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Tertullian: Against Marcion, Books I–V
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Book V. Wherein Tertullian proves, with respect to St. Paul's epistles, what he had proved in the preceding book with respect to St. Luke's gospel. Far from being at variance, they were in perfect unison with the writings of the Old Testament, and therefore testified that the Creator was the only God, and that the Lord Jesus was his Christ. As in the preceding books, Tertullian supports his argument with profound reasoning, and many happy illustrations of Holy Scripture. — Translator and historical edition notes (part 14)
Ingenia.
Denique.
Olim.
Isa. xxix. 14 , Sept.
Isa. xlv. 3 , Sept.
Ventriloquorum, Greek ἐγγαστριμύθων .
Isa. xliv. 25 , Sept.
Isa. xlii. 6 and xlix. 6 .
Luke x. 21 .
Ergo.
Res ejus edisserens.
Uti traduceret eas.
Constructionem.
Destructionem.
Luke x. 22 .
Per.
ἐπερχόμενος ille ; on which see above, chap. xxiii. p. 385.
Marcion’s god.
Alieno abstinere.
Aut si.
Ecquomodo.
Creatoris est.
Ps. ii. 8 .
Luke x. 22 .
Isa. i. 3 .
This passage it is not easy to identify. [See Is. lxiii. 3 .] The books point to Isa. lxv. 5 , but there is there no trace of it.
Isa. xl. 15 . [Compare Is. lxiii. 3 . Sept.]
Speculam.
When the vintage was gathered, Isa. i. 8 .
Quæ competere possunt.
Luke x. 23, 24 .
Ut decuit.
Merito.
Repræsentationem.
Æque.
Tamen.
Ex. xx. 12 and Deut. vi. 2 .
Luke x. 27 .
Legalem.
Recidivæ.
This is perhaps the meaning of “ne plus aliquid observationis exigeret sublimior spe.”
Nec alius.
Principaliter.
Et utramque vitam.
Ei opponit.
Caput.
Dei tui…Marcionites.
Captanda.
Præstet.
i.e., he must needs have it taught and recommended by Christ.
Viderit.
As Marcion pretended.
Luke xi. 1 .
Suffigi.
Scito.
Proinde.
Sensum.
Luke xi. 2 .
Generavit.
Mundialis spiritus: perhaps “the breath of life.”
Gen. i. 2 .
Luke xi. 3 .
Milium.
Ps. lxviii. 25 .
Luke xi. 4 .
Prædamnavit.
Hoc ordine.
Infamat.
Luke xi. 9 .
Salutem: perhaps salvation.
Unde sum functus. This obscure clause may mean “the right of praying,” or “the right of access, and boldness to knock.”
Ad præstandum non suo homini.
Autem.
See Luke xi. 5–8 .
A sarcastic allusion to the ante-nuptial error of Marcion, which he has exposed more than once (see book i. chap. xxix. and book iv. chap. xxiii. p. 386.).
Sæculum.
Tantum quod = vixdum (Oehler).
Luke xi. 8 .
Tam cito.
Luke xi. 11–13 .
Apud quem.
Luke xi. 14 .
Isa. xxix. 18 .
Luke xi. 19 .
Luke xi. 18 .
Luke xi. 20 .
Ex. viii. 19 .
Significaret.
Vetustatum scilicet suarum.
Apud.
Applicuit.
Luke xi. 21, 22 .
Ceterum.
Defluendo.
The scorpion here represents any class of the lowest animals, especially such as stung. The Marcionites impiously made it a reproach to the Creator, that He had formed such worthless and offensive creatures. Compare book i. chap. 17, note 5. p. 283.
Luke xi. 27, 28 .
See above, on Luke viii. 21 .
Natura.
Proinde.
Purgare.
From the Marcionite point of view.
Luke xi. 29 .
Luke xi. 33 .
Luke vi. 28, also xi. 37–52 .
Fiximus.
Denotari.
Tunc.
Retractabat.
Circumferret.
Luke xi. 39 .
Lavacro.
Matt. ix. 13, xii. 7; comp. Hos. viii. 6 .
Luke xi. 41 .
The Pharisees and lawyers.
Holuscula.
Marcion’s gospel had κλῆσιν (vocationem, perhaps a general word for hospitality ) instead of κρίσιν , judgment ,—a quality which M. did not allow in his god. See Epiphanius, Hæres . xlii., Schol. 26 (Oehler and Fr. Junius).
Luke xi. 42 .
Deut. vi. 5 .
Amaxam.
Nondum palam facto.
Sectam administrat.
Isa. i. 10 .
Ps. cxviii. 9 .
Quodsiquis.
Officiis.
Idem.
Luke xi. 46 .
Suggillans.
Vocationem: Marcion’s κλῆσιν .
Nedum.
Taxat.
Clamantes.
See Isa. v. 5, 23, and x. 2 .
Isa. xxviii. 14 .
The books point to Isa. iii. 3, 4 for this; but there is only a slight similarity in the latter clause, even in the Septuagint.
Legis doctores: the νομικοί of the Gospels.
Luke xi. 47 .
Zelotes.
Arguunt.
Luke xi. 52 .
As Marcion held Him to be.
A Marcionite position.
Sævum.
Deficiendo.
As narrated by St. Luke xii. 1–21 .
Contumaces.
Luke xii. 2 .
Luke xii. 4 .
Isa. lvii. 1 .
Luke xii. 5 .
Demereri.
Luke xii. 8 .
Occidi habebunt.
Luke xii. 9 .
Post occisionem.
Luke xii. 10 .
So full of blasphemy, as he is, against the Creator.
Infuscat.
Luke xii. 11, 12 .
Documentum.
Simul.
Num. xxii.–xxiv .
A Marcionite objection.
“Two men of the Hebrews.”—A.V.
Ex. ii. 13, 14 .
Luke xii. 13, 14 .
Ne uteretur.
Excusserat. Oehler interprets the word by temptaverat .
Nunquid indigne tulerit.
This is an instance of the title “ Spirit ” being applied to the divine nature of the Son. See Bp. Bull’s Def. Nic. Fid . (by the translator). [See note 13, p. 375, supra .]
Above, chap. xv. of this book, p. 369, supra .
Comp. 1 Sam. ii. 8 with Ps. cxiii. 7 and Luke i. 52 .
Luke xii. 16–20 .
Apud Persas.
Isa. xxxix .
Agere curam: take thought.—A.V.
Luke xii. 22–28 .
Æmulam.
Flosculo: see Luke xii. 24–27 .
Ultro subjectis.
Pro sua vilitate.
Luke xii. 28 .
Tantum quod revelato.
Luke xii. 30 .
Luke xii. 30 .
Expunxerim.
Luke xii. 31 .
De alieno bonus.
Qualis.
Secundo gradu.
Status.
Peræquatio.
Cui per omnia pariaverint.
Luke xii. 35 .
Luke xii. 35 .
Luke xii. 36 .
Luke xii. 39 .
Sed ille potius.
A censure on Marcion’s Christ.
Suffossus.
Luke xi. 40 .
Defendo.
Portendat.
Salvo.
Luke xii. 41 .
Actorum.
Luke xii. 41–46 .
Illi catechizat.
Decet.
Luke xii. 49 .
Ille: Marcion’s Christ.
Iste: the Creator.
Ps. xcvii. 3 .
Hos. viii. 14 .
Vel: or, “if you please;” indicating some uncertainty in the quotation. The passage is more like Jer. xv. 14 than anything in Isaiah (see, however, Isa. xxx. 27, 30 ).
Viderit.
Luke xii. 51 .
Pamelius supposes that Tertullian here refers to St. Matthew’s account, where the word is μάχαιραν , on the ground that the mss. and versions of St. Luke’s Gospel invariably read διαμερισμόν . According to Rigaltius, however, Tertullian means that sword is written in Marcion’s Gospel of Luke, as if the heretic had adulterated the