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“I came forth from the Father and am come;” the one who says: “For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life;” the one who says: “I came down from heaven, not to do my own will, but the will of him that sent me.” But if you wish to hear him 28.104 humanly, in a way fitting to the form seen according to the flesh, and to the mere humanity supposed by his hearers, hear him saying: “If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true;” in the sense that it is not credible, nor is a man bearing witness to himself considered so; but when he says: “Though I bear record of myself, my record is true: for I know whence I come, and whither I go.” When, counting the Father and himself, he says there are two witnesses to his glory, he does not speak human things, but things beyond all human worth; and why do I say human? beyond angelic, beyond principalities, beyond powers, beyond dominions. For what is the joint numbering of man and God? What nearness, or what fellowship? but saying: “I thank thee, O Father, Lord of heaven and earth,” he seems to you to be a man, well and good; for indeed the divinity that came into the world has the human element intermingled. But do not, because of the veil of the flesh, be ignorant of God, who immediately adds concerning himself, and says: “No man knoweth the Son, but the Father; neither knoweth any man the Father, save the Son, and he to whomsoever the Son will reveal him. Come unto me, all ye that labour and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you, and learn of me; for I am meek and lowly in heart: and ye shall find rest unto your souls. For my yoke is easy, and my burden is light.” The Lord has shut you out from slander; having presented himself as God, and in the human form known only by the Father, and knowing the Father, and revealing the knowledge of himself and of the Father to those deemed worthy, he calls us to himself, promising rest with himself, and exhorting us to bear his yoke. Saying these things he unveils the divinity, he explains the exceeding greatness hidden by the small form, he displays the super-celestial authority veiled by an earthly body. And why must I enumerate the myriad divine utterances of our Lord Jesus Christ? by which the innovation of the Samosatene concerning the Savior, as being a mere man, is reasonably cast out, and along with it is cast out the irrational nonsense of those who imitate him. For come now, that we may recall a few testimonies, who is the one saying such things as these: “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven?” This is not the utterance of a man, but of God 28.105 showing his genuine generation from the Father, and for this reason not denying the title of Lord concerning himself. For he is Lord who is begotten of the only Lord, as has also been said by Moses: “The Lord rained brimstone and fire from the Lord.” And at another time the Savior says to the apostles: “Ye call me Teacher and Lord: and ye say well; for so I am;” and again, showing himself to be Master of the paternal house, as the only-begotten Son: “If they have called the master of the house Beelzebub, how much more shall they call them of his household.” Therefore that the Lord of all, Jesus Christ, is God, as being begotten of God, is clear to everyone; but having said, “Not every one that saith unto me, Lord, Lord, shall enter into the kingdom of heaven,” he also introduces the Father, clearly explaining to us: “But he that doeth the will of my Father which is in heaven.” You have then a Son, you have a Father; do not fear the dyad; for by nature it is not divided, nor has he who speaks of two alienated the offspring from the one who begat; nor, on account of the other madness of those who deny the divinity of the two to be one, must we for this reason avoid speaking of two. One God, because also Father

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«Ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐξῆλθον καὶ ἥκω·» ὁ λέγων· «Οὕτως γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλ' ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον·» ὁ λέγων· «Καταβέβηκα ἐκ τοῦ οὐ ρανοῦ, οὐχ ἵνα ποιῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν, ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με.» Ἀλλ' εἰ θέλεις αὐτῷ 28.104 ἀνθρωπίνως ἀκοῦσαι, ἁρμοζόντως τῇ ὁρωμένῃ κατὰ σάρκα μορφῇ, καὶ τῇ νομιζομένῃ ψιλῇ παρὰ τοῖς ἀκούσασιν ἀνθρωπότητι, ἄκουε λέγοντος αὐτοῦ· «Εἰ ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου ἀληθὴς οὐκ ἔστι·» κατὰ τὸ μὴ ἀξιόπιστον εἶναι, μηδὲ νομίζεσθαι ἄνθρωπον ἑαυτῷ μαρτυροῦντα· ὅτε δέ φησι· «Κἂν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρ τυρία μου ἀληθής ἐστιν, ὅτι οἶδα πόθεν ἔρχομαι, καὶ ποῦ ὑπάγω.» Ὅτε, ἀριθμῶν τὸν Πατέρα καὶ αὑτὸν, δύο φησὶν εἶναι τοὺς περὶ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ μάρτυρας, οὐκ ἀνθρώπινα φθέγγεται, ἀλλ' ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν ἀνθρωπί νην ἀξίαν· καὶ τί λέγω ἀνθρωπίνην; ὑπὲρ ἀγγελικὴν, ὑπὲρ ἀρχὰς, ὑπὲρ δυνάμεις, ὑπὲρ κυριότητας. Ποία γὰρ ἀνθρώπου καὶ Θεοῦ συναρίθμησις; τίς ἐγγύτης, ἢ τίς κοινωνία; ἀλλὰ λέγων· «Ἐξομολογοῦμαί σοι, Πάτερ, Κύριε τοῦ οὐρανοῦ καὶ τῆς γῆς,» ἄνθρωπος εἶναί σοι δοκεῖ, καλῶς· καὶ γὰρ ἔχει τὸ ἀνθρώπινον ἀνα μεμιγμένον ἡ παραγενομένη θεότης εἰς τὸν κόσμον. Ἀλλὰ μὴ διὰ τὸ κάλυμμα τῆς σαρκὸς ἀγνόει τὸν Θεὸν, τὸν εὐθὺς ἐπάγοντα περὶ ἑαυτοῦ, καὶ φάσκοντα· «Οὐδεὶς ἐπιγινώσκει τὸν Υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατὴρ, οὐδὲ τὸν Πατέρα τις ἐπιγινώσκει εἰ μὴ ὁ Υἱὸς, καὶ ᾧ ἂν βούληται ὁ Υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψαι. ∆εῦτε πρὸς μὲ, πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι, κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς. Ἄρατε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφ' ὑμᾶς, καὶ μάθετε ἀπ' ἐμοῦ, ὅτι πρᾶός εἰμι, καὶ ταπεινὸς τῇ καρδίᾳ· καὶ εὑρή σετε ἀνάπαυσιν ταῖς ψυχαῖς ὑμῶν· ὁ γὰρ ζυγός μου χρηστὸς, καὶ τὸ φορτίον μου ἐλαφρόν ἐστιν.» Ἀπέκλεισέ σοι τὴν συκοφαντίαν ὁ Κύριος· Θεὸν παραστήσας ἑαυτὸν καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς ἀνθρωπίνης μορφῆς ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρὸς γινωσκόμενον μόνον, καὶ γινώσκοντα τὸν Πατέρα, καὶ τοῖς καταξιουμένοις ἀποκαλύπτοντα τὴν ἑαυτοῦ γνῶσιν καὶ τὴν τοῦ Πατρὸς, προσκαλεῖ ται ἡμᾶς πρὸς ἑαυτὸν, ἀνάπαυσιν ἐπαγγελλόμενος παρὰ ἑαυτῷ, καὶ ζυγὸν ἑαυτοῦ βαστάσαι παρακελευόμενος. Ταῦτα λέγων ἀπαμφιέννυσι τὴν θεότητα, ἑρμηνεύει τὸ κεκαλυμμένον διὰ τῆς μικρᾶς μορφῆς ὑπερβάλλον μέγεθος, τὴν ὑπερουράνιον ἐξουσίαν ἐπιδείκνυσι γηΐνῳ παραπεπετασμένην σώματι. Καὶ τί με δεῖ καταλέγειν μυρίας οὔσας θεϊκὰς φωνὰς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ; δι' ὧν ἐκβάλλεται μὲν εἰκότως ἡ τοῦ Σαμοσατέως καινοτομία περὶ τοῦ Σω τῆρος, ὡς ὄντος ἀνθρώπου ψιλοῦ, συνεκβάλλεται δὲ καὶ ἡ τῶν μιμουμένων ἐκεῖνον ἀλόγιστος φλυαρία. Φέρε γὰρ, ἵν' ὀλίγων ἐπιμνησθῶμεν μαρτυριῶν, τίς ὁ τὰ τοιαῦτα λέγων· «Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι, Κύ ριε, Κύριε, εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν;» Οὐκ ἀνθρώπου τὸ ῥῆμα, ἀλλὰ Θεοῦ 28.105 δεικνύντος τὴν γνησίαν ἀπὸ Πατρὸς γέννησιν, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο τὴν κυριολογίαν οὐκ ἀρνουμένου τὴν περὶ ἑαυτοῦ. Κύριος γὰρ ὁ ἐκ τοῦ μόνου γεγεννημένος Κυρίου, ὡς καὶ παρὰ Μωϋσῇ λέλεκται τό· «Ἔβρεξε Κύριος θεῖον, καὶ πῦρ παρὰ Κυρίου.» Καὶ ἄλλοτε πρὸς τοὺς ἀποστόλους φησὶν ὁ Σωτήρ· «Φωνεῖτέ με ὁ ∆ιδάσκαλος καὶ ὁ Κύριος, καὶ καλῶς λέγετε· εἰμὶ γάρ·» καὶ πάλιν, ∆εσπότην τῆς πατρῴας οἰκίας ἑαυ τὸν ἀποφαίνων, ὡς ἂν μονογενὴς Υἱός· «Εἰ τὸν οἰκοδεσπότην Βεελζεβοὺλ ἐπεκάλεσαν, πόσῳ μᾶλλον τοὺς οἰκιακοὺς αὐτοῦ.» Οὐκοῦν ὅτι μὲν Θεὸς ὁ Κύ ριος τῶν ὅλων Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, ὡς ὢν ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγεννημένος, δῆλον ἅπαντι· εἰπὼν δὲ, «Οὐ πᾶς ὁ λέγων μοι, Κύριε, Κύριε, εἰσελεύσεται εἰς τὴν βασι λείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν,» ἐπιφέρει καὶ τὸν Πατέρα σαφῶς ἡμῖν ἑρμηνεύων· «Ἀλλ' ὁ ποιῶν τὸ θέλημα τοῦ Πατρός μου, τοῦ ἐν οὐρανοῖς.» Ἔχεις οὖν Υἱὸν, ἔχεις Πατέρα· μὴ φοβοῦ τὴν δυάδα· τῇ φύσει γὰρ οὐ διώρισται, οὐδ' ὁ τὰ δύο λέ γων ἀπηλλοτρίωσε τοῦ γεννήσαντος τὸ γέννημα· οὐδὲ διὰ τὴν ἑτέραν μανίαν τῶν ἀρνησαμένων μίαν εἶναι τὴν τῶν δύο θεότητα, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ δύο λέγειν φευκτέον. Εἷς Θεὸς, ὅτι καὶ Πατὴρ