii" ^ Tavra irdvra Trapairrja-d/xevoi, (pdaKovai, fir) Setv to tJJ?
HASS.I.xxi. 'iff « » '
S '
B'f- » 4. apprjTOv kcu aopciTOV owa/xew?
/xva-Tt/piov
opaToov Kai (pdaprwv eTriTeXetcrdai KTicr/maTtav, /cat twv avevvor/Twv Kai daw/xaTwv Si aiaQryrwv, Kai crwfiaTiKwv.
EtVat SI reXelav diroXvTpwcriv, avrrjv Tr)v eirlyvwo-iv tov dppt'jTov fieyedovf v-k dyvolas yap v<TTepr/jj.aTO<; Kai irdOovf yeyovoTwv, Sid yvwaews KaraXveaOai irdcrav Tr)v e/c Trjs ayvolas (rvuTaariv ware elvai Tr)v yvwaiv diroXvTpwcriv tov evSov dvQpwirov.
Kai An?T6 arw/xaTiKrjv virdp^eiv avrrjv, (fyOaprov yap to awfiajuiJte 1Kai ecrrt y^rvy(iKr)v, eirei Kai r) ^vyy e£ ixTTepr/fiaTOS, earn, [7.
(caij tov Tlarpos [l. wo-wep otKrjTr/piov Trvev/iairvev/xaTOS J TiKtjv ovv Set Seiv~j Kai Trjv Xvrpwa-iv virdpyew Xvrpovcrdat ^l. yvw&ews] tov ea-w dvQpwirov tov irvev-o.ai.
yap Sid Mtoiierew?
[l. fiaTtKov, Kai apKeivQai avrovf Ty twv oXwv eiriyvwvei'
Kai m. 97.
Tavrrjv eivai Xvrpwa-iv dXrjBrj.
Alii autem haec omnia recusantes, dicunt, non oportere inenarrabilis et invisibilis virtutis mysterium per visibiles et corruptibiles perfici creaturas et ea quae mente concipi non possunt, et : incorporalia, et 2insensibilia, per sensibilia et corporalia.
Esse autem perfectam redemptionem, ipsam agnitionem inenarrabilis magnitudinis.
Ea enim quae sunt de ignorantia labis et passione facta, per agnitionem dissolvi universum ignorantise statum, uti sit agnitio redemptio interioris hominis.
Et neque corporalem corruptible enim est corpus neque animalem, quoesse earn :
; niam ct anima de labe est, [aaj. et] spiritus velut habitaculum : spiritalem ergo oportere et redemptionem esse.
Redimi enim per agnitionem interiorem hominem spiritalem, et sufficere eis universorum agnitionem et hanc esse redemptionem veram.
4. Alii sunt qui 3mortuos redimunt ad finem defunctionis, mittentes eorum capitibus oleum et aquam, sive praedictum Mabsuet reads xal trt. would to the same practice, says, repoi Si Tints
I ( iffTep-fiimrds {art, Kai tov fiero, rty airofilwtxui (\aiov Kai vSup rats 0propose iwtvpjiTtx ic.T.X. with which the Lathi tCsv TeKevrwmwv iirifidWovai Ke<pa\ah, we only restore the k.t.X. H. F. I. II.
Cf.
Cone.
Carth. if closely agrees, et absorbed in the preceding est. ni. can.
Corporibm defunctorum 6:
Insentibilia, in the translation, inEucharistia non detur; dictum est enim
dicates Kai ivatoSriTwv in the original. a Domino, Accipite et edtte; cadavera Mortuos.
Geabe observes that autem nee accipere possunt nec ederc.
Epiphanius
speaking of the dying, The preceding section concluded not of the dead is is Theodoret, alluding by Epiphanius with the words (us tilt ;
MARCOSIOBUM.
'Eya> vloi airb irarpbi, vaTpbg {jglj^jjja r o J'
*T-T\ Q '
'i MASS. I.xxi. irpoovTOg, vioi oe ev tui itapovri. tiXuov iravra ideiv & Ta aXXoTpia, Kai ra <&a"
Kai ovk aXXoTpia Se vavreXHg, Kpiphau.
-,nV - 'A « a * » < Aft » - '
- » < "Kr.xxxvi. aAAa Ttjs Aya/iwa, ijtis eon atjXeta, Kai ravra eavrrj cttoito yevog eic tov -irpoovTOS, Kai Se yere'
Kwrayw ^l.
Karrayei~^ Tropevo/mai ttclXiv «y TO ISia, 89ev eXyXvOa.
Kat TauTa ."Ep^eadai Se eVJ tovs eforovra . • . Siacpevyetv Ta? e^ovcrlas .
. irepi tov Aq/jLiovpyov, /cat Xeyeiv .
^Kevog el/xt evn/tov, .
IxaXXov irapa Trjv QrjXeiav Ttjv Troiyo-acrav i/iag.
Et /ir\Tt)p f/ v/jmv ayvoel t>jv eavTrjs /Oi'tav, eyai olSa e/iavrbv, Ka\ yivwcrKco /it, Kai eTriKaXov/iai t*iv acpOapTOV ^o(plav, jjtjj eaTiv el odev
unguentum cum aqua, et cum supradictis invocationibus, ut incomprehensibiles et invisibiles principibus et potestatibus fiant, et ut superascendat super invisibilia interior ipsorum homo, quasi corpus quidem ipsorum in creatura mundi relinquatur, anima vero projiciatur Demiurgo.
Et praecipiunt eis venientibus ad potestates haec dicere, posteaquam mortui fuerint Ego filius a Patre, xPatre qui ante fuit, films autem in : eo qui ante fuit.
Veni autem videre omnia quae sunt mea et non autem aliena in totum, sed sunt Achamoth, quce est aliena ; fcemina, et haic sibi fecit: deducit enim genus ex eo qui ante fuit, et eo rursus in mea unde veni.
Et haec dicentem evadere et effugere potestates dicunt.
Venire quoque ad eos qui sunt circa Vas ego sum pretiosum, magis quam Demiurgum, et dicere eis : fasmina quce fecit vos.
Si mater vestra ignorat radicem suam, ego autem novi meipsum, et scio unde sim, et invoco incorruptibilem Sophiam, quw est in Patre, mater autem est matris vestrw, \ty6p.evov dtrofidXaafMn, Kai vSwp rty t4 iirb Elprpalov.
But under the thirtysixth heresy, of the Heracleonites, we ivU\ijaa> kow^v (xovres .... tva hrfitv .... find a few more fragments.
At first he &KpdTrrroi yhwurai Kai dbparoi rots ira> paraphrases, and so much of the para dpxais Kai 4%ov<rtats, els rb intepPrjvai here set down as serves to dopdrus rbv tab) airr&v Apdpoytrov.
Cjt phrase is .
. reflect light upon the translation, after tCjv aundruv rotf™? b> r% ktUsu Kara- \ip.Tavop.4vuv'
TT}i Si i/tvxvs avrwv irapiaTa/iirqs t$ Aij/uovpy<fi .... iyKe\e6orrai wards he copies more closely, and his words then form the text.
He writes thus:
Tofls TeXevriiiras dir' airrwv Kai £tI tt]v airripf S^oSov tpOdvovras.
. . . \uSi Srt iav (Xdji M ras dpxdi Kai ifymfftas, t%e & f^FO threat fxtTa tt}v ivreudev TeXevrrjV' iyCj vUts, Tpovjnat.
. . . wort ydp TLi/es airr&v i£ (haunt v5an fil^cwres, iiri^dWovtri T$ Ke^aXj rov (^(\06vtos.
01 ii pipov ri supra.
The MSS. read Patris, cf. rrarpds.
BEGULA o'ifixvm'.i T<?
Tlarpi, fir/Tr/p Se Trjs ftrjTpbs v/jlwv Trjs fit/ eyovcrrjs mas&i.xxL jUtjT^pa ^XlaTepa'j, aW ouTe o-ufyyov append'
QrfXeia Se wo M- * OrjXelas yevoftevti eirolricrev vfxas, ayvoovcra /cat Tr)v firjTepa auTrjs, Kat SoKOvaa eavrrjv eivai fiovr/v eylo Se eTriKaXoufiai avTrjs Tr)v fxr/Tepa.
Tovrovs Se tovs Trepi tov Arjfjuovpyov aKovaavTas atyoSpa Tapa^dijvai, koi KaTayvtovai avrwv Trjs 1 avTOV Se iropevOrjvai 'elsa.os. ptXrjs, Kat tov yevovs Trjs firjTpos' to. iSta, ptyavTa tov Seafj.6v avTov, TOvrecrTi Trjv ^vyrjv.
KaJ Trept (lev Trjs airoXvTpwcrews TavTa ecrTiv ocra els r)/ias avveXrjXvOafiev crvveXr/XvOe ftev~^. qua? non habet patrem, neque conjugem "masculum; foemina autem a fmmina nata effecit vos, ignorans et matrem suam, et putans
seipsam esse solam: ego autem invoco ejus matrem.
Hsec autem eos qui circa Demiurgum sunt audientes, valde conturbari, et reprehendere suam radiccm, et genus matris : ipsos autem abire in sua, projicientes nodos ipsorum, id est animam.
Et de redemptione quidem ipsorum hsec sunt quas quidem in nos venerunt.
Cum autem discrepent ab invicem et doctrina, et traditione, et qui recentiores eorum agnoscuntur, affectant per singulos dies novum aliquid adinvenire, et fructificare quod nunquam quisquam excogitavit, durum est omnium describere sententias.
CAP. XV.
Quod est proposition omnibus limreticis, et quo tendant.
Cum teneamus autem nos 4regulam veritatis, id est, quia sit 5unus Deus omnipotens, qui omnia condidit per Verbum suum, et aptavit, et fecit ex eo, quod non erat, ad hoc ut sint p«. xxxn. e. omnia, quemadmodum Scriptura dicit :
Verbo enim Domini cozli firmati sunt, et Spiritu oris ejus omnis virtus eorum.
Et vlltanot ad ^erum :
Omnia per ipsum facta sunt, et sine ipso factum est tJbU-c*p-i nihil.
(6 Ex omnibus autem nihil subtractum est; sed omnia 1 Since we read above in the Greek 8 Mass. stops here and reads mattlirbvTa, and in the Latin dicentem, the culo-fcemina, but is supported neither by Latin version ipsos .... projicientes must the Greek nor by the Latin MSS. be faulty.
4 See p. 87, n. 6.
• • i. e. tit rbv vvpjpwva, to take his 5 Iren.eus preserves the Oriental place as among the angelic ffvfvylat of formula of Belief in one God, the form, the Pleroma.
Cf. p.
59, n. I. that is, in which himself was baptized.
VER1TATIS.
per ipsum fecit Pater, sive visibilia, sive invisibilia, sive sensil^.i.xv. bilia, sive intelligibilia, sive temporalia propter quandam dismass.i.xxh.
1et ea omnia,] positionem, sive [sempiterna, seonia]) non per [7. angelos, neque per virtutes aliquas abscissas ab ejus 2sententia: nihil enim indiget omnium Deus sed per Verbum et Spiritum suum omnia faciens, et disponens, et gubernans, et omnibus esse ; hie qui mundum fecit, etenim mundus ex omnibus prsestans :
: hie qui hominem plasmavit, hie 3qui Deus Abraham, \adj. et] Deus Isaac, et Deus Jacob, super quem alius Deus non est, neque 4initium, neque virtus, neque 'Pleroma: hie Pater Domini nostri Jesu Christi, quemadmodum ostendemus: hanc ergo tenentes regulam, licet valde varia et multa dicant, facile veritate arguimus.
Omnes enim fere quotquot sunt hoereses, Deum quidem unum dicunt, sed per sententiam eos deviasse a
malam immutant, ingrati existentes ei, qui fecit eos, quemad modum et gentes per idololatriam.
*Plasma autem Dei contemnunt, contradicentes suae saluti, ipsi sui accusatores amarissimi, et falsi testes existentes.
Qui quidem resurgent in came, licet nolint, uti agnoscant virtutem suscitantis eos a mortuis : cum justis autem non annumerabuntur, propter incredulitatem suam.
Cum sit igitur adversus omnes haereticos detectio atque convictio varia et multifaria, et nobis propositum est omnibus iis secundum ipsorum characterem contradicere necessarium arbitrati sumus prius referre fontem et radicem eorum, uti ; sublimi8simum ipsorum Bythum cognoscens, intelligas arborem, de qua defluxerunt tales fructus. ex omnibus.
The Demiurge waa in not used elsewhere by the translator.
The KofffuywouH iyyekoi were not of the Pleroma, and for this reason however is * no sense the originating cause of the superior JEong, he was even ignorant of their existence but God the Father may be said to have been separate from is ; Creator of all things, material and spi ritual, visible and invisible, of things in Nous or 'Ewofa. qui may be cancelled as ignored by MSS.
* earth and things in heaven. rose perhaps out of ovtos it i ; The MSS. read et aonia, rendering added from the Clermont 62. et
is and Voss MSS. am inclined superfluous sempiterna.
I therefore to read . . . dispositionem, sive 96, note 5. e. Apxh, see p.
* i. ceonia, non per Angelos, &c.
It cannot But the whole Pleroma was above
be said that things eternal were created, but spiritual substance was.
The sense the Valentinian Demiurge.
Plasma, the work of God, their
own body; the resurrection of which also flows better without et ea omnia.
Sententia, iivotas.
Jdnius prefers see also V. end of V. and they denied '
; to read essentia in the Latin this word beginning of VI.