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Introductory Note to Irenæus Against Heresies
[3242] The text is here uncertain and confused; but, as Harvey remarks, “the argument is this, That if souls are saved qua intellectual substance, then all are saved alike; but if by reason of any moral qualities, then the bodies that have executed the moral purposes of the soul, must also be considered to be heirs of salvation.”
[3243] “De impetu:” it is generally supposed that these words correspond to ἐκ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς (comp. i. 5, 1), but Harvey thinks ἐξ ὁρμῆς preferable (i. 4, 1).
[3244] The syntax of this sentence is in utter confusion, but the meaning is doubtless that given above.
[3247] Irenæus was evidently familiar with Horace; comp. Ars. Poet., 300.
[3249] The punctuation is here doubtful. With Massuet and Stieren we expunge “vel” from the text.
[3250] Or, “the Scriptures of the Lord;” but the words “dominicis scripturis” probably here represent the Greek κυρίων γραφῶν, and are to be rendered as above.
[3252] “Inciperet fieri;” perhaps for “futurus esset,” was to be.
[3253] “Quartum cœlum;” there still being, according to their theory of seven heavens, a fourth beyond that to which St. Paul had penetrated.
[3254] 2 Cor. xii. 3, defectively quoted.
[3255] This is an exceedingly obscure and difficult sentence. Grabe and some of the later editors read, “uti neque non corpus,” thus making Irenæus affirm that the body did participate in the vision. But Massuet contends strenuously that this is contrary to the author’s purpose, as wishing to maintain, against a possible exception of the Valentinians, that Paul then witnessed spiritual realities, and by omitting this “non” before “corpus,” makes Irenæus deny that the body was a partaker in the vision. The point can only be doubtfully decided, but Massuet’s ingenious note inclines us to his side of the question.
[3256] “Præstat dignis:” here a very ambiguous expression.
[3257] That is, as Massuet notes, all things derive not only their existence, but their qualities, from His will. Harvey proposes to read causa instead of substantia, but the change seems needless.
[3259] That is, Barbelos: comp. i. 29, 1.
[3260] “Tradunt;” literally, hand down.
Chapter XXXI.—Recapitulation and application of the foregoing arguments.
[3261] Qui, though here found in all the mss., seems to have been rightly expunged by the editors.
[3262] The reference probably is to opinions and theories of the heathen.
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