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Chapter IX.—God the Centre or Heart of the
Universe.
“One, then, is the God who truly exists, who
presides in a superior shape, being the heart of that which is above
and that which is below twice,1333
| 1333 The whole
of this chapter is full of corruption; “twice” occurs in
one ms. Various attempts have been made
to amend the passage. | which sends
forth from Him as from a centre the life-giving and incorporeal power;
the whole universe with the stars and regions1334
of the heaven, the air, the fire, and
if anything else exists, is proved to be a substance infinite in
height, boundless in depth, immeasurable in breadth, extending the
life-giving and wise nature from Him over three infinites.1335
| 1335 The text is
corrupt. We have translated ἐπ᾽
ἀπείρους
τρεῖς. Some think
“three” should be omitted. The three infinites are in
respect of height, depth, and breadth. | It must be, therefore, that this
infinite which proceeds from Him on every side exists,1336
| 1336 As punctuated in
Dressel, this reads, “that the infinite is the heart.” | having as its heart Him who is above
all, and who thus possesses figure; for wherever He be, He is as it
were in the centre of the infinite, being the limit of the
universe. And the extensions taking their rise with Him, possess
the nature of six infinites; of whom the one taking its rise with Him
penetrates1337
| 1337 The
emendation of the transcriber of one of the mss. | into the
height above, another into the depth below, another to the right hand,
another to the left, another in front, and another behind; to whom He
Himself, looking as to a number that is equal on every side,1338
| 1338 This refers to
the following mode of exhibiting the number: *** where each side
presents the number three. | completes the world in six temporal
intervals,1339
Himself being
the rest,1340
| 1340 The seventh
day on which God rested, the type of the rest of the future age.
See Epistle of Barnabas, c. xv. | and having the
infinite age to come as His image, being the beginning and the
end. For in Him the six infinites end, and from Him they receive
their extension to infinity.
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