Adhering to petty details, the children of Nestorius bring forward that Christ was handed over or was raised by the Father, and they try through these things, as it seems to them, to show that he is not true God after he became truly man. 1 Tim 2,14-15 Since this woman was in transgression, she will be saved through the children she will have and their descendants who will set aright 338 piety. What then, if she has no children, or they are born, but not male? But even if some have them, they have them for the common race; through whom the transgression is spoken of universally for the female sex. For if the one woman is the cause of evil for all, how is it not likely that the many, through the birth of the pious, should undo the evil brought upon them by one woman, since Christ has given the beginning of the undoing through himself? From what then will the woman be saved? From transgression and disobedience; so that she must also have her own good deeds, lest, with her disobedience forgiven, her other sins condemn her. But it was not said by him simply, 'she will be saved through childbearing,' but so that mothers, having their salvation in their children, might raise them in all piety and righteousness. to be saved through childbearing. A woman is not judged by the things wherein she transgressed, but she will be saved by the things wherein she becomes a mother of the obedient, that is, according to the principle of obedience, since she has other, her own good deeds through which she is saved. But he says this, as we have already said, so that mothers may raise their children in piety. From the reproach of transgression she will be saved through childbearing. For the apostle says this, not to reproach, but to encourage to piety and to raising children in faith. 1 Tim 3,1 He did not say of honor, he did not say of an escort, but of a good work, as of a good provision, of a good labor for the protection of the churches. If anyone desires the office of a bishop, he desires a good work. He has conceded not the desire but the practice, so that one might prepare oneself for the fitness of the episcopate; rather, the concession of desire is an encouragement to a good life, and it becomes like a path to good works and the best life, so that having seemed to have conceded the desire, through what he adds he encourages more. He has conceded the desire, not the practice, so that one might prepare oneself for the fitness of the episcopate through good works and faith. Therefore, the concession of desire is rather an encouragement to a good life. And the desire is like an entrance into good works and the best life. He enumerates so many things that must belong to the bishop, which are sufficient rather to deter, so that having seemed to have conceded the desire, through what he lists about what sort the bishop must be, he deters more. 339 1 Tim 3,2-3 He exhorts most didactically, bringing in piece by piece the forms of the irreproachable life. Not one who strikes when accusing, but one who is irrationally moved; for a just accusation puts to shame, but irrational blame strikes. 1 Tim 3,16 Instead of: he was seen in the flesh, but was justified in the spirit by his conduct. For although he was in the flesh, he did not live according to the flesh, but subjected the flesh to the spirit, opening up for us a way of righteousness. Or he also says this, that with the Spirit performing signs, Christ was justified according to our confession and faith. He was seen by angels. Who? The crucified Christ. But he does not say this, that the angels do not see his divinity; for the Savior himself said that the angels see the face of my Father who is in heaven. But when he says, 'No one has ever seen God,' clearly he has not seen him as he is, but insofar as it is possible for an angel and a human to see. God therefore is invisible both to angels and to humans, but he was seen through the economy. The church on earth was justified in spirit through the confession. This is similar to 'that you may be justified in your words and prevail when you are judged'; for with the Spirit performing the signs, he was justified according to our confession and the faith of believers. He who came for the salvation of humanity was seen by angels; he showed through this that the divinity of the only-begotten is invisible even to angels, but he was seen by them through the

σμικρολογίᾳ προστετηκότες οἱ Νεστορίου παῖδες προσφέρουσι τὸ παραδεδόσθαι τὸν Χριστὸν ἢ ὑπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐγηγέρθαι, καὶ πειρῶνται δι' αὐτῶν, ὡς αὐτοῖς δοκεῖ, μὴ θεὸν αὐτὸν ἀληθῆ δεικνύναι μετὰ τὸ γενέσθαι αὐτὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀληθῶς. 1 Tim 2,14-15 Ἐπειδὴ αὕτη ἡ γυνὴ ἐν παραβάσει γέγονε, σωθήσεται διὰ τῶν ἐσομένων αὐτῇ τέκνων καὶ τῶν ἐκγόνων οἳ κατορθώσουσι τὴν 338 εὐσέβειαν. τί οὖν, ἂν μὴ γένωνται αὐτῇ παῖδες, ἢ γεννῶνται μέν, μὴ ἄρρενες δέ; ἀλλ' εἰ καὶ τισὶ γίνονται, ἀλλὰ τῷ κοινῷ γένει γίνονται· δι' ὧν καθολικῶς λέγεται ἡ παράβασις τῷ τῶν γυναικῶν γένει. εἰ γὰρ ἡ μία ταῖς πάσαις τοῦ κακοῦ αἰτία, πῶς οὐκ εἰκὸς τὰς πολλὰς διὰ τῆς τῶν εὐσεβῶν γενέσεως λῦσαι τὸ διὰ μιᾶς γυναικὸς ἐπαχθὲν αὐταῖς κακόν, δεδωκότος τοῦ Χριστοῦ τὴν ἀρχὴν τῆς λύσεως δι' ἑαυτοῦ; σωθήσεται οὖν ἡ γυνὴ ἐκ τίνος; ἐκ τῆς παραβάσεως καὶ τῆς παρακοῆς· ὥστε δεῖ καὶ ἴδια ἔχειν κατορθώματα, ἵνα μὴ τῆς παρακοῆς συγχωρηθείσης τὰ ἄλλα ἁμαρτήματα καταδικάζῃ αὐτήν. οὐχ ἁπλῶς δὲ εἴρηται αὐτῷ· σωθήσεται διὰ τεκνογονίας, ἀλλ' ἵνα αἱ μητέρες ἐπὶ τοῖς παισὶν ἔχουσαι τὸ σωθῆναι ἐν πάσῃ αὐτοὺς εὐσεβείᾳ καὶ δικαιοσύνῃ ἀνατρέφωσιν. σωθῆναι δὲ διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας. οὐ δι' ὧν παρέβη ἡ γυνὴ κρίνεται, ἀλλὰ δι' ὧν μήτηρ γίνεται τῶν ὑπακουόντων σωθήσεται, τοῦτ' ἔστι κατὰ τὸν τῆς ὑπακοῆς λόγον, ἐπεὶ ἔχει ἄλλῃ ἴδια κατορθώματα δι' ὧν σώζεται. τοῦτο δὲ λέγει, καθὼς ἔφθημεν εἰπόντες, ἵνα αἱ μητέρες ἀνατρέφωσι τὰ τέκνα ἐν εὐσεβείᾳ. Ἀπὸ τοῦ ὀνείδους τῆς παραβάσεως σωθήσεται διὰ τῆς τεκνογονίας. τοῦτο γάρ φησιν ὁ ἀπόστολος, οὐχ ἵνα ὀνειδίσῃ, ἀλλ' ἵνα προτρέψηται εἰς εὐσέβειαν καὶ εἰς τὸ τὰ τέκνα ἀνατρέφειν ἐν πίστει. 1 τιμ 3,1 Οὐκ εἶπε τιμῆς, οὐκ εἶπε δορυφορίας, ἀλλὰ καλοῦ ἔργου, οἷον καλοῦ πόρου, καλοῦ καμάτου διὰ τὴν τῶν ἐκκλησιῶν προστασίαν. εἴ τις ἐπισκοπῆς ὀρέγεται, καλοῦ ἔργου ἐπιθυμεῖ. ὑπενέδωκεν οὐ τὸ τῆς ὀρέξεως ἀλλὰ τὸ τῆς ἐπιτηδεύσεως, ἵνα τις καταρτίσῃ ἑαυτὸν εἰς ἐπιτηδειότητα ἐπισκοπῆς· μᾶλλον δὲ προτροπὴ βίου καλοῦ ἡ ἔνδοσις τῆς ὀρέξεως, καὶ ὥσπερ ἔφοδος γίνεται εἰς ἀγαθοεργίαν καὶ τὸν κάλλιστον βίον, ὥστε δόξας συγκεχωρηκέναι τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν δι' ὧν ἐπιλέγει πλείονα προτρέπεται. Ὑπενέδωκεν τὸ τῆς ὀρέξεως, οὐ τὸ τῆς ἐπιτηδεύσεως, ἵνα καταρτίσῃ ἑαυτόν τις εἰς ἐπιτηδειότητα ἐπισκοπῆς διὰ τῶν καλῶν ἔργων καὶ τῆς πίστεως. μᾶλλον οὖν προτροπή ἐστι καλοῦ βίου ἡ ἔνδοσις ὀρέξεως. ἡ δὲ ὄρεξις ὥσπερ εἴσοδος εἰς τὴν ἀγαθοεργίαν ἐστὶν καὶ τὸν κάλλιστον βίον. τοσαῦτα ἐξαριθμεῖται ὅσα προσήκειν δεῖ τῷ ἐπισκόπῳ ἃ ἀρκεῖ ἀποτρέψασθαι μᾶλλον ὥστε δόξας συγκεχωρηκέναι τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν, δι' ὧν καταλέγει ποταπὸν δεῖ εἶναι τὸν ἐπίσκοπον, πλέον ἀποτρέπει. 339 1 Tim 3,2-3 ∆ιδασκαλικώτατα παραινεῖ κατὰ μέρος ἐπάγων τῆς ἀνεπιλήπτου πολιτείας τὰ εἴδη. Οὐκ ἐγκαλῶν πλήττειν, ἀλλ' ὁ ἀλόγως κινούμενος· καταιδεῖ γὰρ δίκαιον ἔγκλημα, πλήττει δὲ ἄλογος μέμψις. 1 Tim 3,16 Ἀντὶ τοῦ ὤφθη μὲν ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη δὲ ἐν πνεύματι πολιτευσάμενος. εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἐν σαρκὶ ἦν, ἀλλ' οὐ κατὰ σάρκα ἐπολιτεύετο, ἀλλ' ὑπέταξε τῷ πνεύματι τὴν σάρκα, δικαιοσύνης ἡμῖν ὑπανοίγων ὁδόν. ἢ καὶ τοῦτό φησιν ὅτι τοῦ πνεύματος σημεῖα ποιοῦντος, ἐδικαιοῦτο κατὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν ὁμολογίαν καὶ πίστιν ὁ Χριστός. ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις. τίς; ὁ σταυρωθεὶς Χριστός. οὐ τοῦτο δέ φησιν ὅτι τὴν θεότητα αὐτοῦ οὐχ ὁρῶσιν οἱ ἄγγελοι· αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ σωτὴρ ἔφη ὅτι οἱ ἄγγελοι ὁρῶσι τὸ πρόσωπον τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς πατρός μου. ὅταν δὲ λέγῃ· θεὸν οὐδεὶς ἑώρακε πώποτε, δηλονότι οὐχ ἑώρακε καθώς ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καθ' ὅσον δύνατον ἰδεῖν ἀγγέλῳ καὶ ἀνθρώπῳ. ἀόρατος οὖν ὁ θεὸς καὶ ἀγγέλοις καὶ ἀνθρώποις, ὤφθη δὲ διὰ τῆς οἰκονομίας. Ἡ ἐκκλησία ἡ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς διὰ τῆς ὁμολογίας ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι. ὅμοιόν ἐστι τοῦτο τῷ ὅπως ἂν δικαιωθῇς ἐν τοῖς λόγοις σου καὶ νικήσῃς ἐν τῷ κρίνεσθαί σε· τοῦ γὰρ πνεύματος τὰ σημεῖα ποιοῦντος ἐδικαιοῦτο κατὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν ὁμολογίαν καὶ τὴν πίστιν τῶν πιστευόντων. ὁ ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ ἀνθρώπων ἐληλυθὼς ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις· ἔδειξε διὰ τούτου ὅτι ἀόρατός ἐστιν ἡ θεότης τοῦ μονογενοῦς καὶ ἀγγέλοις, ὤφθη δὲ αὐτοῖς διὰ τῆς