Refutation of the Sects

β. COMMON LAW CRIMES 390 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 135
Conclusion to f: 391 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 136
g. Only the true Jesus could abolish the Law and proclaim himself King 392-393
α. ALL THINGS HAVE BEEN GIVEN TO HIM BY THE FATHER, THE TRUE MASTER OF THE WORLD 392 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 117 136
β. GOSPEL CHARACTERISTICS SHOWING THAT OUR LORD CAME TO HIS OWN HOME 393 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 136
h. Return to Saint Paul 394-397
α. THEIR INTERPRETATION OF 1 CORINTHIANS 15:24-25 394 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 137
β. GIVEN BUT NOT CONCEDED original Latin: dato non concesso; a logical phrase meaning "even if this were granted for the sake of argument, it does not hold.": THE ABSURDITY OF THIS INTERPRETATION WITHIN THEIR THEORY 395 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 137
γ. HYPOTHESIS IRRECONCILABLE WITH OTHER SCRIPTURAL TEXTS FROM THE GOD OF THE LAW 396 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 118 137
δ. IN 1 CORINTHIANS 15:24-25, IT IS THE TRUE JESUS WHO DESTROYS PRINCIPALITIES AND POWERS 397 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 138
i. Return to the Stranger In Marcionite theology, "the Stranger" or "the Alien" refers to the Supreme Good God who was previously unknown to the world and its Creator.. If the Stranger had power on his side, he should have used it to deliver souls 398-402 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 138
Objection of the Marcionites: It is mercy that made him act 399 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 138
Response 400-402
α. AND THE SOULS WHO WILL COME AFTER THE FIRST SAVED SOULS? 400 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 138
β. IF IT IS MERCY THAT MADE HIM ACT, HE SHOULD ONLY HAVE SENT HIS SON AT THE END OF THE WORLD, SO THAT ALL SOULS COULD BE SAVED 401 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 138
γ. THE STRANGER (WICKED, THIEF, ETC.) CANNOT PRODUCE GOOD WORK 402 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 138
j. Falsity of their assertion: that the Underworld original French: Enfers; used here to refer to Hades or the realm of the dead. does not receive the living 403 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 119 138
k. If it is into the heart of the earth that their Jesus went as a dead man: there are no souls there to be saved. If it is into Gehenna Gehenna: a historical and religious term for a place of fiery torment or hell., following a double death (bodily and spiritual), Saint Paul shuts their mouths 404 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 139

§ II. Non-opposition between the Old Law and the New Law (the "Antitheses" The Antitheses was a famous work by Marcion in which he contrasted the Old and New Testaments to prove they came from two different gods. in a very general way and on some practical points) 405-419

I. POVERTY, MERCY, COMMANDMENTS 405-406
1. Oppositions alleged by the Marcionites 405 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 139
2. Response: in reality, there is no opposition 406 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 139