Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xix Pg 14
Col. i. 19.
For, to begin with, what fulness is that which is not comprised of the constituents which Marcion has removed from it,—even those that were “created in Christ, whether in heaven or on earth,” whether angels or men? which is not made of the things that are visible and invisible? which consists not of thrones and dominions and principalities and powers? If, on the other hand,6069 6069 Aut si.
our false apostles and Judaizing gospellers6070 6070 Evangelizatores.
have introduced all these things out of their own stores, and Marcion has applied them to constitute the fulness of his own god, (this hypothesis, absurd though it be, alone would justify him;) for how, on any other supposition,6071 6071 Ceterum quale.
could the rival and the destroyer of the Creator have been willing that His fulness should dwell in his Christ? To whom, again, does He “reconcile all things by Himself, making peace by the blood of His cross,”6072 6072
Edersheim Bible History
Lifetimes xi.xviii Pg 18.2, Lifetimes xi.xviii Pg 18.7
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 1
VERSE (19) - Col 2:3,9; 3:11 Mt 11:25-27 Lu 10:21 Joh 1:16; 3:34 Eph 1:3,23; 4:10