53. Since this, then, is the
case, we do nothing out of place or foolish in believing that the souls
of men are of a neutral character, inasmuch as they have been produced
by secondary beings,3772
| 3772
Lit., “things not principal.” Orelli here
quotes from Tertullian, de Anim., xxiii., a brief summary of
Gnostic doctrines on these points, which he considers Arnobius to have
followed throughout this discussion. |
made subject to the
law of
death,
and are of little
strength,
and that perishable; and that
they are gifted with immortality, if
3773
| 3773
Siwas first inserted in LB., not being found in the
ms., though demanded by the context. |
they
rest their
hope of so great a
gift on
God Supreme, who alone has
power to grant such
blessings, by putting away
corruption. But this,
you
say, we are stupid in believing. What
is that to
you?
In so believing, we act most absurdly, sillily.
In what do we
injure you, or what wrong do we do or
inflict upon you,
if we
trust that Almighty God will take care of us when we
leave
3774
| 3774
Lit., “have begun to leave.” |
our bodies,
and from the jaws of hell, as is said, deliver us?
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