I.—NICETAS BISHOP OF HERACLEA. FROM HIS CATENA. I.—JOB I. 21. But Job’s words may be more elegantly understood of evil and sin thus: “Naked” was formed from the earth at the beginning, as if from a “mother’s womb: naked to…
Read moreI. Those who bestow laudatory addresses on the rich1 appear to me to be rightly judged not only flatterers and base, in vehemently pretending that things which are disagreeable give them pleasure, but also godless and treacherous; godless, because neglecting…
Read morePREFACE. 1. INASMUCH as certain men have set the truth aside, and bring in lying words and vain genealogies, which, as the apostle says,(2) “minister questions rather than godly edifying which is in faith,” and by means of their craftily-constructed…
Read morePREFACE. 1. IN the first book, which immediately precedes this, exposing “knowledge falsely so called,”(1) I showed thee, my very dear friend, that the whole system devised, in many and opposite ways, by those who are of the school of…
Read morePREFACE. THOU hast indeed enjoined upon me, my very dear friend, that I should bring to light the Valentinian doctrines, concealed, as their votaries imagine; that I should exhibit their diversity, and compose a treatise in refutation of them. therefore…
Read morePREFACE. 1. By transmitting to thee, my very dear friend, this fourth book of the work which is [entitled] The Detection and Refuation of False Knowledge, I shall, as I have promised, add weight, by means of the words of…
Read morePREFACE. IN the four preceding books, my very dear friend, which I put forth to thee, all the heretics have been exposed, and their doctrines brought to light, and these men refuted who have devised irreligious opinions. [I have accomplished…
Read moreI. I ADJURE thee, who shalt transcribe this book,(1) by our Lord Jesus Christ, and by His glorious appearing, when He comes to judge the living and the dead, that thou compare what thou hast transcribed, and be careful to…
Read more[TRANSLATED BY THE REV. S. THELWALL, LATE SCHOLAR OF CHRIST’S COLLEGE, CANTAB.] THE APOLOGY. CHAP. I. Rulers of the Roman Empire, if, seated for the administration of justice on your lofty tribunal, under the gaze of every eye, and occupying…
Read more[TRANSLATED BY THE REV. S. THELWALL.] CHAP. I.—WIDE SCOPE OF THE WORD IDOLATRY. The principal crime of the human race, the highest guilt charged upon the world, the whole procuring cause of judgment, is idolatry.(1) For, although each single fault…
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