thrust into danger, when they themselves may fail to fulfill their promises by reason
of death, or … be disappointed by the growth of an evil disposition?”
Against Marcion (Inter 207-212 AD):
1, 18, 2
“It is our definition that God must be known first from nature, and afterwards He
is authenticated from instruction: by nature, from His works; by instruction, from
His revelations.”
The Soul (Inter 208-212 AD):
58, 1
“In short, if we understand that prison of which the Gospel speaks to be Hades,
and if we interpret the last farthing to be the light offense which is to be expiated
there before the resurrection, no one will doubt that the soul undergoes some
punishments in Hades, without prejudice to the fullness of the resurrection, after
which recompense will be made through the flesh also.”
The Resurrection of the Dead (Inter 208-212 AD):
8, 3
“The flesh, then, is washed, so that the soul may be made clean. The flesh is
anointed so that the soul may be dedicated to holiness. The flesh is signed, so that
the soul too may be fortified. The flesh is shaded by the imposition of hands, so
that the soul too may be illuminated by the Spirit. The flesh feeds on the Body and
Blood of Christ, so that the soul may fatten on God.”
The Flesh of Christ (C. 210 AD):
17, 5
“Likewise, through a Virgin, the Word of God was introduced to set up a structure
of life. Thus, what had been laid waste in ruin by this sex, was by the same sex re-
established in salvation. Eve had believed the serpent; Mary believed Gabriel.
That which the one destroyed by believing, the other, by believing, set straight.”
The Crown (211 AD):
3, 3-5
“The Sacrament of the Eucharist, which the Lord commanded to be taken at meal
times and by all, we take even before daybreak in congregations, but from the hand
of none others except the presidents...We offer sacrifices for the dead on their
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