erasure by Arians and Pneumatomachi - John 3:6 - John 4:24 - 1 John 4:3 - claims on heavenly witnesses

Steven Avery

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Dispuncta vero ilia vel per Arianos, vel per pneumatomachos fuisse, verisimile est, quemadmodum accidit etiam sententise 1. Iohan. 4. Omnis spiritus, qui soluit Christum, non est ex Deo. Hanc enim per Nestorianos remotam fuisse, Socrates tripart. hist. lib. 7. testatur. Licet autem Deus permittat malis temeritatem istam, tamen dolos eorum aperit, & veritatem conseruat, sicut factum legimus etiam Psalmo 96. ex quo Iudaeos expunxisse haec verba (Dicite in gentibus, Dominus regnauit a ligno, and ἀπὸ τοῦ ξύλου.) Iustinus Martyr in Tryphone testatur. Et citat eadem Tertullianus contra Marcionem, & Bernhardus. Ac in hymno canimus: Impleta sunt, quas concinit Dauid fidelis carmine, dicens, In nationibus regnauit a ligno Deus.”

But it is probable that these were interrupted either by the Arians or by the pneumatomachus, as also happens in the sentence of 1 John. 4. Every spirit that looses Christ is not of God. For this was removed by the Nestorians, says Socrates. hist. book 7. is witnessed. And although God permits this recklessness to the wicked, yet he opens their devices and preserves the truth, as we also read in Psalm 96, from which these words pierced the Jews. testified And Tertullian quotes the same against Marcion, and Bernhardus. And in the hymn we sing: They are filled, which David the faithful song sings, saying, God reigned in the nations from a tree.
 
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