being, raised himself at some time. But if he is raised by another, show me that other one, so that leaving you I might become his disciple. Far be it from you, Lord, this shall never happen to you. Did you not exhort us, Master, saying: I am the light and the resurrection and the life? When does light change into darkness? When is resurrection covered by a tomb? When is life bound by cemeteries? Go away, Master, go away. Far be it from you, Lord, this shall never happen to you. What then of the Master Christ, the all-wise teacher? He no longer indulged the erring Peter, but is angered and troubled, saying to the devil who was causing him to stumble, as you just heard: Get behind me, Satan, you who have suborned my Peter to disbelieve. You are a stumbling block to me, Peter, because you do not think the things of God but the things of men. If I am not killed, none of you tastes of immortality. You are a stumbling block to me, Peter. If I am not murdered, none of you inherits the vineyard. You are a stumbling block to me, Peter, because you do not think the things of God but the things of men. I am a grain of wheat according to the word of the incarnation; Unless the grain falls into the earth and dies, it remains alone; but if it dies, it yields much fruit. You are a stumbling block to me, Peter, because you do not think the things of God but the things of men. If I do not descend into Hades, no one frees Adam from slavery. You are a stumbling block to me, Peter, because you do not think the things of God but the things of men. If I am not slain, none of you purchases the mystical meal. If I am not crucified, Peter, the thief does not open paradise. You are a stumbling block to me, Peter, because you do not think the things of God but the things of men. I came not only to visit the living, but also to benefit the dead. I did not lie, Peter, when I said: I am the light and the resurrection and the life. Since therefore I am light, Peter, I must shine for those in darkness. For what sort of light is it that does not put darkness to flight? I am resurrection, Peter, I must raise up those who have gone before. For what sort of resurrection is it that does not raise the dead? I am life, Peter, I must put death to death; for I suffer as a man, and I save as a lover of mankind. For now I suffer according to the economy, Peter; but after not long I will come as Master, not appearing in the form of a slave, but in the Father's glory, escorted by angels. Now, being rejected, I allow it because of the lowliness of my appearance; but after not long I will judge with authority because of the power of the Godhead. And that the Master Christ was pursuing these things, you just now heard him saying: The Son of Man is about to come in the glory of his Father with his angels, and he will repay each according to his works. Let Arius be silenced even now, who does not fear the impartial judgment of the Lord. If the Master Christ, inasmuch as he is God the Word, is subordinate, and a dissimilar Son having nothing in common in substance with the one who begot him, as that man madly proclaims, how will he come in the glory of the Father? Behold, being of one substance he will come in the Father's glory; for of whom the substance differs, of them also the glory has differed; but of whom the substance is the same, of them also the glory is the same. But the children of the Arians will say immediately—for nothing is too bold for them; for having fallen into a mass of evils they are contemptuous—: This glory, he says, the only-begotten has received from the Father, having requested and prayed and supplicated. For we have heard him often praying and saying: Father, glorify me with the glory which I had with you before the world was. If therefore he has received the glory from the Father, how is he of one substance with the Father? These are the words of Arius. But O Arius, was the Master Christ praying these things inasmuch as he is God the Word or inasmuch as he is man? If he was praying inasmuch as he is God the Word, after the world, according to you

ὄντα ἑαυτὸν ἤγειρε ποτέ. Εἰ δ' ὑφ' ἑτέρου ἐγείρῃ, ἐκεῖνόν μοι δεῖξον, ὅπως σὲ καταλείψας ἐκείνῳ μαθητεύσω. Ἵλεώς σοι, κύριε, οὐ μὴ ἔσται σοι τοῦτο. Οὐ παρῄνεσας ἡμῖν, δέσποτα, λέγων· Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ζωή; Πότε φῶς εἰς σκότος μεταβάλλεται; Πότε ἀνάστασις τάφῳ καλύπτεται; Πότε ζωὴ νεκροταφίοις περισφίγγεται; Ἄπιθι, δέσποτα, ἄπιθι. Ἵλεώς σοι, κύριε, οὐ μὴ ἔσται σοι τοῦτο. Τί οὖν ὁ δεσπότης Χριστός, ὁ πάνσοφος παιδαγωγός; Οὐκέτι συνεχώρει τῷ Πέτρῳ σφαλλομένῳ, ὀργίζεται δὲ καὶ ταράττεται τὸν σκανδαλίζοντα αὐτὸν διάβολον λέγων, καθὼς ἀρτίως ἤκουες· Ὕπαγε ὀπίσω μου, σατανᾶ, ὁ τὸν ἐμὸν Πέτρον ἀπιστεῖν ὑπονοθεύσας. Σκάνδαλόν μου εἶ, Πέτρε, ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ ἀποκτανθῶ, οὐδεὶς ὑμῶν ἀθανασίας γεύεται. Σκάνδαλόν μου εἶ, Πέτρε. Εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ φονευθῶ, οὐδεὶς ὑμῶν τὸν ἀμπελῶνα κληρονομεῖ. Σκάνδαλόν μου εἶ, Πέτρε, ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Κόκκος ὑπάρχω τοῦ σίτου κατὰ τὸν λόγον τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως· Ἐὰν μὴ πεσὼν ὁ κόκκος εἰς τὴν γῆν ἀποθάνῃ, αὐτὸς μόνος μένει· ἐὰν δὲ ἀποθάνῃ, πολὺν καρπὸν δίδωσιν. Σκάνδαλόν μου εἶ, Πέτρε, ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ κατέλθω εἰς τὸν ᾅδην, οὐδεὶς τὸν Ἀδὰμ τῆς δουλείας ἐλευθεροῖ. Σκάνδαλόν μου εἶ, Πέτρε, ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ σφαγιασθῶ, οὐδεὶς ὑμῶν τὸ μυστικὸν ὀψώνιον ὀψωνεῖ. Εἰ μὴ ἐγὼ σταυρωθῶ, Πέτρε, τὸν παράδεισον ὁ λῃστὴς οὐκ ἀνοίγει. Σκάνδαλόν μου εἶ, Πέτρε, ὅτι οὐ φρονεῖς τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλλὰ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων. Ἦλθον οὐ μόνον τοὺς ζῶντας περιοδεῦσαι, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοὺς κοιμηθέντας εὐεργετῆσαι. Οὐκ ἐψευσάμην δή, Πέτρε, εἰρηκώς· Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς καὶ ἡ ἀνάστασις καὶ ἡ ζωή. Ἐπεὶ οὖν φῶς ὑπάρχω , Πέτρε, δεῖ με τοῖς ἐν σκότει λάμψαι. Ποῖον δὲ φῶς τὸ μὴ φυγαδεῦον σκότος; Ἀνάστασίς εἰμι, Πέτρε, δεῖ με τοὺς προκατεχομένους ἀναστῆσαι. Ποία γὰρ ἀνάστασις ἡ τοὺς κεκοιμημένους μὴ ἐγείρουσα; Ζωή εἰμι, Πέτρε, δεῖ με τὸν θάνατον θανατῶσαι· πάσχω γὰρ ὡς ἄνθρωπος, καὶ σῴζω ὡς φιλάνθρωπος. Νῦν γὰρ οἰκονομικῶς πάσχω , Πέτρε· μετ' οὐ πολὺ δὲ δεσποτικῶς ἐλεύσομαι, οὐκ ἐν τῇ τοῦ δούλου μορφῇ ἐμφανιζόμενος, ἀλλ' ἐν τῇ πατρῴᾳ δόξῃ ὑπ' ἀγγέλων δορυφορούμενος. Νῦν ἀθετούμενος συγχωρῶ διὰ τὴν εὐτέλειαν τῆς ὁράσεως· μετ' οὐ πολὺ δὲ αὐθεντικῶς κρινῶ διὰ τὴν ἐξουσίαν τῆς θεότητος. Καὶ ὅτι ταῦτα μετήρχετο ὁ δεσπότης Χριστός, ἤκουες αὐτοῦ ἀρτίως λέγοντος· Μέλλει ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἔρχεσθαι ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς μετὰ τῶν ἀγγέλων αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἀποδώσει ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ. Ἐμφραττέσθω καὶ τὰ νῦν Ἄρειος ὁ μὴ δεδοικὼς τὸ ἀπροσωπόληπτον τοῦ κυρίου κριτήριον. Εἰ ὑπεξούσιος ὁ δεσπότης Χριστὸς καθὸ θεὸς λόγος καὶ υἱὸς ἀνόμοιος καὶ μηδὲν κοινωνῶν κατ' οὐσίαν τῷ γεννήσαντι, καθὼς ἐκεῖνος μανικῶς ἀποφθέγγεται , πῶς ἐν τῇ δόξῃ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐλεύσεται; Ἰδού, ὁμοούσιος ἐν τῇ πατρῴᾳ δόξῃ ἐλεύσεται· ὧν γὰρ ἡ οὐσία διαφέρει, τούτων καὶ ἡ δόξα διενήνοχεν· ὧν δὲ ἡ οὐσία ἡ αὐτή, τούτων καὶ ἡ δόξα ἡ αὐτή. Ἀλλ' ἐροῦσιν εὐθέως οἱ Ἀρειανῶν παῖδεςοὐδὲν γὰρ αὐτοῖς ἀτόλμητον· ἐμπεσόντες γὰρ εἰς ὕλην κακῶν καταφρονοῦσινη· Ταύτην φησὶ τὴν δόξαν ὁ μονογενὴς παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς εἴληφεν, δεηθεὶς καὶ προσευξάμενος καὶ ἱκετεύσας. Ἠκούσαμεν γὰρ αὐτοῦ συχνῶς προσευχομένου καὶ λέγοντος· Πάτερ , δόξασόν με τῇ δόξῃ ᾗ εἶχον πρὸ τοῦ τὸν κόσμον εἶναι παρὰ σοί. Εἰ τοίνυν παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς εἴληφε τὴν δόξαν, πῶς ὁμοούσιος τοῦ πατρός ἐστιν; Ταῦτα Ἀρείου τὰ ῥήματα. Ἀλλ' ὦ Ἄρειε, ταῦτα ὁ δεσπότης Χριστὸς καθὸ θεὸς λόγος προσηύχετο ἢ καθότι ἄνθρωπος; Εἰ καθὸ θεὸς λόγος προσηύχετο, μετὰ τὸν κόσμον, κατὰ σέ