Adversus Hermogenem
Tertullian's polemic against Hermogenes, who held that God created the world from pre-existing eternal matter.
Chapter I (The Six Days of Creation)
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In the Beginning: Nine Interpretations
— Cited on "in the beginning" meaning "in sovereignty"
"God made heaven and earth, says Tertullian, in the book Against Hermogenes."
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He Created
— Cited on the error of eternal matter implying matter is God
"because this matter would be uncreated and coeternal with God, and consequently would be God Himself, as Tertullian rightly objects against Hermogenes."
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Verse 2: And the earth was without form and void
— Cited (ch. 32) on the Spirit of the Lord as a wind
"Tertullian Against Hermogenes, ch. 32, say: The Spirit of the Lord is a wind stirred up by God."