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Introductory Note to Taitian the Assyrian
[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.
[453] Or, reading with Maranus, κἃν … γεν., “even though,” etc.
[454] [Think of a Chaldean heathen, by the power of grace, thus transformed. Sapiens solus liber, but the Christian alone is wise. This chapter compares favourably with the eloquence of Chrysostom in his letter to Cyriac, which, if spurious, is made up of passages to be found elsewhere in his works. Tom. iii. p. 683. Ed. Migne, Paris, 1859.]
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