Anf-01 ix.iv.xii Pg 6
John i. 10, 11.
But according to Marcion, and those like him, neither was the world made by Him; nor did He come to His own things, but to those of another. And, according to certain of the Gnostics, this world was made by angels, and not by the Word of God. But according to the followers of Valentinus, the world was not made by Him, but by the Demiurge. For he (Soter) caused such similitudes to be made, after the pattern of things above, as they allege; but the Demiurge accomplished the work of creation. For they say that he, the Lord and Creator of the plan of creation, by whom they hold that this world was made, was produced from the Mother; while the Gospel affirms plainly, that by the Word, which was in the beginning with God, all things were made, which Word, he says, “was made flesh, and dwelt among us.”3433 3433
Anf-01 v.xiv.vi Pg 8
John i. 9, 10, 11.
How could such a one be a mere man, receiving the beginning of His existence from Mary, and not rather God the Word, and the only-begotten Son? For “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God,1203 1203
Anf-01 v.iv.x Pg 10
Comp. John xi. 42.
answered and said, “Arise, O God, and judge the earth; for Thou shall receive all the heathen for Thine inheritance.”804 804
Anf-03 v.ix.xxiii Pg 6
John xi. 41, 42.
But in the trouble of His soul, (on a later occasion,) He said: “What shall I say? Father, save me from this hour: but for this cause is it that I am come to this hour; only, O Father, do Thou glorify Thy name”8074 8074
Anf-03 vi.ii.x Pg 11
Ps. i. 1.
even as the fishes [referred to] go in darkness to the depths [of the sea]; “and hath not stood in the way of sinners,” even as those who profess to fear the Lord, but go astray like swine; “and hath not sat in the seat of scorners,”1585 1585 Literally, “of the pestilent.”
even as those birds that lie in wait for prey. Take a full and firm grasp of this spiritual1586
Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge, Chapter 12
VERSE (37) - Joh 1:11; 11:42; 15:24 Mt 11:20 Lu 16:31
