Anti-Marcion

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Chapter VIII.—The Names and Descent of Other Æons; First Half a Score, Then Two More, and Ultimately a Dozen Besides. These Thirty Constitute the Pleroma. But Why Be So Capricious as to Stop at Thirty?

^[6697] We everywhere give Tertullian’s own names, whether of Greek form or Latin. On their first occurrence we also give their English sense.

^[6698] Ebulliunt.

^[6699] Proinde conjugales.

^[6700] Of this name there are two forms—Αἶνος (Praise) and ᾽Αεινοῦς (Eternal Mind).

^[6701] Or Τελετός (Teletus). Another form of this Æon’s name is Φιλητός (Philetus = Beloved). Oehler always reads Theletus.

^[6702] Cogor.

^[6703] Frigidissimus.

^[6704] Cum virum fortem peroraret…inquit.

^[6705] Tertullian’s joke lies in the equivocal sense of this cry, which may mean either admiration and joy, or grief and rage.

^[6706] Audisti: interrogatively.

^[6707] See above, chap. iv. p. 505.

^[6708] Privilegia.

^[6709] Castrata.

^[6710] Tanta numerorum coagula.

^[6711] The pædagogium was either the place where boys were trained as pages (often for lewd purposes), or else the boy himself of such a character.

^[6712] Oehler reads, “hetæri (ἑταῖροι) et syntrophi.” Another reading, supported by Rigaltius, is “sterceiæ,” instead of the former word, which gives a very contemptuous sense, suitable to Tertullian’s irony.

Chapter IX.—Other Capricious Features in the System. The Æons Unequal in Attributes. The Superiority of Nus; The Vagaries of Sophia Restrained by Horos. Grand Titles Borne by This Last Power.

^[6713] Exceptio.

^[6714] Tertullian has, above, remarked on the silent and secret practices of the Valentinians: see chap. i. p. 503.

^[6715] In hunc derivaret.

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