An Account of the Life and Writings of S. Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons and Martyr: Intended to Illustrate the Doctrine, Discipline, Practices, and History of the Church, and the Tenets and Practices of the Gnostic Heretics During the Second CenturyBeaven, James
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An Account of the Life and Writings of S. Irenæus, Bishop of Lyons and Martyr: Intended to Illustrate the Doctrine, Discipline, Practices, and History of the Church, and the Tenets and Practices of the Gnostic Heretics During the Second Century
Beaven, James
Gnosticism; Irenaeus, Saint, Bishop of Lyon; Theology, Doctrinal -- History -- Early church, ca. 30-600
super omnes quidem similiter advenit, judicialis est autem, et
discretor credentium et non credentium, quoniam ex sua sententia
credentes faciunt ejus voluntatem, et ex sua sententia credentes
faciunt ejus voluntatem, et ex sua sententia indictoaudientes non
accedunt ad ejus doctrinam: manifestum, quoniam et Pater ejus omnes
quidem similiter fecit, propriam sententiam unumquemque habentem, et
sensum liberum; respicit autem omnia, et providet omnibus, “solem
suum oriri faciens super malos et bonos, et pluens super justos et
injustos.”—2. Et ὅσα τὴν πρὸς Θεὸν τηρεῖ φιλίαν, τούτοις τὴν ἰδίαν
παρέχει κοινωνίαν. κοινωνία δὲ Θεοῦ, ζωὴ καὶ φῶς, καὶ ἀπόλαυσις τῶν
παρ᾽ αὐτοῦ ἀγαθῶν. ὅσοι autem ἀφίστανται κατὰ τὴν γνώμην αὐτῶν τοῦ
Θεοῦ, τούτοις τὸν ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ χωρισμὸν ἐπάγει.——xxviii. 1. Ἐπεὶ οὖν ἐν
τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, οἱ μὲν προστρέχουσι τῷ φωτὶ, καὶ διὰ τῆς πίστεως
ἑνοῦσιν ἑαυτοὺς τῷ Θεῷ, οἱ δὲ ἀφίστανται τοῦ φωτὸς, καὶ ἀφορίζουσιν
ἑαυτοὺς τοῦ Θεοῦ· ἐκδέχεται ὁ Λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ, τοῖς πᾶσιν ἁρμόζουσαν
οἴκησιν ἐπάγων· τοῖς μὲν ἐν τῷ φωτὶ, πρὸς τὸ ἀπολαύειν αὐτοὺς τῶν ἐν
αὐτῷ ἀγαθῶν, τοῖς δὲ ἐν τῷ σκότει, πρὸς τὸ μετέχειν αὐτοὺς τῆς ἐν
αὐτῷ μοχθηρίας. Διὰ τοῦτό φησι, τοὺς μὲν ἐκ δεξιῶν ἀνακαλέσασθαι εἰς
τὴν τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλείαν, τοὺς δὲ ἐξ ἀριστερῶν εἰς τὸ αἰώνιον πῦρ
πέμψειν· ἑαυτοὺς γὰρ πάντων ἐστέρησαν τῶν ἀγαθῶν.
369 IV. xxxvii. 1, 2. V. xxvii. 1. xxviii. 1.
370 IV. xv. 2. Si autem quidam, propter inobedientes Israëlitas et
perditos, infirmum dicunt legis doctorem, invenient in ea vocatione
quæ est secundum nos multos quidem vocatos, paucos vero electos; et
intrinsecus lupos, a foris vero indutos pelles ovium; et id quod
erat semper liberum et suæ potestatis in homine semper servasse Deum
et suam exhortationem.——xxxvii. 1.
371 IV. xxxvii. 1, 5. V. xxvii. 2. xxviii. 1.
372 IV. xxxvii. 2.
373 IV. xxxvii. 3.
374 IV. xxxvii. 5. V. xxvii. 1. xxviii. 1.
375 IV. xxxvii. 5.
376 IV. xxxvii. 3.—V. i. 1. Et quoniam injuste dominabatur nobis
apostasia, et cum natura essemus Dei omnipotentis, alienavit nos
contra naturam, suos proprios faciens discipulos; potens in omnibus
Dei Verbum, et non deficiens in sua justitia, juste etiam adversus
ipsam conversus est apostasiam, ea quæ sunt sua redimens ab ea: non
cum vi, quemadmodum illa initio dominabatur nostri, ea quæ non erant
sua insatiabiliter rapiens; sed secundum suadelam, quemadmodum
decebat Deum suadentem et non vim inferentem, accipere quæ vellet:
ut neque quod est justum confringeretur, neque antiqua plasmatio Dei
deperiret.
377 IV. xxxvii. 1.
378 IV. xxxvii. 7. See p. 106, note 5.
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