Irenaeus Against Heresies, v2
BOOK II
- CHAP. I.—THERE IS BUT ONE GOD: THE IMPOSSIBILITY
OF ITS BEING OTHERWISE.
- CHAP. II—THE WORLD WAS NOT FORMED BY ANGELS, OR
BY ANY OTHER BEING, CONTRARY TO THE WILL OF THE MOST HIGH GOD, BUT WAS
MADE BY THE FATHER THROUGH THE WORD.(1)
- CHAP. III.—THE BYTHUS AND PLEROMA OF THE
VALENTINIANS, AS WELL AS THE GOD OF MAR-CION, SHOWN TO BE ABSURD; THE
WORLD WAS ACTUALLY CREATED BY THE SAME BEING WHO HAD CONCEIVED THE IDEA
OF IT, AND WAS NOT THE FRUIT OF DEFECT OR IGNORANCE.
- CHAP. IV.—THE ABSURDITY OF THE SUPPOSED VACUUM
AND DEFECT OF THE HERETICS IS DEMONSTRATED.
- CHAP. V.—THIS WORLD WAS NOT FORMED BY ANY OTHER
BEINGS WITHIN THE TERRITORY WHICH IS CONTAINED BY THE FATHER.
- CHAP. VI. —THE ANGELS AND THE CREATOR OF THE
WORLD COULD NOT HAVE BEEN IGNORANT OF THE SUPREME GOD.
- CHAP. VII.—CREATED THINGS ARE NOT THE IMAGES OF
THOSE AEONS WHO ARE WITHIN THE PLEROMA.
- CHAP. VIII.—CREATED THINGS ARE NOT A SHADOW OF
THE PLEROMA.
- CHAP. IX.—THERE IS BUT ONE CREATOR OF THE WORLD,
GOD THE FATHER: THIS THE CONSTANT BELIEF OF THE CHURCH.
- CHAP. X.—PERVERSE INTERPRETATIONS OF SCRIPTURE
BY THE HERETICS: GOD CREATED ALL THINGS OUT OF NOTHING, AND NOT FROM
PRE-EXISTENT MATTER.
- CHAP. XI.—THE HERETICS, FROM THEIR DISBELIEF OF
THE TRUTH, HAVE FALLEN INTO AN ABYSS OF ERROR: REASONS FOR
INVESTIGATING THEIR SYSTEMS.
- CHAP. XII.—THE TRIACONTAD OF THE HERETICS ERRS
BOTH BY DEFECT AND EXCESS: SOPHIA COULD NEVER HAVE PRODUCED ANYTHING
APART FROM HER CONSORT; LOGOS AND SIGE COULD NOT HAVE BEEN
CONTEMPORARIES.
- CHAP. XIII.—THE FIRST ORDER OF PRODUCTION
MAINTAINED BY THE HERETICS IS ALTOGETHER INDEFENSIBLE.
- CHAP. XIV.— VALENTINUS AND HIS FOLLOWERS
DERIVED THE PRINCIPLES OF THEIR SYSTEM FROM THE HEATHEN; THE NAMES
ONLY ARE CHANGED.
- CHAP. XV.—NO ACCOUNT CAN BE GIVEN OF THESE
PRODUCTIONS.
- CHAP. XVI.—THE CREATOR OF THE WORLD EITHER
PRODUCED OF HIMSELF THE IMAGES OF THINGS TO BE MADE, OR THE PLEROMA WAS
FORMED AFTER THE IMAGE OF SOME PREVIOUS SYSTEM; AND SO ON AD INFINITUM.
- CHAP. XVII.—INQUIRY INTO THE PRODUCTION OF THE
AEONS: WHATEVER ITS SUPPOSED NATURE, IT IS IN EVERY RESPECT
INCONSISTENT; AND ON THE HYPOTHESIS OF THE HERETICS, EVEN NOUS AND THE
FATHER HIMSELF WOULD BE STAINED WITH IGNORANCE.
- CHAP. XVIII.—SOPHIA WAS NEVER REALLY IN
IGNORANCE OR PASSION; HER ENTHYMESIS COULD NOT HAVE BEEN SEPARATED FROM
HERSELF, OR EXHIBITED SPECIAL TENDENCIES OF ITS OWN.
- CHAP. XIX.—ABSURDITIES OF THE HERETICS AS TO
THEIR OWN ORIGIN: THEIR OPINIONS RESPECTING THE DEMIURGE SHOWN TO BE
EQUALLY UNTENABLE AND RIDICULOUS.
- CHAP. XX.—FUTILITY OF THE ARGUMENTS ADDUCED TO
DEMONSTRATE THE SUFFERINGS OF THE TWELFTH AEON, FROM THE PARABLES, THE
TREACHERY OF JUDAS, AND THE PASSION OF OUR SAVIOUR.
- CHAP. XXI.—THE TWELVE APOSTLES WERE NOT A TYPE
OF THE AEONS.
- CHAP. XXII.—THE THIRTY AEONS ARE NOT TYPIFIED
BY THE FACT THAT CHRIST WAS BAPTIZED IN HIS THIRTIETH YEAR: HE DID NOT
SUFFER IN THE TWELFTH MONTH AFTER HIS BAPTISM, BUT WAS MORE THAN FIFTY
YEARS OLD WHEN HE DIED.
- CHAP. XXIII.—THE WOMAN WHO SUFFERED FROM AN
ISSUE OF BLOOD WAS NO TYPE OF THE SUFFERING AEON.
- CHAP. XXIV.—FOLLY OF THE ARGUMENTS DERIVED BY
THE HERETICS FROM NUMBERS, LETTERS, AND SYLLABLES.
- CHAP. XXV.—GOD IS NOT TO BE SOUGHT AFTER BY
MEANS OF LETTERS, SYLLABLES, AND NUMBERS; NECESSITY OF HUMILITY IN SUCH
INVESTIGATIONS.
- CHAP. XXVI.—"KNOWLEDGE PUFFETH UP, BUT LOVE
EDIFIETH."
- CHAP. XXVII.—PROPER MODE OF INTERPRETING
PARABLES AND OBSCURE PASSAGES OF SCRIPTURE.
- CHAP. XXVII.—PERFECT KNOWLEDGE CANNOT BE
ATTAINED IN THE PRESENT LIFE: MANY QUESTIONS MUST BE SUBMISSIVELY LEFT
IN THE HANDS OF GOD.
- CHAP. XXIX.—REFUTATION OF THE VIEWS OF THE
HERETICS AS TO THE FUTURE DESTINY OF THE SOUL AND BODY.
- CHAP. XXX.—ABSURDITY OF THEIR STYLING
THEMSELVES SPIRITUAL, WHILE THE DEMIURGE IS DECLARED TO BE ANIMAL.
- CHAP. XXXI.—RECAPITULATION AND APPLICATION OF
THE FOREGOING ARGUMENTS.
- CHAP. XXXII.—FURTHER EXPOSURE OF THE WICKED AND
BLASPHEMOUS DOCTRINES OF THE HERETICS.
- CHAP. XXXIII.—ABSURDITY OF THE DOCTRINE OF THE
TRANSMIGRATION OF SOULS.
- CHAP. XXXIV.—SOULS CAN BE RECOGNISED IN THE
SEPARATE STATE, AND ARE IMMORTAL ALTHOUGH THEY ONCE HAD A BEGINNING.
- CHAP. XXXV.—REFUTATION OF BASILIDES, AND OF THE
OPINION THAT THE PROPHETS UTTERED THEIR PREDICTIONS UNDER THE
INSPIRATION OF DIFFERENT GODS.
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