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opposing a heretic in a very difficult passion. 10.7 For if the light becomes radiance by being transformed, the light is not unchangeable, since the change works the appropriation of the radiance. 10.8 But if the light, not having been changed, has begotten radiance, remaining itself light and having the radiance perfectly and connaturally from itself, then God also remains unchangeably God, being the Father of his own radiance, no longer having received it from without, but having begotten it perfectly from his substance. 11.ν Concerning those who babble that "from the name of the Father the substance of the Son himself is altered". 11.1 Circling back to the same things about the same subjects and in every way misrepresenting the beauty of the truth, they also say this impiously: 11.2 those whose names are different, their substances must also be altered. 11.3 For he says: "the word Father does not signify the Son, nor again does the name Son declare the hypostasis of the Father'. 11.4 But let them hear, first, that if the divine hypostases were not revealed by an appropriate name, by what symbol could anyone, not speaking the name of Father, have signified the Father himself and that he has a Son? Or not naming the Son and Spirit, have addressed the Son himself or the Spirit, and that the Son has a Father, and the Spirit is the Spirit of God? 11.5 And another point, that in the case of the Holy Trinity—except for the One who is truly this being called Father, and for the Only-begotten who was naturally begotten being called Son, and for the One who is precisely this which he is called, being of the Father, being addressed as Spirit of God—all other names have been established as the same, such as God, Lord, Holy, Just, Good, Light, Life. 11.6 Therefore, on the contrary, in the case of the blessed Trinity alone, those whose names are the same, their substance has also been established as one; so that it follows that like is characterized by like. 11.7 for to the true and eternal light, toward the true and eternal light, and to the truly .......... 15.1 "I am God, and there is no other besides me. A just one and a savior there is none besides me. Turn to me and you will be saved, you from the end of the earth. I am God, and there is no other. I swear by myself: truly righteousness shall go forth from my mouth and my words shall not turn back, that to me every knee shall bow and every tongue will swear by God," that is, will acknowledge God or "will confess to God." 15.2 God the Father is therefore not before the Son, not in being without beginning, not in substance, not in glory, but on equal terms, except perhaps in the principle of paternity. 15.3 For that these are the words of the only-begotten Son, the divinely inspired Paul clarified when writing to the Romans, saying thus: "For we will all stand before the judgment seat of Christ as it is written: 'As I live, says the Lord, to me every knee shall bow, and every tongue shall confess to God'." 15.4 And likewise John the Theologian said in the Gospel: 15.4 "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through him, and without him was not anything made that was made. In him was life, and the life was the light of men. And the light shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not overcome it". 15.5 and in the Apocalypse: "the one who is and who was and who is to come, the Lord our God the Almighty". 15.6 "The one who is" signifies the eternal being of the divine hypostasis, as we have said elsewhere. For the word is indefinite, which is why God said his own name was "the one who is". 15.7 "In the beginning was" makes very evident and altogether manifest the absurdity and thing to be shunned of "there was a time when he was not". For the word "was" is imperfect. In Latin the imperfect is composed of two words: plēi-sthēi-am-per-phex-tēis, and it is interpreted as: more than perfect. 15.8 so that it now demands to be understood as beyond time or without beginning. For if someone should say "not being in the beginning," then the beginning was at some point without a cause. And again, how can time that does not yet exist be a measure of the one who made it? 15.9 "Was with God" represents the affinity of nature which the Son has toward God the Father, and

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αἱρετικῷ ἀντιβαίνουσα παγχαλέπῳ πάθει. 10.7 εἰ γὰρ μετασχηματισάμενον τὸ φῶς ἀπαύγασμα γίνεται, οὐκ ἀμετάβλητον τὸ φῶς, τῆς μεταβολῆς ἐργαζομένης τὴν τοῦ ἀπαυγάσματος ἰδιοποίησιν. 10.8 Εἰ δὲ οὐ μεταβληθὲν τὸ φῶς ἀπαύγασμα γεγέννηκεν, μεῖναν καὶ αὐτὸ φῶς καὶ ἔχον τὸ ἀπαύγασμα συμφύτως ἐξ αὐτοῦ τέλειον, καὶ ὁ θεὸς μένει ἀτρέπτως θεός, ἀπαυγάσματος ἰδίου τυγχάνων πατήρ, οὔκετι ἔξωθεν αὐτὸ προσλαβών, ἀλλ' ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας γεννήσας τέλειον. 11.ν Περὶ τῶν φλυαρούντων ὡς «ἐκ τῆς πατρὸς ὀνομασίας παρηλλαγμένη ἐστὶν ἡ οὐσία αὐτοῦ τοῦ υἱοῦ». 11.1 Αὐτὰ περὶ τῶν αὐτῶν ἀνακυκλοῦντες καὶ ἕως τοῦ παντὸς παρασημαίνοντες τῆς ἀληθείας τὸ κάλλος, ἀφιλο̣θέως καὶ τοῦτο φάσκουσιν· 11.2 ὧν τὰ ὀνόματά ἐστι διάφορα, τούτων παρηλλάχθαι καὶ τὰς οὐσίας ἀνάγκη. 11.3 φησὶν γάρ· «ἡ πατὴρ λέξις οὐ σημαίνει τὴν υἱὸς οὐδ' αὖ υἱὸς ὀνομασία δηλοῖ τὴν πατρὸς ὑπόστασινʹ. 11.4 Ἀκουέτωσαν δέ, ἓν μέν, ὅτι, εἰ μὴ καταλλήλῳ προσηγορίᾳ πεφανέρωντο αἱ θεῖαι ὑποστάσεις, ποίῳ συμβόλῳ ἄν τις χρησάμενος, μὴ λέγων τὴν πατρὸς προσηγορίαν, ἐμήνυσεν αὐτόν τε τὸν πατέρα καὶ ὅτι υἱὸν ἔχει; ἢ μὴ ὀνομάζων τὴν υἱὸς καὶ πνεῦμα προσηγορίαν, προσεφώνησεν αὐτόν τε τὸν υἱὸν ἢ τὸ πνεῦμα καὶ ὅτι ὁ μὲν υἱὸς πατέρα ἔχει, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστιν πνεῦμα; 11.5 Ἕτερον δέ, ὅτι ἐπὶ τῆς ἁγίας τριάδος-πλὴν τοῦ πατέρα λέγεσθαι τὸν ἀληθῶς ὄντα τοῦτο, καὶ τοῦ μονογενῆ καλεῖσθαι τὸν φυσικῶς γεννηθέντα, καὶ τοῦ πνεῦμα θεοῦ προσαγορεύεσθαι τὸ ἀκριβῶς τοῦτο, ὃ κέκληται, τυγχάνον τοῦ πατρός-τἄλλα πάντα ὀνόματα καθέστηκεν τὰ αὐτά, ὡς τὸ θεός, κύριος, ἅγιος, δίκαιος, ἀγαθός, φῶς, ζωή. 11.6 Οὐκοῦν τοὐναντίον, ἐπὶ τῆς μακαρίας τριάδος μόνης, ὧν τὰ ὀνόματά ἐστιν τὰ αὐτά, τούτων καὶ ἡ οὐσία μία καθέστηκεν· ἵν' ἀκολουθῇ τὸ ὑπὸ ὁμοίου ὅμοιον χαρακτηρίζεσθαι. 11.7 τῷ γὰρ ἀληθινῷ καὶ ἀϊδίῳ φωτί, πρὸς τὸ ἀληθινὸν καὶ ἀΐδιον φῶς, καὶ τῇ ὄντως .......... 15.1 «ἐγὼ ὁ θεός, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος πλὴν ἐμοῦ. δίκαιος καὶ σωτὴρ οὐκ ἔστιν πάρεξ ἐμοῦ. ἐπιστράφητε πρός με καὶ σωθήσεσθε, οἱ ἀπ' ἐσχάτου τῆς γῆς. ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ θεός, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος. κατ' ἐμαυτοῦ ὀμνύω· ἦ μὴν ἐξελεύ σεται ἐκ τοῦ στόματός μου δικαιοσύνη καὶ οἱ λόγοι μου οὐκ ἀποστραφήσον ται, ὅτι ἐμοὶ κάμψει πᾶν γόνυ καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα ὀμιεῖται τὸν θεόν», ὅ ἐστιν ἐπιγνώσεται τὸν θεὸν ἤ «ἐξομολογήσεται τῷ θεῷ». 15.2 οὐκ ἔστιν οὖν ἔμπροσθεν τοῦ υἱοῦ ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατήρ, οὐ τῷ ἀνάρχῳ, οὐ τῇ οὐσίᾳ, οὐ τῇ δόξῃ, ἀλλ' ἐπ' ἴσης, πλὴν εἰ μή που τῷ τῆς πατρότητος λόγῳ. 15.3 ὅτι γὰρ τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ τὰ ῥήματα, ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος Ῥωμαίοις γράφων ἐσαφήνισεν οὕτως εἰπών· «πάντες γὰρ παραστησόμεθα τῷ βήματι τοῦ Χριστοῦ καθὼς γέγραπται· «ζῶ ἐγώ, λέγει κύριος, ὅτι ἐμοὶ κάμψει πᾶν γόνυ καὶ πᾶσα γλῶσσα ἐξομολο γήσεται τῷ θεῷ»». 15.4 Ὁμοίως δὲ καὶ ὁ θεολόγος Ἰωάννης ἐν μὲν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ εἶπεν· 15.4 «ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος, καὶ ὁ λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ λόγος. οὗτος ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ πρὸς τὸν θεόν. πάντα δι' αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ χωρὶς αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο οὐδὲ ἓν ὁ γέγονεν. ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἦν καὶ ἡ ζωὴ ἦν τὸ φῶς τῶν ἀνθρώπων. καὶ τὸ φῶς ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ φαίνει καὶ ἡ σκοτία αὐτὸ οὐ κατέλα βεν». 15.5 ἐν δὲ τῇ Ἀποκαλύψει· «ὁ ὢν καὶ ὁ ἦν καὶ ὁ ἐρχόμενος κύριος ὁ θεὸς ἡμῶν ὁ παντοκράτωρ». 15.6 Τό «ὁ ὤν» σημαίνει τὸ ἀεὶ ὂν τῆς θείας ὑποστάσεως καθὰ καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ ἔφαμεν. ἀόριστος γὰρ ἡ λέξις, ὅθεν ὄνομα ἑαυτοῦ ὁ θεὸς εἶπεν τό «ὁ ὤν». 15.7 Τό «ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν» ποιεῖ προῦπτον καὶ σφόδρα γε συμφανὲς τὸ ἄτοπον καὶ φευκτὸν τοῦ «ἦν ὅτε οὐκ ἦν». ἡ γὰρ λέξις ἡ «ἦν» ἀπαρέμφατός ἐστιν. ῥωμαϊστὶ δὲ ἡ ἀπαρέμφατος ἐκ δύο λέξεων σύγκειται· πλῃσθῃαμπερφεξτῃς, ἑρμηνεύεται δέ· πλέον ἢ τέλειος. 15.8 ὥστε νῦν ἀπαιτεῖ νοηθῆναι ὑπεράχρονος ἢ ἄναρχος. τὸ γὰρ οὐκ ὢν ἐν τῇ ἀρχῇ εἴ τις ἂν εἴποι, ἀρχή ποτε ἀναίτιος οὐκ ἦν. καὶ πάλιν, ὁ μηδέπω ὢν χρόνος τοῦ ποιήσαντος αὐτὸν πῶς εἶναι μέτρον δύναται; 15.9 Τό «ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν» παριστᾷ, ἣν υἱὸς ἔχει πρὸς θεὸν πατέρα φύσεως οἰκειότητα, καὶ