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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III
783 chapters English Public domain
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476 Some Hair-Splitting Use of Words in Which His Opponent Had Indulged. 477 A Curious Inconsistency in Hermogenes Exposed. Certain Expressions in The History of Creation Vindicated in The True Sense. 478 The Gradual Development of Cosmical Order Out of Chaos in the Creation, Beautifully Stated. 479 Another Passage in the Sacred History of the Creation, Released from the Mishandling of Hermogenes. 480 A Further Vindication of the Scripture Narrative of the Creation, Against a Futile View of Hermogenes. 481 The Account of the Creation in Genesis a General One, Corroborated, However, by Many Other Passages of the Old Testament, Which Give Account of Specific Creations. Further Cavillings Confuted. 482 Statement of the True Doctrine Concerning Matter. Its Relation to God's Creation of the World. 483 A Presumption that All Things Were Created by God Out of Nothing Afforded by the Ultimate Reduction of All Things to Nothing. Scriptures Proving This Reduction Vindicated from Hermogenes' Charge of Being Merely Figurative. 484 Contradictory Propositions Advanced by Hermogenes Respecting Matter and Its Qualities. 485 Other Absurd Theories Respecting Matter and Its Incidents Exposed in an Ironical Strain. Motion in Matter. Hermogenes' Conceits Respecting It. 486 Ironical Dilemmas Respecting Matter, and Sundry Moral Qualities Fancifully Attributed to It. 487 Other Speculations of Hermogenes, About Matter and Some of Its Adjuncts, Shown to Be Absurd. For Instance, Its Alleged Infinity. 488 These Latter Speculations Shown to Be Contradictory to the First Principles Respecting Matter, Formerly Laid Down by Hermogenes. 489 Shapeless Matter an Incongruous Origin for God's Beautiful Cosmos. Hermogenes Does Not Mend His Argument by Supposing that Only a Portion of Matter Was Used in the Creation. 490 Sundry Quotations from Hermogenes. Now Uncertain and Vague are His Speculations Respecting Motion in Matter, and the Material Qualities of Good and Evil. 491 Further Exposure of Inconsistencies in the Opinions of Hermogenes Respecting the Divine Qualities of Matter. 492 Other Discrepancies Exposed and Refuted Respecting the Evil in Matter Being Changed to Good. 493 Curious Views Respecting God's Method of Working with Matter Exposed. Discrepancies in the Heretic's Opinion About God's Local Relation to Matter. 494 Conclusion. Contrast Between the Statements of Hermogenes and the Testimony of Holy Scripture Respecting the Creation. Creation Out of Nothing, Not Out of Matter. 495 Chapter I 496 These Heretics Brand the Christians as Simple Persons. The Charge Accepted, and Simplicity Eulogized Out of the Scriptures. 497 The Folly of This Heresy. It Dissects and Mutilates the Deity. Contrasted with the Simple Wisdom of True Religion. To Expose the Absurdities of the Valentinian System is to Destroy It. 498 The Heresy Traceable to Valentinus, an Able But Restless Man. Many Schismatical Leaders of the School Mentioned. Only One of Them Shows Respect to the Man Whose Name Designates the Entire School. 499 Many Eminent Christian Writers Have Carefully and Fully Refuted the Heresy. These the Author Makes His Own Guides. 500 Although Writing in Latin He Proposes to Retain the Greek Names of the Valentinian Emanations of Deity. Not to Discuss the Heresy But Only to Expose It. This with the Raillery Which Its Absurdity Merits.
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III
783 chapters English Public domain
About this book
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783 chapters
476 Some Hair-Splitting Use of Words in Which His Opponent Had Indulged. 477 A Curious Inconsistency in Hermogenes Exposed. Certain Expressions in The History of Creation Vindicated in The True Sense. 478 The Gradual Development of Cosmical Order Out of Chaos in the Creation, Beautifully Stated. 479 Another Passage in the Sacred History of the Creation, Released from the Mishandling of Hermogenes. 480 A Further Vindication of the Scripture Narrative of the Creation, Against a Futile View of Hermogenes. 481 The Account of the Creation in Genesis a General One, Corroborated, However, by Many Other Passages of the Old Testament, Which Give Account of Specific Creations. Further Cavillings Confuted. 482 Statement of the True Doctrine Concerning Matter. Its Relation to God's Creation of the World. 483 A Presumption that All Things Were Created by God Out of Nothing Afforded by the Ultimate Reduction of All Things to Nothing. Scriptures Proving This Reduction Vindicated from Hermogenes' Charge of Being Merely Figurative. 484 Contradictory Propositions Advanced by Hermogenes Respecting Matter and Its Qualities. 485 Other Absurd Theories Respecting Matter and Its Incidents Exposed in an Ironical Strain. Motion in Matter. Hermogenes' Conceits Respecting It. 486 Ironical Dilemmas Respecting Matter, and Sundry Moral Qualities Fancifully Attributed to It. 487 Other Speculations of Hermogenes, About Matter and Some of Its Adjuncts, Shown to Be Absurd. For Instance, Its Alleged Infinity. 488 These Latter Speculations Shown to Be Contradictory to the First Principles Respecting Matter, Formerly Laid Down by Hermogenes. 489 Shapeless Matter an Incongruous Origin for God's Beautiful Cosmos. Hermogenes Does Not Mend His Argument by Supposing that Only a Portion of Matter Was Used in the Creation. 490 Sundry Quotations from Hermogenes. Now Uncertain and Vague are His Speculations Respecting Motion in Matter, and the Material Qualities of Good and Evil. 491 Further Exposure of Inconsistencies in the Opinions of Hermogenes Respecting the Divine Qualities of Matter. 492 Other Discrepancies Exposed and Refuted Respecting the Evil in Matter Being Changed to Good. 493 Curious Views Respecting God's Method of Working with Matter Exposed. Discrepancies in the Heretic's Opinion About God's Local Relation to Matter. 494 Conclusion. Contrast Between the Statements of Hermogenes and the Testimony of Holy Scripture Respecting the Creation. Creation Out of Nothing, Not Out of Matter. 495 Chapter I 496 These Heretics Brand the Christians as Simple Persons. The Charge Accepted, and Simplicity Eulogized Out of the Scriptures. 497 The Folly of This Heresy. It Dissects and Mutilates the Deity. Contrasted with the Simple Wisdom of True Religion. To Expose the Absurdities of the Valentinian System is to Destroy It. 498 The Heresy Traceable to Valentinus, an Able But Restless Man. Many Schismatical Leaders of the School Mentioned. Only One of Them Shows Respect to the Man Whose Name Designates the Entire School. 499 Many Eminent Christian Writers Have Carefully and Fully Refuted the Heresy. These the Author Makes His Own Guides. 500 Although Writing in Latin He Proposes to Retain the Greek Names of the Valentinian Emanations of Deity. Not to Discuss the Heresy But Only to Expose It. This with the Raillery Which Its Absurdity Merits.
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Ante-Nicene Fathers, Vol. III
783 chapters English Public domain
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783 chapters
476 Some Hair-Splitting Use of Words in Which His Opponent Had Indulged. 477 A Curious Inconsistency in Hermogenes Exposed. Certain Expressions in The History of Creation Vindicated in The True Sense. 478 The Gradual Development of Cosmical Order Out of Chaos in the Creation, Beautifully Stated. 479 Another Passage in the Sacred History of the Creation, Released from the Mishandling of Hermogenes. 480 A Further Vindication of the Scripture Narrative of the Creation, Against a Futile View of Hermogenes. 481 The Account of the Creation in Genesis a General One, Corroborated, However, by Many Other Passages of the Old Testament, Which Give Account of Specific Creations. Further Cavillings Confuted. 482 Statement of the True Doctrine Concerning Matter. Its Relation to God's Creation of the World. 483 A Presumption that All Things Were Created by God Out of Nothing Afforded by the Ultimate Reduction of All Things to Nothing. Scriptures Proving This Reduction Vindicated from Hermogenes' Charge of Being Merely Figurative. 484 Contradictory Propositions Advanced by Hermogenes Respecting Matter and Its Qualities. 485 Other Absurd Theories Respecting Matter and Its Incidents Exposed in an Ironical Strain. Motion in Matter. Hermogenes' Conceits Respecting It. 486 Ironical Dilemmas Respecting Matter, and Sundry Moral Qualities Fancifully Attributed to It. 487 Other Speculations of Hermogenes, About Matter and Some of Its Adjuncts, Shown to Be Absurd. For Instance, Its Alleged Infinity. 488 These Latter Speculations Shown to Be Contradictory to the First Principles Respecting Matter, Formerly Laid Down by Hermogenes. 489 Shapeless Matter an Incongruous Origin for God's Beautiful Cosmos. Hermogenes Does Not Mend His Argument by Supposing that Only a Portion of Matter Was Used in the Creation. 490 Sundry Quotations from Hermogenes. Now Uncertain and Vague are His Speculations Respecting Motion in Matter, and the Material Qualities of Good and Evil. 491 Further Exposure of Inconsistencies in the Opinions of Hermogenes Respecting the Divine Qualities of Matter. 492 Other Discrepancies Exposed and Refuted Respecting the Evil in Matter Being Changed to Good. 493 Curious Views Respecting God's Method of Working with Matter Exposed. Discrepancies in the Heretic's Opinion About God's Local Relation to Matter. 494 Conclusion. Contrast Between the Statements of Hermogenes and the Testimony of Holy Scripture Respecting the Creation. Creation Out of Nothing, Not Out of Matter. 495 Chapter I 496 These Heretics Brand the Christians as Simple Persons. The Charge Accepted, and Simplicity Eulogized Out of the Scriptures. 497 The Folly of This Heresy. It Dissects and Mutilates the Deity. Contrasted with the Simple Wisdom of True Religion. To Expose the Absurdities of the Valentinian System is to Destroy It. 498 The Heresy Traceable to Valentinus, an Able But Restless Man. Many Schismatical Leaders of the School Mentioned. Only One of Them Shows Respect to the Man Whose Name Designates the Entire School. 499 Many Eminent Christian Writers Have Carefully and Fully Refuted the Heresy. These the Author Makes His Own Guides. 500 Although Writing in Latin He Proposes to Retain the Greek Names of the Valentinian Emanations of Deity. Not to Discuss the Heresy But Only to Expose It. This with the Raillery Which Its Absurdity Merits.
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