| Irenaeus structural phrase or clause | English translation | Tertullian Latin parallel (with exact citation: work, book, chapter, section) | English translation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nos autem etiam ex his quae adhuc apud eos custodiuntur arguemus eos | We will refute them from the texts they still preserve | “Soleo in praescriptione adversus haereses omnes de testimonio temporum compendium figere, priorem vindicans regulam nostram omni haeretica posteritate.” (Tertullian, Adversus Marcionem V.19.1) | “I am accustomed, in the prescription against all heresies, to establish a summary from the testimony of times, claiming our rule prior to all heretical posterity.” |
| secundum Lucam… epistolas Pauli… | Using apostolic writings retained by opponents | “De spe reposita in caelis, quam audistis in sermone veritatis evangelii…” (Adv. Marc. V.19.1) | “Of the hope laid up in heaven, which you heard in the word of truth of the gospel…” |
| Marcion… ad intercidendas conversi sunt scripturas | Marcion cuts or alters Scripture | “quae est ista plenitudo, nisi ex illis quae Marcion detraxit…” (Adv. Marc. V.19.5) | “what is this fullness, if not from those things which Marcion removed…” |
| hæc sola legitima esse dicant quae ipsi minoraverint | Declaring only reduced texts legitimate | “si non in illo condita sunt universa… (haec enim Marcioni displicere oportebat)” (Adv. Marc. V.19.4) | “if all things were not created in him… (for these things ought to displease Marcion)” |
| se autem sinceriores et prudentiores Apostolis esse | Acting as corrective editor of apostolic teaching | “edat plenitudinem dei sui Marcion, qui nihil condidit.” (Adv. Marc. V.19.5) | “Let Marcion produce the fullness of his god, who created nothing.” |
| alterum Deum adinvenientes | Inventing another god | “Ceterum quale est ut plenitudinem creatoris aemulus et destructor eius in suo Christo habitare voluerit?” (Adv. Marc. V.19.5) | “But what sort of thing is it that the rival and destroyer of the Creator should wish the Creator’s fullness to dwell in his Christ?” |
| Apostolos… annuntiasse Evangelium | Appeal to apostolic proclamation as normative authority | “Porro si nostra est quae ubique manavit… nostra erit apostolica.” (Adv. Marc. V.19.2) | “If ours is that which has flowed everywhere… ours will be apostolic.” |
| abstiterunt… ab eo qui est Deus | Separation from the true God | “nos quondam alienatos et inimicos sensu… creatori redigit in gratiam” (Adv. Marc. V.19.6) | “we who were formerly alienated and enemies in mind… he restores to favor with the Creator.” |
| Nos… arguemus eos | Forensic refutation by logical consequences drawn from retained text | “Quomodo enim ante omnes, si non ante omnia?…” (Adv. Marc. V.19.4) | “How then is he before all, if not before everything?” |
| (implicit) proving corruption by appealing to contradictions created by omission | Demonstrating inconsistency in Marcion’s edited reading | “Unde ante omnes probabitur fuisse qui post omnia apparuit?” (Adv. Marc. V.19.4) | “How will he be proved to have been before all who appeared after all?” |
| Irenaeus (Adversus Haereses — English quotation) | Tertullian (Adversus Marcionem V.19 — Latin + English) |
|---|---|
| “The tradition of the apostles, manifested throughout the whole world… has come down to us.” (Adv. Haer. III.3.1) | “De spe reposita in caelis… quod pervenit ad vos, sicut et in totum mundum.” “Of the hope laid up in heaven… which has come to you, as also into all the world.” (Adv. Marc. V.19.1) |
| “The preaching of the Church everywhere preserves the same faith received from the apostles.” (Adv. Haer. I.10.1) | “Si iam tum traditio evangelica ubique manaverat, quanto magis nunc?” “If already then the evangelical tradition had flowed everywhere, how much more now?” (Adv. Marc. V.19.1) |
| “Christ is the image of the invisible Father… through whom all things were made.” (Adv. Haer. IV.6.6; III.16) | “Invisibilis dei imaginem ait Christum… filium semper retro visum… ut imaginem ipsius.” “He calls Christ the image of the invisible God… the Son always previously seen… as His image.” (Adv. Marc. V.19.3) |
| “The Word of God… through whom all things were made… is the first-born of all creation.” (Adv. Haer. III.8.3; III.11.8) | “Si non est Christus primogenitus conditionis… sermo creatoris per quem omnia facta sunt.” “If Christ is not the firstborn of creation… the Word of the Creator through whom all things were made…” (Adv. Marc. V.19.4) |
| “All things were made by Him and for Him; therefore He recapitulates all things.” (Adv. Haer. III.16.6; V.14) | “Quomodo item boni duxit omnem plenitudinem in semetipso habitare?” “How then did he consider it good that all fullness should dwell in Him?” (Adv. Marc. V.19.5) |
| “He reconciled all things to God through the blood of His cross.” (Adv. Haer. V.14.3) | “Cui denique reconciliat omnia… pacem faciens per crucis suae sanguinem.” “To whom does He reconcile all things… making peace through the blood of His cross?” (Adv. Marc. V.19.5) |
| “The flesh is saved… for the Lord redeemed us in real flesh.” (Adv. Haer. V.2.2; V.9.1) | “Reconciliari nos ait in corpore eius per mortem… in quo mori potuit per carnem.” “He says we were reconciled in His body through death… in that body in which He could die through flesh.” (Adv. Marc. V.19.6) |
| “Heretics derive their doctrines from philosophical speculation.” (Adv. Haer. II.14; II.26) | “Cavendum a subtililoquentia et philosophia… omnes haereses… ex subtililoquentiae viribus.” “Beware of subtle speech and philosophy… all heresies arise from powers of philosophical subtlety.” (Adv. Marc. V.19.7) |
| “The law was a shadow, but Christ is the reality foretold by the law.” (Adv. Haer. IV.9.1; IV.15) | “Umbra futurorum, corpus autem Christi… ergo et umbra eius cuius et corpus.” “A shadow of things to come, but the body is Christ… therefore the shadow belongs to Him whose body it is.” (Adv. Marc. V.19.9) |
| “Christ fulfills the law; the law prefigures Him.” (Adv. Haer. IV.13–14) | “Manifeste legis est Christus, si corpus est umbrae.” “Christ plainly belongs to the law, if the body is that of the shadow.” (Adv. Marc. V.19.9) |
