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that no one of the former people clearly knew the things concerning the Word—if therefore he should say this, let him learn that also every one of the Jews who have not recognized the Christ of God would confess that God has 1.20.93 the Word and is not without reason. And Sabellius himself and every Greek and barbarian who holds that God exists would say this without dispute; for at the same time as saying God, one also thinks of him as wise and rational and powerful and just and good. What mystery then was hidden which is confessed by all? For who would not say that in God there is wisdom and power and life and light and truth and justice and word and everything that is noble and good? Or rather that he himself is all these things and whatever is higher and better than these and unknown to us; for self-taught nature compels every man to confess these things concerning God. 1.20.94 Hence we are also taught that the Son is all these things, since he is the only-begotten Son and heir of the Father and has all things that the Father has. wherefore he is said to be in the form of God and the image of God according to the divine apostle who said, "who, being in the form of God, did not consider it robbery to be equal with God," and again, "who is the image of God." 1.20.95 Therefore, that God is rational was not "the mystery which has been hidden from ages and from generations," nor was this "now made manifest," which is known to all men by natural concepts; but if someone should ask what it was, the apostle answers, saying "but now has been made manifest to His saints, to whom God willed to make known what is the riches of the glory of this mystery among the 1.20.96 Gentiles, which is Christ in you." Christ then was the mystery, and clearly, the Son of God. Therefore previously the prophets of God mystically glorified him by various titles, hiding that which is secret and reserving his revelation for all by his grace. When, therefore, after so many testimonies of the scriptures Marcellus insists that the Word in the beginning, before he took on flesh, was nothing other than Word and was called by no other name, but that he then received various titles when "the Word became flesh," being nothing other than Word before this, how would he not be convicted of being ignorant and without understanding of the divine readings? But since this has been established, come then, let us observe the new Sabellius, as if he has come back to life. 2.t.1 BOOK 2 The second book of the Ecclesiastical Theology contains the following: 1. How Marcellus renewed the opinion of Sabellius. 2. How he is also convicted of Judaizing in his opinion. 3. How he defined the Word of God, being in God, as being without beginning and unbegotten. 4. How he said the Word and God are one and the same. 5. That in saying these things he denied the Son. How the church theologizes the Son. 7. How the church proclaims the monarchy of the Father. 8. By what words Marcellus denied the Son of God. 9. A refutation of the man's evil opinion. 10. That he did not correctly interpret "In the beginning was the Word." 11. That sometimes he said he was the uttered Word of God, and sometimes the immanent Word, just as in men. 12. That not as it seemed to Marcellus did the evangelist set forth the theology concerning the Word. 13. In how many ways the meaning from the term "Word" is understood. 14. How one must interpret the evangelical teaching concerning the Word. 15. Quotations of Marcellus's own words by which he denied the Son of God, clearly stating him to be the uttered and immanent Word. 10. Refutation of the man's evil opinion. 17. Interpretation of the true meaning of the Word. 18. Why the evangelist called the Son "Word" at the beginning of his writing. 19. How Marcellus, by citing the scriptures of the Old Testament concerning one God, like the Jews denied the Son of God. 20. Why Moses and the prophets did not openly hand down to the Jews the theology concerning the Son. 21. That it was the Son of God who gave oracles to Moses and to Abraham. 22. That also in the prophets the Father was spoken of as God through the Son. 23. That the church does not proclaim two Gods. 24. How Marcellus by the words of God

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μηδένα τοῦ προτέρου λαοῦ σαφῶς τὰ κατὰ τὸν λόγον εἰδέναι- εἰ δὴ οὖν τοῦτο λέγοι, μανθανέτω ὅτι καὶ πᾶς Ἰουδαίων τῶν τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ μὴ ἐπεγνωκότων ὁμολογήσειεν ἂν τὸν λόγον 1.20.93 ἔχειν τὸν θεὸν καὶ μὴ εἶναι ἄλογον. τοῦτο δὲ καὶ Σαβέλλιος αὐτὸς καὶ πᾶς Ἕλλην τε καὶ βάρβαρος, ὁ θεὸν εἶναι ὑφιστάμενος, ἀναμφιλέκτως φήσαι ἄν· ἅμα γὰρ τῷ θεὸν εἰπεῖν, καὶ σοφὸν αὐτὸν νοεῖ καὶ λογικὸν καὶ δυνατὸν καὶ δίκαιον καὶ ἀγαθόν. ποῖον οὖν μυστήριον ἦν ἀποκεκρυμμένον τὸ τοῖς πᾶσιν ὁμολογούμενον; τίς γὰρ οὐκ ἂν εἴποι ἐν τῷ θεῷ σοφίαν εἶναι καὶ δύναμιν καὶ ζωὴν καὶ φῶς καὶ ἀλήθειαν καὶ δικαιοσύνην καὶ λόγον καὶ πᾶν ὅ τι καλὸν καὶ ἀγαθόν; μᾶλλον δὲ αὐτὸν εἶναι πάντα ταῦτα καὶ εἴ τι τούτων ἀνώτερόν τε καὶ κρεῖττον καὶ ἡμῖν ἄγνωστον· ταῦτα γὰρ αὐτοδίδακτος φύσις ὁμολογεῖν περὶ τοῦ θεοῦ πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐξαναγκάζει. 1.20.94 ἔνθεν καὶ τὸν υἱὸν διδασκόμεθα πάντα ταῦτα εἶναι, ἅτε μονογενῆ υἱὸν καὶ κληρονόμον ὄντα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ πάντ' ἔχοντα ὅσα καὶ ὁ πατήρ. διὸ ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ λέλεκται καὶ εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν θεῖον ἀπόστολον φήσαντα «ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ», καὶ πάλιν «ὅς ἐστιν εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ». 1.20.95 οὐκ ἄρα τὸ λογικὸν εἶναι τὸν θεὸν τοῦτο ἦν «τὸ μυστήριον τὸ ἀποκεκρυμμένον ἀπὸ τῶν αἰώνων καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν γενεῶν», οὐδὲ τοῦτο «νῦν ἐφανερώθη» τὸ φυσικαῖς ἐννοίαις πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις ἐγνωσμένον· ἀλλὰ γὰρ ποῖον εἰ ἔροιτό τις, ἀποκρίνεται ὁ ἀπόστολος, «νυνὶ δὲ ἐφανερώθη» λέγων «τοῖς ἁγίοις αὐτοῦ, οἷς ἠθέλησεν ὁ θεὸς γνωρίσαι τί τὸ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τοῦ μυστηρίου τούτου ἐν τοῖς 1.20.96 ἔθνεσιν, ὅς ἐστιν Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν». Χριστὸς οὖν ἦν τὸ μυστήριον, δῆλον δ' ὅτι υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. διὸ μυστικῶς πρότερον οἱ τοῦ θεοῦ προφῆται διαφόροις αὐτὸν ἐδόξαζον ἐπηγορίαις, τὸ ἀπόρρητον ἀποκρύπτοντες καὶ τῇ αὐτοῦ χάριτι τὴν εἰς πάντας ἀποκάλυψιν αὐτοῦ ταμιευόμενοι. ὅτε τοίνυν μετὰ τοσαύτας τῶν γραφῶν μαρτυρίας διισχυρίζεται Μάρκελλος τὸν ἐν ἀρχῇ λόγον πρὶν ἢ τὴν σάρκα ἀναλαβεῖν μηδὲν ἕτερον εἶναι ἢ λόγον καὶ μηδ' ἑτέρῳ χρηματίσαι ὀνόματι, τότε δὲ διαφόρων ἐπηγοριῶν τετυχηκέναι ὅτε «ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο», πρὸ τούτου μηδὲν ἕτερον ὄντα ἢ λόγον, πῶς οὐκ ἀμαθὴς καὶ ἀσύνετος τῶν θείων ἐλέγχοιτ' ἂν ἀναγνωσμάτων; ἀλλὰ γὰρ τούτου συστάντος, φέρε λοιπόν, ὥσπερ ἀναβεβιωκότα τὸν νέον Σαβέλλιον ἐποπτεύσωμεν. 2.t.1 Βʹ Τάδε τὸ βʹ περιέχει σύγγραμμα τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς θεολογίας αʹ ὅπως τὴν Σαβελλίου δόξαν ἀνενεοῦτο Μάρκελλος. βʹ ὅπως καὶ Ἰουδαΐζων τῇ δόξῃ διελέγχεται. γʹ ὅπως τὸν λόγον τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν τῷ θεῷ ὄντα ἄναρχον εἶναι καὶ ἀγέννητον ὡρίζετο. δʹ ὅπως ἓν καὶ ταὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν λόγον καὶ τὸν θεὸν ἔλεγεν. εʹ ὅτι ταῦτα λέγων ἠρνεῖτο τὸν υἱόν. ʹ ὅπως ἡ ἐκκλησία τὸν υἱὸν θεολογεῖ. ζʹ ὅπως ἡ ἐκκλησία τὴν τοῦ πατρὸς μοναρχίαν κηρύττει. ηʹ ὁποίοις ῥήμασιν Μάρκελλος ἠρνεῖτο τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ. θʹ ἔλεγχος τῆς τοῦ ἀνδρὸς κακοδοξίας. ιʹ ὅτι μὴ ὀρθῶς ἐξεδέξατο τὸ «ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ λόγος». ιαʹ ὅτι ποτὲ μὲν αὐτὸν προφορικὸν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγον, ποτὲ δὲ ἐνδιάθετον ὁμοίως τῷ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἔφασκεν. ιβʹ ὅτι μὴ ὡς ἐδόκει Μαρκέλλῳ ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς τὴν περὶ τοῦ λόγου θεολογίαν ἐξέθετο. ιγʹ ποσαχῶς τὸ σημαινόμενον ἐκ τῆς τοῦ λόγου φωνῆς νοεῖται. ιδʹ ὅπως χρὴ διερμηνεύειν τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν περὶ τοῦ λόγου διδασκαλίαν. ιεʹ τῶν αὐτοῦ Μαρκέλλου φωνῶν παραθέσεις δι' ὧν ἠρνεῖτο τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ σαφῶς προφορικὸν λόγον καὶ ἐνδιάθετον φάσκων εἶναι αὐτόν. ιʹ ἔλεγχος τῆς τἀνδρὸς κακοδοξίας. ιζʹ ἑρμηνεία τῆς ἀληθοῦς διανοίας τοῦ λόγου. ιηʹ διὰ τί λόγον ὠνόμασεν τὸν υἱὸν ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς ἀρχόμενος τῆς ἑαυτοῦ γραφῆς. ιθʹ ὅπως Μάρκελλος τὰς περὶ ἑνὸς θεοῦ τῆς παλαιᾶς διαθήκης γραφὰς μαρτυ ρόμενος ὁμοίως Ἰουδαίοις τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ ἠρνεῖτο. κʹ διὰ τί Μωσῆς καὶ οἱ προφῆται οὐ γυμνῶς παρέδωκαν Ἰουδαίοις τὴν περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ θεολογίαν. καʹ ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς ἦν τοῦ θεοῦ ὁ Μωσεῖ καὶ τῷ Ἀβραὰμ χρηματίσας. κβʹ ὅτι καὶ ἐν τοῖς προφήταις διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ ὁ πατὴρ ἐθεολογεῖτο. κγʹ ὅτι μὴ δύο θεοὺς ἡ ἐκκλησία κηρύττει. κδʹ ὅπως Μάρκελλος τοῖς λόγοις τοῦ θεοῦ