1: . 1 The Armenian translation of Bks. IV and V, found in the same MS. with our treatise, is a valuab[...] 2: . 2 Eccl. Hist., v. 26. 3: . 1 See chapters 1 and 99. 4: . 1 Published with a translation by the same editors in Texte u. Untersuchungen, xxxv. 2. 5: . 1 I had at first thought that a comparison of the passage quoted from III, xxv. 2 pointed to the [...] 6: . 1 He does so in the notable passage II, xlix. 3, of which Eusebius has preserved the original Gre[...] 7: . 1 Printed by Zacagni, Monumenta, p. 292 (Rome, 1698). 8: . 2 We have, "thy name "in Clem. Alex. Exc. ex Theodoto 20: To_ ga_r pro_ e9wsfo&rou e0ge/nnhsa& s[...] 9: . 3 Harris, Testimonies, p. 15. See also on p. 45 a quotation from an anti-Mohammedan tract: "His n[...]
1: . 1 This opening section is in the manner of the introductions to each of the five books Against He[...] 2: . 2 "To shew forth the preaching." This corresponds to the wording of the title: the e0pi/deicij, o[...] 3: . 3 Lit. "a more essential remembrancer." 4: . 2 Or, "spirit." The Armenian word for "spirit" (pneu~ma) is sometimes used also for "soul " (yux[...] 5: . 1 Lit. "I am the Existing One,"as in LXX .... In III, vi. 2 the words are quoted as spoken by th[...] 6: . 2 Here, as usual, the LXX is followed... 7: . 3 Cf. I, i. 20:.... The Arm. has taken over the Greek word kanw&n. 8: . Ps. i. 1. 9: . Ex. iii. 14. 10: . Isa. vii. 9 11: . 2 This passage is obscure, and I cannot feel any confidence in my rendering of it. The Armenian t[...] 12: . 1 This is a reminiscence of controversy with the heretics who denied that the Good God of the New[...] 13: . 2 In IV, xxxiv. 2 he quotes, as "Scripture," the Shepherd of Hermas, Mand. I: .... Cf. also I, XV[...] 14: . 4 Or "shown to be": cf. V, xviii. 1: "Et sic unus Deus Pater ostenditur ( = dei/knutai)." 15: . Cf. Isa. xliii. 10. 16: . 1 God is logiko&j, therefore by lo&goj He created the world. The play on the words is given by th[...] 17: . Ps. xxxiii. 6. 18: . 2 "Gives body:" apparently representing swmatopoiei=: cf. I. i. 9, of the Demiurge of Valentinus:[...] 19: . Eph. iv. 6. 20: . Cf. Gal. iv. 6. 21: . 1 Lit. "head:" cf. cc. 7, 100. 22: . 2 This is fully worked out in IV, lv. 1-6: the prophets were "members of Christ," and so each, ac[...] 23: . 3 The same double rendering of a0nakefalaiw&sasqai (Eph. i. 10) is found in the Arm. version of V,[...] 24: . 4 IV, xi. 4: "visibilem et palpabilem;" cf. IV, xiii. 1, where the Arm. shows that the Latin "pas[...] 25: . Rom. ii. 4-6. 26: . 1 An account of the late Jewish teaching as to the Seven Heavens is given in Mr. H. St John Thack[...] 27: . 1 Compare the reason given by Justin Martyr (Dial. 22) for the worship in the Temple: .... 28: . 2 Perhaps the text should be emended so as to give "operation " .... 29: . 3 Or "ministrations " (= ... in Arm. version of i Cor. xii. 5). 30: . Isa. xi. 2f. 31: . 5 The heavens are enumerated from above, in order to correspond with the prophet's words and put [...] 32: . Ex. xxv. 40. 33: . 4 The meaning is uncertain: the word means "daily, continual, perpetual"; but it is also used as [...] 34: . 5 Origen in his Commentary on Romans (III, § 8) interprets the two Cherubim over the mercy-seat a[...] 35: . Cf. Rev. v. 13. 36: . 1 Elsewhere Irenaeus constantly speaks of the Son and the Spirit as the Hands of God: see Introd.[...] 37: . 2 Equivalent to plasma or plasmatio. 38: . 3 So both the German translations: but they transfer the words so as to link them with " this gre[...] 39: . 1 For this function of angels cf. Papias, as quoted by Andreas in Apocal. c. 34, serm. 12: ... [...] 40: . 3 That Paradise was in a region outside this world is not quite distinctly stated here, but the o[...] 41: . Gen. ii. 19. 42: . Gen. ii. 18. As LXX. 43: . Gen. ii. 21 ff. 44: . 2 As LXX. 45: . Gen. ii. 25. 46: . Gen. ii. 16f. 47: . 1 IV, lxvi, 2; ... V, xxiv. 4: ... Cf. Wisd. ii. 24: ... 48: . 2 V, xxi. 2: "Satana enim verbum Hebraicum apostatam signifi-cat." Cf. Just. Mart. Dial. 103. [...] 49: . 3 Cf. Gen. iii. 24: ... . Perhaps "the way" comes from "the way of the tree of life " in the sam[...] 50: . Gen. iv. 1 f. 51: . Gen. iv 25. 52: . 1 This is from the Book of Enoch, to which Irenaeus also refers in IV, xxvii. 2. Enoch vii. 1: ..[...] 53: . 1 The Armenian corresponds to the Greek o( new&teroj (Gen. ix. 24). As there were three sons of [...] 54: . 1 Irenaeus makes no difficulty about speaking of "the curse of Ham." It is clear that he had a te[...] 55: . Gen. ix. 25. 56: . 2 Irenaeus seems to have drawn on Acts ii. 9-11 to amplify his list. 57: . 1 The LXX reads Canaan, but one cursive has Ham. 58: . Gen. ix. 26. 59: . 2 Here again the LXX reads Canaan, though E and other MSS. have Ham. The Arm. here has "he shall[...] 60: . Gen. ix. 27. 61: . Ps. xix. 4. 62: . 3 "The calling of the Gentiles," or, as we have it also here, " the calling from among the Genti[...] 63: . 1 With all the above cf. Just. M. Dial. 139. 64: . Gen. ix. 14 f. 65: . Gen. ix. i ff. 2 These last words are so quoted in V, xiv. 1. The LXX continues: .... This Iren[...] 66: . Gen. xi. 1. 67: . 1 Lit. "was found" .... 68: . 2 This is explained by the comment above (c. 21) on the blessing of Shem, which did not say "Bles[...] 69: . Gen. xii. (1 Acts vii. 3). 70: . 3 Heb. and LXX: "seventy and five." 71: . Gen. xvii. 8. 72: . Gen. xv. 5. 73: . Gen. xv. 6; Rom. iv. 3. 74: . 1 The Arm. has "uncircumcision" for "righteousness" by an oversight. 75: . Rom. iv. 11. 76: . Acts vii. 14. 77: . 1 The same interpretation of Pascha, as if from pa&sxein is found in IV, xx. I: "cujus et diem pa[...] 78: . Ex xxxi. 18; xxxiv. 28 79: . 1 "The finger of God" (Luke xi. 20) appears as "the Spirit of God " in Matt. xii. 28. Cf. Barn. [...] 80: . 2 Num. xiii. 16 .... Justin Martyr (Dial. 75, 113) has much to say on this change of name. Cf. Ba[...] 81: . 1 Probably this represents .... Compare the brief clauses: "and this came to pass " (c. 67), and [...] 82: . 1 Cf. the Greek fragment attributed to Irenaeus, Harvey II, p. 487, where we have ...: this fragm[...] 83: . Deut. xxxii. 49 f. 84: . Deut. xxxiv. 5 85: . 1 Or "this present Jerusalem": perhaps representing ... (Gal. iv. 25). 86: . 2 Cf. c. 51. 87: . Eph. i. 10. 88: . 3 For this double rendering see above c. 6. 89: . 2 Cf. 2 Tim. i. 10: ... 90: . John i. 14. 91: . 1 Almost the same words are here used as in III, xxx. I.: ... Cf. III, xix. 6: also Ephraim's Com[...] 92: . Gen. ii. 5. 93: . Gen. i. 26. 94: . 4 The same parallel is worked out in III, xxxii. 1, and V, xix. 1. It is found earlier in Justin [...] 95: . 1 Irenaeus is fond of referring to the sheep that was lost: see III, xx. 3, xxxii. 2, xxxvii. I; [...] 96: . 3 See above, c. 32. 97: . Cf. I Cor. xv. 53. 98: . 1 Cf. c. 68. 99: . Isa. 1. 5 f. 100: . Phil. ii. 8. 101: . 2 V, xvii. 4: ... The Greek, preserved in a Catena, is here emended from the Latin and Armenian v[...] 102: . 3 V, xviii. 2: ... The thought is taken from Justin (Ap. I. 60)" who attributes to Plato the wor[...] 103: . Phil. ii. 15. Gen. xv. 6; cf. Rom. iv. 3. Gal.iii. ii; Rom. iv. 13. i Tim. i. 9. 104: . 2 III, xxvi. 1: ... III, xi. 4, xvii. i, xxix. I. In all these places the phrase "eternal king" i[...] 105: . 1 Here and above I have used "body" as in A. V. for koili/a: but the strange argument is thus so[...] 106: . 2 The same word corresponds to "artifex" in the Arm. version of V, xv. 2, xxiv. 4: cf. III, xi. I[...] 107: . 1 Cf. C. 39: Barn. V. 6: ...: and Hippolytus, Apostolic Tradition, in the Eucharistic Prayer: " [...] 108: . Rev. i. 5. 109: . Amos ix. ii. 110: . 2 Or "body": cf. c. 62. 111: . Rev. i. 5. 112: . Col. i. 18. 113: . Isa. ix. 6. 114: . 1 Cf. c. 97 (where however the Incarnation is in question), and the references there given. 115: . 2 Or " fleshly": cf. I, ii. I: ... 116: . 2 Cf. c. 21. The Arm. is obscure, perhaps corrupt. 117: . 1 Cf. Just. M. Ap. 1. 32: ... 118: . Gen. i. i. 119: . 2 Lit. "the Armenian language." 120: . 3 The Hebrew text has been corrupted in transmission: but it is plain that Irenaeus interpreted t[...] 121: . 4 Ps. cx. 3, lxxii. 17. For this composite quotation from the Psalms, here attributed to Jeremiah[...] 122: . 5 For this quotation also see Introd. p. 22 f. 123: . 6 This is probably a reference to Prov, viii. 22: ... 124: . 1 Justin (Dial. 88) quotes the Voice at the Baptism in the form " Thou art my Son, this day have [...] 125: . John i. 1 ff. 126: . Gen. xviii 1 ff. 127: . Gen. xix. 24. 128: . Gen. xxviii. 12 f. 129: . 2 The Arm. text has "from heaven to heaven" by oversight. That Jacob's Ladder signified the Cross[...] 130: . Acts vii. 49 (Isa. lxvi. i). 131: . Isa. xl. 12. 132: . Ex. iii. 7. 133: . 3 V, xvii. 4: ...(where neither Lat. nor Arm. supports the inserted Betas): cf. c. 79. For this .[...] 134: . Cf. I Cor. x. 4. Cf. Ex. xv. 27. I Cor. xiv. 20. Cf. Ex. xvii. 9 ff. 135: . 3 Cf. Athan. Orat. i. 64: ... 136: . Heb. i. 8 f. (Ps. xlv. 6f.). 137: . 3 This is Justin's interpretation of the words: see Dial. 33... 138: . 4 .. cf. Barn. XII, 11: so also many later writers. 139: . Isa. xlv. 1. 140: . Ps. ii. 7 f. 141: . Ps. cx. 1. Isa. xlv. 1. 142: . Ps. ii. 7. 143: . 1 The subject is fully treated by Justin (Ap. I, 36 ff.): ... 144: . 1 Here the quotation corresponds with Acts xiii. 47, as in Just. M. Dial. 121. 145: . Isa. xlix. 5 f. 146: . 2 Cf. c. 30. Justin says (Dial. 62): ... 147: . 1 The construction of the Arm. is uncertain, but the general sense is plain. .. 148: . Isa. vii. 14 ff. 149: . 1 For comments on the rest of this chapter, see Introd. pp. 15 f. 150: . Isa. lxi. 1. 151: . 2 After the word "death " the Arm. has again "at that time." 152: . Cf. Matt, i. 23. 153: . 4 Or, perhaps," a cry of augury." 154: . Isa. vii. 14. 155: . 5 Cf. c. 71; and Just. M. Ap. I, 47... Dial. 118 . ... 156: . Isa. lxvi. 7. 157: . 2 The transposition of "son " and " child " would seem to be an oversight: see however Just. M. [...] 158: . Isa. ix. 6. 159: . Gen. i. 26. 160: . Isa. ix. 5 ff. 161: . 3 The Arm. appears to mean "of the Risen One": but the text may be corrupt. 162: . Gen. xlix. 10 f. 163: . 1 The translation is uncertain. Cf. Justin, ibid.: ... 164: . Cf. Ps. civ. 15. Isa. vii. 14. Isa. xxxv. 10. Isa. xi. 10. Num. xxiv. 17. 165: . 4 So in III, ix. 2 ("dux").. The only other evidence for this seems to be Just. M. Dial. 106: LX[...] 166: . Cf. Matt, ii. 1-9. 167: . 1 Cf. Protevang. Jacobi (cod. D): ...: Opus Imperf. in Matth. p. 30: "venit et stetit super caput[...] 168: . 1 Lit. "with spirit through the lips," as in LXX. 169: . Isa. xi. 1 ff. 170: . 4 The Arm. means "with," not "by means of." Cf. Just. M. Dial. 86... the Rod from Jesse's root i[...] 171: . 5 Or "body." 172: . 2 In V, xxxiii. 4 he discusses the same question and, while recognizing that some persons give a [...] 173: . 1 The Arm. text as printed gives "in my name"; but by a different division of the letters we get [...] 174: . 2 Cf. c. 38. 175: . Amos ix. 11. 176: . 3 Or " flesh"; and so throughout the passage. 177: . 1 Cf. Wisd. ix. 15 (R. V.): "For a corruptible body weighs down the soul, and the earthly frame .[...] 178: . 2 Matt. ii. 6 (Micah v. 2.) Irenaeus quotes the prophecy in the Matthaean form, which differs muc[...] 179: . 4 " My " for " thy " (LXX ...) by oversight. Part of the text is quoted in III, ix. 2. See also [...] 180: . 1 Ps. cxxxii. 10 ff. The Arm. has "and their son for evermore," and nothing further. 181: . 2 Matt. xxi. 5 (Isa. lxii. II; Zech. ix. 9). The passage is quoted in the Matthaean form, and asc[...] 182: . 3 Cf. cc. 36, 56, 95. 183: . Matt. viii. 17 (Isa. liii. 4). 184: . Isa. xxix. 18. 185: . Isa. xxxv. 3ff. 186: . Isa. xxvi. 19. 187: . 1 The Arm. text gives the passive ("be understood "); but doubtless the LXX ... was read: the di[...] 188: . Isa. ii. 13 ff. 189: . 2 The repetition in the Arm. of the word here rendered "tormented " suggests that the same Greek [...] 190: . 1 Isa. i. 6. Cf. c. 34. 191: . Lam. iii. 30. 192: . Isa. liii. 5f. 193: . 2 The Arm. word for "lamb " in this place (amaru) seems to be a Syriac loan-word: see the note in[...] 194: . Isa. liii. 7. Isa. liii. 8. 195: . Isa. liii. 8. 196: . Lam. iv. 20. 197: . 1 Or "flesh," as elsewhere. 198: . 2 Cf. c. 59, ad fin. 199: . 3 The words appear to mean literally: "the Spirit becoming as it were a shadow with glory and cov[...] 200: . 4 This is said of St Peter in Acts v. 15. 201: . Isa. lvii. 1 f. 202: . 1 The same point about "the Just" and "just men" is made by Justin (Ap. I, 48, Dial. 110). 203: . Ps. xxi. 4. 204: . Ps. iii. 5. 205: . Ps. ii. 1 f. 206: . 1 Pilate was procurator of Judaea for ten years (27-37). Claudius did not become emperor until A.[...] 207: . Cf. Acts iv. 25 ff. 208: . 2 The Armenian is here uncertain. 209: . 3 Cf. c. 64 for a similar oversight. 210: . Lit. "for trembling." Ps. lxxxix. 39 ff. 211: . 2 "Smite" is in the singular, as in cod. A of the LXX, which is here followed. 212: . Zech. xiii. 7. 213: . 3 Cf. c. 93, and IV, xxix. 5; "in duodecim prophetis Malachias." Often in Justin. 214: . Hos. x. 6. 215: . 4 The same interpretation is given by Justin (Dial. 103). 216: . 1 This is one of the prophecies which Justin declared the Jews had erased from their Scriptures ([...] 217: . Isa. lxv. 2. 218: . 2 Cf. c. 46: Barn. XII. 4: Just. M. Ap. I, 35. 219: . Ps, xxii. 16. 220: . 3 Ps. xxii. 14, 17. Ps. xxii. 20; cxix. 120; xxii. 16. " Nail my flesh " comes from the LXX. of P[...] 221: . Deut. xxviii. 66. 222: . Ps. xxii. 17 f. 223: . Cf. John xix. 23 f. 224: . Matt, xxvii. 9 f. (Zech. xi. 13). 225: . Cf. Matt. xxvi. 15. 226: . 4 In Matt. xxvi. 15 Cod. Bezae and some other authorities have ... for ... . 227: . Cf. Matt, xxvii. 34. Joh. xix. 29. 228: . Ps. lxix. 21. 229: . Ps. lxviii. 17 f. 230: . Eph. iv. 8. 231: . Ps. xxiv. 7 232: . 1 Ps. xxiv. 8 ff. Justin's interpretation (Dial. 36) makes the humble form of our Lord's humanity[...] 233: . Ps. cx, 1. 234: . Ps. xix. 6. 235: . Rom. x. 15 (Isa. lii. 7). 236: . Isa. ii. 3. 237: . Ps. xix. 4. 238: . Cf. Matt. vi. 7. 239: . Rom. ix. 28 (Isa. X. 22 f.). 240: . Rom. xiii. 10. 241: . 1 Matt. xxii. 37 f.; Mark xii. 30 f. For the abbreviation of the "First Commandment " cf. Just. M[...] 242: . Isa. l.8 f.; ii. 17. 243: . Isa. lxv. 15 f. 244: . Isa. lxiii. 9. 245: . 2 The word means more especially "to live in freedom." 246: . Isa. xliii. 18ff. 247: . Cf. Rom. vii. 6. 248: . 5 Lit. "giving my laws"; cf. Heb. viii. 10. 249: . Jer. xxxi. 31 ff.; Heb. viii. 8 ff. 250: . 2 Or " hope ": and so twice below. 251: . Isa. xvii. 7f. 252: . 3 Or " manifest," as in the quotation below. 253: . Isa. lxv. 1. 254: . Rom. ix. 25 f. (Hos. ii. 23, i. 10). 255: . Matt. iii. 9. 256: . Ezek. xi. 19 f. 257: . John i. 14. 258: . 3 Both the German translations take the passage to mean: "granting many children to the Church, t[...] 259: . Isa. liv. 1; Gal. iv. 27. 260: . Cf. Deut. xxviii. 44. Deut. xxxii. 21; Rom. x. 19. 261: . Cf. Jer. ii. 8. 262: . 1 In the Arm. "who is" refers to "the Son," 263: . 2 Cf. 36, 56, 66. 264: . 1 Dr Rendel Harris (Testimonies I, 66) has pointed out that this is a reminiscence of Polycarp, E[...] 265: . Cf. Rom. xiii. 10. 266: . i Cor. xiv. 20. 267: . Ex. xx. 13 ff.; Deut. v. 17 ff. 268: . Ex. xxi. 24. 269: . 4 Just. M. Dial. 12... 270: . Hos. vi. 6. Isa. lxvi. 3. Joel ii. 32. Cf. Acts iv. 12. 271: . ADDITIONAL NOTE. ---- A new instalment has now appeared of the Patrologia Orientalis (XII. 5: Pa[...] 272: . Luke xviii. 27. 273: . Bar. iii. 29-iv. 1. 274: . 1 Lit. " with the formation (plasma) of God." 275: . Isa. i. 30. 276: . 2 Lit. "heads": cf. cc. 6 f.
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