Book of Heresies 115.1–129.10
Latin text: Marx, CSEL 38 (1898) (Latin text: F. Marx, CSEL 38 (1898), digitized by Open Greek and Latin (csel-dev, University of Leipzig), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 115
115.1CSEL 38:79
Est heresis quae cum legit in Genesi uerbum dicente domino de Adam: Ecce Adam factus est quasi unus ex nobis, sciens bonum et malum: et nunc ne quando extendat manum suam et tangat et gustet de ligno uitae et uiuat in aeternum, expulit, inquit, eum dominus de paradiso inuidiae causa.
There is a heresy which, when it reads in Genesis the word of the Lord about Adam: “Behold, Adam has become like one of us, knowing good and evil; and now, lest he ever stretch out his hand and touch and taste of the tree of life and live for ever,” says that the Lord drove him out of paradise out of envy.
Gen 3:22–23 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some say God expelled Adam out of envy.
- Gen 3:22–23.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): bonumllet → bonum et.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.1 (CSEL 38:79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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115.2CSEL 38:79
Et primum hoc sentiunt, quod alter deus fecerit animam, alter carnem, ut Manichei, Gnostici, Nicolaitae et alii perditi arbitrantur, dicentes quod alter quidem bonus deus est, alter autem malus, inquiunt, in hoc saeculo.
And first they think this, that one god made the soul and another the flesh, as the Manichees, Gnostics, Nicolaitans and other lost ones think, saying that one is a good god, but the other, they say, is evil, in this age.
Notes and citation
Summary: They hold that two gods made soul and flesh.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.2 (CSEL 38:79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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115.3CSEL 38:79–80
Et malum deum hunc aestimant dixisse ut pelleretur de paradiso, non adtendentes quod unus deus atque idem pater per filium fecerit Adam patrem nostrum, dederitque ei mandatum, ut custodito eo permaneret inmortalis, praeuaricatoque mandato pelleretur de paradiso, ut scriptum est;
And they think that this evil god said that he should be driven out of paradise, not attending to the fact that one and the same God the Father through the Son made Adam our father, and gave him a commandment, so that by keeping it he would remain immortal, and, the commandment having been transgressed, he would be driven out of paradise, as it is written;
Gen 2:16–17 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: One God made Adam and expelled him for transgression.
Topics: The fall
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.3 (CSEL 38:79–80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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115.4CSEL 38:80
et quia suasione inimici hoc perpessus est, cum non adtendunt ad Christi misericordiam, in praecipitium mortis descendunt perpetuae.
and because he suffered this through the enemy's persuasion, when they do not attend to Christ's mercy, they go down into the abyss of everlasting death.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ignoring Christ's mercy leads to eternal death.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.4 (CSEL 38:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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115.5CSEL 38:80
Hic itaque non inuidens deus repulit patrem nostrum de paradiso, ut non ibi moraretur, aut non gustaret de ligno uitae, sed magis eidem consulens in paruo peccanti non pepercit, ne parcendo ad maiora etiam crimina alia inueniret eum prodeuntem aetate ampliore posteaque criminali iudicio reum factum acrius condemnaret.
Here, then, God did not, out of envy, drive our father from paradise so that he should not stay there or not taste of the tree of life, but rather, caring for him, did not spare him when he sinned in a small matter, lest, by sparing him, he should find him going on to greater crimes at a riper age, and afterwards, made guilty in a criminal judgment, condemn him more harshly.
Notes and citation
Summary: God expelled Adam out of care, to prevent greater sins.
Topics: The fall
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.5 (CSEL 38:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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115.6CSEL 38:80
Nam inter hominem et diabolum erat Christus auditor pariter et iudex iustissimus et bonus in omnibus. Itidem et homini quidem in modico peccanti non pepercit, dans nihilominus et huic condignam sententiam iuxta peccatum quod fecerat, et diabolo aeque locum paenitentiae relinquens.
For between man and the devil Christ was both hearer and most just judge, and good in all things. Likewise he did not spare man when he sinned in a small matter, giving him nonetheless a fitting sentence according to the sin he had committed, and leaving the devil likewise a place of repentance.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ judged Adam fairly and left the devil room to repent.
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.6 (CSEL 38:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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115.7CSEL 38:80
Non autem intellegente diabolo, ut mali tanti suggestionis paenitudinem gereret, maius ei post seruabat iudicium. Et homo quidem, cum pellitur e paradiso, pronior ad paenitentiam repperitur: diabolus autem, cum durior ad paenitentiam peruidetur, maiorem futuri iudicii a Christo domino seueritatem expectat, sicut dictum est: Noluit intellegere, ut bene ageret.
But since the devil did not understand that he should repent of the suggestion of so great an evil, he reserved for him a greater judgment afterwards. And man indeed, when he is driven out of paradise, is found more ready for repentance; but the devil, since he is seen to be harder towards repentance, awaits a greater severity of the future judgment from Christ the Lord, as it was said: “He would not understand, so as to do well.”
Ps 36:3 (35:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Man was readier to repent than the devil, who awaits greater judgment.
- Ps 36:3 (35:4 LXX/Vulg.).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): iudicii.a → iudicii a.
Topics: Eschatology, Repentance
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.7 (CSEL 38:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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115.8CSEL 38:80
Et iterum: Malitiam autem non odiuit. Quia ergo in paruo peccans *«> recepit Adam, persuasus a diabolo ut manducaret, egitque statim paenitudinem, meruit delicti ueniam inpetrare, atque in paradisum in Christi praesentiam filiorum etiam procreatione remeare.
And again: “But he did not hate malice.” Since, then, Adam, sinning in a small matter … received [it], persuaded by the devil to eat, and at once repented, he deserved to obtain pardon for his offence, and to return to paradise in the presence of Christ, through the begetting of children too.
Ps 36:4 (35:5 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Adam repented and was pardoned.
- Ps 36:4 (35:5 LXX/Vulg.). The text after peccans is damaged (“…”).
Topics: Repentance
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.8 (CSEL 38:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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115.9CSEL 38:80–81
Diabolus autem, non gerens paenitudinem, et eius satellites maiori iudicio reseruantur, ut dixit dominus: Ite a me in ignem aeternum, quem parauit pater meus diabolo et angelis eius.
But the devil, not repenting, and his followers are reserved for a greater judgment, as the Lord said: “Go from me into the eternal fire, which my Father has prepared for the devil and his angels.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 25:41 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The unrepentant devil is kept for the eternal fire.
- Matt 25:41, with “my Father” (an early variant).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Ite a m? in → Ite a me in.
Topics: Eschatology, The devil and demons
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 115.9 (CSEL 38:80–81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/115-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 116
116.1CSEL 38:81
Sunt quidam heretici qui patrem nostrum Adam et Euam matrem nostram aestimant caecos ante fuisse quam gustarent de arbore, posteaque eos aperuisse suos oculos, ac tunc quod nudi essent peruidisse, cum ante scriptura dixerit quod uidit, inquit, Eua oculis suis arborem et fructum eius et, quia bona aspectu et suauis uisu, et extendens manum gustauerit.
There are some heretics who think that our father Adam and our mother Eve were blind before they tasted of the tree, and afterwards opened their eyes and then saw that they were naked; whereas Scripture said before that Eve saw, it says, with her eyes the tree and its fruit, that it was good to look at and pleasant to see, and stretching out her hand she tasted.
Gen 3:6–7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some say Adam and Eve were blind before the fall, but Eve saw the tree.
- Gen 3:6–7.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word): qui a bona → quia bona.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 116.1 (CSEL 38:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/116-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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116.2CSEL 38:81
Hereticorum est itaque dementiae et Iudaeorum potius caecitatis hoc ita sentire, cum modum non intellegant nuditatis *** hancque amissionem inmortalitatis in praeuaricatione mandati nos docuit, non corporis nuditatem.
To think this, then, belongs to the madness of heretics and rather to the blindness of the Jews, since they do not understand the kind of nakedness … and it taught us this loss of immortality in the transgression of the commandment, not nakedness of the body.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Their nakedness was the loss of immortality.
- The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: The fall
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 116.2 (CSEL 38:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/116-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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116.3CSEL 38:81
Quod nos apostolus docuit dicens: Et, si induti Christum, inquit, non nudi inueniamur: et iterum: Induite Christum Iesum: et quod dominus in euangelio *** increpat dicens illi qui non indumentum nuptiale habuit, qui erat uocatus ad nuptias.
This the apostle taught us, saying: “And if we have put on Christ,” he says, “we shall not be found naked”; and again: “Put on Christ Jesus”; and that the Lord in the gospel … rebukes, saying to him who did not have a wedding garment, who had been called to the wedding.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
2 Cor 5:3 (quotation, medium confidence) · Rom 13:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 22:11–12 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul and the parable of the wedding garment explain spiritual nakedness.
- 2 Cor 5:3 (freely); Rom 13:14; Matt 22:11–12. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 116.3 (CSEL 38:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/116-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 117
117.1CSEL 38:81
Est heresis quae, cum audit in Genesi quod dominus pellicias tunicas post praeuaricationem nostros parentes uestirit, aestimant corpore tunc temporis fecisse eosque sic induisse, cum septimo die scriptura dixerit accepisse deum terram de limo et plasmasse eorundem corpora, atque ita mulieris carnem de costa Adae postea perfecisse.
There is a heresy which, when it hears in Genesis that the Lord clothed our parents with tunics of skin after the transgression, thinks that he then made them bodies and so clothed them; whereas Scripture said that on the seventh day God took earth from the clay and formed their bodies, and so afterwards completed the woman's flesh from Adam's rib.
Gen 3:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 2:7 (allusion, medium confidence) · Gen 2:21–22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some take the tunics of skin to be bodies.
- Gen 3:21; 2:7, 21–22.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 117.1 (CSEL 38:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/117-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.2CSEL 38:81–82
Non ergo hic corpora eorum pellicias tunicas nuntiabat, sed de potentia diuina dedisse eis sapientiam declarabat, ut facerent sibi corporum indumenta, ut scriptum est: Quis dedit mulieribus sapientiam ad tegendas tunicas.
So here it was not announcing their bodies as tunics of skin, but declaring that by divine power he gave them wisdom to make themselves coverings for their bodies, as it is written: “Who gave women wisdom to weave tunics?”
Job 38:36 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God gave them the skill to make clothes.
- Job 38:36 in the Greek form (“who gave women skill in weaving”).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 117.2 (CSEL 38:81–82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/117-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.3CSEL 38:82
Si autem quis uoluerit accipere quod dominus fecerit eis tunicas, et **. omnipotens fecit ex nihilo, quod scriptum est: Qui uocat ex nihilo ea quae non sunt tamquam quae sunt.
But if anyone wishes to take it that the Lord made them tunics, and … the Almighty made [them] out of nothing, as it is written: “Who calls out of nothing the things that are not as though they were.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Rom 4:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Or God made the tunics from nothing.
- Rom 4:17. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 117.3 (CSEL 38:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/117-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.4CSEL 38:82
Si ergo sua sapientia fecerint tunicas, ut ait propheta, rationis est, siue deus sua uirtute hoc illis praestiterit, non inritum.
If, then, they made the tunics by their own wisdom, as the prophet says, it is reasonable; or if God provided this for them by his own power, it is not invalid.
Notes and citation
Summary: Either reading is acceptable.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 117.4 (CSEL 38:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/117-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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117.5CSEL 38:82
Nam in templo mulieres et uirgines operabantur purpuram et byssum et linum et alia utensilia ad honorem templi atque cooperimentum, pariter etiam ornamenta templi diuersa et uaria.
For in the temple women and virgins worked purple, fine linen, linen and other articles for the honour and covering of the temple, and likewise various and varied ornaments of the temple.
Exod 35:25–26 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Women wove for the temple.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 117.5 (CSEL 38:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/117-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 118
118.1CSEL 38:82
Est heresis quae in Exodo cum audit quod Mosi occurrerit angelus in diuersorio ubi adplicuerant eumque uellet interficere, non eius filium qui nondum fuerat circumcisus, non paruum hinc sibi adsumit scandalum.
There is a heresy which, when it hears in Exodus that an angel met Moses at the lodging where they had stopped and wished to kill him, not his son who had not yet been circumcised, takes no small offence from this.
Exod 4:24 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some are troubled that the angel sought to kill Moses.
- Exod 4:24–26.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 118.1 (CSEL 38:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/118-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.2CSEL 38:82
Si enim et ita quis uult sentire, quod minas ei tendebat angelus, quia transactis diebus statutis, id est octo, in quo octauo oportuerat circumcidi masculum, non fecissent, deique ita praeceptum contempsissent *** Ideoque in parua aetate constitutorum culpa filiorum non est illorum, quantum parentum eorum, ut scriptum est.
For if anyone wishes to think thus, that the angel threatened him because, when the appointed days, that is, eight, had passed, on the eighth of which a male had to be circumcised, they had not done it and had so despised God's command … And therefore the fault of children of a young age is not theirs so much as their parents', as it is written.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Gen 17:12 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The fault for the uncircumcised child lay with the parents.
- Gen 17:12. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: Circumcision
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 118.2 (CSEL 38:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/118-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.3CSEL 38:82–83
Unde, cum intellegeret quod culpa esset parentum, non infantis, Statim, inquit, accepto calculo circumcidit puerum mater eius, cuius uisu sanguinis ilico recessit ab eodem angelus, mortisque poenam, quam ei minabatur inferre, omni modo remouerat.
Hence, when she understood that the fault was the parents', not the infant's, “At once,” it says, “taking a stone, his mother circumcised the boy”; at the sight of whose blood the angel at once withdrew from him, and entirely removed the penalty of death which he threatened to inflict on him.
Exod 4:25–26 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The mother circumcised the child and the angel withdrew.
- Exod 4:25, freely.
Topics: Circumcision
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 118.3 (CSEL 38:82–83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/118-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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118.4CSEL 38:83
Non enim Moses in illa hora dinoscitur circumcisus, sicut quidam opinantur, sed filius ipsius est circumcisus, quia quod ante Sub patriarchis et lege iubebatur, tardo opere, non ueloci, implebatur a populo aut parentibus quorundam, ut scriptum est.
For Moses is not known to have been circumcised at that hour, as some think, but his son was circumcised, because what was commanded before under the patriarchs and the law was fulfilled by the people or by the parents of some with slow work, not swift, as it is written.
Notes and citation
Summary: It was Moses's son, not Moses, who was circumcised.
Topics: Circumcision
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 118.4 (CSEL 38:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/118-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 119
119.1CSEL 38:83
Sunt quidam qui turbantur heretici de Deuteronomio, in quo Moses, cum exiret de corpore huncque librum conscriberet de quattuor libris repetendo, in quo ueluti prioris legis firmamenta decernit, Christi quia carnalem praesentiam plus contestatur, non paruo ducuntur errore aliter sentientes. Namque in lege, id est in Exodo quae ante scripta sunt, in eadem et in ipso libro continentur:
There are some heretics who are troubled about Deuteronomy, in which Moses, when he was leaving the body and wrote this book by repeating from the four books, in which he decrees as it were the foundations of the former law; because it bears more witness to the bodily presence of Christ, those who think otherwise are led into no small error. For what is in the law, that is, in Exodus, which was written before, is contained in the same terms in this very book too:
Notes and citation
Summary: Deuteronomy repeats the earlier law.
- The sentence is loosely constructed; translated by sense.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 119.1 (CSEL 38:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/119-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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119.2CSEL 38:83
solum autem hoc uidetur plus ab eo dictum, quia addidit: Prophetam uobis suscitabit dominus deus uester de fratribus nostris: sicut me audietis eum. Erit autem, si quis eum non audierit, radicitus eradicabitur.
only this seems to have been said more by him, that he added: “The Lord your God will raise up for you a prophet from our brothers: as you heard me, you shall hear him. And if anyone does not hear him, he shall be rooted out.”
Deut 18:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 18:19 (quotation, medium confidence) · Acts 3:22–23 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Deuteronomy adds the prophecy of a prophet like Moses.
- Deut 18:15, 19 (cf. Acts 3:22–23).
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 119.2 (CSEL 38:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/119-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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119.3CSEL 38:83
Quidam enim putant Deuteronomium dictum ab eo quod et in ipso acceperit in monte iterum tabulas conscriptas lapideas, cum in Exodo bis cognoscitur accepisse atque in montem ascendisse.
For some think that Deuteronomy is so called because in it too he received again on the mountain the written tablets of stone, whereas in Exodus he is known to have received them twice and to have gone up the mountain.
Exod 34:1–4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some explain the name Deuteronomy from the second tablets.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip; stray marks): dictum!! → dictum; lapideas. cum → lapideas, cum.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 119.3 (CSEL 38:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/119-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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119.4CSEL 38:83–84
Rationis est itaque ut, quod legis et gratiae erat, manifestaretur de Christo domino, ut, quod in lege per umbram celebrabatur, in Christi carnali praesentia diffusa caelestis gratia ex credentibus nuntiaretur, ipsoque in libro conscriptum omnibus uelut testimonio traderetur.
It is reasonable, then, that what belonged to the law and to grace should be made manifest concerning Christ the Lord, so that what was celebrated in the law in shadow might be announced, from among believers, as the heavenly grace poured out in the bodily presence of Christ, and, written in that very book, be handed down to all as a testimony.
Notes and citation
Summary: Deuteronomy points from the law's shadow to Christ.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 119.4 (CSEL 38:83–84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/119-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 120
120.1CSEL 38:84
Sunt quidam heretici qui cum audiunt beatum Dauid dixisse in quinquagesimo psalmo quod In iniquitate conceptus sum, et in peccato peperit me mater mea, aestimant ita dixisse prophetam quod ius nuptiarum legitimum iniquitatem esse dixerit atque peccatum: cum ante <deus> dicat in Geneseos libro: Nascimini et multiplicamini, et implete terram; et: Honorandae nuptiae et cetera.
There are some heretics who, when they hear that blessed David said in the fiftieth psalm, “In iniquity I was conceived, and in sin my mother bore me,” think that the prophet said this as if he called the lawful right of marriage iniquity and sin; whereas <God> said before in the book of Genesis: “Be born and multiply, and fill the earth”; and: “Marriage is to be honoured,” and so on.
Ps 51:5 (50:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gen 1:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 13:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some misread Psalm 51:5 as condemning marriage.
- Ps 51:5 (50:7 LXX/Vulg.); Gen 1:28; Heb 13:4. The angle brackets around deus are the editor's supplement.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 120.1 (CSEL 38:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/120-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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120.2CSEL 38:84
Nam si ita quis senserit, ergo et iusti tot tantique in iniquitate concepti sunt, cum et in uentre sanctificati sint, ut patriarchae, prophetae, iudices, Hieremias beatus et Iohannes baptista beatissimus, ut scriptum est.
For if anyone thinks so, then so many and such great righteous men were conceived in iniquity, though they were sanctified in the womb, like the patriarchs, prophets, judges, blessed Jeremiah and the most blessed John the Baptist, as it is written.
Jer 1:5 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 1:15 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The saints sanctified in the womb were not conceived in sin through marriage.
- Jer 1:5; Luke 1:15.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 120.2 (CSEL 38:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/120-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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120.3CSEL 38:84
Sed ignorant quod alio modo dixerit beatus propheta Dauid, non de naturali generatione, sed de transgressione Adae patris nostri et Euae, qui post transgressionem mandati pulsi de paradiso genuerant filios, atque inde, quasi matrem omnium, post iniquitatem transgressionis mandati Euam sic concepisse atque eam ita peperisse docuerit.
But they do not know that the blessed prophet David spoke in another sense, not of natural generation, but of the transgression of Adam our father and of Eve, who, driven out of paradise after the transgression of the commandment, had begotten children; and from this he taught that Eve, as the mother of all, conceived and bore thus after the iniquity of the transgression of the commandment.
Notes and citation
Summary: David spoke of the transgression of Adam and Eve.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): transgressionem! → transgressionem.
Topics: Original sin and concupiscence
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 120.3 (CSEL 38:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/120-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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120.4CSEL 38:84
Quomodo enim de se dicebat Dauid in iniquitate conceptum et in peccato genitum, cum legitimo iure natus sit, electusque a deo ad tantam regni gloriam peteretur, ut de eo scriptum est?
For how would David say of himself that he was conceived in iniquity and born in sin, when he was born by lawful right and, chosen by God, was sought for such great glory of the kingdom, as it is written of him?
1 Sam 16:12–13 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: David was born of lawful marriage and chosen by God.
Topics: Marriage
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 120.4 (CSEL 38:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/120-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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120.5CSEL 38:84–85
Non ergo hic in iniquitate se conceptum aut in peccato genitum edocebat, sed parentes nostros Adam Euam uoluit ostendere, quod ante admisso peccato, id est transgressione mandati, postea sic genuerit filios atque de eis nos omnes itidem parturient.
So he was not teaching here that he was conceived in iniquity or born in sin, but wished to point to our parents Adam and Eve, that, the sin having been committed before, that is, the transgression of the commandment, she afterwards bore children so, and from them we all are likewise born.
Notes and citation
Summary: The psalm refers to the first parents' sin.
Topics: Original sin and concupiscence
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 120.5 (CSEL 38:84–85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/120-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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120.6CSEL 38:85
Ideoque post praeuaricationem, In dolore parturies filios, inquit, quia ergo de parentibus habemus illis prioribus praeuaricationis iniquitatem communem carnis atque generalem ex hereditate prima descendentem in omnes, ut dixit apostolus: Sicuti per unum hominem mors introiuit in omnes homines.
And therefore after the transgression: “In pain you shall bear children,” it says; because, then, we have from those first parents the iniquity of the transgression, common to the flesh and general, descending upon all from the first inheritance, as the apostle said: “As through one man death entered into all men.”
Gen 3:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 5:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: All inherit the first parents' transgression.
- Gen 3:16; Rom 5:12 (freely).
Topics: Original sin and concupiscence
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 120.6 (CSEL 38:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/120-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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120.7CSEL 38:85
Hoc enim ius coniugii a deo promulgatum laudatur cottidie ac benedicitur consuete. Nam et quod erat primum ostendit tristitia, et quod Christi gratia caelestis credentibus erat adlatura magnum gaudium, nuntiauit dicens: Si quis non regeneratus fuerit ex aqua et spiritu, non intrabit in regnum caelorum.
For this right of marriage, promulgated by God, is praised daily and blessed in the usual way. For he showed by sorrow what was first, and announced what great joy the heavenly grace of Christ would bring to believers, saying: “If anyone is not reborn of water and the Spirit, he will not enter the kingdom of heaven.”
John 3:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Marriage is blessed, and rebirth in baptism brings joy.
- John 3:5.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 120.7 (CSEL 38:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/120-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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120.8CSEL 38:85
Ideoque in psalmo eo praescius futuri gaudii testatus est dicens: Asparges me hysopo, et mundabor, lauabis me, et super niuem dealbabor, ut per eum nos etiam credentes in salutari baptismo cum eo pariter gratulemur.
And therefore in that psalm, foreknowing the joy to come, he testified, saying: “You will sprinkle me with hyssop and I shall be clean; you will wash me and I shall be made whiter than snow,” so that through him we believers too may rejoice with him alike in saving baptism.
Ps 51:7 (50:9 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The same psalm foretells baptism.
- Ps 51:7 (50:9 LXX/Vulg.).
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 120.8 (CSEL 38:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/120-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 121
121.1CSEL 38:85
Sunt quidam heretici qui de diuisione orbis terrae et partitione habitationis recte non sentiunt, disputantes quod Greci coeperint aut Aegyptii aut Persae describere orbem terrae uniuersum, non beatus Noe suis filiis tribus post diluuium diuiserit, dederit ac definierit et partierit ordine.
There are some heretics who do not think rightly about the division of the world and the apportionment of its habitation, arguing that the Greeks or Egyptians or Persians began to describe the whole world, and not that blessed Noah, after the flood, divided it for his three sons, gave, defined and apportioned it in order.
Gen 10:1–32 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Noah, not the Greeks, divided the world among his sons.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.1 (CSEL 38:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.2CSEL 38:85–86
Unde postea historiografi accipientes uelut quasdam semitas diuersis sunt falsitatibus ementiti. Tribus itaque suis filiis beatus Noe, Sem, Cham et Iapheth omnem diuisit orbem terrarum, et tradidit Sem quidem orientalia Indiae, Persarum, usque in partem aliquam meridiani, occidentis, septentrionis, usque ad montem Libani, finesque ibi suum primogenitum habiturum fixa sententia confirmauit.
Hence the historians afterwards, taking as it were certain paths, invented various falsehoods. So blessed Noah divided the whole world among his three sons, Shem, Ham and Japheth, and gave Shem the eastern parts, of India and the Persians, up to some part of the south, west and north, as far as Mount Lebanon, and confirmed by a fixed sentence that his firstborn would have his borders there.
Notes and citation
Summary: Shem received the East.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.2 (CSEL 38:85–86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.3CSEL 38:86
Cham etiam secundo filio omnes Syrias et diocesin Aegypti, Africae, Aethiopiae ingentem latitudinem prope fines tendentem oceani atque Hispaniarum censendo distribuit, possidendamque eam atque habitandam spiritu diuino praeuntiauit, in medio autem usque ad Cappadociam, id est Tauri montem, fines habere concessit.
To Ham, his second son, he assigned all the Syrias and the diocese of Egypt, Africa, and the vast breadth of Ethiopia stretching near the borders of the ocean and of the Spains, and foretold by the divine Spirit that he would possess and inhabit it; and he granted him borders in the middle as far as Cappadocia, that is, the Taurus mountain.
Notes and citation
Summary: Ham received Syria, Egypt and Africa.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.3 (CSEL 38:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.4CSEL 38:86
Tertio autem, Iapheth nomine, Cappadociam ingredientibus atque a Cilicia exeuntibus loca frigida, quae sunt Armeniae Bosfori Ponti Thraciae Pannoniarum Illyrici Italiae, et occidentis uniuersas partes iussu diuino ei statuendo adtribuit. Et de primo quidem uiginti quinque generationes numerat descendisse, de secundo triginta quinque
To the third, Japheth by name, he assigned, establishing it by divine command, the cold regions for those entering Cappadocia and leaving Cilicia, which are those of Armenia, the Bosporus, Pontus, Thrace, the Pannonias, Illyricum, Italy, and all the parts of the West. And from the first it numbers twenty-five generations descended, from the second thirty-five,
Notes and citation
Summary: Japheth received the North and West.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): triginta quinque! → triginta quinque.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.4 (CSEL 38:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.5CSEL 38:86
id est de Cham. De Iapheth autem, cui minor generatio numerabatur tunc temporis, id est quintadecima tantummodo, ei amplior optanda a beato Noe promittebatur in posterum adfutura, dicente scriptura: Dilatet dominus Iafeth et habitet in tabernaculis Sem.
that is, from Ham. But to Japheth, to whom a smaller generation was counted at that time, that is, only fifteen, a larger one, to be wished for, was promised by blessed Noah to come in future, as Scripture says: “May the Lord enlarge Japheth, and may he dwell in the tents of Shem.”
Gen 9:27 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Noah promised Japheth enlargement.
- Gen 9:27.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.5 (CSEL 38:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.6CSEL 38:86
Cui cura minori filio minor numerus generationum repperiebatur concessus tunc temporis, maior crescendo eidem numerus postea amplificabatur aduenturus quam duobus eius fratribus, ut et media et extrema loca, id est Cananeorum, Aegyptiorum, Afrorum Persarumque teneret imperia.
To him, the younger son, though a smaller number of generations was found granted at that time, a greater number was afterwards to come, increasing beyond his two brothers, so that he would hold the empires of both the middle and the farthest places, that is, of the Canaanites, Egyptians, Africans and Persians.
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Summary: Japheth's descendants would rule widely.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.6 (CSEL 38:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.7CSEL 38:86
De quo postea Romani sunt editi, uictores orbis terrarum atque rectores uniuersarum gentium. Unde cognoscimus Romanos, Latinos, Italos de Iafeth genus deducere, atque hos orbem terrarum sui sub dicione tenere cottidie atque ante saepius tenuisse.
From him afterwards the Romans were born, conquerors of the world and rulers of all nations. Hence we know that the Romans, Latins and Italians derive their descent from Japheth, and that they hold the world under their rule daily and often held it before.
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Summary: The Romans descend from Japheth.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.7 (CSEL 38:86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.8CSEL 38:86–87
Si quid autem falsitate Grecorum putatur esse antiquum, temporale modis omnibus ipsorum auctoribus testantibus conprobatur, Solone testante Atheniensibus quod ab Aegyptio audierit sacerdote dicente ei:
But if anything is thought ancient by the falsehood of the Greeks, it is proved to be recent in every way by the testimony of their own authors, Solon testifying to the Athenians that he heard from an Egyptian priest, who said to him:
Notes and citation
Summary: Greek learning is recent, as Solon heard in Egypt.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): quod! ab → quod ab.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.8 (CSEL 38:86–87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.9CSEL 38:87
Solon Solon, Greci uos semper estis nouelli atque pueri. (Grecus autem numquam erit senex aut antiquus, neque doctrinam aliquam aut scientiam habetis antiquam, sed ab aliis raptam atque inuasam habetis, eamque diuersis mendaciis inmutatam exponitis, atque ita homines edocetis. Plato enim in Timaeo ita dictitat.
“Solon, Solon, you Greeks are always new and children. A Greek will never be old or ancient, nor do you have any ancient teaching or knowledge, but you have it seized and usurped from others, and you set it out changed by various lies, and so teach men.” For Plato says so in the Timaeus.
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Summary: The Egyptian priest calls the Greeks children.
- Plato, Tim. 22b, freely expanded.
Extrabiblical texts: Plato, Tim. 22b (Plato (works); quotation)
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.9 (CSEL 38:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.10CSEL 38:87
Nam post confusionem linguarum tunc nomina diuersa coeperunt emanare, atque inde sumentes Greci historiografi duo aut tres, diuersa ueluti monumenta conscribentes, temporalitatem cum suam uolunt obumbrare atque abscondere, a suis testibus mendacissimi iudicati sunt atque conprobati.
For after the confusion of tongues different names began to flow, and two or three Greek historians, taking from there and writing various records as it were, when they wish to obscure and hide their recentness, have been judged and proved most lying by their own witnesses.
Notes and citation
Summary: Greek historians hide their recentness.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.10 (CSEL 38:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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121.11CSEL 38:87
Cum enim quinquaginta de ipsis consentiunt de antiquitate nostra, id est Greci, Aegyptii, Chaldei, Syri, duo autem aut tres dissentiunt, iustum est multis consonantibus in unum quam duobus aut tribus dissonantibus historiografis adquiescere, quia multi illi uere quam duo edixerunt.
For when fifty of them agree about our antiquity, that is, Greeks, Egyptians, Chaldeans, Syrians, and two or three disagree, it is right to assent to the many agreeing as one rather than to two or three dissenting historians, because those many spoke more truly than the two.
Notes and citation
Summary: The many historians who agree should be believed.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): edixerunt.j → edixerunt..
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 121.11 (CSEL 38:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/121-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 122
122.1CSEL 38:87–88
Alia est heresis quae dicit sub Deucalione Pyrra diluuium fuisse antiquissimum quam quod sub Noe beato factum est. Quod pagani transferentes mutatis nominibus ipso modo et arcam uelut in Grecia fuisse post diluuium adserunt, et quod est temporalitatis in paganitate uanissima, ab eis uelut
Another heresy says that the flood under Deucalion and Pyrrha was more ancient than that which took place under blessed Noah. The pagans, transferring this with changed names, assert in the same way that an ark too was in Greece after the flood, and what is recent in most vain paganism is by them as if
Gen 7:1–24 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some say Deucalion's flood preceded Noah's.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 122.1 (CSEL 38:87–88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/122-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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122.2CSEL 38:88
antiquum cum multo mendacio praedicatur et quod factum in Thessalia, in loco breui, uelut factum ubique, id est in omni mundo, a paganis furacibus edocetur. Quod fit quidem post annos in Thessalia in loco interdum modico, illud autem diluuium in omni saeculo factum est, sicut et eorum scriptura testatur gentilium.
ancient preached with much falsehood; and what happened in Thessaly, in a small place, is taught by the thieving pagans as having happened everywhere, that is, in the whole world. What happens after some years in Thessaly, at times in a modest place, [is local]; but that flood took place in the whole world, as the writings of the gentiles themselves also testify.
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Summary: Deucalion's flood was local; Noah's was universal.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 122.2 (CSEL 38:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/122-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 123
123.1CSEL 38:88
Alia est heresis quae dicit secundum duodecim zodia nasci homines, sicuti mathematici illi uanissimi totiusque erroris et sceleris adsertores, haecque audientes interdum indocti quam plurimi lege dei dimissa mathematicorum inseruire non dubitant uanitatibus, unde conpletur apostolica sententia:
Another heresy says that men are born according to the twelve signs of the zodiac, like those most vain astrologers, asserters of all error and wickedness; and very many unlearned people, hearing these things, sometimes do not hesitate to abandon the law of God and serve the vanities of the astrologers, whereby the apostolic sentence is fulfilled:
Notes and citation
Summary: Some say birth is governed by the zodiac.
Topics: Heresy, Magic, divination, and astrology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 123.1 (CSEL 38:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/123-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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123.2CSEL 38:88
Coluerunt et seruierunt creaturae potius quam creatori. Et iterum: Videte ne quis uos decipiat per filosofiam et inanem fallaciam, secundum elementa mundi, et non secundum Christum; quoniam in ipso habitat omnis plenitudo diuinitatis corporaliter.
“They worshipped and served the creature rather than the Creator.” And again: “See that no one deceives you through philosophy and empty deceit, according to the elements of the world and not according to Christ; for in him dwells all the fullness of the divinity bodily.”
Rom 1:25 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 2:8–9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul condemns serving the creature and empty philosophy.
- Rom 1:25; Col 2:8–9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray marks): seruierunt III creaturae → seruierunt creaturae.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 123.2 (CSEL 38:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/123-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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123.3CSEL 38:88
Ergo ignorant quod zodia ista duodecim, quae ab illis dicuntur, diuersa sunt climata, diuersaeque regiones in orbe terrarum a deo dispositae, ut inhabitentur locorumque ac temporum diuersa temperamenta statuta sint, ut calidum, frigidum, siccum et humidum e quattuor angulis saeculi:
So they do not know that these twelve signs, as they call them, are different climates and different regions in the world arranged by God, so that they may be inhabited and different temperings of places and times may be established, as hot, cold, dry and moist from the four corners of the world:
Notes and citation
Summary: The zodiac signs are really regions and climates.
Topics: Magic, divination, and astrology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 123.3 (CSEL 38:88; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/123-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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123.4CSEL 38:88–89
e quibus cum, ueluti pleni qualitate fontes, exuberant flatus spirantes inuicem uirtute nimia insita proprie mixtioneque existente salubri, rursum, cum diffunditur ubique mixtio, amoena temperies salutis inde cunctis habitantibus subministretur: atque ita diuina potentia mortalibus uita dulcis et prospera concessa a domino inpertita non ignoratur.
from which, when, like springs full of quality, the winds overflow, blowing upon one another with great force properly inherent, and a healthy mixture results, then, as the mixture spreads everywhere, a pleasant temperateness of health is supplied from it to all the inhabitants; and so it is not unknown that by divine power a sweet and prosperous life has been granted and imparted to mortals by the Lord.
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Summary: God's power mixes the winds for the health of all.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): eiuberant → exuberant; ininuicem → inuicem.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 123.4 (CSEL 38:88–89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/123-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 124
124.1CSEL 38:89
Alia est heresis quae dicit animas uenenariorum, sceleratorum et homicidarum et aliorum talium transire in daemonas ac pecudes et bestias et serpentes, ignorantes quod anima hominis cum exierit de saeculo, siue bona siue mala, id est pia atque impia, ab angelo ducitur in locum statutum, ut in futurum percipiat iuxta quod gessit in hoc saeculo constituta.
Another heresy says that the souls of poisoners, criminals, murderers and others like them pass into demons and cattle and beasts and serpents, not knowing that the soul of man, when it has left the world, whether good or evil, that is, pious or impious, is led by an angel to the appointed place, so that in the future it may receive according to what it did while set in this world.
Luke 16:22 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some teach transmigration of evil souls into animals.
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology, The soul
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 124.1 (CSEL 38:89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/124-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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124.2CSEL 38:89
Si quis autem hoc ita putauerit fieri, paganitatis et uanitatis filosoforum quam Christianitatis uidetur habere consortium, cum dicat apostolus: Omnes nos manifestari oportet ante tribunal Christi, ut recipiat unusquisque ea quae gessit in hoc corpore. Et iterum: Quod non derelinques animam meam in infernum. < Et iterum: > In infernum autem quis confitebitur tibi?
If anyone thinks that this happens so, he seems to share in paganism and the vanity of the philosophers rather than in Christianity, since the apostle says: “We must all be made manifest before the judgment seat of Christ, so that each may receive what he did in this body.” And again: “For you will not leave my soul in the underworld.” <And again:> “But in the underworld who will confess you?”
2 Cor 5:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 16:10 (15:10 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 6:5 (6:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Each soul will be judged for its own deeds.
- 2 Cor 5:10; Ps 16:10 (15:10); Ps 6:5 (6:6). The angle brackets are the editor's supplement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word): In in fernum → In infernum.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 124.2 (CSEL 38:89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/124-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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124.3CSEL 38:89
Animae itaque natura non uertitur in naturam alteram, sed, cum uoluntate contemnit ac neglegit dei praeceptum studiisque legitimis et salutaribus inherere dissimulat futuro iudicio poenarum se dedicans, non aliis morum causa nisi pecudibus cognoscitur comparanda, non natura, sed moribus, ut scriptum est.
So the nature of the soul is not turned into another nature; but when by will it despises and neglects God's precept and pretends not to cleave to lawful and saving pursuits, dedicating itself to the future judgment of punishments, it is known to be comparable in morals to nothing but cattle, not in nature but in morals, as it is written.
Ps 49:20 (48:21 LXX) (allusion, low confidence)
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Summary: Evil souls resemble beasts in morals, not nature.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 124.3 (CSEL 38:89; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/124-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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124.4CSEL 38:89–90
Non ergo naturae pecudum, sed moribus in hoc saeculo similes efficiuntur huiusmodi homines, pagani, Iudaei, et alii plurimi. Nam et saluator Iudaeis cum diceret: Vos de diabolo estis patre uestro, non natura, sed sceleratis moribus et beluinis sensibus eos similes arguendo et iudicando manifestabat. Et Iohannes Iudaeis dixit: Progenies uiperarum
So men of this kind, pagans, Jews and very many others, are made like cattle in this age not in nature but in morals. For the Saviour too, when he said to the Jews, “You are of the devil your father,” showed by arguing and judging that they were like him not in nature but in wicked morals and beastly senses. And John said to the Jews: “Brood of vipers.”
John 8:44 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 3:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ and John called the wicked children of the devil and vipers in a moral sense.
- John 8:44; Matt 3:7. Philastrius's polemic against the Jews is translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (leaked marks): uiperarum m.11 → uiperarum.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 124.4 (CSEL 38:89–90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/124-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 125
125.1CSEL 38:90
Alii sunt heretici qui dicunt dominum in infernum descendisse, et omnibus post mortem etiam ibidem renuntiasse, ut confitentes ibidem saluarentur, cum hoc sit contrarium dicente propheta Dauid: In infernum autem quis confitebitur tibi? Et apostolus: Quotquot sine lege peccauerunt sine lege peribunt.
Others are heretics who say that the Lord descended into the underworld and proclaimed to all there, even after death, so that those who confessed there might be saved; whereas this is contrary, the prophet David saying: “But in the underworld who will confess you?” And the apostle: “As many as sinned without the law will perish without the law.”
Ps 6:5 (6:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 2:12 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Pet 3:19 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some say the dead could be saved by confessing in the underworld.
- Ps 6:5 (6:6); Rom 2:12.
Topics: Heresy, Eschatology, Descent into Hades
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 125.1 (CSEL 38:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/125-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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125.2CSEL 38:90
Sed cum dicit <dominus): Remissius erit quibusdam quam ciuitati illi quae non crediderit, apostolorum quippe doctrinae et euangelii, in comparatione multarum poenarum dicit sustinere eos minora tormenta quam illos, non tamen saluari eos hac ratione adfirmat.
But when <the Lord> says: “It will be more tolerable for some than for that city which did not believe,” namely the teaching of the apostles and the gospel, he says, in comparison of many punishments, that they will endure lesser torments than those; yet he does not affirm that they are saved on this account.
Matt 10:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:24 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lighter punishment does not mean salvation.
- Matt 10:15 (cf. 11:24). The angle brackets around dominus are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 125.2 (CSEL 38:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/125-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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125.3CSEL 38:90
Nam poetas falsos et uanos filosofos qui aestimat posse saluari rebelles dei, errat illis peius et a ueritate dissentit, cum semina impietatis paganae non alii nisi illi poetae uani et filosofi deorum dearumque appellationes hominum sensibus seminauerint, cum propheta clamet de futuro iudicio ut hic ei dimitteretur in paenitudine dicens:
For he who thinks that the false poets and vain philosophers, rebels against God, can be saved errs worse than they and dissents from the truth, since none but those vain poets and philosophers sowed the seeds of pagan impiety, the names of gods and goddesses, in the minds of men; while the prophet cries out about the future judgment, that he might be forgiven here in repentance, saying:
Notes and citation
Summary: Pagan poets and philosophers cannot be saved after death.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 125.3 (CSEL 38:90; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/125-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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125.4CSEL 38:90–91
Remitte mihi ut refrigerem, priusquam uadam et iam non ero amplius. Si ergo iusti peccantes et in hac adhuc uita uix acceperunt indulgentiam paenitentes ♦♦♦ ut ait Salomon: Et si iustus uix saluabitur, impius et peccator ubi parebit? Nam si deum esse credidissent, deorum dearum nomina turpia non seminassent et in descensione Christi in infernum ueniam impetrassent.
“Forgive me, that I may be refreshed, before I go and am no more.” If, then, the righteous who sinned, while still in this life, scarcely received pardon by repenting …, as Solomon says: “And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where will the impious and sinner appear?” For if they had believed that God exists, they would not have sown the shameful names of gods and goddesses, and would have obtained pardon at Christ's descent into the underworld.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 39:13 (38:14 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Prov 11:31 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Pet 4:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Repentance belongs to this life; the impious will not appear.
- Ps 39:13 (38:14); Prov 11:31 (Greek form, quoted in 1 Pet 4:18), ascribed to Solomon. The marks ♦♦♦ indicate a gap (“…”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): amplius.|Si → amplius. Si.
Topics: Eschatology, Repentance
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 125.4 (CSEL 38:90–91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/125-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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125.5CSEL 38:91
Cum ergo impii et hostes dei sint ubique, quomodo post mortem ibi confitentes saluabuntur? cum apostolus doceat quod omnem hominem mori oportet postque hoc iam iudicari, ut scriptum est, ante tribunal Christi, et recipere secundum quae gessit in hoc saeculo.
Since, then, the impious and enemies of God are everywhere, how will they be saved by confessing there after death? For the apostle teaches that every man must die and after this be judged, as it is written, before the judgment seat of Christ, and receive according to what he did in this age.
Heb 9:27 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Cor 5:10 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: After death comes judgment, not a second chance.
- Heb 9:27; 2 Cor 5:10.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 125.5 (CSEL 38:91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/125-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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125.6CSEL 38:91
Saluator autem confirmat dicens de illis quod nec patri crediderint; unde etiam eos iudicandos declarauit: qui autem credidit in patrem ante quam Christus ueniret in carnem, transiit de iudicio impiorum.
The Saviour confirms it, saying of them that they did not believe even the Father; hence he declared that they too are to be judged: but he who believed in the Father before Christ came in the flesh passed from the judgment of the impious.
John 5:24 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those who believed in the Father before Christ escape judgment.
- Cf. John 5:24.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 125.6 (CSEL 38:91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/125-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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125.7CSEL 38:91
In conparatione autem peccatorum atque impiorum diuersitas est poenarum atque plagarum; non plena amborum est absolutio, sed diiudicationis iustitia, et secundum peccatum condigna repensio, illis etiam qui sub Noe ab aqua absorti fuerant, ut scriptura edocuit.
In comparing sinners and the impious there is a diversity of punishments and stripes; there is no full acquittal of both, but justice in judging and fitting recompense according to sin, even for those who were swallowed by the water under Noah, as Scripture has taught.
Luke 12:47–48 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 3:20 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Punishments vary with sin, even for those of Noah's flood.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): conpavatione → conparatione.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 125.7 (CSEL 38:91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/125-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 126
126.1CSEL 38:91
Alia est heresis quae de censu animae ambigit < et > ex elementis eam consistere opinatur, ut multi filosofi uanissimi, nunc de igni, nunc de aqua, nunc de spiritu, nunc de materia, nunc de fonte, nunc de atomis, nunc quasi aera esse animam hominis suspicantur, cum anima facta sit a domino ex nihilo scilicet, ut scriptum est: Qui fecit ex nihilo omnia, ut essent quae non erant.
Another heresy is in doubt about the origin of the soul <and> thinks that it consists of the elements, as many most vain philosophers suppose that the soul of man is now of fire, now of water, now of spirit, now of matter, now of a spring, now of atoms, now as it were air; whereas the soul was made by the Lord, out of nothing of course, as it is written: “Who made all things out of nothing, so that what was not might be.”
Notes and citation
Summary: The soul is made by God from nothing, not of the elements.
- The quotation is unidentified (cf. 2 Macc 7:28; Wis 1:14). The angle brackets around et are the editor's supplement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letter): ambigit I < → ambigit <.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 126.1 (CSEL 38:91; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/126-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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126.2CSEL 38:91–92
Anima itaque a deo facta imago dei appellata est, post angelorum creationem scilicet; minor enim est homo quam natura angelorum, ut scriptum est: Minuisti eum paulo minus ab angelis.
So the soul, made by God, is called the image of God, after the creation of the angels of course; for man is less than the nature of angels, as it is written: “You made him a little less than the angels.”
Ps 8:5 (8:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The soul, God's image, is made a little lower than the angels.
- Ps 8:5 (8:6 LXX/Vulg.).
Topics: The image of God
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 126.2 (CSEL 38:91–92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/126-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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126.3CSEL 38:92
Si autem legis mandata seruauerit, tunc erit sicut angeli. Si ergo angeli serui dei sunt sub lege positi, quanto magis et hominis anima sub lege, quae est praedicata *** si seruarit quod ei praeceptum est, tunc debet dicere quod ait dominus apostolis quod: Et si feceritis omnia, dicite quod serui sumus inutiles: quae praecepta sunt nobis, perfecimus.
But if it keeps the commandments of the law, then it will be like the angels. If, then, the angels, servants of God, are placed under law, how much more the soul of man under law, which is proclaimed …; if it keeps what is commanded it, then it ought to say what the Lord said to the apostles: “And if you have done all things, say: We are unprofitable servants; we have done what was commanded us.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Luke 20:36 (allusion, medium confidence) · Luke 17:10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The soul under God's law must say it is an unprofitable servant.
- Luke 20:36; Luke 17:10. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 126.3 (CSEL 38:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/126-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 127
127.1CSEL 38:92
Alia est heresis quae dicit de saluatore quod primum erat apud patrem et sic natus est, et cum simpliciter ita confitentur, diuersa hominibus scandala subministrant: esse enim ante, et postea nasci, contrarium est modis omnibus.
Another heresy says of the Saviour that he was first with the Father and then was born, and when they confess it so simply, they provide various stumbling blocks to men: for to be before, and afterwards to be born, is contrary in every way.
Notes and citation
Summary: Some say the Son first existed and was afterwards born.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 127.1 (CSEL 38:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/127-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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127.2CSEL 38:92
Et quamuis generatio ipsius duplex sit, una diuinitatis indefinita ac sempiterna, altera incorporationis per uirginem temporalis et non est dubium, tamen secundum diuinitatem debemus cognoscere quod neque defuit aliquando esse cum patre, neque qui erat cum patre semper, ex semetipso erat et non de patre genitus noscebatur, ut quidam suspicantur aberrantes.
And although his generation is twofold — one of the divinity, without limit and everlasting, the other of the incarnation through the Virgin, in time — and this is not doubtful, yet according to the divinity we must know that he never ceased to be with the Father, and that he who was always with the Father was not from himself, and not known as not begotten of the Father, as some wrongly suppose.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son's eternal generation is distinct from his birth in time.
Topics: Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 127.2 (CSEL 38:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/127-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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127.3CSEL 38:92
Utrumque ergo si bona interpretatione profertur, rectae fidei firmamentum ostenditur, ut et genitum eum cognoscamus de patre proprie hunc unicum filium, non tamen in tempore, sed ante omnia saecula omnemque creaturam esse genitum de patre proprie cognoscamus atque credamus, ut condecet, cumque patre eum in perpetuum manere atque, semper mansisse non ignoremus.
So if both are set forth with good interpretation, the foundation of right faith is shown, so that we both know that this only Son was properly begotten of the Father, yet not in time, but know and believe, as is fitting, that he was properly begotten of the Father before all ages and all creation, and do not fail to know that he remains with the Father for ever and has always remained.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son is begotten before all ages and remains with the Father.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): mterpretatione → interpretatione.
Topics: Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 127.3 (CSEL 38:92; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/127-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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127.4CSEL 38:92–93
Nulla est ergo separatio aut contrarietas inter esse semper et fuisse et genitum esse. Nam semper esse propter sempiternitatem dicitur, ne temporalis filius aestimetur: genitum autem dicit quia non a semetipso, sed de patre natum cognoscit ecclesia praedicans.
So there is no separation or contrariety between always being and having been and being begotten. For “always to be” is said because of everlastingness, lest the Son be thought temporary; but the church, in preaching, says “begotten” because it knows that he was born not from himself but from the Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: Eternal being and being begotten are compatible.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 127.4 (CSEL 38:92–93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/127-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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127.5CSEL 38:93
Non ergo diiungendum est unum ab altero, sed coniungenda est sempiternitas filii et generatio cum sempiternitate copulanda, deque patre ita est credenda ac detinenda confessio, ut unus nobis pater genitor et unus nobis filius unicus patris, proprie quippe genitus de patre, cognoscatur.
So one is not to be separated from the other, but the everlastingness of the Son is to be joined, and his generation coupled with his everlastingness, and the confession about the Father is to be believed and held so that we know one Father the begetter and one only Son of the Father, properly begotten of the Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: Eternity and generation belong together in the Son.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 127.5 (CSEL 38:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/127-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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127.6CSEL 38:93
Ergo semper esse et genitum esse pia fide est aequum ut et sempiterna eius generatio non temporalis sit et filii unigeniti de patre et cum patre uera proprietas ac sempiternitas non ignoretur. Si quis autem primum confitetur esse eum ingenitum, et sic postea fuisse genitum de patre, ignorat quid confitetur.
So it is right by pious faith that always to be and to be begotten [go together], so that his generation is everlasting, not temporary, and the true property and everlastingness of the only-begotten Son from the Father and with the Father is not unknown. But if anyone confesses first that he is unbegotten, and then afterwards was begotten of the Father, he does not know what he confesses.
Notes and citation
Summary: To say the Son was first unbegotten and later begotten is confused.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 127.6 (CSEL 38:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/127-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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127.7CSEL 38:93
Cum enim unam putat euadere heresim, incurrit alteram peiorem, ingenitum filium confitendo, immo potius et patrem et filium denegando duoque ingenita praedicando et unius patris ingeniti et unius filii unigeniti de patre proprie denegando uarietatem.
For when he thinks he escapes one heresy, he falls into another worse one, by confessing an unbegotten Son, or rather by denying both Father and Son, preaching two unbegottens, and denying the distinction of one unbegotten Father and one only-begotten Son properly from the Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: That view makes two unbegottens.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 127.7 (CSEL 38:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/127-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 128
128.1CSEL 38:93
Sunt quidam heretici qui de Faraone ita arbitrantur dixisse dominum per Mosen quod: Ad hoc excitaui te, ut ostendam in te uirtutem meam; et: Indurans indurabo cor Faraonis, ne dimittat uos. Et ait apostolus: Ergo neque uolentis neque currentis, sed miserentis dei est.
There are some heretics who think that the Lord said through Moses of Pharaoh: “For this I raised you up, to show my power in you”; and: “Hardening I will harden Pharaoh's heart, so that he will not let you go.” And the apostle says: “So it is not of him who wills nor of him who runs, but of God who has mercy.”
Exod 9:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 9:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 4:21 (quotation, medium confidence) · Rom 9:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some misread the hardening of Pharaoh and Romans 9.
- Exod 9:16 (Rom 9:17); Exod 4:21; 14:4; Rom 9:16.
Topics: Heresy, Election and predestination
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.1 (CSEL 38:93; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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128.2CSEL 38:93–94
Sed haec non definiens dicit apostolus, sed disputans atque edocens quod uerum est, ne ita deum dixisse qui aestimet; debet enim adtendere quod ait dominus: Ut ostendam in te quippe omnem uirtutem meam, id est magnanimitatem, bonitatem, sustinentiam, quae est utique omnibus hoc effusa in saeculo.
But the apostle says these things not defining, but discussing and teaching what is true, lest anyone think that God spoke so; for he must attend to what the Lord says: “To show in you,” namely, all my power, that is, magnanimity, goodness, patience, which indeed is poured out on all in this age.
Notes and citation
Summary: God's power shown in Pharaoh is his patience and goodness.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.2 (CSEL 38:93–94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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128.3CSEL 38:94
Cum enim ei dicit, omni homini dicit in corpore constituto, in prosperitate quippe facultate ac potentia temporali adnuntiat: qui cum ad diuitias adtendunt, segniores ac neglegentiores efficiuntur circa dei Christi timorem et gratiam, suaeque itaque ad finem salutis obliuiscuntur ac timoris dei efficiuntur inmemores.
For when he speaks to him, he speaks to every man set in the body; he announces it, namely, in prosperity, wealth and temporal power: those who, when they attend to riches, become more sluggish and negligent concerning the fear and grace of God, of Christ, and so forget their salvation to the end and become unmindful of the fear of God.
Notes and citation
Summary: Prosperity makes people forget God.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.3 (CSEL 38:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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128.4CSEL 38:94
Cum enim tribularetur ipse Farao, inuitus deum cognoscebat, ut scriptum est, cumque iterum dimittebatur a deo, reuertebatur ut canis ad suum uomitum.
For when Pharaoh himself was afflicted, he acknowledged God against his will, as it is written; and when he was released again by God, he returned like a dog to its vomit.
Exod 9:27–28 (allusion, medium confidence) · Prov 26:11 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Pharaoh relented only under affliction.
- Prov 26:11 (2 Pet 2:22).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.4 (CSEL 38:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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128.5CSEL 38:94
Ideoque omnium paganorum, Iudaeorum, hereticorum diuitumque animae ac peccantium pariter, in prosperitate contemtrices dei repperiuntur interdum; ideo eruditio utilis est humano generi in omnibus atque salutaris, dicente propheta: Bonum mihi est, domine, quod humiliasti me, ut discam iustificationes tuas; et iterum de obiurgatione:
And therefore the souls of all pagans, Jews, heretics and rich men, and likewise of sinners, are sometimes found despisers of God in prosperity; therefore correction is useful and saving to the human race in all things, as the prophet says: “It is good for me, Lord, that you humbled me, that I may learn your statutes”; and again of reproof:
Ps 119:71 (118:71 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Correction is good, as the psalm says.
- Ps 119:71 (118:71 LXX/Vulg.).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.5 (CSEL 38:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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128.6CSEL 38:94
Cum occidebat, inquit dominus Iudaeos, tunc inquirebant eum, et uigilabant ad eum. Non itaque dicit beatus apostolus aut non curramus* aut non uelimus seruire deo; sed primum debemus nostra currere uoluntate, deinde non cum praesumptione et iactantia quasi nostra uirtute et iustitia condigne et non Christi mereamur saluari clementia.
“When he slew them,” the Lord says of the Jews, “then they sought him and watched for him.” So the blessed apostle does not say either that we should not run or that we should not will to serve God; but first we must run by our own will, and then not with presumption and boasting, as though we deserved to be saved worthily by our own power and righteousness and not by Christ's clemency.
Ps 78:34 (77:34 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: We must run by our own will, without presuming on our own merit.
- Ps 78:34 (77:34 LXX/Vulg.).
Topics: Free will
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.6 (CSEL 38:94; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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128.7CSEL 38:94–95
Qui enim currit cum superbia ac praesumptione, non a deo sperat praesidium, quantum ex sua conuersatione sibi praesumit iustitiam. Et currere itaque et uelle nos docet beatus apostolus, inque nostra uoluntate esse, ut in ipso cursu bonorum operum in humilitate perseueremus, ac tunc demum speremus salutem posse ab ipso domino adipisci, ut ait dominus:
For he who runs with pride and presumption does not hope for protection from God, so much as he presumes righteousness for himself from his own conduct. So the blessed apostle teaches us both to run and to will, and that it is in our will to persevere in humility in that very course of good works, and only then to hope that salvation can be obtained from the Lord himself, as the Lord says:
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul teaches us to run and will humbly.
Topics: Free will
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.7 (CSEL 38:94–95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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128.8CSEL 38:95
Et cum feceritis omnia, dicite quod serui sumus nequissimi; ** Et si iustus uix saluatur, peccator et impius quo apparebit? Ergo sunt in nobis quaedam in quibus currendum est. Sunt autem maiora quae a deo speranda et impetranda sunt, ut ait apostolus:
“And when you have done all things, say: We are most worthless servants” …; “And if the righteous is scarcely saved, where will the sinner and impious appear?” So there are some things in us in which we must run. But there are greater things which are to be hoped for and obtained from God, as the apostle says:
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Luke 17:10 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Pet 4:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some things depend on our effort, greater things on God.
- Luke 17:10; 1 Pet 4:18. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: Free will
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.8 (CSEL 38:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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128.9CSEL 38:95
Nescitis quid petatis, ut puta si quis dixerit: Possum esse martyr, (Possum esse apostolus, et non dicit: Si deus Christus uoluerit, quod ab eo incrementum id muneris et gratiae quippe confertur, non uana hominum praesumptione atque iactantia comparatur. Temptantis est enim hominis uoluntas huiusmodi ac praesumentis, non quaerentis ac supplicantis ut tantam consequi mereatur dignitatem.
“You do not know what you ask”; as, for example, if someone says: I can be a martyr, I can be an apostle, and does not say: If God, Christ, wills; because this increase of gift and grace is conferred by him, not acquired by the vain presumption and boasting of men. For such a will belongs to a man who tempts and presumes, not to one who seeks and supplicates that he may deserve to attain such great honour.
Matt 20:22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: High callings such as martyrdom are God's gift.
- Matt 20:22 (the Lord's words, here ascribed to “the apostle”).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 128.9 (CSEL 38:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/128-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 129
129.1CSEL 38:95
Sunt quidam heretici, ut Manichei et Gnostici et Nicolaitae et alii, qui de beato Dauid audent dicere quod Christi propheta domini non fuerit neque doctor et commentator diuinarum omnium scripturarum, sed humanae cantationis ac saecularis rei conscriptor extiterit, cum caelestis gratiae atque arcani salutaris Christi domini ipse meruerit prae multis humano generi mysteria praedicare.
There are some heretics, like the Manichees, Gnostics, Nicolaitans and others, who dare to say of blessed David that he was not a prophet of Christ the Lord, nor a teacher and interpreter of all the divine Scriptures, but was a writer of human song and worldly matter; whereas he deserved before many to preach to the human race the mysteries of heavenly grace and of the saving secret of Christ the Lord.
Notes and citation
Summary: Some deny that David was a prophet of Christ.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.1 (CSEL 38:95; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.2CSEL 38:95–96
Sicut enim sanctis aliis diuersam tribuit Christus dominus gratiam, ita huic maiorem concessit scientiam, dicente domino: Dabo uobis, inquit, sancta Dauid fidelia; et: Inueni Dauid filium Iesse, hominem qui faciat omnia quae sunt in corde meo, dicit dominus.
For as Christ the Lord gave various grace to other saints, so he granted this one greater knowledge, as the Lord says: “I will give you,” he says, “the holy and faithful things of David”; and: “I have found David son of Jesse, a man who will do all that is in my heart, says the Lord.”
Isa 55:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 13:34 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 13:22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God gave David greater knowledge.
- Isa 55:3 (Acts 13:34); Acts 13:22 (cf. 1 Sam 13:14; Ps 89:20).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.2 (CSEL 38:95–96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.3CSEL 38:96
Ignorant ergo quod uelox ac praepotens commentator hic diuinarum extitit scripturarum rex atque propheta Dauid, dimissus a domino, ut quod ante dicebatur praesensque uidebatur futurumque nuntiabatur, haec cuncta breui collecta humano generi praedicarentur ab eodem, tribusque in uersibus psalmi primi omnem rerum uirtutem exponeret ueritatem praeteritorum, instantium atque futurorum omnesque errores cuiusque populi diuersaque facinora nuntiando, cum dicit:
So they do not know that this David, king and prophet, was a swift and most able interpreter of the divine Scriptures, sent by the Lord, so that all that was said before, seen as present and announced as future, might be preached by him to the human race gathered in brief, and that in three verses of the first psalm he might set out the whole force of things, the truth of the past, present and future, announcing all the errors and various crimes of every people, when he says:
Notes and citation
Summary: David, as prophet, summed up all things in the first psalm.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slips): lgnojant ergolquod → Ignorant ergo quod.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.3 (CSEL 38:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.4CSEL 38:96
Beatus uir qui non abiit in consilio impiorum, id est paganorum, et in uia peccatorum non stetit, quippe Iudaeorum, et in cathedra pestilentiae non sedit, utique hereticorum, atque hinc iam quasi ex fontibus atque materiis copiosis diuersa semina iniquitatis humano generi adfutura doceret, ut his quippe tribus malis, paganitate, Iudaismo et omni heresi, contemptis atque damnatis sola fides uera, id est patris et filii et sancti spiritus ab omnibus credita coleretur.
“Blessed is the man who has not walked in the counsel of the impious,” that is, of the pagans, “and has not stood in the way of sinners,” namely of the Jews, “and has not sat in the chair of pestilence,” that is, of the heretics; and from here, as from springs and abundant material, he taught the various seeds of iniquity that would come upon the human race, so that, these three evils — paganism, Judaism and every heresy — being despised and condemned, the one true faith, that of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, might be believed and practised by all.
Ps 1:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Psalm 1 refers to pagans, Jews and heretics.
- Ps 1:1. Philastrius's interpretation of the three clauses is his own.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.4 (CSEL 38:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.5CSEL 38:96
Zelo enim diuino ductus beatus Dauid tunc temporis, cum uideret homines daemoniis immolare, non deo, in Hierusalem ciuitate quattuor choros posuit secundum mundi aditus ana septuaginta duo, quattuor etiam hominibus positis e psallentibus, atque aream dei custodientibus undique infinitis etiam aliis extrinsecus.
For blessed David, led by divine zeal at that time, when he saw men sacrificing to demons, not to God, set up in the city of Jerusalem four choirs, according to the entrances of the world, seventy-two each, four men also being set over them from among the singers, and guarding God's courtyard on every side, with countless others outside as well.
1 Chr 25:1–7 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: David set up four choirs of singers in Jerusalem.
- Cf. 1 Chr 25 (288 singers, i.e. 4 × 72).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): quatlltuor → quattuor.
Topics: Hymns and singing
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.5 (CSEL 38:96; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.6CSEL 38:96–97
In medio autem ea posita psallebat cum populo beatissimus ipse Dauid patriarcha, et incorporationis Christi domini quippe ut testis tantus ac praedestinatus a domino, psalmorum diuersa gaudia et laudes pariter non alii nisi ipso Christo domino canendo referebat, trinaque uice cottidie cum orationibus psalmorum etiam cantu resonante omni delectabatur cum populo, diuinam Christi praesentiam nuntiando, deque ea re futura gaudia saeculo promittendo;
And with these placed in the middle, the most blessed patriarch David himself sang psalms with the people, and, as so great a witness of the incarnation of Christ the Lord, predestined by the Lord, he rendered the various joys and praises of the psalms by singing to none other than Christ the Lord himself, and three times daily, with prayers and the singing of psalms resounding, he took delight with all the people, announcing the divine presence of Christ, and promising the world joys to come from it;
Notes and citation
Summary: David sang psalms to Christ three times daily with the people.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (hyphenation and stray mark): oratio-. nibus → orationibus.
Topics: Prayer, Hymns and singing
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.6 (CSEL 38:96–97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.7CSEL 38:97
de quo et dominus dignatus est dicere, multos fuisse prophetas et sapientes et desiderasse uidere et audire quae apostoli audire meruerunt et uidere. Nam quod et Grecorum ipsa quae uidetur esse sapientia et ex lege atque ex prophetis et specialiter de Dauid beato sit, secundum tempus omnibus est manifestum.
of whom the Lord too deigned to say that there were many prophets and wise men who desired to see and hear what the apostles deserved to hear and see. For it is clear to all from the chronology that what seems to be the very wisdom of the Greeks is from the law and the prophets, and especially from blessed David.
Matt 13:17 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Greek wisdom is later than and derived from the prophets.
- Matt 13:17 (Luke 10:24).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): de. Dauid → de Dauid.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.7 (CSEL 38:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.8CSEL 38:97
Ideoque et poetae aliique sapientes uersibus, quod uoluere dicere, imitando eundem conati sunt fingere; quae argumenta cum de lege atque prophetis sumerent, inmutatis nominibus cum iura ueritatis uiolare properant, suae perfidiae diuersa mendacia saeculo seminauerunt.
And therefore the poets and other wise men tried, imitating him, to fashion in verse what they wished to say; and since they took their themes from the law and the prophets, with names changed, while they hasten to violate the ordinances of truth, they have sown the various lies of their perfidy in the world.
Notes and citation
Summary: Poets imitated David but corrupted what they took.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): nominibus! → nominibus.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.8 (CSEL 38:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.9CSEL 38:97
Inde haec ignorantes quam plurimi saeculares homines atque imperiti temporalitatis pagana mendacia potius quam salutaris Christianae legis antiqua et uera arcana desiderant colere ac sequi firmamenta.
Hence very many worldly and unskilled people, not knowing these things, desire to cultivate and follow the pagan lies of recent times rather than the ancient and true secrets and foundations of the saving Christian law.
Notes and citation
Summary: Many prefer recent pagan lies to the ancient truth.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.9 (CSEL 38:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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129.10CSEL 38:97
Ex suis itaque uanitatibus, id est ex Grecorum historiografis potest quis cognoscere quam sit temporalis uana sapientia Grecorum; quae cum paulatim cognoscitur a suis, sine dubio spernitur, calcatur atque cottidie condemnatur.
So from their own vanities, that is, from the Greek historians, one can learn how recent the vain wisdom of the Greeks is; and when it is gradually recognized by its own people, it is without doubt spurned, trampled on and condemned daily.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Greek historians show how recent Greek wisdom is.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 129.10 (CSEL 38:97; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/129-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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