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to have proofs, but because of the occasion and the sequence of the argument not to permit to say more; not only to be above every man, but also above all intelligible creation; of creation indeed, therefore, first in honor, and of the elect, more elect.

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ἔχειν ἀποδείξεις, ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸν καιρὸν καὶ τὴν ἀκολουθίαν τοῦ λόγου μὴ συγχωρεῖν πλεὸν λέγειν· οὐ μόνον ὑπὲρ πάντα ἄνθρωπον εἶναι, ἀλλὰ καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν νοητὴν κτίσιν· τῆς μὲν οὖν κτίσεως πρῶτον τῇ τιμῇ, τῶν δὲ ἐκλεκτῶν ἐκλεκτότερον.