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First Title. -Concerning the eternal divinity of the holy and consubstantial Trinity; and

that God is one and alone over all. God said: Let us make man in our image, and after our likeness. God said: Behold, Adam has become as one of us. Come, let us go down and confound their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. Hear, O Israel: The Lord your God is one Lord. See that I am, and there is no God besides me. 95.1072 Who is God except our Lord, or who is God besides our God? By the word of the Lord the heavens were established, and by the spirit of his mouth all their host. But God is our king from of old. There is none like you among the gods, O Lord, and there is nothing like your works. Lord, you have been our refuge, in generation and generation. Your kingdom is a kingdom of all ages and the rest. In the year that King Uzziah died, I saw the Lord sitting upon a throne, high and lifted up, and the house was full of his glory. And Seraphim stood round about him; each one had six wings; and with two they covered their faces, and with two they covered their feet, and with two they flew. And one cried to another, and said: Holy, holy, holy, is the Lord of Sabaoth; the whole earth is full of his glory. I am God the first, and for the things to come, I am. Know, and believe me, and understand that I am; before me there was no other God, and after me there will be none. I am God, and there is no savior besides me. Thus says the Lord, God the king of Israel, and he that delivered him, the Lord of Sabaoth. I am the first, and I am after these things, and besides me there is no God. Who is like me? Let him stand, and call, and declare, and prepare for me, since I made man for the age, and the things that are coming before they come, let him declare to me. I am the Lord God, my glory I will not give to another, nor my virtues to graven images. The Lord is true, the God of the living, and king of the ages. This is our God, no other shall be accounted of in comparison with him. His kingdom is an everlasting kingdom, and his authority is from generation to generation. And when the Lord was baptized, he went up immediately from the water. And behold, the heavens were opened to him, and he saw the Spirit of God descending as a dove, and coming upon him. And behold, a voice from heaven, saying: This is my Son, in whom I am well pleased. But Stephen, being full of the Holy Spirit, looked up steadfastly into heaven and saw the glory of God, and Jesus standing at the right hand of God, and said: Behold, I see the heavens opened, and the Son of man standing at the right hand of God. There is no God but one. For there are so-called gods, 95.1073 whether in heaven or on earth, but for us there is one God the Father, from whom are all things, and we for him; and one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, and we through him; and one Holy Spirit, in whom are all things, and we from him. Running through all things, and soaring in your thoughts above all creation, raising your mind beyond, consider the divine nature: standing immutable, unchangeable, impassible, simple, uncompounded, indivisible; unapproachable light, ineffable power, unlimited magnitude, outshining glory, desirable goodness, a beauty incomprehensible that mightily touches the wounded soul, yet is impossible to declare worthily in speech. There is the Father, there the Son, there the Holy Spirit, the uncreated nature, the sovereign dignity, the natural goodness; the Father, the beginning of all things, the cause of being for all that exists, the root of the living. from whom came forth the fount of life, the wisdom, the power, the exact image of the invisible God, the Son begotten of the Father, the living Word, who is God, and was with God; not having come to be in addition, existing before the ages; not acquired afterwards; Son, not a possession; maker, not a thing made; creator, but not a creature; being all things that are

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Τίτλος πρῶτος. -Περὶ ἀϊδίου θεότητος τῆς ἁγίας καὶ ὁμοουσίου Τριάδος· καὶ

ὅτι εἷς καὶ μόνος ἐπὶ πᾶσιν ὁ Θεός. Εἶπεν ὁ Θεός· Ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ' εἰκόνα τὴν ἡμετέραν, καὶ καθ'

ὁμοίωσιν. Εἶπεν ὁ Θεός· Ἰδοὺ γέγονεν Ἀδὰμ, ὡς εἷς ἐξ ἡμῶν. ∆εῦτε, καταβάντες συγχέωμεν αὐτῶν τὴν γλῶσσαν, ἵνα μὴ ἀκούσωσιν ἕκαστος τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ πλησίον. Ἄκουε, Ἰσραήλ· Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, Κύριος εἷς ἐστιν. Ἴδετε, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι Θεὸς πλὴν ἐμοῦ. 95.1072 Τίς Θεὸς πάρεξ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν, ἢ τίς Θεὸς πλὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν; Τῷ λόγῳ Κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν, καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν. Ὁ δὲ Θεὸς βασιλεὺς ἡμῶν πρὸ αἰώνων. Οὐκ ἔστιν ὅμοιός σοι ἐν θεοῖς, Κύριε, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι κατὰ τὰ ἔργα σου. Κύριε, καταφυγὴ ἐγενήθης ἡμῖν, ἐν γενεᾷ καὶ γενεᾷ. Ἡ βασιλεία σου, βασιλεία πάντων τῶν αἰώνων καὶ τὸ λοιπόν. Ἐγένετο τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ, οὗ ἀπέθανεν Ὀζίας ὁ βασιλεὺς, εἶδον τὸν Κύριον καθήμενον ἐπὶ θρόνου ὑψηλοῦ καὶ ἐπηρμένου, καὶ πλήρης ὁ οἶκος τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. Καὶ Σεραφὶμ εἱστήκεισαν αὐτοῦ κύκλῳ· ἓξ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνὶ, καὶ ἓξ πτέρυγες τῷ ἑνί· καὶ ταῖς μὲν δυσὶν ἐκάλυπτον τὰ πρόσωπα ἑαυτῶν, καὶ ταῖς δυσὶν ἐκάλυπτον τοὺς πόδας ἑαυτῶν, καὶ ταῖς δυσὶν ἐπέταντο. Καὶ ἔκραζον ἕτερος πρὸς ἕτερον, καὶ ἔλεγον· Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος, Κύριος Σαβαώθ. πλήρης πᾶσα ἡ γῆ τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ. Ἐγὼ Θεὸς πρῶτος, καὶ εἰς τὰ ἐπερχόμενα, ἐγώ εἰμι. Γνῶτε, καὶ πιστεύσατέ μοι, καὶ συνῆτε, ὅτι εἰμί· ἔμπροσθέν μου οὐκ ἐγένετο ἄλλος Θεὸς, καὶ μετ' ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἔσται. Ἐγώ εἰμι Θεὸς, καὶ οὐκ ἔστι πάρεξ ἐμοῦ σώζων. Οὕτως λέγει Κύριος, Θεὸς βασιλεὺς Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ ὁ ῥυσάμενος αὐτὸν, Κύριος Σαβαώθ. Ἐγὼ πρῶτος, καὶ ἐγὼ μετὰ ταῦτα, καὶ πλὴν ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἔστι Θεός. Τίς ὥσπερ ἐγώ; Στήτω, καὶ καλεσάτω, καὶ ἀναγγειλάτω, καὶ ἑτοιμασάτω μοι, ἀφ' οὗ ἐποίησα ἄνθρωπον εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα, καὶ τὰ ἐρχόμενα πρὸ τοῦ ἐλθεῖν ἀπαγγειλάτω μοι. Ἐγὼ Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς, τὴν δόξαν μου ἑτέρῳ οὐ δώσω, οὐδὲ τὰς ἀρετάς μου τοῖς γλυπτοῖς. Κύριος ἀληθινός ἐστι, Θεὸς ζώντων, καὶ βασιλεὺς αἰώνων. Οὗτος ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν, οὐ λογισθήσεται ἕτερος πρὸς αὐτόν. Ἡ βασιλεία αὐτοῦ, βασιλεία αἰώνιος, καὶ ἡ ἐξουσία αὐτοῦ εἰς γενεὰν καὶ γενεάν. Καὶ βαπτισθεὶς ὁ Κύριος, ἀνέβη εὐθὺς ἀπὸ τοῦ ὕδατος. Καὶ ἰδοὺ ἀνεῴχθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ οὐρανοὶ, καὶ εἶδεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ καταβαῖνον, ὡσεὶ περιστερὰν, καὶ ἐρχόμενον ἐπ' αὐτόν. Καὶ ἰδοὺ φωνὴ ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ λέγουσα· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱός μου, ἐν ᾧ ηὐδόκησα. Στέφανος δὲ ὑπάρχων πλήρης Πνεύματος ἁγίου, ἀτενίσας εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν, εἶδεν δόξαν Θεοῦ, καὶ Ἰησοῦν ἑστῶτα ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ εἶπεν· Ἰδοὺ θεωρῶ τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἀνεῳγμένους, καὶ τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ἐκ δεξιῶν ἑστῶτα τοῦ Θεοῦ. Οὐδεὶς Θεὸς εἰ μὴ εἷς. Καὶ γάρ εἰσι θεοὶ λεγό 95.1073 μενοι, εἴτε ἐν οὐρανῷ, εἴτε ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἀλλ' ἡμῖν εἷς Θεὸς ὁ Πατὴρ ἐξ οὗ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς αὐτόν· καὶ εἷς Κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς, δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἡμεῖς δι' αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἓν Πνεῦμα ἅγιον, ἐν ᾧ τὰ πάντα, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐξ αὐτοῦ. ∆ιαδραμὼν τὰ σύμπαντα, καὶ ὑπὲρ πᾶσαν τὴν κτίσιν ἀνανεύσας τοῖς λογισμοῖς, ἐπέκεινα τὸν νοῦν ἀνυψώσας, ἐννόησον τὴν θείαν φύσιν, ἑστῶσαν ἄτρεπτον, ἀναλλοίωτον, ἀπαθῆ, ἁπλῆν, ἀσύνθετον, ἀδιαίρετον, φῶς ἀπρόσιτον, δύναμιν ἄφατον, μέγεθος ἀπεριόριστον, δόξαν ὑπεραστράπτουσαν, ἀγαθότητα ἐπιθυμητὴν, κάλλος ἀμήχανον, σφοδρῶς μὲν τῆς τετρωμένης ψυχῆς καθαπτόμενον, λόγῳ δὲ δηλωθῆναι πρὸς ἀξίαν ἀδύνατον. Ἐκεῖ Πατὴρ, ἐκεῖ Υἱὸς, ἐκεῖ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα, ἡ ἄκτιστος φύσις, τὸ ∆εσποτικὸν ἀξίωμα, ἡ φυσικὴ ἀγαθότης· Πατὴρ ἡ πάντων ἀρχὴ, ἡ αἰτία τοῦ εἶναι τοῖς οὖσιν, ἡ ῥίζα τῶν ζώντων. ὅθεν προῆλθεν ἡ πηγὴ τῆς ζωῆς, ἡ σοφία, ἡ δύναμις, ἡ εἰκὼν ἀπαράλλακτος τοῦ ἀοράτου Θεοῦ, ὁ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθεὶς Υἱὸς, ὁ ζῶν Λόγος, ὁ Θεὸς ὢν, καὶ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ὤν· οὐχὶ προσγενόμενος, ὑπάρχων πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων· οὐχὶ προσκτηθεὶς ὕστερον· Υἱὸς, οὐχὶ κτῆμα· ποιητὴς, οὐχὶ ποίημα· κτίστης, οὐχὶ δὲ κτίσμα· πάντα ὢν ὅσα ἐστὶν