[TRANSLATED BY PETER HOLMES, D.D.] CHAP. I.—IT IS NOT TO THE PHILOSOPHERS THAT WE RESORT FOR INFORMATION ABOUT THE SOUL BUT TO GOD.(2) HAVING discussed with Hermogenes the single point of the origin of the soul, so far as his…
Read moreINTRODUCTION, BY THE AMERICAN EDITOR. THE Second Class of Tertullian’s works, according to the logical method I have endeavoured to carry out, is that which includes his treatises against the heresies of his times. In these, the genius of our…
Read more[TRANSLATED BY DR. HOLMES.] DEDICATION. TO THE RIGHT REV. THE LORD BISHOP OF CHESTER. My Dear Lord, I am gratified to have your permission to dedicate this volume to your Lordship. It is the fruit of some two years’ leisure…
Read moreWHEREIN TERTULLIAN SHOWS THAT THE CREATOR, OR DEMIURGE, WHOM MARCION CALUMNIATED, IS THE TRUE AND GOOD GOD. CHAP. I.—THE METHODS OF MARCION’S ARGUMENT INCORRECT AND ABSURD. THE PROPER COURSE OF THE ARGUMENT. THE Occasion of reproducing this little work, the…
Read moreWHEREIN CHRIST IS SHOWN TO BE THE SON OF GOD, WHO CREATED THE WORLD; TO HAVE BEEN PREDICTED BY THE PROPHETS; TO HAVE TAKEN HUMAN FLESH LIKE OUR OWN, BY A REAL INCARNATION. CHAP. I.—INTRODUCTORY; A BRIEF STATEMENT OF THE…
Read moreWHICH TERTULLIAN PURSUES HIS ARGUMENT. JESUS IS THE CHRIST OF THE CREATOR. HE DERIVES HIS PROOFS FROM ST. LUKE’S GOSPEL; THAT BEING THE ONLY HISTORICAL PORTION OF THE NEW TESTAMENT PARTIALLY ACCEPTED BY MARCION. THIS BOOK MAY ALSO BE REGARDED…
Read moreWHEREIN TERTULLIAN PROVES, WITH RESPECT TO ST. PAUL’S EPISTLES, WHAT HE HAD PROVED IN THE PRECEDING BOOK WITH RESPECT TO ST. LUKE’S GOSPEL. FAR FROM BEING AT VARIANCE, THEY WERE IN PERFECT UNISON WITH THE WRITINGS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT,…
Read moreCONTAINING AN ARGUMENT AGAINST HIS OPINION THAT MATTER IS ETERNAL. [TRANSLATED BY DR. HOLMES.] CHAP.I.—THE OPINIONS OF HERMOGENES, BY THE PRESCRIPTIVE RULE OF ANTIQUITY SHOWN TO BE HERETICAL. NOT DERIVED FROM CHRISTIANITY, BUT FROM HEATHEN PHILOSOPHY. SOME OF THE TEN…
Read moreIN WHICH THE AUTHOR GIVES A CONCISE ACCOUNT OF, TOGETHER WITH SUNDRY CAUSTIC ANIMADVERSIONS ON, THE VERY FANTASTIC THEOLOGY OF THE SECT. THIS TREATISE IS PROFESSEDLY TAKEN FROM THE WRITINGS OF JUSTIN, MILTIADES, IRENAEUS, AND PROCULUS. [TRANSLATED BY DR. ROBERTS.]…
Read moreTHIS WAS WRITTEN BY OUR AUTHOR IN CONFUTATION OF CERTAIN HERETICS WHO DENIED THE REALITY OF CHRIST’S FLESH, OR AT LEAST ITS IDENTITY WITH HUMAN FLESH—FEARING THAT, IF THEY ADMITTED THE REALITY OF CHRIST’S FLESH, THEY MUST ALSO ADMIT HIS…
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