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Introductory Note to Taitian the Assyrian
[432] [Over again Tatian asserts spirits to be material, though not fleshly; and I think with reference to 1 Cor. xv. 44.]
Chapter V.—The Doctrine of the Christians as to the Creation of the World.
[433] [See Kaye’s Justin Martyr, p. 161, note; and observe his stricture on Bull and Waterland.]
[434] κατὰ μερισμόν. Some translate, “by division,” but the above is preferable. The sense, according to Otto, is that the Logos, having received a peculiar nature, shares in the rational power of the Father as a lighted torch partakes of the light of the torch from which it is kindled. Comp. Just. Mar., Dial. c. T., chap. lxi.
[435] οἰκονομίας τὴν αἲρεσιν προσλαβόν. The above seems the simplest rendering of this difficult passage, but several others have been proposed. [See note 4, cap. ix., infra, p. 69.]
[436] [Matter not eternal. He seems to have understood Gen. i. 1, of the creation of matter; and verse 2, as beginning the history of our planet and the visible universe.]
[437] [Supposed to be a personal reference to his conversion and baptism. As to “confused matter,” it should be kindred matter, and must be set over “kindred spirit.” See p. 71, cap. xiii., infra.]
Chapter VI.—Christians’ Belief in the Resurrection.
[438] [Comp. cap. xvii., infra, note 5, p. 72. ἐν ἡμέρα συντελείας.]
[439] [A supposed discovery of modern science. See Religion and Chemistry, by Professor Cook of Harvard, pp. 79, 101. Revised Edition, Scribners, 1880.]
Chapter VII.—Concerning the Fall of Man.
[440] [Kaye’s rendering of this passage should be compared. See his Justin, p. 182.]
[441] Gen. iii. 1 [First-born. ἄγγελος πρωτόγονος.]
Chapter VIII.—The Demons Sin Among Mankind.
[442] Il., i. 599; Od., viii. 326.
[443] On fleeing from Apollo, she became a bay-tree.
[444] It is uncertain from whom this line is quoted.
Chapter IX.—They Give Rise to Superstitions.
[445] Comp. ch. viii. init.
[446] The signs of the Zodiac (Gesner).
[447] Literally, “Tell me by God,” or, “in the name of God.”
[448] The Deltotum was a star of the shape of a triangle.—Otto.
[449] [οἰκόνομος. So cap. xii., infra: “the constitution of the body is under one management,” μιᾶς ἐστὶν οἰκονομἱας. Also cap. xxi., p. 74, infra, note 5.]
Chapter X.—Ridicule of the Heathen Divinities.
[450] [He uses the verb θεολογεῖν as = θεοποιεῖν; but Kaye directs attention to Justin’s use of the same as = to discourse on divine things, and again in calling Christ God.]
[451] Hercules—a sign in the sky. Leaning on his right knee, he tries to crush with his left foot the right side of the dragon’s head.
[452] A writer of mimes.
Chapter XI.—The Sin of Men Due Not to Fate, But to Free-Will.
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