A Dictionary Of Christian Biography Literature Sects And Doctrines Hermogenes Myensis PDF Download

Excerpt from A Dictionary of Christian Biography, Literature, Sects and Doctrines, Vol. 3: During the First Eight Centuries; Being a Continuation of 'the Dictionary of the Bible'; Hermogenes Myensis Tertullian acutely remarks that this language about God's drawing near to matter as well as the use of the words above and below with reference to the relative position of God and matter cannot be reconciled with the doctrine of Hermogenes as to the infinity of matter. The lost tract of Tertullian against Hemo genes discussed the origin of the soul, which Hermogenes ascribed to matter, Tertullian to the breath of life inspired by God at the forma tion of man (gen. Ii. Tertullian accuses his opponent of mistranslation of this passage in substituting the word Spirit for breath, his supposed object in substituting the higher word apparently being to exclude the possibility of interpreting this part of the verse with reference to the communication of the soul, since the Divine Spirit could not be supposed capable of falling into sin. This passage gives one of the indications that the tract to which Tertullian replies was written in Latin; and it is not sur prising if Hermogenes, as a Greek by birth, did not use 'the current Latin translation of the Bible, but rendered for himself. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.