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A Fragment of the Same Disputation

Archelaus

Chapter 2

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Author: Archelaus

Section 2

2. Then Manes made the following reply to him:

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And

what

manner

of

God

now

is

it

that

blinds

one

?

For

it

is

Paul

who

uses

these

words

:

“

In

whom

the

God

of

this

world

hath

blinded

the

minds

of

them

which

believe

not

,

lest

the

light

of

the

Gospel

should

shine

in

them

.

”

But

Archelaus

broke

in

and

refuted

this

very

well

,

saying

:

Read

,

however

,

a

word

or

two

of

what

precedes

that

sentence

,

namely

,

“

But

if

our

Gospel

be

hid

,

it

is

hid

in

them

that

are

lost

.

”

You

see

that

it

is

hid

in

them

that

are

lost

.

“

For

it

is

not

meet

to

give

the

holy

things

to

dogs

.

”

And

furthermore

,

is

it

only

the

God

of

the

Old

Testament

that

has

blinded

the

minds

of

them

who

believe

not

?

Nay

,

has

not

Jesus

Himself

also

said

:

“

Therefore

speak

I

to

them

in

parables

:

that

seeing

,

they

may

not

see

?

”

Is

it

then

because

He

hated

them

that

He

desired

them

not

to

see

?

Or

is

it

not

on

account

of

their

unworthiness

,

since

they

closed

their

own

eyes

?

For

wherever

wickedness

is

a

matter

self

-

chosen

,

there

too

there

is

the

absence

of

grace

.

“

For

unto

him

that

hath

shall

be

given

,

but

from

him

that

hath

not

shall

be

taken

away

even

that

which

he

seemeth

to

have

.

”

Notes

1
2 Cor. iv. 4.
2
Matt. vii. 6.
3
Matt. xiii. 13. The text is, ἵνα βλέποντες μὴ βλέπωσι.
4
Matt. xxv. 29.