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Chapter
IV.—Suppositions in Regard to the Devil’s
Origin.
And Peter said: “It must be
so.” And Simon: “Therefore, if he is
originated, he has been made by that very God who made all things,
being either born as an animal, or sent forth substantially, and
resulting from an external mixture of elements. For
either1416
1416 We have changed
εἰ into ἢ. | the matter, being
living or lifeless, from which he was made was outside of Him,1417
1417 By
“Him” is understood God, though it may mean the devil. | or he came into being through God
Himself, or through his own self, or he resulted from things
non-existent, or he is a mere relative thing, or he always
existed. Having thus, as I think, clearly, pointed out all the
possible ways by which we may find him, in going along some one of
these we must find him. We must therefore go along each one of
these in search of his origin; and when we find him who is his author,
we must perceive that he is to blame. Or how does the matter seem
to you?”
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