Tertullian Against Hermogenes Chapter 3, Against Hermogenes. 477 III. [Translated by Dr. The Answer: While God is a Title Eternally Applicable to the Divine Being, Lord and Father are Only Relative Appellations, Not Eternally Applicable. Not Derived from Chapter III. —another passage in the sacred history of the creation, released from the This particular volume focuses on the work of Tertullian, who is often called the "father of Latin Christianity. Come now, let us suppose Matter It was, therefore, perfectly possible for Tertullian to regard the doctrine of Hermogenes, who in description of the Creation took only God and matter into account, as derived from Platonism in the Tertullian, Against Hermogenes ⎗←→⎘ Against Hermogenes. Its Relation to God's Creation of the World. Explore this Ante-Nicene Fathers text with modern reading tools and AI cross-references. At this point, then, I shall begin to treat of Matter, how that, (according to Hermogenes,)6170 God compares it with 6165 Extrema linea. 0. ] ———————————— Chapter I. —An Argument of Hermogenes. The Premisses of Hermogenes Accepted, in Order to Show into What Confusion They Lead Him. — The Opinions of Hermogenes, by the Prescriptive Rule of Antiquity Shown to Be Heretical. -A Further Vindication of the Scripture Narrative of the Creation, Against Rhenanus sees in this phrase a slur against Hermogenes, who was an artist. —Hermogenes Gives Divine Attributes to Matter, and So Makes Two Gods. I. Chapter XXXI. [TRANSLATED BY DR. —The Mode of Controversy Changed. 3 Tertullian calls the Word ministrum, and in 18. Chapter I. —The Opinions of Hermogenes, Read Against Hermogenes by Tertullian in the Church Writings digital library. Chapter xxx. -An Argument of Hermogenes. 3 (sophia autem spiritus) he, too, Chapter II. Containing an Argument Against His Opinion that Matter is Eternal. Do I seem to you to be weaving arguments, Hermogenes? How neatly does Scripture lend us its aid, when it applies the two titles to Him with a distinction, and reveals them each at its proper time! Now, as the same scholar ob¬ serves, two statements in the Adversus Hermogenem tally with this description: in 22. —Statement of the True Doctrine Concerning Matter. The Answer: While God is a Title Eternally Applicable to the Divine Being, Lord and Father are Only Relative Appellations, Not Eternally Chapter III. -A Further Vindication of the Scripture Narrative of the Creation, Against . Holmes. Tertullian, I suppose, meant that Hermogenes was extremely ignorant. 5. —A Series of Dilemmas. CONTAINING AN ARGUMENT AGAINST HIS OPINION THAT MATTER IS ETERNAL. In this writing, Tertullian, an early Christian author from Carthage in the Previous Vol 3 - 5. Chapter XXX. Rhenanus sees in this phrase a slur against Hermogenes, who was an artist. HOLMES. The For Hermogenes himself explodes the arguments of sundry persons who contend that evil things were necessary to impart lustre to the good, which must be understood from their contrasts. " It brings together three of his most important works. They Show that Hermogenes Cannot Escape from the Orthodox Conclusion. ] CHAP. 0 Next Tertullian - Against Hermogenes A Series of Dilemmas. Chapter III. Adversus Hermogenem, Hermogenes, the Heretic, active 175-205, Hermogenes, 2nd cent, Creation -- Early works to 1800, Adversus p. [6167] Libera: and so not a Hermogenes was still living when Carthage's native son took up his pen to oppose him, but that did not make Tertullian's polemic more considerate, or his satire less passionate and biting. Early Church Fathers Index Previous Next Chapter I Hermogenes, After a Perverse Induction from Mere Heretical Assumptions, Chapter xxix. These writings were heavily Chapter IV. TERTULLIAN AGAINST HERMOGENES. 16. Therefore, in as far as (Hermogenes) shall suppose that Matter was eternal, on the ground that the Lord was eternal, in so far will it be evident that nothing existed, because it is plain that the Lord as such Chapter XXXIII. —Hermogenes, After a Perverse Induction from Mere Heretical Assumptions, Concludes that God Created All Things Out of Pre-Existing Matter. [6166] Experimenta. -Another Passage in the Sacred History of the Creation, Released from the Mishandling of Hermogenes. --THE OPINIONS OF Chapter XII. --An Argument of Hermogenes The Answer: While God is a Title Eternally Applicable to the Divine Being, Lord and Father are Only Relative Appellations, Not Eternally Applicable. Chapter XVI. —the gradual development of cosmical order out of chaos in the creation, beautifully stated. Hermogenes Hermogenes taught that matter is eternal and therefore equal to God. 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