Book of Heresies 147.1–155.11
Latin text: Marx, CSEL 38 (1898) (Latin text: F. Marx, CSEL 38 (1898), digitized by Open Greek and Latin (csel-dev, University of Leipzig), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 147
147.1CSEL 38:116
Sunt quidam heretici non intellegentes quod dicit scriptura: Diis alienis non maledicetis; et ita obseruant, putantes de uanitate paganorum dixisse, atque ita sentientes non paruum salutis suae sustinent detrimentum.
There are some heretics who do not understand what Scripture says: “You shall not curse foreign gods”; and they observe it so, thinking that it spoke of the vanity of the pagans, and, thinking so, they suffer no small loss to their salvation.
Exod 22:28 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some think Scripture forbids cursing pagan gods.
- Exod 22:28 in the Greek form (“gods”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray hyphen): intelleg-entes → intellegentes.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 147.1 (CSEL 38:116; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/147-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.2CSEL 38:116–117
Cum enim Moses dicat: Templa eorum destruetis, idola frangetis, et Abraham beatissimus frangens idola iustificatus est, et Gedeon nocte incendens idola et frangens ea a domino Christo tantum uirtutis meruit impetrare, ut cum paucis infinitos uinceret inimicos, omnesque iusti, ut Helias beatus et alii itidem, quomodo ergo hic aestimat homo inprudens de idolorum dixisse uanitate, isdemque non esse maledicendum? cum Dauid dicit: Similes illis fiant qui adorant ea.
For since Moses says, “You shall destroy their temples, you shall break their idols,” and the most blessed Abraham was justified by breaking idols, and Gideon, burning idols by night and breaking them, deserved to obtain such great strength from the Lord Christ that with a few he conquered countless enemies, and all the just, like blessed Elijah and others likewise — how then does this imprudent man think that it spoke of the vanity of idols, and that they are not to be cursed? For David says: “Let those who worship them become like them.”
Deut 7:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Judg 6:25–27 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 115:8 (113:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Moses, Abraham, Gideon and David opposed idols.
- Deut 7:5 (12:3); Abraham breaking idols is a Jewish tradition (cf. Jub. 12); Judg 6:25–27; 7:7; Ps 115:8 (113:16 LXX/Vulg.).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; split word; stray letters): frangetis i s, → frangetis,; in cendens → incendens; uil tutis → uirtutis.
Extrabiblical texts: Jub. 12.12 (Jubilees [in the ETH canon]; allusion)
Topics: Idolatry
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 147.2 (CSEL 38:116–117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/147-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.3CSEL 38:117
Hic itaque diis non esse maledicendum alienis cum dicit, id est iustis ab origine mundi colentibus pietatem ueram, id est angelis et sanctis aliis uerae fidei dedicatis non esse maledicendum.
Here, then, when he says that foreign gods are not to be cursed, [he means] the just who from the origin of the world have practised true piety, that is, that angels and other saints devoted to the true faith are not to be cursed.
Notes and citation
Summary: The “gods” not to be cursed are the saints and angels.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 147.3 (CSEL 38:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/147-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.4CSEL 38:117
Nam quod omnes iusti maledixerint idolis et fregerint ea, et inde meruerint gratiam, ut Moses fecit de monte descendens Sina, et quod Christi nuntii sunt dii, ut Moses Pharaoni et Aegyptiis, cum scriptura clamet:
For that all the just cursed idols and broke them, and therefore deserved grace, as Moses did when coming down from Mount Sinai, and that the messengers of Christ are gods, as Moses was to Pharaoh and the Egyptians, since Scripture cries:
Exod 32:19–20 (allusion, high confidence) · Exod 7:1 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The just broke idols; Christ's messengers are called gods.
- Exod 32:19–20; Exod 7:1.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): maledixeIint → maledixerint.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 147.4 (CSEL 38:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/147-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.5CSEL 38:117
Ego dixi dii estis < dubium non est,) utique qui sanctam adorandam trinitatem colentes forti fide praedicant; qui et omnes iusti uere beati et sancti sunt, et ut dii infidelium scilicet dinoscuntur, quia ait dominus: Ad quos fuit uerbum dei *** et per eos praedicatum est, incredulorum dii ipsi sunt appellati, ut Paulus, Barnabas, et Moses Pharaoni; qui non sunt maledicendi,
“I said, you are gods,” <is not doubtful,> namely those who, worshipping the holy and adorable Trinity, preach with strong faith; and all the just are truly blessed and holy, and are known as gods of the unbelievers, because the Lord says: “To whom the word of God came” …, and through whom it was preached, they themselves were called gods of the unbelievers, like Paul, Barnabas, and Moses to Pharaoh; these are not to be cursed,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Ps 82:6 (81:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · John 10:35 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 14:11–12 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those to whom God's word came are called gods.
- Ps 82:6 (81:6); John 10:35; cf. Acts 14:11–12. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”); the angle brackets are the editor's supplement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (split word; stray letters): d ii estis → dii estis; fuit u e uerbum → fuit uerbum.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 147.5 (CSEL 38:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/147-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.6CSEL 38:117
sed modis omnibus conlaudandi atque honorandi et glorificandi, ut dixit Dauid: Timentes autem dominum glorificabit; et dominus: Glorificantes me glorificabo. Non ergo intellegentes uirtutem scripturarum ex littera paganitati consentiunt, et alieni a Christianitate repperiuntur.
but are to be praised, honoured and glorified in every way, as David said: “But he will glorify those who fear the Lord”; and the Lord: “Those who glorify me I will glorify.” So those who do not understand the force of the Scriptures agree with paganism from the letter and are found strangers to Christianity.
Ps 15:4 (14:4 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Sam 2:30 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The saints are to be honoured.
- Ps 15:4 (14:4); 1 Sam 2:30.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated letter; split word; stray mark): glorificabo o. → glorificabo.; intelleg.entes → intellegentes; con sentiunt → consentiunt.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 147.6 (CSEL 38:117; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/147-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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147.7CSEL 38:117–118
Quia ergo non credebant iustis Iudaei prophetis et aliis talibus, alieni et isti sicut et pagani iudicabantur a domino per scripturam, atque ita nuntiabatur, ne maledicerent suis doctoribus et prophetis, iustis et aliis.
Since, then, the Jews did not believe the just prophets and others like them, they too were judged strangers like the pagans by the Lord through Scripture, and so it was announced that they should not curse their teachers and prophets, the just and others.
Notes and citation
Summary: The command forbade cursing the prophets.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 147.7 (CSEL 38:117–118; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/147-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 148
148.1CSEL 38:118
Sunt quidam heretici legentes in Genesi de Melchisedech sacerdote atque rege, qui erat in Salem ciuitate tunc temporis ita nominata sub Abraham beatissimo patriarcha, de quo ait scriptura, sine patre, sine matre eum fuisse genitum, **t cum.
There are some heretics who read in Genesis about Melchizedek, priest and king, who was in the city then called Salem under the most blessed patriarch Abraham, of whom Scripture says that he was born without father, without mother, … while
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Gen 14:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 7:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some misunderstand Melchizedek's being without father or mother.
- Gen 14:18; Heb 7:3. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.1 (CSEL 38:118; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.2CSEL 38:118
sit hoc contrarium ita sentire. Scriptura enim non de carnali eum generatione editum esse negauit, sed de iustis eum non genitum parentibus declarauit, qui naturali studio de mandato pristino ad tantam Christi peruenire meruit scientiam, ut, quae a parentibus suis non audierat, proprio tamen studio maiora Christi mysteria per mandatum agnosceret offerenda, cum dicat dominus per prophetas: Ecce ego facio noua; et: Priusquam ueniant, adnuntiata sunt uobis; et: Nolite meminisse praeterita; quae in lege carnaliter dicta sunt.
it is contrary to think so. For Scripture did not deny that he was born by carnal generation, but declared that he was not born of righteous parents; by natural zeal from the original commandment he deserved to come to such knowledge of Christ that, though he had not heard it from his parents, he yet by his own zeal recognized the greater mysteries of Christ to be offered according to the commandment, since the Lord says through the prophets: “Behold, I make new things”; and: “Before they come, they are announced to you”; and: “Do not remember the former things,” which were said carnally in the law.
Isa 43:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 42:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 43:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Melchizedek had no righteous parents but knew Christ's mysteries by his own zeal.
- Isa 43:19; 42:9; 43:18.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): suis! → suis.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.2 (CSEL 38:118; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.3CSEL 38:118–119
Et saluator ait: Quod nascitur de carne, caro est, et quod nascitur de spiritu, spiritus est. De hoc enim cum dicit, sine patre, sine matre editum, sine traditione atque doctrina parentum eum fuisse inquisitorem scriptura nuntiauit, naturaque potentem ac capacem caelestis sapientiae, id est Christi mysterii per mandatum declarauit aduertentem.
And the Saviour says: “What is born of the flesh is flesh, and what is born of the Spirit is spirit.” For when it says of him that he was born without father, without mother, Scripture announced that he was a seeker without the tradition and teaching of parents, and declared him by nature powerful and capable of heavenly wisdom, that is, attending to the mystery of Christ through the commandment.
John 3:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: “Without father or mother” means without parental teaching.
- John 3:6.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.3 (CSEL 38:118–119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.4CSEL 38:119
Quod sciens apostolus naturam hominum caelestis scientiae ac pietatis esse capacem in omnibus praedicabat ita: Cum enim gentes, quae legem non habent, naturaliter ea quae legis sunt faciunt,
Knowing this, the apostle preached that human nature is in all respects capable of heavenly knowledge and piety, thus: “For when the gentiles, who do not have the law, do by nature the things of the law,
Rom 2:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul says gentiles can do the law by nature.
- Rom 2:14–15.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.4 (CSEL 38:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.5CSEL 38:119
isti legem non habentes ipsi sibi sunt lex, qui ostendunt opus legis scriptum in cordibus suis, et cetera. Quod etiam ait dominus Petro quia caro et sanguis non illi reuelasset, sed pater qui in caeli est, fidem quippe domini saluatoris ostendens. Ideoque et ipse iterum dominus: Si quis non renatus fuerit ex aqua et spiritu, non intrabit, inquit, in regnum caelorum. Et iterum in lege:
these, not having the law, are a law to themselves, who show the work of the law written in their hearts,” and so on. This the Lord also says to Peter, that flesh and blood had not revealed it to him, but the Father who is in heaven, pointing indeed to faith in the Lord the Saviour. And therefore the Lord himself again: “If anyone is not reborn of water and the Spirit, he will not enter,” he says, “the kingdom of heaven.” And again in the law:
Rom 2:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 16:17 (allusion, high confidence) · John 3:5 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Faith comes by God's revelation and rebirth.
- Rom 2:14–15; Matt 16:17; John 3:5.
Topics: Baptism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.5 (CSEL 38:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.6CSEL 38:119
Qui dixerunt patri et matri Non nouimus uos, isti custodierunt mandatum meum <cum> dicit dominus, non genituram parentum odiendam utique, sed impietatem eorum paganam spernendam atque damnandam esse modis omnibus *** conlaudabat, cum dicat: Si quis non renuntiauerit suis omnibus, non erit dignus in regno caelorum. Hic igitur beatus.
“Those who said to father and mother, We do not know you, these kept my commandment,” <when> the Lord says, not that the begetting of parents is to be hated, but that their pagan impiety is to be spurned and condemned in every way … he praised, since he says: “If anyone does not renounce all his own, he will not be worthy in the kingdom of heaven.” This blessed
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Deut 33:9 (quotation, medium confidence) · Luke 14:33 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Renouncing parents means rejecting their impiety.
- Deut 33:9 (freely); Luke 14:33 (freely). The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): Si quia → Si quis.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.6 (CSEL 38:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.7CSEL 38:119
Melchisedech, cum de alienigenis, id est Cananeis impiis fuisset editus, contempta impietate parentum, cum capax legis diuinae caelestis esset suo studio ut dei imago, inquisito Christi mysterio, contemptis impiis parentibus, non solum cognoscere Christum dominum ante in mandato, insuper etiam eius caeleste mysterium meruit intuens et intellegens celebrare. Ideoque et apostolus baptizatis dicebat:
Melchizedek, then, though born of foreigners, that is, of the impious Canaanites, despising his parents' impiety, being by his own zeal capable of the heavenly divine law as the image of God, having sought out the mystery of Christ and despised his impious parents, deserved not only to know Christ the Lord beforehand in the commandment, but moreover, seeing and understanding, to celebrate his heavenly mystery. And therefore the apostle too said to the baptized:
Notes and citation
Summary: Melchizedek, born of Canaanites, celebrated Christ's mystery.
Topics: Eucharist
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.7 (CSEL 38:119; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.8CSEL 38:119–120
Vos autem non estis in carne, sed in spiritu. Duorum igitur populorum, Melchisedech et Abrahae erat tunc in unum societatis coniunctio, praeputii quippe et circumcisionis conueniens ratio, ut Melchisedech quidem personam Christianorum gereret, ita
“But you are not in the flesh but in the Spirit.” So there was then a joining of fellowship into one of two peoples, Melchizedek and Abraham, a fitting relation of uncircumcision and circumcision, so that Melchizedek bore the person of the Christians,
Rom 8:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Melchizedek and Abraham represent Christians and Jews.
- Rom 8:9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (punctuation slip): populorum. Melchisedech → populorum, Melchisedech.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.8 (CSEL 38:119–120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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148.9CSEL 38:120
ut nos uiuimus et celebramus in omnibus, Iudaeorum autem in figura Abrahae <appareret) circumcisio, Christi quippe fidei subdita, caelestique eius inseruiens mysterio salutari, ut Abraham beatus Melchisedech sacerdoti magno erat subditus, cui insuper etiam decimas de suis facultatibus offerendo non dubitaret ** et ut regi atque sacerdoti dei, quomodo nunc Iudaeorum indocilitas subiecta nobis est ut uelit ediscere atque a nobis de lege et prophetis Christi mysteria paulatim agnoscere atque in eius passione caelestem sperare scientiam de lege pariter et prophetis.
as we live and celebrate in all things, while in the figure of Abraham <appeared> the circumcision of the Jews, subject indeed to the faith of Christ and serving his heavenly saving mystery, as blessed Abraham was subject to Melchizedek the great priest, to whom moreover he did not hesitate to offer tithes from his possessions …, as to a king and priest of God; as now the indocility of the Jews is subject to us, so that it may wish to learn and gradually recognize from us the mysteries of Christ from the law and the prophets, and hope in his passion for heavenly knowledge from the law and the prophets alike.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Gen 14:20 (allusion, high confidence) · Heb 7:4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Abraham's tithe to Melchizedek prefigures the Jews' subjection to the church.
- Gen 14:20; Heb 7:4. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”). Philastrius's view of the Jews is translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): subditus,! → subditus,.
Topics: The church and Israel
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 148.9 (CSEL 38:120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/148-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 149
149.1CSEL 38:120
Sunt quidam legentes in Zacharia quod dicit: Ieiunium quarto die, et ieiunium quinto, et ieiunium septimo, et ieiunium decimo erit domui Israhel in exultationem et gaudium. Quid ergo? si quis omnem septimanam uoluerit aut menses ieiunare multos, in praeiudicium incursurus est?
There are some who read in Zechariah what it says: “The fast of the fourth day, and the fast of the fifth, and the fast of the seventh, and the fast of the tenth will be for the house of Israel joy and gladness.” What then? If anyone wishes to fast every week or for many months, will he incur condemnation?
Zech 8:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some take Zechariah's four fasts to forbid further fasting.
- Zech 8:19 (“day” for “month”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray marks): ; Sunt quidam legentes.. in Zacharia. quod → Sunt quidam legentes in Zacharia quod.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 149.1 (CSEL 38:120; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/149-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.2CSEL 38:120–121
Absit. Immo potius laudem habebit ampliorem; ut multi prophetae fecerunt, et iusti homines cottidie faciunt plurimi. Sed cum dicit quattuor ieiunia, ueluti dies quattuor ieiunandos decernit, non autem nobis dixit aut mensis alicuius aut anni, sed sic absolute praedicauit, ut mysteria Christianitatis in ipsis quattuor ieiuniis nuntiata cognosceremus.
Far from it. Rather he will have greater praise, as many prophets did and very many just men do daily. But when it speaks of four fasts, it decrees as it were four days to be fasted, but did not tell us of what month or year, but preached it so absolutely that we might recognize the mysteries of Christianity announced in those four fasts.
Notes and citation
Summary: The four fasts point to Christian mysteries.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray mark): praedicanit → praedicauit; ipsis. quattuor → ipsis quattuor.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 149.2 (CSEL 38:120–121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/149-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.3CSEL 38:121
Nam per annum quattuor ieiunia in ecclesia celebrantur, in natale primum, deinde in pascha, tertio in ascensione, quarto in pentecosten. Nam in natale saluatoris domini ieiunandum est, deinde in pascha quadragensimae aeque, in ascensione itidem in caelum post pascham die quadragensimo, inde usque ad pentecosten diebus decem aut postea:
For through the year four fasts are celebrated in the church: first at the Nativity, then at Pascha, third at the Ascension, fourth at Pentecost. For at the birthday of the Lord the Saviour one must fast, then at Pascha, of Lent likewise, at the Ascension into heaven likewise, on the fortieth day after Pascha, and from then to Pentecost for ten days or afterwards:
Notes and citation
Summary: The church keeps four fasts: Nativity, Pascha, Ascension and Pentecost.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): pascha,. → pascha,.
Topics: Fasting, Easter and the church year
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 149.3 (CSEL 38:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/149-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.4CSEL 38:121
quod fecerunt beati apostoli post ascensionem ieiuniis et orationibus insistentes, ut scriptum est quod meruerint pro pentecosten plenitudinem diuini spiritus et perfectionem consequi potestatis, ut, inrigatione diuini spiritus affluente, iam armis instructi caelestibus, omni dubietate seposita, in qua erant antea, post autem doctores inuicti et gloriosi martyres ipsius domini fieri cottidie properabant, Iudaeos et paganos edocentes,
as the blessed apostles did after the Ascension, persisting in fasts and prayers, as it is written, so that they deserved at Pentecost to obtain the fullness of the divine Spirit and the perfection of power, so that, with the watering of the divine Spirit flowing, now equipped with heavenly arms, setting aside all the doubt in which they had been before, they afterwards hastened daily to become unconquered teachers and glorious martyrs of the Lord himself, teaching Jews and pagans,
Acts 1:14 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 2:1–4 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The apostles fasted and prayed before Pentecost.
- Acts 1:14; 2:1–4.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (l for I)): ludaeos → Iudaeos.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 149.4 (CSEL 38:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/149-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.5CSEL 38:121
eisque de lege et prophetis Christum ubique deum cum patre sempiternum prophetarum testimoniis conprobantes, eiusque praesentiam carnalem saluberrimam orbi terrarum adnuntiantes. Alii autem putant secundum quattuor tempora anni cuiusque dixisse scripturam,
and proving to them from the law and the prophets by the testimonies of the prophets that Christ is everywhere God everlasting with the Father, and announcing his most saving bodily presence to the world. Others think that Scripture spoke according to the four seasons of each year,
Notes and citation
Summary: Others link the four fasts to the four seasons.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 149.5 (CSEL 38:121; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/149-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.6CSEL 38:121–122
alii etiam de Noe dixisse adserunt, <quod primum,) quando audiit, et credidit, deinde cum arcam confecit, postea autem cum intrauit in eam, quarto quando exiuit de arca. Alii autem Iudaeorum Israhel dixisse scripturam arbitrantur, quod, cum audiuit populus primum in Aegypto per Mosen, tunc temporis et credidit, liberatus de Pharaone et Aegyptiis, deinde quod exiuit de Aegypto, tertio quod in montem iit et accepit legem a domino saluatore, quarto quod intrauit in terram repromissionis;
others again assert that it spoke of Noah: <first,> when he heard and believed, then when he made the ark, afterwards when he entered it, fourth when he came out of the ark. Others think that Scripture spoke of Israel, of the Jews: that the people first heard in Egypt through Moses and believed at that time, being freed from Pharaoh and the Egyptians; then that it went out of Egypt; third that it went to the mountain and received the law from the Lord the Saviour; fourth that it entered the land of promise;
Notes and citation
Summary: Others refer the four fasts to Noah or to Israel's exodus.
- The angle brackets are the editor's supplement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; repeated syllables): aream confecit → arcam confecit; lib liberatus s de → liberatus de.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 149.6 (CSEL 38:121–122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/149-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.7CSEL 38:122
sed non omnes introierunt, sicut scriptum est, nisi duo soli, Iesus et Chaleph, ut dixit scriptura. Alii autem dixerunt quod quattuor ieiunia sunt indicta ecclesiae ista in quattuor libris Mosi, quia primum fecit deus omnia in Genesi et hominem, ut scriptum est, secundo in Exodo, quod de tenebris liberatus exibit omnis homo credens in Christum deum, tertio quod in Leuitico offert sacrificia diuersa, quae sunt ibi omnia Christianitatis mysteria, quarto quod post oblationem donorum spiritalium in libro Numeri mereatur omnis fidelis conscribi, quod ait et dominus: Gaudete, quoniam nomina uestra scripta sunt in libro caelorum.
but not all entered, as it is written, except only two, Joshua and Caleb, as Scripture said. Others said that these four fasts are enjoined on the church in four books of Moses: first, because God made all things in Genesis and man, as it is written; second, in Exodus, because every man who believes in Christ God will go out freed from darkness; third, because in Leviticus he offers various sacrifices, which are all mysteries of Christianity; fourth, because after the offering of spiritual gifts every faithful one deserves to be enrolled in the book of Numbers, as the Lord too says: “Rejoice, because your names are written in the book of heaven.”
Num 14:30 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 10:20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Others link the four fasts to four books of Moses.
- Num 14:30; Luke 10:20 (with “book”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): offet → offert.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 149.7 (CSEL 38:122; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/149-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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149.8CSEL 38:122–123
Ideo et Dauid de Iudaeis dicit: Deleantur de libro, et cum iustis non scribantur. Et ipse iterum: Et in libro tuo in te credentes conscribentur. Haec etiam ieiunia in quattuor euangelia nos oportet accipere de patriarchis, prophetis, sacerdotibus et apostolis, quae in nobis complenda sunt, quod primum fides patriarcharum, deinde uirtus prophetarum, tertio labor sacerdotum, quarto apostolorum perfectio inuicti certaminis nuntiantur: quae diuersae uirtutes inuicem cum suis uirescunt conexae temporibus, et, docentes homines, diuersa iucunditatis gaudia desiderantibus et capientibus subministrant,
Therefore David too says of the Jews: “Let them be blotted out of the book, and not be written with the righteous.” And again he himself: “And in your book those who believe in you will be written.” We must also take these fasts as the four gospels, of the patriarchs, prophets, priests and apostles, which are to be fulfilled in us: first the faith of the patriarchs, then the virtue of the prophets, third the labour of the priests, fourth the perfection of the apostles in unconquered contest are announced; and these different virtues flourish, joined with one another in their times, and, teaching men, supply various joys of delight to those who desire and receive them,
Ps 69:28 (68:29 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 139:16 (138:16 LXX) (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The four fasts are also taken as four gospels and four orders of saints.
- Ps 69:28 (68:29); the second quotation is a free form of Ps 139:16 (138:16).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray letter): accipere w de → accipere de; nirtus → uirtus.
Topics: Fasting
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 149.8 (CSEL 38:122–123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/149-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 150
150.1CSEL 38:123
Sunt heretici qui cum legunt in Solomone: Sexaginta reginae, et LXXX concubinae, et iuuenculae quarum numerus non est, putant eum mulierum causa et iuuenarum atque concubinarum numerum edixisse. Cumque ita sentiunt, infructuosi, immo potius ut pagani impii et Iudaei ineruditi atque indocti iudicantur,
There are heretics who, when they read in Solomon, “Sixty queens and eighty concubines and maidens without number,” think that he stated the number for the sake of women, maidens and concubines. And when they think so, they are judged fruitless, or rather impious like pagans and ignorant and untaught like Jews,
Song 6:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some read Song 6:8 literally of Solomon's women.
- Song 6:8.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.1 (CSEL 38:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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150.2CSEL 38:123
ignorantes quod haec rationabilia sunt et intellectibilia ab eodem nuntiata, quae in Christi maiestate et potentia diuersa gratiarum munera humano generi ostendebantur aduentura diuersisque temporibus uoluntati hominum ac capacitati desiderantium ab eodem inpertita, non deo negante parem gratiam, sed, iuxta quod capere potuisse uoluntas hominum nosceretur, ipso domino tribuente atque conferente quaerentibus studiose, cum dicat beatus apostolus Petrus: In ueritate comperi quod deus personarum acceptor non est. Et Paulus apostolus.
not knowing that these things were announced by him as rational and intelligible, which in the majesty and power of Christ were shown as different gifts of graces to come to the human race, and imparted by him at different times to the will and capacity of those who desire, not that God denies equal grace, but that the Lord himself grants and confers it on those who seek it diligently, according to what the will of men is known to be able to receive, as the blessed apostle Peter says: “In truth I have found that God is not a respecter of persons.” And Paul the apostle
Acts 10:34 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The numbers signify different gifts of grace by capacity.
- Acts 10:34.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.2 (CSEL 38:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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150.3CSEL 38:123
itidem: Deus hominis, inquit, personam non accipit. Ex uoluntate itaque iuxta quod capit quisquis et desiderat, ita et a deo Christo ei tribuitur atque inpertitur cottidie. Diuersae igitur dignitates ac diuersae gloriae a Salomone nobis nuntiatae sunt: in mandato quippe, lege et Christi gratia, omnique, id est primo et secundo et postremo tempore, populis quae diuersa meritorum conlata sint munera dignitatis, ut priori populo, deinde Iudaeorum, tertio Christianorum;
likewise: “God,” he says, “does not accept the person of man.” So according to will, according to what each receives and desires, so it is granted and imparted to him daily by God, by Christ. So different ranks and different glories were announced to us by Solomon: namely what different gifts of rank of merits were conferred on peoples in the commandment, the law and the grace of Christ, and in every, that is, the first, second and last time: on the first people, then on that of the Jews, third on that of the Christians;
Gal 2:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Solomon's figures signify the different glories of three peoples.
- Gal 2:6.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): diuersą → diuersa.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.3 (CSEL 38:123; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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150.4CSEL 38:123–124
quia, ab illis prioribus qui ante Iudaeos fuerunt cum edocemur, in Christi praesentia et dei Christi diuersam effusam gratiam capientibus et quaerentibus cottidie peruidemus effundi.
because, when we are taught by those earlier ones who were before the Jews, we see in the presence of Christ the various grace of God, of Christ, poured out daily on those who receive and seek it.
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ's varied grace is poured out daily on seekers.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.4 (CSEL 38:123–124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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150.5CSEL 38:124
Nam quod aliae animae ad regimonium, aliae ad coniunctionem, aliae ad incrementum perfectionis aetatis in coniunctionem futurae fidei Christi domini uocarentur, manifestum est, dicente apostolo: Qui coheret Christo domino, unum corpus est. Nam ubi reginae nomen dicitur, regni caelestis manifestatur excellens nobilitatis sublimitas, quod et dominus uocationem multorum praedicans paucorum electionem adnuntiat adfuturam, in quibus triplex uirtutis dignitas enitescit.
For it is clear that some souls were called to rule, others to union, others to growth in the perfection of age, into union with the future faith of Christ the Lord, as the apostle says: “He who cleaves to Christ the Lord is one body.” For where the name “queen” is spoken, the excellent sublimity of the nobility of the heavenly kingdom is shown; the Lord too, preaching the calling of many, announces that the election of few will come, in whom a threefold dignity of virtue shines out.
1 Cor 6:17 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 22:14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Queens, concubines and maidens signify three kinds of souls.
- Cf. 1 Cor 6:17; Matt 22:14.
Topics: The soul
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.5 (CSEL 38:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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150.6CSEL 38:124
Et in euangelio dicente domino ad illum: Si uis esse perfectus, uade, uende omnia quae habes et da pauperibus, et ueni sequere me, et habebis thesaurum in caelo, at ille tristatus, inquit, est, ut scriptum est.
And in the gospel, when the Lord says to that man: “If you wish to be perfect, go, sell all that you have and give to the poor, and come, follow me, and you will have treasure in heaven,” he, it says, was saddened, as it is written.
Matt 19:21–22 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The rich young man illustrates the call to perfection.
- Matt 19:21–22.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): Et in. euangelio → Et in euangelio.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.6 (CSEL 38:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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150.7CSEL 38:124
Ergo etsi ante generaliter secundum temporis diuisionem populorumque factum est, adtamen in Christi praesentia triplex gratia resplendet ac dignitas, ut alii perfecti, alii sequentes, alii postea secuturi demonstrarentur non in uno modo dignitatis, id est regni caelestis inueniendi, sed secundum fidem atque laborem eorum atque diuersa certamina mercedem congruam adepturi, dicente domino: Multae mansiones sunt apud patrem meum.
So even if it happened before in general according to the division of time and peoples, yet in Christ's presence a threefold grace and dignity shines out, so that some might be shown perfect, others following, others to follow later, attaining not a single kind of dignity, that is, of finding the heavenly kingdom, but a fitting reward according to their faith and labour and various contests, as the Lord says: “There are many dwellings with my Father.”
John 14:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Rewards differ according to faith and labour.
- John 14:2.
Topics: Eschatology, Heaven and eternal reward
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.7 (CSEL 38:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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150.8CSEL 38:124
Ideo et Dauid animam ad regimonium uocatam modis omnibus conlaudat, edocens: Adstitit regina a dextris tuis. Aliam etiam sequi hortatur: Audi filia et uide, et obliuiscere domus patris tui, et concupiscet rex speciem tuam.
Therefore David too praises in every way the soul called to rule, teaching: “The queen stood at your right hand.” He also exhorts another to follow: “Hear, daughter, and see, and forget your father's house, and the king will desire your beauty.”
Ps 45:9–11 (44:10-Ps LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The psalm describes the queen and the daughter.
- Ps 45:9–11 (44:10–12 LXX/Vulg.).
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.8 (CSEL 38:124; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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150.9CSEL 38:124–125
Ut ergo est rationis, conuenit cognoscere quod alii in regno, alii in paradiso, alii in uitam atque remissionem peccatorum in futuro erunt deputandi; quod non negatur currentibus ac uolentibus et nunc ut oportet; dissimulantibus autem et non recte currentibus a domino haec non erunt conferenda.
As reason requires, then, it is fitting to know that some will be assigned in the future to the kingdom, others to paradise, others to life and the forgiveness of sins; which is not denied even now, as it should be, to those who run and are willing; but to those who pretend and do not run rightly these things will not be granted by the Lord.
Notes and citation
Summary: There are degrees of future reward.
Topics: Eschatology, Heaven and eternal reward
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 150.9 (CSEL 38:124–125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/150-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 151
151.1CSEL 38:125
Est heresis quae putat quod Hiesus filius Naue Populum Iudaeorum cultris lapideis circumciderit; quod nec rerum natura suscipit nec uirtus aut ratio persuadet. Facilius enim Iudaei periclitari poterant quam curari; etsi secundum dei potentiam quidem inpossibile non est aliquid, tamen rerum natura non patitur nec ratio persuadet.
There is a heresy which thinks that Joshua son of Nun circumcised the people of the Jews with stone knives; which neither the nature of things admits nor strength or reason persuades. For the Jews could more easily be endangered than cured; and although with God's power nothing is impossible, yet the nature of things does not allow it, nor does reason persuade.
Josh 5:2–3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some take Joshua's stone knives literally.
- Josh 5:2–3. Philastrius's denial of the literal sense is translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray mark): rerum. natura → rerum natura.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 151.1 (CSEL 38:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/151-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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151.2CSEL 38:125
Non ergo petrinis cultris dicit circumcisos Iudaeos sed paganorum durissimis mentibus ac lapideis, quae antea fuerant quidem impietati deditae, postea uero credentes in domino, amissa mente lapidea, meruerint, idem uerbo dei circumcisi, mente doctrinaque iam caelesti potentes Iudaeos circumcidere, id est Christi eis insinuare scientiam salutarem, de lege et prophetis eam quippe nuntiantes atque conprobantes undique.
So it does not say that the Jews were circumcised with knives of stone, but with the very hard and stony minds of the pagans, which earlier had been given to impiety, but afterwards, believing in the Lord, having lost their stony mind, deserved, likewise circumcised by the word of God, now strong in mind and heavenly teaching, to circumcise the Jews, that is, to instil in them the saving knowledge of Christ, announcing and proving it everywhere from the law and the prophets.
Notes and citation
Summary: The stone knives are gentiles who teach the Jews.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): petnnis → petrinis.
Topics: The church and Israel
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 151.2 (CSEL 38:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/151-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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151.3CSEL 38:125
Quamuis enim et cottidie circumcidantur Iudaei ab his qui ante erant gentiles, id est doceantur de lege et prophetis, de fide Christi domini scilicet saluatoris *** qui si crediderint, et ipsi salutis remedium accepturi sunt: perseuerantes autem in duritia mentis lapideae, aeterno erunt iudicio detinendi.
For although the Jews are circumcised daily by those who were formerly gentiles, that is, they are taught from the law and the prophets about faith in Christ the Lord, the Saviour …; if they believe, they too will receive the remedy of salvation; but persisting in the hardness of a stony mind, they will be held for eternal judgment.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Jews taught by former gentiles may be saved if they believe.
- The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip (l for I)): ludaei → Iudaei.
Topics: The church and Israel
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 151.3 (CSEL 38:125; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/151-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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151.4CSEL 38:125–126
Ideoque et dominus in eorum contradictione pertinaci dicebat quod filii eorum, id est pagani ipsi, erunt iudices eorum atque doctores, id est gentium populus, qui ante in mente lapidea uersabatur, postea uero per Christi fidem merebatur ad scientiam salutarem peruenire.
And therefore the Lord too, in their persistent contradiction, said that their sons, that is, the pagans themselves, would be their judges and teachers, that is, the people of the gentiles, who formerly dwelt in a stony mind but afterwards through faith in Christ deserved to come to saving knowledge.
Matt 12:27 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The gentiles will be the judges and teachers of the Jews.
- Cf. Matt 12:27.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 151.4 (CSEL 38:125–126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/151-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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151.5CSEL 38:126
Israhel autem secundum legem currens, ut scriptum est, ad legis uirtutem peruenire non potuit, quia non ex fide, sed ex operibus currere properabat. Iacob enim dicit quod ipse erit spes gentium, non Iudaeorum. Oportet ergo gentes credere uniuersas primum, tunc demum ab ipsis gentibus Iudaeos discere ac doctrinam Christi domini de lege et prophetis audire, atque ita adquiescere ut compleatur: Donec plenitudo gentium intret, et sic omnis Israhel saluabitur, sicut scriptum est. Et alter propheta ait: Aufer ab eis cor lapideum domine, et da illi cor carneum. Et dominus: Si isti tacuerint, lapides clamabunt.
But Israel, running according to the law, as it is written, could not attain the power of the law, because it hastened to run not from faith but from works. For Jacob says that he will be the hope of the gentiles, not of the Jews. So all the gentiles must first believe, and then at last the Jews learn from the gentiles themselves and hear the teaching of Christ the Lord from the law and the prophets, and so assent, that it may be fulfilled: “Until the fullness of the gentiles comes in, and so all Israel will be saved,” as it is written. And another prophet says: “Take away from them the heart of stone, Lord, and give them a heart of flesh.” And the Lord: “If these are silent, the stones will cry out.”
Rom 9:31–32 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 49:10 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 11:25–26 (quotation, high confidence) · Ezek 11:19 (quotation, medium confidence) · Luke 19:40 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The gentiles will believe first, then Israel.
- Rom 9:31–32; Gen 49:10 (Greek: “the expectation of the nations”); Rom 11:25–26; Ezek 11:19 (36:26); Luke 19:40.
Topics: The church and Israel
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 151.5 (CSEL 38:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/151-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 152
152.1CSEL 38:126
Alia est heresis quae spiramen quod accepit Adam putat tantum esse, quantum est a Christo post resurrectionem concessum apostolis, cum ignorat quod spiramentum est modicae uirtutis aliqua gratia in audienda lege dei multorum proprium, spiritus autem perfectionis est plenitudo.
Another heresy thinks that the breath which Adam received is as great as that granted by Christ to the apostles after the resurrection, not knowing that the breath is a certain grace of modest power, proper to many, in hearing God's law, while the Spirit is the fullness of perfection.
Gen 2:7 (allusion, high confidence) · John 20:22 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some equate Adam's breath with the Spirit given to the apostles.
Topics: Heresy, The Holy Spirit
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 152.1 (CSEL 38:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/152-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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152.2CSEL 38:126
Spiramen itaque datur ab infantia et catechuminis, spiritus autem in incremento doctrinae fideique est salutaris baptismi plena dei gratia, ut intellegere et ad maiorem iam possis scientiam peruenire. Ideoque post baptismum spiritum ut apostoli, iam non spiramen accipit, qui baptizatur in trinitatem.
So the breath is given from infancy and to catechumens, but the Spirit, in the growth of teaching and faith, is the full grace of God of saving baptism, so that you can understand and come to greater knowledge. And therefore after baptism, like the apostles, he who is baptized into the Trinity receives the Spirit, no longer the breath.
Notes and citation
Summary: The breath is common; the Spirit is given in baptism.
Topics: Baptism, Trinity, The Holy Spirit
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 152.2 (CSEL 38:126; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/152-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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152.3CSEL 38:126–127
Commune est enim omnium spiramen, spiritus autem paucorum est fidelium atque credentium et discentium et ueluti ab honore ad honorem et a gloria ad gloriam maiorem caelestemque scientiam et gratiam peruenientium, dicente apostolo, quod a fide in fidem procedimus, et a glorià ad gloriam prodire properamus.
For the breath is common to all, but the Spirit belongs to few, the faithful who believe and learn and who come as it were from honour to honour and from glory to glory to greater heavenly knowledge and grace, as the apostle says that we proceed from faith to faith and hasten to go from glory to glory.
2 Cor 3:18 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 1:17 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit belongs to the faithful who grow in grace.
- 2 Cor 3:18; Rom 1:17.
Topics: The Holy Spirit
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 152.3 (CSEL 38:126–127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/152-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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152.4CSEL 38:127
Ideo ait ipse: Primus homo de terra terrenus, secundus homo de caelo caelestis, ut et natura non insors Christi muneris inueniatur < aut) aliena penitus, id est nec catechuminus, et fides atque doctrina studiumque et uita praeclara in paucorum fidelium et cupientium uoluntate dinosceretur exuberans, dicente domino: Habenti dabitur, et plus ei adicietur: non habenti autem et quod habere uidetur auferetur ab eo. Quod Iudaeo contigit, et aliis itidem plurimis.
Therefore he himself says: “The first man was from the earth, earthy; the second man from heaven, heavenly,” so that nature might be found not without a share in Christ's gift <nor> wholly foreign, that is, not even the catechumen, while faith, teaching, zeal and a glorious life might be known to abound in the will of the few faithful who desire it, as the Lord says: “To him who has will be given, and more will be added to him; but from him who does not have, even what he seems to have will be taken away.” This happened to the Jew, and likewise to very many others.
1 Cor 15:47 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 13:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 25:29 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Nature has a share in grace, but the fullness belongs to the faithful.
- 1 Cor 15:47; Matt 13:12 (25:29). The editor's angle brackets mark a supplement.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 152.4 (CSEL 38:127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/152-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 153
153.1CSEL 38:127
Est heresis quae cum audit in Zacharia propheta de funiculo agrimensorio, de quo et Dauid propheta beatus edixerat, quod angelus tenens ibat mensurare Hierusalem, aestimat secundum litteram ita dixisse scripturam, cum non Hierusalem metiri, quae tradi debebat hostibus, sed credentium recte atque paucorum perfectorum electio nuntiabatur per angelum adfutura, ut dictum est: Multi uocati, pauci autem electi.
There is a heresy which, when it hears in the prophet Zechariah of the measuring line, of which the blessed prophet David too had spoken, that an angel went holding it to measure Jerusalem, thinks that Scripture spoke so according to the letter; whereas it was not announcing that Jerusalem, which was to be handed over to enemies, was to be measured, but that the election of those who believe rightly, a few perfect ones, would come through the angel, as it was said: “Many are called, but few chosen.”
Zech 2:1–2 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 16:6 (15:6 LXX) (allusion, low confidence) · Matt 22:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The measuring line in Zechariah signifies the election of few.
- Zech 2:1–2; Ps 16:6 (15:6)?; Matt 22:14.
Topics: Heresy, Election and predestination
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 153.1 (CSEL 38:127; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/153-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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153.2CSEL 38:127–128
Hierusalem ergo in funiculo agrimensorio mensurabatur, id est et ante sub paucis, et post fidem Christi paucorum catholicae fidei gignenda electio praedicabatur in saeculo. Quod et apostolus ait: Oportet hereses esse, ut probati manifestentur. Quia ergo funiculus hereditarius triplici uirtute conexus est, id est patris et filii et spiritus sancti, haec coniunctio, cum in una eademque accipitur fide atque credulitate, aequalitatis quippe et ueritatis coniungenda unitas atque colenda potentia cognoscitur ab ecclesia catholica, non in diuersa maiestatis aut qualitatis credenda substantia praedicatur, ut quidam aestimant heretici.
So Jerusalem was measured with a measuring line, that is, it was preached in the world that both before, under a few, and after faith in Christ, an election of a few of the catholic faith was to arise. This the apostle too says: “There must be heresies, so that the approved may be made manifest.” Since, then, the cord of inheritance is woven with a threefold strength, that is, of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, this union, when it is received in one and the same faith and belief, is known by the catholic church as a unity of equality and truth to be joined and a power to be worshipped, not preached as a substance to be believed different in majesty or quality, as certain heretics think.
1 Cor 11:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The threefold cord signifies the Trinity.
- 1 Cor 11:19.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; missing punctuation; stray letters): agrimensorib: → agrimensorio; manifestentur Quia → manifestentur. Quia; filii as et → filii et.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 153.2 (CSEL 38:127–128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/153-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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153.3CSEL 38:128
Quod et dominus dicere dignatus est: Putas filius hominis, cum uenerit, inueniet fidem super terram? Quia et ante propheta quod tunc erat in paucis, et post Christi praesentiam, passionem et resurrectionem eius... diuinaque sententia, quod essent praeuaricaturi, hoc ita nuntiatum sit, ut sunt heretici hodie qui a spiritu sancto aut a filio recedentes diuersam maiestatis et potentiae inaequalitatem cotti-
This the Lord too deigned to say: “Do you think the Son of Man, when he comes, will find faith on the earth?” Because before, the prophet [announced] what was then among few, and after Christ's presence, passion and resurrection … and by divine sentence it was so announced that they would transgress, as there are heretics today who, departing from the Holy Spirit or from the Son, daily
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Luke 18:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ foresaw that few would keep the faith.
- Luke 18:8. The dots mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray hyphen): h-ominis → hominis.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 153.3 (CSEL 38:128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/153-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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153.4CSEL 38:128
die praedicant aberrantes, in hoc ergo nos oportet agnoscere quod funiculus, ut ait Salomon, triplex non disrumpetur, quod et credi debet a nobis quod et de diuina substantia et propria filius et sanctus sit itidem spiritus, patri quippe conexus in omnibus, qui et cognosci debet et coli ab omnibus. In hac ergo coniunctione baptismi et saluator nos dignatus est confirmare, imperans: Euntes baptizate omnes gentes in nomine patris et filii et spiritus sancti.
preach, going astray, a different inequality of majesty and power; in this, then, we must recognize that the cord, as Solomon says, “threefold will not be broken,” which must be believed by us, that the Son and likewise the Holy Spirit are of the divine and proper substance, joined to the Father in all things, who must be known and worshipped by all. In this union of baptism the Saviour too deigned to confirm us, commanding: “Go, baptize all nations in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.”
Eccl 4:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 28:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The threefold cord is the Trinity confessed in baptism.
- Eccl 4:12; Matt 28:19.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): sanctup → sanctus.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 153.4 (CSEL 38:128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/153-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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153.5CSEL 38:128
In quo coniungentes filium patri, et spiritum cum filio et patre, hanc salutem cognoscimur adepturi, quia non aliunde salutis remedium, nisi ex fide hac humano generi cognoscimus adfuturam. Unde et in hac coniunctione sanctae adorandaeque trinitatis gaudemus, in quo ante Adam pater noster, Noё, Abraham, Moyses et prophetae, sacerdotes, iudices, apostoli pariter < et) euangelistae praedicantes meruerunt consequi angelicam dignitatem, in quo et ecclesia catholica exultat hoc praedicans cottidie atque edocens, eandemque hanc omnem impietatem paganam et iniquitatem Iudaicam destruens cottidie omni exultat in gaudio.
In this, joining the Son to the Father, and the Spirit with the Son and the Father, we are known to be about to obtain salvation, because we know that the remedy of salvation will come to the human race from nowhere else but from this faith. Hence we rejoice in this union of the holy and adorable Trinity, in which earlier Adam our father, Noah, Abraham, Moses and the prophets, priests, judges, apostles alike <and> evangelists, preaching it, deserved to attain angelic rank; in which the catholic church too exults, preaching and teaching it daily, and, destroying daily all this pagan impiety and Jewish iniquity, exults with all joy.
Notes and citation
Summary: Salvation comes from faith in the Trinity.
- The angle brackets around et are the editor's supplement.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 153.5 (CSEL 38:128; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/153-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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153.6CSEL 38:128–129
Nam et si triplex funiculus debet accipi primum mandati, deinde legis in medio tempore, deinde <de) gratia saluatoris, utilitatis non paruae est; aut si de fide, spe atque caritate, ut dixit beatus apostolus, quis uelit accipere, et in hoc non parui est intellectus prudentioribus ac spiritalia desiderantibus plurimis.
For even if the threefold cord is to be taken as first that of the commandment, then that of the law in the middle time, then <that of> the grace of the Saviour, it is of no small benefit; or if anyone wishes to take it of faith, hope and love, as the blessed apostle said, in this too there is no small understanding for the more prudent and for very many who desire spiritual things.
1 Cor 13:13 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The cord may also mean commandment, law and grace, or faith, hope and love.
- 1 Cor 13:13.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 153.6 (CSEL 38:128–129; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/153-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 154
154.1CSEL 38:129
Sunt quidam heretici qui de Helia beato opinantur quod ei corui sero carnes ad escam et mane panes adtulerint, non adtendentes quod cuneta sanctus ac beatissimus propheta non carnes edebat aliquando, qui omnem talem escam contempserat abstinendo uoluntate; cuius et causa tantae dignitatis a deo honorem meruit adipisci, ut in paradisum raperetur sublimis, ubi cum sanctis omnibus conlocaretur.
There are some heretics who think of blessed Elijah that the ravens brought him meat for food in the evening and bread in the morning, not attending to the fact that the holy and most blessed prophet never ate meat at all, having renounced all such food by voluntary abstinence; and because of this he deserved to obtain from God the honour of such dignity that he was caught up on high into paradise, where he was placed with all the saints.
1 Kgs 17:6 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Kgs 2:11 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some think the ravens brought Elijah meat, though he never ate it.
- 1 Kgs 17:6; 2 Kgs 2:11. Philastrius's claim about Elijah's diet is his own.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray mark): aliquendo → aliquando; uoluntate;. → uoluntate;.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 154.1 (CSEL 38:129; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/154-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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154.2CSEL 38:129
Nam si de pane quidam aliquis dixerit, rationis interdum est quod ei corui adtulerint; de carnibus autem incongruum repperitur. Nam in hoc crudelitas beluina hominum insequentium beatissimum prophetam ostendebatur, in auibus autem, id est coruis, tanta mansuetudo et lenitas monstrabatur, ut, a quibus auibus humana aberat ratio, qui non erant dei imagines rationabiles, sed aues sicut pecudes sensibiles creatae solummodo, in eis autem auibus, ad obprobrium hominum, Iudaeorum regisque ex uoluntate pessima insequentium prophetam, agnitio et sensuum lenitas insita monstraretur in opera tanti ministerii, quod beato prophetae cottidie ministrabatur, ut in eis auibus magis inueniretur esse ratio quaedam lenitatis motu quodam a deo concessa uelut rationabilis.
For if someone speaks of bread, it is sometimes reasonable that the ravens brought it to him; but of meat it is found unfitting. For in this the beastly cruelty of the men who persecuted the most blessed prophet was shown, while in the birds, that is, the ravens, such great gentleness and mildness was shown that, in birds from which human reason was absent, who were not rational images of God but only birds created with sense like cattle — yet in those birds, to the reproach of men, of the Jews and the king who persecuted the prophet from a most wicked will, recognition and a gentleness of feeling was shown implanted in the work of so great a ministry, which was rendered daily to the blessed prophet, so that in those birds a certain reason of gentleness was found, granted by God by a certain impulse, as if rational.
Notes and citation
Summary: The ravens' gentleness shamed Elijah's persecutors.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray mark): percudes → pecudes; in. eis → in eis.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 154.2 (CSEL 38:129; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/154-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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154.8CSEL 38:129–130
Nam omnia huiusmodi creata a domino subiecta sunt homini, ut regi ac rationabili, dominoque orbis < terrarum, > uniuersitatis pecudum, uolatilium et serpentium quippe, sicut scriptum est in libro Geneseos demonstratumque.
For all things of this kind created by the Lord are subject to man, as king and rational being and lord of the world <of lands>, of all cattle, birds and serpents indeed, as is written and shown in the book of Genesis.
Gen 1:28 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: All creatures are subject to man.
- Gen 1:28. The staged text has no sections 154.3–154.7. The angle brackets around terrarum are the editor's supplement.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): buiusmodi → huiusmodi.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 154.8 (CSEL 38:129–130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/154-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 155
155.1CSEL 38:130
Est heresis quae cum legit in Esaia propheta quod Cherubim et Seraphim animalia duo sex pennis praedita duabus faciem dei, duabus pedes tegebant, et duabus clamabant uoce sublimi deum conlaudantes, nimium conturbantur, et nunc historiam quaerentes, nunc rationem intellegibilem perscrutantes, diuersa ambiguitate fatigantur, cum et secundum litteram non parua est utilitas, et secundum intellegibilem rationem Christi resonet caelestis scientia.
There is a heresy which, when it reads in the prophet Isaiah that the Cherubim and Seraphim, two living creatures endowed with six wings, with two covered the face of God, with two his feet, and with two cried out with exalted voice, praising God, is greatly troubled, and, now seeking the history, now searching out the intelligible meaning, is wearied by various doubts; whereas according to the letter there is no small benefit, and according to the intelligible meaning the heavenly knowledge of Christ resounds.
Isa 6:2–3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Some are troubled by the creatures of Isaiah 6.
- Isa 6:2–3. Philastrius reads the wings as covering God's face and feet.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.1 (CSEL 38:130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.2CSEL 38:130
Secundum litteram enim primum, quod deum inuisibilem scriptura docendo impietatem ubique paganam damnabat in quo scripturae illorum impiae uisibilem et compositum praedicant, deinde etiam Iudaeorum: < nam > ne et ipsi pari caecitate obtecti ut gentes impiae corrupti sensibus deperirent, hoc ita edocuit.
For according to the letter, first, Scripture, by teaching that God is invisible, condemned pagan impiety everywhere, in that their impious writings preach him visible and composite; then also that of the Jews: <for> it taught this so lest they too, covered by equal blindness, should perish corrupted in their senses like the impious gentiles.
Notes and citation
Summary: Literally, the passage teaches God's invisibility.
- The angle brackets around nam are the editor's supplement.
Topics: God
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.2 (CSEL 38:130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.3CSEL 38:130
Sed hic etiam erat Iudaeorum futuri temporis in Christi praesentia incredulitas et coopertio adnuntianda mysterii, quod caecitate operti nimia nec prophetae nec ipsi domino erant postmodum credituri, cum missus ad populum praedicat manifeste: Aure audietis, et oculo uidebitis, et non intendetis; cooperti quippe tenebris lucem salutis aeternae, < id est> Christi carnalem praesentiam, non erant agnituri, sicut et factum est.
But here too was to be announced the unbelief of the Jews of the future time in Christ's presence and the covering of the mystery, that, covered by excessive blindness, they would believe neither the prophet nor the Lord himself afterwards, when, sent to the people, he preaches openly: “With the ear you will hear, and with the eye you will see, and you will not perceive”; covered indeed by darkness, they would not recognize the light of eternal salvation, <that is,> Christ's bodily presence, as indeed happened.
Isa 6:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The passage also foretells the unbelief of the Jews.
- Isa 6:9 (freely). The angle brackets are the editor's supplement.
Topics: Jews and Judaism
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.3 (CSEL 38:130; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.4CSEL 38:130–131
Quod apostolus docens uelamen esse usque hodie in cordibus eorundem positum adfirmauit, quod non reuelabitur usque quo Christum non crediderint saluatorem. Ubi autem conuersi fuerint, id est crediderint in Christum dominum, auferetur uelamen ab eorum cordibus. Quod autem et duo animalia nuntiata sint Cherubin et Seraphin lex quippe et prophetae, testes Christi et doctores saeculi, non est ambiguum.
This the apostle, teaching, affirmed: that a veil is laid on their hearts to this day, which will not be lifted until they believe in Christ the Saviour. But when they have turned, that is, believed in Christ the Lord, the veil will be taken from their hearts. And that the two living creatures announced, Cherubim and Seraphim, are the law and the prophets, witnesses of Christ and teachers of the world, is not doubtful.
2 Cor 3:14–16 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The two creatures are the law and the prophets.
- 2 Cor 3:14–16.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; punctuation slip): apostolua → apostolus; prophetae. testes → prophetae, testes.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.4 (CSEL 38:130–131; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.5CSEL 38:131
Velabant autem faciem et pedes domini sine quia in parabolis et similitudinibus et aenigmatibus docebatur mysterium, ut scriptum est: Aperiam os meum in parabolam; et Dauid: Reuela oculos meos, et considerabo mirabilia de lege tua; et apostolus: Filium suum, inquit, pater reuelauit mihi, id est de lege atque prophetis ostendens.
They veiled the face and feet of the Lord, because the mystery was taught in parables, likenesses and riddles, as it is written: “I will open my mouth in a parable”; and David: “Unveil my eyes, and I will consider wonders from your law”; and the apostle: “The Father,” he says, “revealed his Son to me,” that is, showing him from the law and the prophets.
Ps 78:2 (77:2 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 119:18 (118:18 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 1:16 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The veiling signifies teaching in parables.
- Ps 78:2 (77:2); Ps 119:18 (118:18); Gal 1:15–16 (freely). The digital text reads domini sine quia; translated by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray hyphen): su-um → suum.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.5 (CSEL 38:131; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.6CSEL 38:131
Sex autem pennae erant eis, et duabus quidem faciem et duabus pedes cooperiebant, duabus autem clamabant, ne forte faciem et pedes cum, dicit domini coopertos, quod sursum atque deorsum est, et longitudo et latitudo de deo aestimaretur, quod nec altitudo nec profundum nec latitudo nec longitudo dei potest cognosci aut inueniri condigne ab aliqua creatura, et maxime homine, aut humanis quorundam sensibus conprehendi: qui etiam tantam elementorum naturam inmensam creando perfecit, quanto magis qui talia fecisse cognoscitur, modis omnibus antecellat? Solum autem per fidem noscitur;
They had six wings: with two they covered the face and with two the feet, and with two they cried out, lest perhaps, since it speaks of the face and feet of the Lord covered, what is above and below, and length and breadth, should be supposed of God; for neither the height nor the depth nor the breadth nor the length of God can be worthily known or found by any creature, above all by man, or comprehended by the human senses of anyone: he who by creating made so immense a nature of the elements, how much more does he who is known to have made such things surpass them in every way? He is known only through faith;
Eph 3:18 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God's dimensions cannot be known except by faith.
- Cf. Eph 3:18.
Topics: Faith
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.6 (CSEL 38:131; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.7CSEL 38:131–132
quia, Virtus, inquit, in infirmitate, in similitudine et aenigmatibus, perficitur, atque inuenitur. Cumque tanta inmensitas dei dicitur atque nuntiatur, duabus pennis, id est a Cherubin et Seraphin, lege atque prophetis canitur et praedicatur. Duarum etiam pennarum clamatio die nocteque, id est et hic et in futuro, cordis quippe credulitas hominum atque oris confessio non desinens inuenitur, cottidie resonando quae et tunc canebatur ab angelis atque ab hominibus praedicabatur in saeculo; ut, quod uidere in excelso, profundo, lato atque longo non poterant, corde credentes, atque ore confitentes, indesinenti uoce cantantes omni tempore laetarentur.
because “power,” he says, “is made perfect in weakness,” in likeness and riddles, and is found. And when the immensity of God is spoken and announced, it is sung and preached with two wings, that is, by the Cherubim and Seraphim, by the law and the prophets. And the crying of the two wings day and night, that is, both here and in the future, is found as the unceasing belief of men's hearts and confession of the mouth, resounding daily, which was then sung by the angels and preached by men in the world; so that what they could not see in height, depth, breadth and length, believing with the heart and confessing with the mouth, singing with unceasing voice, they might rejoice at all times.
2 Cor 12:9 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The crying wings signify belief and confession.
- 2 Cor 12:9.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.7 (CSEL 38:131–132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.8CSEL 38:132
Nam quod inuisibilis et incapabilis sit diuina qualitatis naturae substantia in lege et prophetis ostenditur, Iohanne dicente: Deum nemo uidit umquam. Non dixit: (non credidit, sed: (non uidit. Ergo dominus credendi potentiam et confitendi solum fiduciam tribuit, ut uirtus eius inenarranda in carnali fragilitate manifestata nosceretur: quod et dominus ubique fidem suam praetendit hominibus, quam et ipse ante dederat, posteaque in sua praesentia confirmauerat.
For that the divine substance of the nature of his quality is invisible and incomprehensible is shown in the law and the prophets, as John says: “No one has ever seen God.” He did not say “has not believed”, but “has not seen”. So the Lord granted only the power of believing and the confidence of confessing, so that his ineffable power, manifested in fleshly frailty, might be known; for the Lord everywhere holds out his faith to men, which he himself had given before and afterwards confirmed in his presence.
John 1:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God is invisible but may be believed.
- John 1:18.
Topics: Faith
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.8 (CSEL 38:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.9CSEL 38:132
Cherubin autem et Seraphin quadriformia, id est leonis, uituli, hominis et aquilae, diuersa sunt sanctorum pariter uirtutumque certamina fortiora praecellendae eorum uariaeque dignitatis, patriarcharum quippe et prophetarum, sacerdotum atque apostolorum itidem cum martyribus sociata, ut, in quibus ante tanta fides et dilectio Christi exuberans noscebatur, inpar autem doctrina in quibusdam postea cogente causa temporis cernebatur, non inpar tamen fidei ac certaminis gloria in coniunctione diuersae uirtutis monstraretur a Christo concessa atque condonata inque omni Christianorum populo nosceretur;
But the Cherubim and Seraphim are four-formed, that is, of the lion, calf, man and eagle: these are the various stronger contests of the saints and virtues, of their surpassing and varied dignity, namely of the patriarchs and prophets, of priests and apostles likewise, joined with the martyrs, so that, though in them earlier such great faith and abounding love of Christ was known, but later in some an unequal teaching was seen because of the time, yet an equal glory of faith and contest might be shown in the union of different virtue, granted and given by Christ, and be known in the whole Christian people;
Ezek 1:10 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The four forms signify the different orders of saints.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip; stray mark): Chernbin → Cherubin; hominis! → hominis.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.9 (CSEL 38:132; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.10CSEL 38:132–133
ut, quod uidere non possumus nec humanis condigne sensibus definire, corde credentes atque ore confidentes his duarum pennarum uirtutibus non desinamus Iudaeis et gentibus hoc gaudii praedicare atque his sublime uirtutibus euolare, sperantes caelestia, ubi Christus est dominus, ut ait apostolus, inque hac sententia salutem perpetuam posse consequi non dubitantes, docente eodem: Quod si credideris in corde tuo et confessus fueris Christum dominum saluatorem corpore crucifixum surrexisse, saluus eris: corde enim creditur ad iustitiam, ore autem confessio fit in salutem.
so that, what we cannot see nor worthily define with human senses, believing with the heart and confessing with the mouth, we may not cease to preach this joy to Jews and gentiles by the powers of these two wings, and to fly on high by these powers, hoping for heavenly things, where Christ the Lord is, as the apostle says, and not doubting that in this sentence we can attain perpetual salvation, as the same teaches: “For if you believe in your heart and confess that Christ the Lord the Saviour, crucified in the body, has risen, you will be saved: for with the heart one believes unto righteousness, and with the mouth confession is made unto salvation.”
Col 3:1 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 10:9–10 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Faith and confession lead to salvation.
- Col 3:1; Rom 10:9–10 (expanded).
Topics: Faith
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.10 (CSEL 38:132–133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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155.11CSEL 38:133
Unde ait de Christo domino quod eius qualitatis diuina substantia non in uisione et mensura aut compositione consistat in aliqua, sed in fide uirtutis atque confessionis nostrae exuberans consummatur. Quae latitudo et longitudo, altum atque profundum sit, scire, inquit, eminentissimam et inconprehensibilem Christi dei gratiam atque potentiam, non est humanae fragilitatis ** potenter expromere, sed in fide atque per fidem facile posse contingere docuit quod mens hominum non praeualet enarrare.
Hence he says of Christ the Lord that the divine substance of his quality does not consist in any sight, measure or composition, but is fulfilled, abounding, in the faith of our virtue and confession. “What the breadth and length, height and depth is,” to know, he says, the most eminent and incomprehensible grace and power of Christ God — it is not for human frailty … to express this powerfully, but he taught that in faith and through faith it can easily be reached, what the mind of men cannot recount.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Eph 3:18–19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ's greatness is grasped by faith, not by measurement.
- Eph 3:18–19. The asterisks mark a gap in the text (“…”).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR slip): non eat → non est.
Cite (SBL): Philastrius, Haer. 155.11 (CSEL 38:133; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/p/philastrius-haereses/155-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from the Latin of Marx, CSEL 38 (1898), digital text (OCR slips corrected by logged corrections; words in Marx's square brackets translated and marked). No public-domain or FOTC English exists, so each batch was re-read against the Latin.