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Elucidations.
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I.
(The epistle written by Malchion, p. 169.)
Malchion, though a presbyter of
Antioch, reflects the teaching of Alexandria, and illustrates its
far-reaching influence. Firmilian, presiding at the Council of
Antioch, was a pupil of Origen; and Dionysius was felt in the council,
though unable to be present. Malchion and Firmilian, therefore,
vindicate the real mind of Origen, though speaking in language matured
and guarded. This council was, providentially, a rehearsal for
Nicæa.
II.
(Putting a stop to psalms, etc., p. 170.)
Coleridge notes this, with an amusing comment on
Paulus Samosatenus,1428
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Notes on English Divines, vol. i. p. 199. | and refers to Pliny’s letter, of
which see vol. v. p. 604, this series. Jeremy Taylor, from whom
Coleridge quotes, gives the passage of our author as follows:
“Psalmos et cantus qui ad Dom. nostri J. C. honorem decantari
solent, tanquam recentiores et a viris recentioris memoriæ editos,
exploserit” (Works, ii. p. 281, ed. Bohn, 1844).
Observe what Coleridge says elsewhere1429
on errors attributed to Origen:
“Never was a great man so misunderstood as Origen.”
He adds: “The caro noumenon was what Origen meant by
Christ’s ‘flesh consubstantial with His
Godhead.’”E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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