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God made the heaven and the earth,” signifies the voice of the Father calling together for creation, and saying "Let us make," I would say it signifies not only concerning the 15.8 Son, but also concerning the Holy Spirit. For thus it says, "By the word of the Lord were the heavens established, and by the spirit of his mouth all their host." The Word therefore 15.9 creates together with the Father, and the Holy Spirit also creates together. Therefore, does God the Almighty, who made man, not know the things of man, "searching the chambers of the belly"? But the word brings the greatest part of God's knowledge, saying this, so that no one among us who sin might think anything is hidden from God. For he himself knows man and the things of man. 16.1 The Father, therefore, searches the chambers of the belly and knows; the Spirit searches the deep things of God and knows. For he reveals the mysteries of God to the saints and teaches them to glorify God profoundly and 16.2 shows his incomprehensibility to his own. So then, the Spirit is not foreign to God. For he did not say concerning angels to search the deep things of God, nor concerning archangels. "For no one knows the day nor the hour," says the Son of God, "not the angels of heaven, nor the 16.3 Son, but only the Father." But the foolish, who are not adorned with the Holy Spirit, think that there is something in the Father which is not in the divinity of the Son. * "For as the Father has life in himself, so the Son has life in himself," and "All things that my Father has are mine," says 16.4 the same holy Word of God. And what are the things of the Father but these: that which is God of the Father, this also is of the Son; the life is of the Father, this also is of the Son; the light of the Father, evidently also of the Son; the immortality of the Father, likewise also of the Son; the incomprehensibility 16.5 of the Father and of the Son. All things of the Father are of the Son. If, therefore, the things of the Father are his, the knowledge in the Father 16.6 also exists in the Son and in the Holy Spirit. But if anyone thinks the Son is ignorant of the day, let the ignorant one learn and not blaspheme. For I offer him knowledge and he will know. Tell me, O beloved—for I call you beloved; for I hate no one except only the devil and the works of the devil and false belief; but for you I pray, that you may come to the truth of God and not destroy 16.7 yourself in blasphemy against God. For the words of the holy God are deep, and knowledge is given by the Holy Spirit through the spiritual gifts. "For to one," he says, "is given the word of wisdom, to another the word of instruction," and so on, "but the same Spirit distributing to each one as he 16.8 wills," to show you also the authority of the Holy Spirit. For when the same Spirit gives the gifts to all as he wills, therefore, beseech the Father, that he may reveal the Son to you, and beseech the Son, that he may reveal the Father to you, and again beseech the Father, that he may give you the Son and reveal the Holy Spirit to you and grant you to have him in you, so that the Holy Spirit, having been given in you, may reveal to you all knowledge of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit, so that you may learn that in the Son there is no ignorance, nor in the Holy Spirit. 17.1 For if even angels are lacking the greater authority and knowledge, may it not be that the Son of God and his Holy Spirit are also lacking. But the Son speaks spiritually, the holy Word who came from the Father to us; but the carnal are judged, not understanding the wisdom of the Son, or rather the word of 17.2 wisdom— I ask you, and tell me: who is greater, the Father or that day about which he speaks? You will not dare to say that the Father is not greater. If, therefore, the Father is greater both than the day and the hour and all things that have been made and will be made by him and no one

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ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν καὶ τὴν γῆν», σημαίνει πατρὸς φωνὴν συγκαλοῦσαν εἰς δημιουργίαν καὶ τὸ ποιήσωμεν λέγων οὐ μόνον εἴποιμι ἂν περὶ τοῦ 15.8 υἱοῦ σημαίνει, ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος. οὕτω γὰρ λέγει «τῷ λόγῳ κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν». συνδημιουργεῖ τοίνυν 15.9 ὁ Λόγος τῷ πατρί, συνδημιουργεῖ καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα. ὁ τοίνυν ποιήσας τὸν ἄνθρωπον παντοκράτωρ θεὸς οὐκ οἶδε τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, «ἐρευνῶν ταμιεῖα κοιλίας»; ἀλλὰ τὸ πλεῖστον τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ γνώσεως ὁ λόγος ἐπιφέρει τοῦτο λέγων, ἵνα μή τις τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν ἁμαρτανόντων νομίσῃ τι ἀπὸ θεοῦ κεκρύφθαι. αὐτὸς γὰρ οἶδε τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. 16.1 Ἐρευνᾷ τοίνυν ὁ πατὴρ ταμιεῖα κοιλίας καὶ οἶδεν, ἐρευνᾷ τὸ πνεῦμα τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ οἶδεν. ἀποκαλύπτει γὰρ ἁγίοις τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ μυστήρια καὶ διδάσκει βαθέως τὸν θεὸν δοξάζειν καὶ τὴν 16.2 τούτου ἀκαταληψίαν τοῖς αὐτοῦ ὑποδεικνύει. ἄρα γοῦν οὐκ ἀλλότριον τοῦ θεοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα. οὐ γὰρ εἶπε περὶ ἀγγέλων ἐρευνᾶν βάθη θεοῦ οὐδὲ περὶ ἀρχαγγέλων. «οὐδεὶς γὰρ οἶδε τὴν ἡμέραν οὐδὲ τὴν ὥραν», φησὶν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ «οὔτε οἱ ἄγγελοι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὔτε ὁ 16.3 υἱός, εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ». νομίζουσι δὲ οἱ ἀνόητοι, οἱ μὴ κεκοσμημένοι πνεύματι ἁγίῳ, μὴ ἔστι τι ἐν τῷ πατρί, ὅπερ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν τῇ θεότητι τοῦ υἱοῦ. * «ὡς γὰρ ἔχει ὁ πατὴρ ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, οὕτως ἔχει ὁ υἱὸς ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ» καί «πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρός μου ἐμά ἐστι» φησὶν 16.4 ὁ αὐτὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἅγιος Λόγος. τίνα δέ ἐστι τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἀλλ' ἢ ταῦτα· τὸ θεὸς τοῦ πατρός ἐστι, τοῦτο καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ· ἡ ζωὴ τοῦ πατρός ἐστι, τοῦτο καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ· τὸ φῶς τοῦ πατρός, δηλονότι καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ· τὸ ἀθάνατον τοῦ πατρός, ὡσαύτως καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ· τὸ ἀκα16.5 τάληπτον τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ. πάντα τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐστιν. εἰ τοίνυν τὰ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστι, καὶ ἡ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ 16.6 γνῶσις καὶ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ καὶ ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι ὑπάρχει. εἰ δέ τις νομίζει τὸν υἱὸν ἀγνοεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν, μαθέτω ὁ ἀμαθὴς καὶ μὴ βλασφημείτω. προτείνω γὰρ αὐτῷ γνῶσιν καὶ γνώσεται. λέγε μοι, ὦ ἀγαπητέ, -ἀγαπητὸν γάρ σε καλῶ· οὐδένα γὰρ μισῶ ἢ μόνον τὸν διάβολον καὶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ διαβόλου καὶ τὴν κακοπιστίαν· ἐπὶ σοὶ δὲ εὔχομαι, ἵνα ἔλθῃς εἰς τὴν τοῦ θεοῦ ἀλήθειαν καὶ μὴ σεαυτὸν 16.7 ἀπολέσῃς ἐν τῇ εἰς θεὸν βλασφημίᾳ. βαθέα γάρ εἰσι τὰ ῥήματα τοῦ ἁγίου θεοῦ, πνεύματι δὲ ἁγίῳ ἡ γνῶσις διὰ τῶν χαρισμάτων δίδοται. «ᾧ μὲν γάρ» φησί «δίδοται λόγος σοφίας, ᾧ δὲ λόγος διδασκαλίας» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, «τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα τὸ διαιροῦν ἑκάστῳ ὡς βού16.8 λεται», ἵνα σοι δείξῃ καὶ τὴν τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος αὐθεντίαν. ὅταν γὰρ τὸ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα πᾶσι τὰ χαρίσματα δίδωσιν ὡς βούλεται, τοίνυν παρακάλεσον τὸν πατέρα, ἵνα ἀποκαλύψῃ σοι τὸν υἱόν, καὶ παρακάλεσον τὸν υἱόν, ἵνα ἀποκαλύψῃ σοι τὸν πατέρα, καὶ πάλιν παρακάλεσον τὸν πατέρα, ἵνα σοι δῷ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ ἀποκαλύψῃ σοι τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα καὶ δῴη σοὶ αὐτὸ ἔχειν ἐν σοί, ἵνα δοθὲν ἐν σοὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἀποκαλύψῃ σοι τὴν πᾶσαν γνῶσιν πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος, ἵνα μάθῃς ὅτι ἐν τῷ υἱῷ οὐκ ἔνι οὐδεμία ἀγνωσία οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι. 17.1 εἰ γὰρ καὶ ἄγγελοι λείπονται τῆς μείζονος ἐξουσίας καὶ γνώσεως, μὴ γένοιτο καὶ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα λείπεσθαι. πνευματικῶς δὲ λέγει ὁ υἱός, ὁ ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐλθὼν πρὸς ἡμᾶς ἅγιος Λόγος· οἱ δὲ ψυχικοὶ ἀνακρίνονται μὴ νοοῦντες τοῦ υἱοῦ τὴν σοφίαν, μᾶλλον δὲ τῆς σοφίας 17.2 τὸν λόγον- ἐπερωτῶ σε, καὶ λέγε μοι· τίς μείζων ἐστὶν ὁ πατὴρ ἢ ἡ ἡμέρα ἐκείνη περὶ ἧς λέγει; οὐ τολμήσεις λέγειν μὴ εἶναι τὸν πατέρα μείζονα. εἰ τοίνυν μείζων ὁ πατὴρ καὶ τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς ὥρας καὶ πάντων τῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ γεγενημένων καὶ γενηθησομένων καὶ οὐδεὶς