<TEI xmlns="http://www.tei-c.org/ns/1.0" xmlns:py="http://codespeak.net/lxml/objectify/pytype" py:pytype="TREE"><text><body><div type="edition" n="urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg009.1st1K-grc1" xml:lang="grc"><div type="textpart" subtype="chapter" n="21"><p>ταῦτα τοῖς αἰνιγματισταῖς παρ’ ἡμῶν, οὐχ ἑκόντων
<lb n="10"/> μέν· οὐ γὰρ ἡδὺ τοῖς πιστοῖς ἀδολεσχία καὶ λόγων ἀντίθεσις,
ἀρκεῖ γὰρ καὶ εἷς ἀντικείμενος· πλὴν ἀναγκαίως διὰ τοὺς
ἐμπίπτοντας, ἐπεὶ καὶ διὰ τὰς νόσους τὰ φάρμακα, ἵν
εἰδῶσι μὴ πάντα ὄντες σοφοὶ μηδὲ ἀήττητοι τὰ περιττὰ
καὶ κενοῦντα τὸ εὐαγγέλιον. ὅταν γὰρ τὸ τοῦ λόγου
<lb n="15"/> δυνατὸν προβαλλώμεθα, τὸ πιστεύειν ἀφέντες, καὶ τὸ τοῦ
πνεύματος ἀξιόπιστον ταῖς ζητήσεσι λύσωμεν, εἶτα ἡττηθῇ
τοῦ μεγέθους τῶν πραγμάτων ὁ λόγος, — ἡττηθήσεται δὲ
πάντως, ἀπὸ ἀσθενοῦς ὀργάνου τῆς ἡμετέρας διανοίας
<note type="footnote">2 προεγείρονται] ἐγείρονται ‘Reg. Cypr.’ || 8 λύει] λυέτω f
21. 15 προβαλώμεθα c</note>
<note type="footnote">I. καταπ. ῥήγνυται] Matt, xxvii
51; cp. Heb. ix 8, x 19 f.</note>
<note type="footnote">2. προεγείρονται] Matt, xxvii 52.
The reading ἐγ. is manifestly a cor-
rection, to bring Gr. into conformity
with St Μ.</note>
<note type="footnote">3. ζωοποιεῖ] John v 21.</note>
<note type="footnote">ib. καταλύει] Heb. ii 14; cp.
2 Tim. i 10.</note>
<note type="footnote">4. ἀνάγει ψυχάς] Α ref. to the
traditional belief of the "harrowing
of hell." Cp. Ign. Magn. 9 παρὼν
ἤγειρεν αὐτοὺς τοὺς προΦήτας) ἐκ
νεκρῶν, where see ’s note.
The doctrine was naturally a favourite
one among the speculative
sects; see Anaph. Pilati B 8 (Tisch.
p. 447).</note>
<note type="footnote">21. It has been a disagreeable
task to examine these objections; believers
are not fond of arguing; but
it is important to shew that the
arguments are not all on the side of
heresy. To rely upon logic, however,
is the abandonment of faith, the
evacuation of the Gospel, and its
betrayal. God bring the opponents
to a better mind, and grant us a
saving hold upon the Trinity.</note>
<note type="footnote">9. ταῦτα] sc εἰρήκαμεν or εἰρήσθω.</note>
<note type="footnote">11. εἷς ἀντικείμενος] Satan.</note>
<note type="footnote">ib. τοὺς ἐμπίπτοντας] ‘our assailants.’</note>
<note type="footnote">13. ἀήττητοι τ. π. κτλ] κτλ.] ‘invincible
in those fine arguments.
which make void the Gospel.’</note>
<note type="footnote">15. προβαλλώμεθα] ’advance’ as
a sword or shield.</note>
<note type="footnote">ib. τὸ το̣ῦ πνεύματος ἀ̣ξ.] ’defeat
the credentials of the Spirit by our
contentions.’</note>

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ὁρμώμενος — τί γίνεται; τὸ ἀσθενὲς τοῦ λόγου τοῦ μυστηρίου
φαίνεται· καὶ οὕτω κένωσις τοῦ σταυροῦ τὸ τοῦ λόγου
κομψὸν ἀναδείκνυται, ὡς καὶ Παύλῳ δοκεῖ. ἡ γὰρ πίστις
τοῦ καθ’ ἡμᾶς λόγου πλήρωσις. ὁ δὲ ἀναγγέλλων συνδέσμους,
καὶ λύων κρατούμενα, ὁ καὶ ἡμῖν ἐπὶ νοῦν ἀγαγὼν <lb n="5"/>
διαλῦσαι στραγγαλιὰς βιαίων δογμάτων, μάλιστα μὲν καὶ
τούτους μεταβαλὼν ποιήσειε πιστοὺς ἀντὶ τεχνολόγων,
καὶ Χριστιανοὺς ἀνθ’ ὧν νῦν ὀνομάζονται. τοῦτο δὴ καὶ
παρακαλοῦμεν· δεόμεθα ὑπὲρ χριστοῦ· καταλλάγητε τῷ
θεῷ, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα μὴ σβέννυτε· μᾶλλον δέ, καταλλαγείη <lb n="10"/>
Χριστὸς ὑμῖν, καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ὀψὲ γοῦν ἀναλάμψειεν. εἰ
δὲ λίαν ἔχοιτε φιλονείκως, ἀλλ’ ἡμεῖς γε σώζοιμεν ἡμῖν
αὐτοῖς τὴν τριάδα, καὶ ὑπὸ τῆς τριάδος σωζοίμεθα, μένοντες
εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι, μέχρις ἀναδείξεως τελεωτέρας
τῶν ποθουμένων, ἐν αὐτῷ Χριστῷ τῷ κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, ᾧ ἡ <lb n="15"/>
δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας· Ἀμήν.</p><note type="footnote">6 στραγγαλιας] + τῶν a || δογμάτων] συναλλαγμάτων b || 7 ποιήσειε]
ποιήσει a || 9 παρακαλοῦμεν] + καὶ g ΙΙ 10 σβέννυται a || 12 ἔχοιτε] ἔχετε
’in nonnull.’ || 16 ’δοξα] + καὶ τὸ κράτος νυν καὶ ἀεὶ καὶ f</note><note type="footnote">1. τὸ ἁ. τοῦ μ. φ] ‘the
weakness of the argument is held to
be the zveakness of our creed.</note><note type="footnote">2. κένωσις τοῦ ’στ’] I Cor. i 17.</note><note type="footnote">4. πλήρωσις] the opposite of κέ
νῶσις. It is the ‘fulfilling of the
word’ even when the λόγος is feeble.</note><note type="footnote">ib. ἀναγγέλλων . . . κρατούμενα]
Dan. v 16. Seeiill.</note><note type="footnote">6. στραγγαλιάς] ’ tightly twisted
knots’; a quotation from Is. lviii
with δογμάτων substituted for συναλλαγμάτων.</note><note type="footnote">8. ὀνομάζονται] sc. Εὐνομιανοί.</note><note type="footnote">9. δεόμεθα ὁ. X.] 2 Cor. v 20.</note><note type="footnote">10. τὸ πνεῦμα μὴ σβ.] 1 Thess.
v 19.</note><note type="footnote">14. εἰλικρ. κ. ἀπρóσκ.] Phil, i 10.</note></div></div></body></text></TEI>