Anf-01 ix.vi.xxxvii Pg 19
This is Massuet’s conjectural emendation of the text, viz., archetypum for arcætypum. Grabe would insert per before arcæ, and he thinks the passage to have a reference to 1 Pet. iii. 20. Irenæus, in common with the other ancient Fathers, believed that the fallen angels were the “sons of God” who commingled with “the daughters of men,” and thus produced a race of spurious men. [Gen. vi. 1, 2, 3, and Josephus.]
the formation of Adam. And it was He who rained fire and brimstone from heaven, in the days of Lot, upon Sodom and Gomorrah, “an example of the righteous judgment of God,”4370 4370
Anf-02 v.ii.xxiv Pg 4.1
Anf-02 vi.iii.iii.ii Pg 37.1
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.viii Pg 9
See more concerning these in chap. xviii. of this book. Comp. Gen. vi. 1–4.
there is great propriety in his meaning. It is right that that face which was a snare to them should wear some mark of a humble guise and obscured beauty. If, however, the angels of the rival god are referred to, what fear is there for them? for not even Marcion’s disciples, (to say nothing of his angels,) have any desire for women. We have often shown before now, that the apostle classes heresies as evil5536 5536
Anf-03 v.iv.vi.xviii Pg 54
Gen. vi. 1–4. See also Tertullian, De Idol. 9; De Habit. Mul. 2; De Cultu Femin. 10; De Vel. Virg. 7; Apolog. 22. See also Augustin, De Civit. Dei. xv. 23.
But how happened it that (the apostle) resorted to ambiguous descriptions, and I know not what obscure enigmas, for the purpose of disparaging6055 6055
Npnf-201 iii.vii.xix Pg 23
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 6
VERSE (1) - Ge 1:28
