Alexander of Lycopolis, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Of the Manichaeans… (1885)
“ All motion has to do with quantity; but quality is the guide in virtue and vice. Now we know that these two are generically distinguished. But are God and matter alone principles, or does there remain anything else which is the mean between these two? For if there is nothing, these things remain unintermingled one with another. ”
Alexander of Lycopolis, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Of the Manichaeans… (1885)
“ Is matter, in respect of alteration, an evil cause? It is thus proved that it is not more evil than good. For let the beginning of the change be from evil. Thus the change is from this to good through that which is indifferent. ”
Alexander of Lycopolis, Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Of the Manichaeans… (1885)
“ But if one be body, and the other incorporeal, first, indeed, that which is body is alone capable of motion. And then if they are not intermingled, each is separate from the other according to its proper nature. But if one be mixed up with the other, they will be either mind or soul or accident. ”
