Friday, April 4, 2025

The Interpretation of Numbers 23:19 in Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus

  

"God is not as a man." He thus shows that all men are indeed guilty of falsehood, inasmuch as they change from one thing to another (μεταφερόμενοι); but such is not the case with God, for He always continues true, perfecting whatever He wishes. (Fragments from the Lost Writings of Irenaeus XXIV [ANF 1:572])

 

The Greek reads:

 

Ουχ ως ανθρωπος ο Θεος. Δεικνυσιν, ως παντες μεν ανθρωποι ψεύδονται μεταφερομενοι ο δε Θεος ουχ ούτως αει γαρ μενει αλητης επιτελών οσα βούλεται. (PG 7:1241)

 

The Latin reads:

 

Non est Deus ut homo. Ostendit omne hominum genus mandax, qui ex alio in aliud ferantur; non sic autem Deum: sepmer enim verus manet omnia implens quaecunque velit. (PG 7:1242)

 

 

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