AGAINST MARCION, v4
BOOK IV.(1)
- CHAP. I.—EXAMINATION OF THE ANTITHESES OF
MARCION, BRINGING THEM TO THE TEST OF MARCION'S OWN GOSPEL. CERTAIN
TRUE ANTITHESES IN THE DISPENSATIONS OF THE OLD AND THE NEW
TESTAMENTS.THESE VARIATIONS QUITE COMPATIBLE WITH ONE AND THE SAME GOD,
WHO ORDERED THEM.
- CHAP. II.—ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL, SELECTED BY MARCION
AS HIS AUTHORITY, AND MUTILATED BY HIM. THE OTHER GOSPELS EQUALLY
AUTHORITATIVE. MARCION'S TERMS OF DISCUSSION, HOWEVER, ACCEPTED, AND
GRAPPLED WITH ON THE FOOTING OF ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL ALONE.
- CHAP. III.(3)—MARCION INSINUATED THE
UNTRUSTWORTHINESS OF CERTAIN APOSTLES WHOM ST. PAUL REBUKED. THE REBUKE
SHOWS THAT IT CANNOT BE REGARDED AS DEROGATING FROM THEIR AUTHORITY.
THE APOSTOLIC GOSPELS PERFECTLY AUTHENTIC.
- CHAP. IV.—EACH SIDE CLAIMS TO POSSESS THE TRUE
GOSPEL. ANTIQUITY THE CRITERION OF TRUTH IN SUCH A MATTER. MARCION'S
PRETENSIONS AS AN AMENDER OF THE GOSPEL.
- CHAP. V.—BY THE RULE OF ANTIQUITY, THE CATHOLIC
GOSPELS ARE FOUND TO BE TRUE, INCLUDING THE REAL ST. LUKE'S. MARCION'S
ONLY A MUTILATED EDITION. THE HERETIC'S WEAKNESS AND INCONSISTENCY IN
IGNORING THE OTHER GOSPELS.(24)
- CHAP.VI.—MARCION'S OBJECT IN ADULTERATING THE
GOSPEL. NO DIFFERENCE BETWEEN THE CHRIST OF THE CREATOR AND THE CHRIST
OF THE GOSPEL. NO RIVAL CHRIST ADMISSIBLE. THE CONNECTION OF THE TRUE
CHRIST WITH THE DISPENSATION OF THE OLD TESTAMENT ASSERTED.
- CHAP.VII.—MARCION REJECTED THE PRECEDINGPORTION
OF ST. LUKE'S GOSPEL. THEREFORE THIS REVIEW OPENS WITH AN EXAMINATION
OF THE CASE OF THE EVIL SPIRIT IN THE SYNAGOGUE OF CAPERNAUM. HE WHOM
THE DEMON ACKNOWLEDGED WAS THE CREATOR'S CHRIST.
- CHAP. VIII."—OTHER PROOFS FROM THE SAME CHAPTER,
THAT JESUS, WHO PREACHED AT NAZARETH, AND WAS ACKNOWLEDGED BY CERTAIN
DEMONS AS CHRIST THE SON OF GOD, WAS THE CREATOR'S CHRIST. AS OCCASION
OFFERS, THE DOCETIC ERRORS OF MARCION ARE EXPOSED.
- CHAP. IX.—OUT OF ST. LUKE'S FIFTH CHAPTER ARE
FOUND PROOFS OF CHRIST'S BELONGING TO THE CREATOR, E.G. IN THE CALL OF
FISHERMEN TO THE APOSTOLIC OFFICE, AND IN THE CLEANSING OF THE LEPER.
CHRIST COMPARED WITH THE PROPHET ELISHA.
- CHAP. X.—FURTHER PROOFS OF THE SAME TRUTH IN
THE SAME CHAPTER, FROM THE HEALING OF THE PARALYTIC, AND FROM THE
DESIGNATION SON OF MAN WHICH JESUS GIVES HIMSELF. TERTULLIAN SUSTAINS
HIS ARGUMENT BY SEVERAL QUOTATIONS FROM THE PROPHETS.
- CHAP. XI.—THE CALL OF LEVI THE PUBLICAN. CHRIST
IN RELATION TO THE BAPTIST. CHRIST AS THE BRIDEGROOM. THE PARABLE OF
THE OLD WINE AND THE NEW. ARGUMENTS CONNECTING CHRIST WITH THE CREATOR.
- CHAP. XII.—CHRIST'S AUTHORITY OVER THE SABBATH.
AS ITS LORD HE RECALLED IT FROM PHARISAIC NEGLECT TO THE ORIGINAL
PURPOSE OF ITS INSTITUTION BY THE CREATOR THE CASE OF THE DISCIPLES WHO
PLUCKED THE EARS OF CORN ON THE SABBATH. THE WITHERED HAND HEALED ON
THE SABBATH.
- CHAP. XIII.—CHRIST'S CONNECTION WITH THE
CREATOR SHOWN. MANY QUOTATIONS OUT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT PROPHETICALLY
BEAR ON CERTAIN EVENTS OF THE LIFE OF JESUS—SUCH AS HIS ASCENT TO
PRAYING ON THE MOUNTAIN; HIS SELECTION OF TWELVE APOSTLES; HIS CHANGING
SIMON'S NAME TO PETER, AND GENTILES FROM TYRE AND SIDON RESORTING TO
HIM.
- CHAP. XIV.—CHRIST'S SERMON ON THE MOUNT. IN
MANNER AND CONTENTS IT SO RESEMBLES THE CREATOR'S DISPENSATIONAL WORDS
AND DEEDS. IT SUGGESTS THEREFORE THE CONCLUSION THAT JESUS IS THE
CREATOR'S CHRIST. THE BEATITUDES.
- CHAP. XV.—SERMON ON THE MOUNT CONTINUED. ITS
WOES IN STRICT AGREEMENT WITH THE CREATOR'S DISPOSITION. MANY
QUOTATIONS OUT OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN PROOF OF THIS.
- CHAP. XVI.—THE PRECEPT OF LOVING ONE'S ENEMIES.
IT IS AS MUCH TAUGHT IN THE CREATOR'S SCRIPTURES OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
AS IN CHRIST'S SERMON. THE LEX TALIONIS OF MOSES ADMIRABLY EXPLAINED IN
CONSISTENCY WITH THE KINDNESS AND LOVE WHICH JESUS CHRIST CAME TO
PROCLAIM AND ENFORCE IN BEHALF OF THE CREATOR. SUNDRY PRECEPTS OF
CHARITY EXPLAINED.
- CHAP. XVII.—CONCERNING LOANS. PROHIBITION OF
USURY AND THE USURIOUS SPIRIT. THE LAW PREPARATORY TO THE GOSPEL IN ITS
PROVISIONS; SO IN THE PRESENT INSTANCE. ON REPRISALS. CHRIST'S TEACHING
THROUGHOUT PROVES HIM TO BE SENT BY THE CREATOR.
- CHAP. XVIII.—CONCERNING THE CENTURION'S FAITH.
THE RAISING OF THE WIDOW'S SON. JOHN BAPTIST, AND HIS MESSAGE TO
CHRIST; AND THE WOMAN WHO WAS A SINNER. PROOFS EXTRACTED FROM ALL OF
THE RELATION OF CHRIST TO THE CREATOR.
- CHAP. XIX.—THE RICH WOMEN OF PIETY WHO FOLLOWED
JESUS CHRIST'S TEACHING BY PARABLES. THE MARCIONITE CAVIL DERIVED FROM
CHRIST'S REMARK, WHEN TOLD OF HIS MOTHER AND HIS BRETHREN. EXPLANATION
OF CHRIST'S APPARENT REJECTION THEM.
- CHAP. XX.—COMPARISON OF CHRIST'S POWER OVER
WINDS
- CHAP. XXI.—CHRIST'S CONNECTION WITH THE CREATOR
SHOWN FROM SEVERAL INCIDENTS IN THE OLD TESTAMENT, COMPARED WITH ST.
LUKE'S NARRATIVE OF THE MISSION OF THE DISCIPLES. THE FEEDING OF THE
MUL- TITUDE. THE CONFESSION OF ST. PETER. BEING ASHAMED OF CHRIST.
THIS SHAME IS ONLY POSSIBLE OF THE TRUE CHRIST. MARCIONITE PRETENSIONS
ABSURD.
- CHAP. XXII.—THE SAME CONCLUSION SUPPORTED BY
THE TRANSFIGURATION. MARCION INCONSISTENT IN ASSOCIATING WITH CHRIST IN
GLORY TWO SUCH EMINENT SERVANTS OF THE CREATOR AS MOSES AND ELIJAH. ST.
PETER'S IGNORANCE ACCOUNTED FOR ON MONTANIST PRINCIPLE.
- CHAP. XXIII.—IMPOSSIBLE THAT MARCION'S CHRIST
SHOULD REPROVE THE FAITHLESS GENERATION. SUCH LOVING CONSIDERATION FOR
INFANTS AS THE TRUE CHRIST WAS APT TO SHEW, ALSO IMPOSSIBLE FOR THE
OTHER. ON THE THREE DIFFERENT CHARACTERS CONFRONTED AND INSTRUCTED BY
CHRIST SAMARIA.
- CHAP. XXIV.—ON THE MISSION OF THE SEVENTY
DISCIPLES, AND CHRIST'S CHARGE TO THEM. PRECEDENTS DRAWN FROM THE OLD
TESTAMENT. ABSURDITY OF SUPPOSING THAT MARCION'S CHRIST COULD HAVE
GIVEN THE POWER OF TREADING ON SERPENTS AND SCORPIONS.
- CHAP. XXV.—CHRIST THANKS THE FATHER FOR
REVEALING TO BABES WHAT HE HAD CONCEALED FROM THE WISE. THIS
CONCEALMENT JUDICIOUSLY EFFECTED BY THE CREATOR. OTHER POINTS IN ST.
LUKE'S
- CHAP. X. SHOWN TO BE ONLY POSSIBLE TO THE
CREATOR'S CHRIST.
- CHAP.XXVI.—FROM ST. LUKE'S ELEVENTH CHAPTER
OTHER EVIDENCE THAT CHRIST COMES FROM THE CREATOR. THE LORD'S PRAYER
AND OTHER WORDS OF CHRIST. THE DUMB SPIRIT AND CHRIST'S DISCOURSE ON
OCCASION OF THE EXPULSION. THE EXCLAMATION OF THE WOMAN IN THE CROWD.
- CHAP. XXVII.—CHRIST'S REPREHENSION OF THE
PHARISEES SEEKING A SIGN. HIS CENSURE OF THEIR LOVE OF OUTWARD SHOW
RATHER THAN INWARD HOLINESS.SCRIPTURE ABOUNDS WITH ADMONITIONS OF A
SIMILAR PURPORT, PROOFS OF HIS MISSION FROM THE CREATOR.
- CHAP. XXVIII.—EXAMPLES FROM THE OLD TESTAMENT,
BALAAM, MOSES, AND HEZEKIAH, TO SHOW HOW COMPLETELY THE INSTRUCTION AND
CONDUCT OF CHRIST(15) ARE IN KEEPING WITH THE WILL AND PURPOSE OF THE
CREATOR.
- CHAP. XXIX.—PARALLELS FROM THE PROPHETS TO
ILLUSTRATE CHRIST'S TEACHING IN THE REST OF THIS CHAPTER OF ST. LUKE.
THE STERNER ATTRIBUTES OF CHRIST, IN HIS JUDICIAL CAPACITY, SHOW HIM TO
HAVE COME FROM THE CREATOR. INCIDENTAL REBUKES OF MARCION'S DOCTRINE OF
CELIBACY, AND OF HIS ALTERING OF THE TEXT OF THE GOSPEL.
- CHAP. XXX.—PARABLES OF THE MUSTARD-SEED, AND OF
THE LEAVEN. TRANSITION TO THE SOLEMN EXCLUSION WHICH WILL ENSUE WHEN
THE MASTER OF THE HOUSE HAS SHUT THE DOOR. THIS JUDICIAL EXCLUSION WILL
BE ADMINISTERED BY CHRIST, WHO IS SHOWN THEREBY TO POSSESS THE
ATTRIBUTE OF THE CREATOR.
- CHAP. XXXI.—CHRIST'S ADVICE TO INVITE THE POOR
IN ACCORDANCE WITH ISAIAH. THE PARABLE OF THE GREAT SUPPER A PICTORIAL
SKETCH OF THE CREATOR'S OWN DISPENSATIONS OF MERCY AND GRACE. THE
REJECTIONS OF THE INVITATION PARALLELED BY QUOTATIONS FROM THE OLD
TESTAMENT MARCION'S CHRIST COULD NOT FULFIL THE CONDITIONS INDICATED IN
THIS PARABLE THE ABSURDITY OF THE MARCIONITE INTERPRETATION.
- CHAP. XXXII.—A SORT OF SORITES, AS THE
LOGICIANS CALL IT, TO SHOW THAT THE PARABLES OF THE LOST SHEEP AND THE
LOST DRACHMA HAVE NO SUITABLE APPLICATION TO THE CHRIST OF MARCION.
- CHAP. XXXIII.—THE MARCIONITE INTERPRETATION OF
GOD AND MAMMON REFUTED. THE PROPHETS JUSTIFY CHRIST'S ADMONITION
AGAINST COVETOUSNESS AND PRIDE. JOHN BAPTIST THE LINK BETWEEN THE OLD
AND THE NEW DISPENSATIONS OF THE CREATOR. SO SAID CHRIST—BUT SO ALSO
HAD ISAIAH SAID LONG BEFORE. ONE ONLY GOD, THE CREATOR, BY HIS OWN WILL
CHANGED THE DISPENSATIONS.NO NEW GOD HAD A HAND IN THE CHANGE
- CHAP. XXXIV.—MOSES, ALLOWING DIVORCE, AND
CHRIST PROHIBITING IT, EXPLAINED. JOHN BAPTIST AND HEROD. MARCION'S
ATTEMPT TO DISCOVER AN ANTITHESIS IN THE PARABLE OF THE RICH MAN AND
THE POOR MAN IN HADES CONFUTED. THE CREATOR'S APPOINTMENT MANIFESTED IN
BOTH STATES.
- CHAP. XXXV.—THE JUDICIAL SEVERITY OF CHRIST AND
THE TENDERNESS OF THE CREATOR, ASSERTED IN CONTRADICTION TO MARCION.
THE CURE OF THE TEN LEPERS. OLD TESTAMENT ANALOGIES. THE KINGDOM OF GOD
WITHIN YOU; THIS TEACHING SIMILAR TO THAT OF MOSES. CHRIST, THE STONE
REJECTED BY THE BUILDERS. INDICATIONS OF SEVERITY IN THE COMING OF
CHRIST. PROOFS THAT HE IS NOT THE IMPASSIBLE BEING MARCION IMAGINED.
- CHAP. XXXVI.—THE PARABLES OF THE IMPORTUNATE
WIDOW, AND OF THE PHARISEE AND THE PUBLICAN. CHRIST'S ANSWER TO THE
RICH RULER, THE CURE OF THE BLIND MAN. HIS SALUTATION—SON OF DAVID.
ALL PROOFS OF CHRIST'S RELATION TO THE CREATOR, MARCION'S ANTITHESIS
BETWEEN DAVID AND CHRIST CONFUTED.
- CHAP. XXXVII.—CHRIST AND ZACCHAEUS. THE
SALVATION OF THE BODY AS DENIED BY MARCION. THE PARABLE OF THE TEN
SERVANTS ENTRUSTED WITH TEN POUNDS. CHRIST A JUDGE, WHO IS TO
ADMINISTER THE WILL OF THE AUSTERE MAN, I.E. THE CREATOR.
- CHAP. XXXVIII.—CHRIST'S REFUTATIONS OF THE
PHARISEES. RENDERING DUES TO CAESAR AND TO GOD. NEXT OF THE SADDUCEES,
RESPECTING MARRIAGE IN THE RESURRECTION. THESE PROVE HIM NOT TO BE
MARCION'S BUT THE CREATOR'S CHRIST. MARCION'S TAMPERINGS IN ORDER TO
MAKE ROOM FOR HIS SECOND GOD, EXPOSED AND CONFUTED.
- CHAP. XXXIX.—CONCERNING THOSE WHO COME IN THE
NAME OF CHRIST. THE TERRIBLE SIGNS OF HIS COMING. HE WhOSE COMING IS
SO GRANDLY DESCRIBED BOTH IN THE OLD TESTAMENT AND THE NEW TESTAMENT,
IS NONE OTHER THAN THE CHRIST OF THE CREATOR. THIS PROOF ENHANCED BY
THE PARABLE OF THE FIG-TREE AND ALL THE TREES. PARALLEL PASSAGES OF
PROPHECY.
- CHAP. XL.—HOW THE STEPS IN THE PASSION OF THE
SAVIOUR WERE PREDETERMINED IN PROPHECY. THE PASSOVER. THE TREACHERY OF
JUDAS. THE INSTITUTION OF THE LORD'S SUPPER. THE DOCETIC ERROR OF
MARCION CONFUTED BY THE BODY AND THE BLOOD OF THE LORD JESUS CHRIST.
- CHAP. XLI.—THE WOE PRONOUNCED ON THE TRAITOR A
JUDICIAL ACT, WHICH DISPROVES CHRIST TO BE SUCH AS MARCION WOULD HAVE
HIM TO BE. CHRIST'S CONDUCT BEFORE THE COUNCIL EXPLAINED.CHRIST EVEN
THEN DIRECTS THE MINDS OF HIS JUDGES TO THE PROPHETIC EVIDENCES OF HIS
OWN MISSION. THE MORAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THESE MEN ASSERTED.
- CHAP. XLII.—OTHER INCIDENTS OF THE PASSION
MINUTELY COMPARED WITH PROPHECY. PILATE AND HEROD. BARABBAS PREFERRED
TO JESUS. DETAILS OF THE CRUCIFIXION. THE EARTHQUAKE AND THE MID-DAY
DARKNESS. ALL WONDERFULLY FORETOLD IN THE SCRIPTURES OF THE CREATOR.
CHRIST'S GIVING UP THE GHOST NO EVIDENCE OF MARCION'S DOCETIC OPINIONS.
IN HIS SEPULTURE THERE IS A REFUTATION THEREOF.
- CHAP. XLIII.—CONCLUSIONS.JESUS AS THE CHRIST OF
THE CREATOR PROVED FROM THE EVENTS OF THE LAST CHAPTER OF ST. LUKE. THE
PIOUS WOMEN AT THE SEPULCHRE. THE ANGELS AT THE RESURRECTION. THE
MANIFOLD APPEARANCES OF CHRIST AFTER THE RESURRECTION. HIS MISSION OF
THE APOSTLES AMONGST ALL NATIONS. ALL SHOWN TO BE IN ACCORDANCE WITH
THE WISDOM OF THE ALMIGHTY FATHER, AS INDICATED IN PROPHECY. THE BODY
OF CHRIST AFTER DEATH NO MERE PHANTOM. MARCION'S MANIPULATION OF THE
GOSPEL ON THIS POINT.
- ELUCIDATIONS.
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