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he extended the image of his royal sovereignty even to the rational beings on earth, having adorned with divine powers the soul of man made in his own image; whence also it possesses a share in the other virtues by emanation from the divine. For God alone is wise alone. And he himself is good alone in his essence, and he alone is mighty in strength, and begetter of righteousness itself, father of reason and wisdom, source of light and life, steward of truth and virtue, and indeed the leader of kingship itself and of all rule and authority. 4.1 But how could men know these things? Who has ministered these things to mortal ears? How could a tongue of flesh utter things foreign to flesh and bodies? Who, by perceiving the invisible king, has discerned these powers in him? For through bodily sense kindred elements and their compounds are comprehended, but no one has yet, by taking in with bodily eyes the invisible kingdom over all, been glorified, nor has mortal nature understood the beauty of wisdom. Who with the sense of flesh has seen the face of righteousness? And whence did concepts of lawful rule and royal authority come to men? Whence came autocratic power to that which is compacted of flesh and blood? Who has declared to those on earth the invisible and formless ideas and the incorporeal and formless substance? 4.2 But there was, then, one interpreter of these things, the Word of God who comes through all things, the father of the rational and intelligent substance in men, he alone being attached to the Father’s divinity, and watering his own offspring with the Father’s emanations. From this source come to all men, Greeks and barbarians alike, the self-taught reasonings according to nature; from this source, concepts of reason and wisdom; from this source, the seeds of prudence and righteousness; from this source, the comprehensions of the arts; from this source, knowledge of virtue and the dear name of wisdom and the noble love for a philosopher’s instruction; from this source, knowledge of all that is good and beautiful; from this source, the very image of God and a life worthy of piety; from this source, for man, the strength of kingship and the unconquerable dominion over all things on earth. And as the Word, the father of rational beings, established in the soul of man the character according to the image and likeness of God, he thus made this living being royal, showing that it alone of things on earth knows how to rule and be ruled, and to practice and be taught beforehand from here the promised hope of the heavenly kingdom, for which he has also come. And he himself, the father of his children, did not shrink from coming to converse with mortals, but cultivating his own seeds and renewing the provisions from above, he proclaimed the good news to all that they would share in the heavenly kingdom. And he called and exhorted them to be prepared for the journey above, having prepared the garment worthy of the calling, and with ineffable power he filled all that the sun looks upon with his proclamation, impressing the heavenly kingdom upon the image of the earthly kingdom, toward which he urges the entire race of men to hasten, having set forth this good hope. 5.1 Of this, the one who is dear to God will from this time forth partake, being adorned with virtues innate to God and having received into his soul the emanations from thence; and rational, having become so from the universal Reason; wise by participation in wisdom; good by communion with the Good; just by a share in righteousness; temperate by the idea of temperance; and courageous by having partaken of the highest power. 5.2 But indeed, this one would also in true reason be called a king, who has formed in his soul the image of the kingdom beyond with royal virtues. But he who is alienated from these things and has denied the King of all, and has not acknowledged the heavenly Father of souls, nor put on the adornment fitting for a king, but has taken on formlessness and shame in his soul, and has exchanged royal gentleness for the temper of a wild beast, and the incurable poison of vice for a disposition of freedom, and folly for prudence, and instead of reason and wisdom

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μέχρι καὶ τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς λογικῶν τὸ τῆς βασιλικῆς δυναστείας ἐξέτεινεν μίμημα, θεϊκαῖς δυνάμεσι τὴν κατ' εἰκόνα τὴν αὐτοῦ πεποιημένην ἀνθρώπου ψυχὴν κατακοσμήσας· ἔνθεν αὐτῇ καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἀρετῶν ἡ κοινωνία θεϊκῆς ἐξ ἀπορροίας περίεστι. μόνος μὲν γὰρ σοφὸς ὁ καὶ θεὸς μόνος. ὁ δ' αὐτὸς τὴν οὐσίαν ἀγαθὸς μόνος, ἰσχύι τε δυνατὸς αὐτὸς μόνος, καὶ γεννήτωρ μὲν αὐτῆς δικαιοσύνης, πατὴρ δὲ λόγου καὶ σοφίας, πηγή τε φωτὸς καὶ ζωῆς, ἀληθείας τε καὶ ἀρετῆς ταμίας, καὶ δὴ βασιλείας αὐτῆς ἀρχῆς τε πάσης καὶ ἐξουσίας καθηγεμών. 4.1 Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα πόθεν ἀνθρώποις εἰδέναι; τίς δ' ἀκοῇ θνητῶν ταῦτα διηκονήσατο; πόθεν δὲ γλώττῃ σαρκὸς τὰ σαρκῶν ἀλλότρια καὶ σωμάτων ἀποφθέγγεσθαι; τίς τὸν ἀφανῆ βασιλέα διοπτεύσας ταύτας ἐν αὐτῷ κατεῖδεν δυνάμεις; αἰσθήσει μὲν γὰρ σωμάτων ἀδελφὰ στοιχεῖα τά τ' ἐκ τούτων συγκρίματα καταλαμβάνεται, ἀλλ' οὐδείς πω σωμάτων ὀφθαλμοῖς τὴν κατὰ πάντων ἀφανῆ βασιλείαν ὄψει παραλαβὼν ἐσεμνύνατο, οὐδὲ θνητὴ φύσις τὸ σοφίας κατενόησε κάλλος. τίς δὲ σαρκῶν αἰσθήσει τὸ δικαιοσύνης ἐνεῖδε πρόσωπον; ἐννόμου δ' ἀρχῆς καὶ βασιλικῆς ἐξουσίας πόθεν ἀνθρώποις ὑπεισῆλθον ἔννοιαι; πόθεν αὐτοκρατορικὴ δύναμις τῷ σαρκὶ καὶ αἵματι πεπιλημένῳ; τίς δὲ τὰς ἀφανεῖς καὶ ἀσχηματίστους ἰδέας καὶ τὴν ἀσώματον καὶ ἀσχημάτιστον οὐσίαν τοῖς ἐπὶ γῆς ἐξηγόρευσεν; 4.2 ἀλλ' ἦν ἄρα τούτων εἷς ἑρμηνεὺς ὁ διὰ πάντων ἥκων τοῦ θεοῦ λόγος, ὁ τῆς ἐν ἀνθρώποις λογικῆς καὶ νοερᾶς πατὴρ οὐσίας, μόνος μὲν τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς θεότητος ἐξημμένος, τοῖς δὲ σφετέροις ἐκγόνοις τὰς πατρικὰς ἀπορροίας ἐπάρδων. ἔνθεν ἅπασιν ἀνθρώποις Ἕλλησιν ὁμοῦ καὶ βαρβάροις οἱ κατὰ φύσιν αὐτομαθεῖς λογισμοί, ἔνθεν λόγου καὶ σοφίας ἔννοιαι, ἔνθεν φρονήσεως καὶ δικαιοσύνης σπέρματα, ἔνθεν αἱ τῶν τεχνῶν καταλήψεις, ἔνθεν ἀρετῆς ἐπιστήμη σοφίας τε φίλον ὄνομα καὶ σεμνὸς φιλοσόφου παιδείας ἔρως, ἔνθεν ἀγαθοῦ παντὸς καὶ καλοῦ γνῶσις, ἔνθεν αὐτοῦ φαντασία θεοῦ καὶ βίος θεοσεβείας ἐπάξιος, ἔνθεν ἀνθρώπῳ βασιλείας ἰσχὺς καὶ κράτος ἄμαχον τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς ἁπάντων. ὡς δὲ τὸν κατ' εἰκόνα θεοῦ καὶ καθ' ὁμοίωσιν ἐν ἀνθρώπου ψυχῇ χαρακτῆρα λόγος ὁ τῶν λογικῶν ὑφίστη πατὴρ βασιλικόν τε τουτοὶ τὸ ζῶον ἀπειργάζετο, μόνον τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς βασιλεύειν καὶ βασιλεύεσθαι τοῦτ' εἰδέναι ἀναδείξας προμελετᾶν τε καὶ προδιδάσκεσθαι ἐνθένδε τῆς οὐρανίου βασιλείας τὴν ἐπηγγελμένην ἐλπίδα, δι' ἣν καὶ ἀφῖκται, θνητοῖς τε εἰς ὁμιλίαν ἐλθεῖν αὐτὸς ὁ τῶν παίδων οὐκ ἀπώκνει πατήρ, τὰ δ' αὐτοῦ γεωργῶν σπέρματα καὶ τὰς ἄνωθεν ἀνανεούμενος χορηγίας οὐρανίου μεθέξειν βασιλείας τοῖς πᾶσιν εὐηγγελίζετο, ἐκάλει τε καὶ παρεκάλει πρὸς τὴν ἄνω πορείαν εὐτρεπεῖς εἶναι, τὴν ἐπάξιον τῆς κλήσεως στολὴν παρασκευασαμένους, ἐπλήρου τε ἀρρήτῳ δυνάμει τὴν σύμπασαν ὅσην ἥλιος ἐφορᾷ τοῦ κηρύγματος, τῷ τῆς κατὰ γῆν βασιλείας μιμήματι τὴν οὐράνιον ἐκτυπούμενος, ἐφ' ἣν καὶ σπεύδειν τὸ πᾶν τῶν ἀνθρώπων παρορμᾷ γένος, ἀγαθὴν ἐλπίδα ταύτην προβεβλημένος. 5.1 Ἧς ὁ μὲν τῷ θεῷ φίλος ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη μεθέξει, ταῖς ἐμφύτοις τῷ θεῷ κοσμηθεὶς ἀρεταῖς καὶ τὰς ἐκεῖθεν ἀπορροίας τῇ ψυχῇ καταδεδεγμένος, καὶ λογικὸς μὲν ἐκ τοῦ καθόλου γεγονὼς λόγου, σοφίας δὲ μετουσίᾳ σοφός, ἀγαθὸς δ' ἀγαθοῦ κοινωνίᾳ, καὶ δίκαιος μετοχῇ δικαιοσύνης, σώφρων τε σωφροσύνης ἰδέᾳ, καὶ τῆς ἀνωτάτω μετασχὼν δυνάμεως ἀνδρεῖος. 5.2 ἀτὰρ δὴ καὶ βασιλεὺς ἀληθεῖ λόγῳ χρηματίσειεν ἂν οὗτος ὁ τῆς ἐπέκεινα βασιλείας τὸ μίμημα βασιλικαῖς ἀρεταῖς τῇ ψυχῇ μεμορφωμένος. ὁ δὲ τούτων ἀπεξενωμένος καὶ τὸν βασιλέα τῶν ὅλων ἀπαρνηθείς, μηδὲ τὸν ἐπουράνιον ψυχῶν ἐπιγραψάμενος πατέρα, μηδὲ τὸν πρέποντα βασιλεῖ κόσμον περιθέμενος, ἀμορφίαν δὲ καὶ αἶσχος ἀναλαβὼν τῇ ψυχῇ, καὶ θηρὸς μὲν ἀγρίου θυμὸν βασιλικῆς ἡμερότητος ἀντικαταλλαξάμενος, ἰὸν δὲ δυσαλθῆ κακίας ἀντ' ἐλευθερίου διαθέσεως, μωρίαν δ' ἀντὶ φρονήσεως, καὶ ἀντὶ λόγου καὶ σοφίας