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Introduction, by the American Editor.

[6911] But slaves, in fact.

[6912] This parenthetic clause, “tacendo jam dixi,” perhaps means, “I say this with shame,” “I would rather not have to say it.”

[6913] The common reading is, “Onesimum Æonem,” an Æon called Onesimus, in supposed allusion to Philemon’s Onesimus. But this is too far-fetched. Oehler discovers in “Onesimum” the corruption of some higher number ending in “esimum.”

[6914] This is Oehler’s idea of “et nulla jam fabula.” Rigaltius, however, gives a good sense to this clause: “All will come true at last; there will be no fable.”

[6915] The same as Macariotes, in ch. viii. above, p. 507.

Chapter XXXIII.—These Remaining Chapters an Appendix to the Main Work. In This Chapter Tertullian Notices a Difference Among Sundry Followers of Ptolemy, a Disciple of Valentinus.

[6916] Velut epicitharisma.

[6917] Emendatoribus.

[6918] Censum.

Chapter XXXV.—Yet More Discrepancies. Just Now the Sex of Bythus Was an Object of Dispute; Now His Rank Comes in Question. Absurd Substitutes for Bythus Criticised by Tertullian.

[6919] Tertullian, however, here gives the Latin synonyme, Invisibilis.

Chapter XXXVI.—Less Reprehensible Theories in the Heresy. Bad is the Best of Valentinianism.

[6920] The “Gemonian steps” on the Aventine led to the Tiber, to which the bodies of executed criminals were dragged by hooks, to be cast into the river.

[6921] Mappa, quod aiunt, missa: a proverbial expression.

[6922] Istam.

[6923] See above, ch. vii. p. 506.

Chapter XXXVII.—Other Turgid and Ridiculous Theories About the Origin of the Æons and Creation, Stated and Condemned.

[6924] Oehler gives good reasons for the reading “ingenia circulatoria,” instead of the various readings of other editors.

[6925] Insignioris apud eos magistri.

[6926] Non proferentes. Another reading is “non proserentes” (not generating).

[6927] Sermo.

[6928] Or, solitariness.

[6929] Or, Union.

[6930] Compare our Irenæus, I. 2, 3. [Vol. I. p. 316.]

Chapter XXXVIII.—Diversity in the Opinions of Secundus, as Compared with the General Doctrine of Valentinus.

[6931] Achamoth.

Chapter XXXIX.—Their Diversity of Sentiment Affects the Very Central Doctrine of Christianity, Even the Person and Character of the Lord Jesus. This Diversity Vitiates Every Gnostic School.

 

 

 

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