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De Decretis. (Defence of the Nicene Definition.)
De Decretis or Defence of the Nicene Definition
Chapter II.—Conduct of the Arians towards the Nicene Council. Ignorant as well as irreligious to attempt to reverse an Ecumenical Council: proceedings
Chapter III.— Two senses of the word Son, 1. adoptive 2. essential attempts of Arians to find a third meaning between these e.g. that our Lord only
Chapter IV.—Proof of the Catholic Sense of the Word Son. Power, Word or Reason, and Wisdom, the names of the Son, imply eternity as well as the Fathe
Chapter V.—Defence of the Council’s Phrases, “from the essence,” And “one in essence.” Objection that the phrases are not scriptural we ought to look
Chapter VI.—Authorities in Support of the Council. Theognostus Dionysius of Alexandria Dionysius of Rome Origen.
Chapter VII.—On the Arian Symbol “Unoriginate.” This term afterwards adopted by them and why three senses of it. A fourth sense. Unoriginate denotes
Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου· ὅτι ἡ ἡ ἐν Νικαίᾳ σύνοδος ἑωρακυῖα τὴν πανουργίαν τῶν περὶ Εὐσέβιον ἐξέθετο πρεπόντως καὶ εὐσεβῶς κατὰ τῆς ἀρειανῆς αἱρέσεως τὰ ὁρισθέντα.
