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6. This discourse from me to you, O men, is spoken simply and with all goodwill, and this is the mystery of my mind. But may that prevail which will be of advantage both to you and to us, the Spirit leading our affairs (for the discourse returns to the same point), to whom we have given ourselves, and the head anointed with the oil of perfection in the Father almighty, and in the only-begotten Word, and in the Holy Spirit and God. For how long shall we cover the lamp with a bushel, and grudge to others the perfect Godhead, when we ought now to place it upon the lampstand and let it shine for all churches and souls, and for all the fullness of the world, no longer conjectured, nor shadowed forth in the mind, but also openly proclaimed? Which is indeed the most perfect proof of theology for those who have been counted worthy of this grace in Christ Jesus our Lord Himself, to whom be the glory, honor, power for ever and ever. Amen.

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ςʹ. Οὗτος ὁ παρ' ἐμοῦ λόγος ὑμῖν, ὦ ἄνδρες, ἁπλῶς τε καὶ μετὰ πάσης εὐνοίας εἰρημένος, καὶ τοῦτο τὸ τῆς ἐμῆς διανοίας μυστήριον. Νικώῃ δὲ ὅ τι ἂν καὶ ὑμῖν καὶ ἡμῖν μέλλῃ συνοίσειν, τοῦ Πνεύματος ἄγοντος τὰ ἡμέτερα (πάλιν γὰρ εἰς ταυτὸν ὁ λόγος ἀνέρχεται), ᾧ δεδώκαμεν ἡμᾶς αὐτοὺς, καὶ τὴν χρισθεῖσαν κεφαλὴν τῷ ἐλαίῳ τῆς τελειώσεως ἐν Πατρὶ παντοκράτορι, καὶ τῷ μονογενεῖ Λόγῳ, καὶ τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι καὶ Θεῷ. Μέχρι γὰρ τίνος τῷ μοδίῳ τὸν λύχνον περικαλύψομεν, καὶ φθονήσομεν τοῖς ἄλλοις τῆς τελείας θειότητος, δέον ἐπὶ τὴν λυχνίαν ἤδη τιθέναι καὶ λάμπειν πάσαις Ἐκκλησίαις τε καὶ ψυχαῖς, καὶ παντὶ τῷ τῆς οἰκουμένης πληρώματι, μηκέτι εἰκαζόμενον, μηδὲ τῇ διανοίᾳ σκιαγραφούμενον, ἀλλὰ καὶ φανερῶς ἐκλαλούμενον; Ἥπερ δὴ τελεωτάτη τῆς θεολογίας ἀπόδειξις τοῖς ταύτης ἠξιωμένοις τῆς χάριτος ἐν αὐτῷ Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, ᾧ ἡ δόξα, τιμὴ, κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.