Opening the library…
Address to the Greeks
Tatian
Tatian attacks Greek claims to cultural and philosophical superiority, defends Christian teaching about God, creation, resurrection, and ethics, and argues for the antiquity of biblical wisdom.
We recognise two varieties of spirit, one of which
[See cap. xv., infra.]
Literally, “brought forth” or “forward.” The word does not imply that matter was created by God.
Tatian’s words are somewhat obscure. We have given substantially the opinion of Worth, as expressed in his translation. The sense is: The body is evidently a unity in its organization and its activity, and the ultimate end which it serves in creation is that with which it is occupied, yet there are differences in respect of the parts. Otto renders: “For as the constitution of the body is of one plan, and in reference to the body the cause of its origin is occupied.”
[Demons. The Paris editors have a note here, bidding us to read with caution; as our author seems rashly to imagine the demons to be material creatures. p. 151, ed. 1615.]
[“Which, though one and the same, is thus variously modified.” Kaye’s rendering in his Justin, p. 184.]