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Introductory Note to Taitian the Assyrian
[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.]
[455] [Comp. cap. xv., infra, and the note 6, p. 71.]
Chapter XII.—The Two Kinds of Spirits.
[456] [See cap. xv., infra.]
[457] Literally, “brought forth” or “forward.” The word does not imply that matter was created by God.
[458] Tatian’s words are somewhat obscure. We have given substantially the opinion of Worth, as expressed in his translation. The sense is: The body is evidently a unity in its organization and its activity, and the ultimate end which it serves in creation is that with which it is occupied, yet there are differences in respect of the parts. Otto renders: “For as the constitution of the body is of one plan, and in reference to the body the cause of its origin is occupied.”
[459] [Demons. The Paris editors have a note here, bidding us to read with caution; as our author seems rashly to imagine the demons to be material creatures. p. 151, ed. 1615.]
[460] [“Which, though one and the same, is thus variously modified.” Kaye’s rendering in his Justin, p. 184.]
Chapter XIII.—Theory of the Soul’s Immortality.
[461] [Here Bishop Kaye has a very full note, quoting a beautiful passage textually from Beausobre, with whom, however, he does not entirely coincide. Justin, p. 184.]
[463] [See cap. v., note, supra, p. 67.]
[464] [τοῦ πεπονθότος Θεοῦ. A very noteworthy testimony to the mystery of the Cross, and an early specimen of the Communicatio idiomatum: the ἀντὶδοσις or ἀντιμετάστασις of the Greek theologians. Pearson, On the Creed, p. 314. London, 1824.]
Chapter XIV.—The Demons Shall Be Punished More Severely Than Men.
[465] [The shortening of human life is a gracious limitation of tarnsgression and of the peril of probation. “Let not our years be multiplied to increase our guilt.”]
Chapter XV.—Necessity of a Union with the Holy Spirit.
[466] [δεσμὸς δὲ τοῦ σαρκὸς ψυχὴ.]
[467] Comp. 1 Cor. ii. 14, 15. [The ψυχικοὶ, of whom we are to hear so much in Tertullian. Comp. cap. xii., supra, p. 70.]
[468] [But Kaye would translate, “by dying to the world through faith.”]
Chapter XVI.—Vain Display of Power by the Demons.
[470] [For a learned and valuable comparison of early patristic Demonologies, see Kaye’s Justin Martyr, pp. 201–210.]
[471] Perhaps in his treatise “On Animals.”
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