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fulfilled according to the commandment of the Father, becoming obedient unto death, even death on a cross; and on the third day he was raised from the dead, according to the Scriptures, he appeared to his holy disciples, and to the others, as it is written; and he ascended into heaven and is seated at the right hand of the Father; from where he is coming at the end of this age to raise all, and to render to each according to his deeds; when the righteous will be received into eternal life and the kingdom of heaven, but the sinners will be condemned to eternal punishment, where their worm does not die, and the fire is not quenched.

And one only Holy Spirit, the Paraclete, in whom we were sealed for the day of redemption; the Spirit of truth, the Spirit of adoption, in whom we cry: Abba, Father; who distributes and works the gifts from God to each for the common good, as he wills; who teaches and brings to remembrance all things, whatever he hears from the Son; the good, who guides into all truth, and strengthens all who believe for sure knowledge, and precise confession, and pious worship, and spiritual and true adoration of God the Father and of his only-begotten Son our Lord and God Jesus Christ, and of himself; clearly explaining to us the property of each named person, and concerning each of those named, certain excellent properties being piously contemplated, 31.688 that of the Father in the property of the Father, and that of the Son in the property of the Son, and that of the Holy Spirit in its own property; neither the Holy Spirit speaking from himself, nor the Son doing anything from himself; and the Father sending the Son, and the Son sending the Holy Spirit. Thus we believe, and thus we baptize into a consubstantial Trinity, according to the commandment of our Lord Jesus Christ himself who said: Go and make disciples of all nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, teaching them to observe all that I have commanded you. Which things observing, we show our love for him, and are deemed worthy to abide in it, as it is written; but not observing, having the contrary disposition, we are condemned. For he who does not love me, says the Lord, does not keep my words; and again: He who has my commandments, and keeps them, he it is who loves me. But I wonder all the more that, when our Lord Jesus Christ himself says: Do not rejoice that the demons are subject to you; but rejoice that your names are written in the heavens; and again: By this all will know that you are my disciples, if you have love for one another; whence the Apostle, showing the necessity of love in all things, testifies saying: If I speak in the tongues of men and of angels, but have not love, I have become a noisy gong, or a clanging cymbal; and if I have prophecy, and know all mysteries, and all knowledge, and if I have all faith, so as to move mountains, but have not love, I am nothing; and after a little: Whether prophecies, they will be done away; whether tongues, they will cease; whether knowledge, it will be done away, and the rest, to which he adds: But now faith, hope, love remain, these three; but the greatest of these is love; these and such things being so ordained by both the Lord and the Apostle, I say in amazement, how is it that concerning things that are done away and cease, men have so much zeal and alarm, but concerning things that remain, and especially the greatest of all, love, which characterizes the Christian, not only do they themselves take no thought, but they also oppose those who are zealous, and by fighting they fulfill what was said: They neither enter themselves, nor do they allow those who are entering to go in.

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ρωσε κατὰ τὴν ἐντολὴν τοῦ Πατρὸς, γενόμενος ὑπ ήκοος μέχρι θανάτου, θανάτου δὲ σταυροῦ· καὶ τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ ἐγερθεὶς ἐκ νεκρῶν, κατὰ τὰς Γραφὰς, ὤφθη τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ μαθηταῖς, καὶ τοῖς λοιποῖς, ὡς γέγραπται· ἀνέβη τε εἰς οὐρανοὺς καὶ κάθηται ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Πατρός· ὅθεν ἔρχεται ἐπὶ συντελείᾳ τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου ἀναστῆσαι πάντας, καὶ ἀποδοῦ ναι ἑκάστῳ κατὰ τὴν πρᾶξιν αὐτοῦ· ὅτε οἱ μὲν δί καιοι προσληφθήσονται εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον καὶ βασι λείαν οὐρανῶν, οἱ δὲ ἁμαρτωλοὶ κατακριθήσονται εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον, ὅπου ὁ σκώληξ αὐτῶν οὐ τε λευτᾷ, καὶ τὸ πῦρ οὐ σβέννυται.

Καὶ ἓν μόνον Πνεῦμα ἅγιον, τὸ Παράκλητον, ἐν ᾧ ἐσφραγίσθη μεν εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως· τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς ἀλη θείας, τὸ Πνεῦμα τῆς υἱοθεσίας, ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν· Ἀββᾶ, ὁ Πατήρ· τὸ διαιροῦν καὶ ἐνεργοῦν τὰ παρὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ χαρίσματα ἑκάστῳ πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον, καθὼς βούλεται· τὸ διδάσκον καὶ ὑπομιμνῆσκον πάντα, ὅσα ἂν ἀκούῃ παρὰ τοῦ Υἱοῦ· τὸ ἀγαθὸν, τὸ ὁδηγοῦν εἰς πᾶσαν τὴν ἀλήθειαν, καὶ στηρίζον πάν τας τοὺς πιστεύοντας πρός τε γνῶσιν ἀσφαλῆ, καὶ ὁμολογίαν ἀκριβῆ, καὶ λατρείαν εὐσεβῆ, καὶ προσκύνησιν πνευματικὴν καὶ ἀληθῆ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἑαυτοῦ· ἑκάστου ὀνόματος τὴν τοῦ ὀνομαζομένου ἰδιότητα σαφῶς ἡμῖν διευκρινοῦντος, καὶ περὶ ἑκάστου τῶν ὀνομαζομένων πάντως τινῶν ἐξαιρέτων ἰδιωμάτων εὐσεβῶς θεωρου 31.688 μένων, τοῦ μὲν Πατρὸς ἐν τῷ ἰδιώματι τοῦ Πατρὸς, τοῦ δὲ Υἱοῦ ἐν τῷ ἰδιώματι τοῦ Υἱοῦ, τοῦ δὲ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐν τῷ οἰκείῳ ἰδιώματι· μήτε τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ λαλοῦντος, μήτε τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ τι ποιοῦντος· καὶ τοῦ μὲν Πατρὸς πέμ ποντος τὸν Υἱὸν, τοῦ δὲ Υἱοῦ πέμποντος τὸ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα. Οὕτως φρονοῦμεν, καὶ οὕτως βαπτίζομεν εἰς Τριάδα ὁμοούσιον, κατὰ τὴν ἐντολὴν αὐτοῦ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰπόντος· Πορευθέντες μαθητεύσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη, βαπτίζον τες αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, διδάσκοντες αὐ τοὺς τηρεῖν πάντα ὅσα ἐνετειλάμην ὑμῖν. Ἅπερ τηροῦντες μὲν, τὴν εἰς αὐτὸν ἀγάπην ἐπιδεικνύμεθα, καὶ ἐν αὐτῇ μένειν καταξιούμεθα, καθὼς γέγραπται· μὴ τηροῦντες δὲ, ἐναντίως ἔχοντες ἐλεγχόμεθα. Ὁ μὴ ἀγαπῶν με, γάρ φησιν ὁ Κύριος, τοὺς λό γους μου οὐ τηρεῖ· καὶ πάλιν· Ὁ ἔχων τὰς ἐντολάς μου, καὶ τηρῶν αὐτὰς, ἐκεῖνός ἐστιν ὁ ἀγα πῶν με. Θαυμάζω δὲ περισσοτέρως, ὅτι, αὐτοῦ τοῦ Κυ ρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ λέγοντος· Μὴ χαίρετε, ὅτι τὰ δαιμόνια ὑμῖν ὑποτάσσεται· χαίρετε δὲ, ὅτι τὰ ὀνόματα ὑμῶν γέγραπται ἐν τοῖς οὐρα νοῖς· καὶ πάλιν· Ἐν τούτῳ γνώσονται πάντες, ὅτι ἐμοὶ μαθηταί ἐστε, ἐὰν ἀγάπην ἔχητε μετ' ἀλλήλων· ὅθεν ὁ Ἀπόστολος, ἐν πᾶσι τὸ τῆς ἀγάπης ἀναγκαῖον δεικνὺς, διαμαρτύρεται λέγων· Ἐὰν ταῖς γλώσσαις τῶν ἀνθρώπων λαλῶ καὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, γέγονα χαλκὸς ἠχῶν, ἢ κύμβαλον ἀλαλάζον· κἂν ἔχω προφη τείαν, καὶ εἰδῶ τὰ μυστήρια πάντα, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν γνῶσιν, καὶ ἐὰν ἔχω πᾶσαν τὴν πίστιν, ὥστε ὄρη μεθιστάνειν, ἀγάπην δὲ μὴ ἔχω, οὐθέν εἰμι· καὶ μετ' ὀλίγα· Εἴτε δὲ προφητεῖαι καταργηθήσονται, εἴτε γλῶσσαι παύσονται, εἴτε γνῶσις καταργηθήσεται, καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, οἷς ἐπιφέρει· Νυνὶ δὲ μένει πίστις, ἐλπὶς, ἀγάπη, τὰ τρία ταῦτα· μείζων δὲ τούτων ἡ ἀγάπη· τούτων καὶ τῶν τοιούτων οὕτως ὑπό τε τοῦ Κυρίου καὶ τοῦ Ἀποστόλου διωρισμένων, θαυμάζων φημὶ, πῶς περὶ μὲν τὰ καταργούμενα καὶ παυόμενα τοσαύτην ἔχουσιν οἱ ἄνθρωποι σπουδὴν καὶ πτόησιν, περὶ δὲ τὰ μένοντα, καὶ μάλιστα τὴν μείζω πάντων ἀγά πην, τὴν χαρακτηρίζουσαν τὸν Χριστιανὸν, οὐ μόνον αὐτοὶ φροντίδα οὐδεμίαν ποιοῦνται, ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῖς ἐσπουδακόσιν ἐναντιοῦνται, καὶ μαχόμενοι πληροῦσι τὸ εἰρημένον· Οὔτε αὐτοὶ εἰσέρχονται, καὶ τοὺς εἰσ ερχομένους κωλύουσιν εἰσελθεῖν.