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And these things are less than his worth. For there is no hymn, not exalting the Son, not making him equal, but however much you may ascend in praises, however much glory of words you may contrive, you will cry out with David, being overcome, What shall I render to the Lord for all that he has rendered to me? But if, Arius, the term 'uncreated' is a word of honor exalting the Son, it will be 60.747 for you to cry out the words of David to him in a modified way, Lord, if I call you uncreated, what will you render to me who has honored you with an honor greater than you? But John will say in response to them: Fools and blind men, we are not worthy to untie the strap of his sandal. From all sides, therefore, let us be stirred up to the lofty speech of the divine nature, let us meditate on great thoughts of God in hymns, let us raise the one who is worshipped on high with all our strength, let us preserve a humble mindset in the moment of theology, let us honor 60.748 the Father with lofty praises to the Son, let us glorify the glory of the begetter, the likeness of nature of the begotten to him with equal honor; let us confess the truth of the generation, let us acquire the Father's love by our devotion to the one from him; For if anyone loves me, he says, my Father will love him; to whom be the glory and the power forever and ever. Amen.

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Καὶ ταῦτα δὲ τῆς ἀξίας ἐλάττω. Οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ὕμνος, οὐχ ὑπαίρων τὸν Υἱὸν, οὐκ ἰσούμενος, ἀλλ' ὅσον ἂν εὐφημίαις ἀναβαίης, ὅσην ἂν λόγων μηχανήσῃ δόξαν, μετὰ τοῦ ∆αυῒδ βοήσεις ἡττώμενος, Τί ἀνταποδώσω τῷ Κυρίῳ περὶ πάντων, ὧν ἀνταπέδωκέ μοι; Εἰ δέ γε τὸ, ἄκτιστος, Ἄρειε, φωνὴ τῆς τιμῆς τὸν Υἱὸν ὑπεραίρουσα, ἔσται 60.747 σοι τὰ τοῦ ∆αυῒδ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὑπηλλαγμένως βοᾷν, Κύριε, ἂν ἄκτιστον εἴπω σε, τί ἀνταποδώσεις μοι μείζονί σου τετιμηκότι σε τιμῇ; Ἀλλ' ἐρεῖ πρὸς αὐτοὺς Ἰωάννης ἀντιφθεγγόμενος· Μωροὶ καὶ τυφλοὶ, οὐκ ἐσμὲν ἱκανοὶ λῦσαι τὸν ἱμάντα τοῦ ὑποδήματος αὐτοῦ. Πανταχόθεν τοίνυν πρὸς τὴν τῆς θείας φύσεως ὑψηλολογίαν διεγειρώμεθα, μεγάλας ἐν ὕμνοις Θεοῦ μελετῶμεν ἐννοίας, ἄρωμεν ἰσχύϊ πάσῃ πρὸς ὕψος τὸν προσκυνούμενον, φρόνημα πτωχὸν ἐν καιρῷ θεολογίας σώσωμεν, τιμή 60.748 σωμεν τὸν Πατέρα ὑψηλαῖς εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν εὐφημίαις, δοξάσωμεν τὴν τοῦ γεννήτορος δόξαν, τὴν τοῦ γεννηθέντος πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁμοιότητα φύσεως ἴσῃ ὁμοτιμίᾳ· τὴν τῆς γεννήσεως ὁμολογῶμεν ἀλήθειαν, κτησώμεθα τοῦ Πατρὸς τὴν ἀγάπην τῇ περὶ τὸν ἐξ αὐτοῦ θεραπείᾳ· Ἐὰν γάρ τις ἀγαπᾷ με, φησὶν, ἀγαπήσει αὐτὸν ὁ Πατήρ μου· ᾧ ἡ δόξα καὶ τὸ κράτος εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.