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of heroic deeds. And if they received a prize for valor from the master of the games, it is clear that they have become greater than they were, not less. Of Philo, from the first book of Questions on Genesis. -But the substance of angels is spiritual. And they are often likened to the forms of men, being transformed for the needs at hand. From the second book of the same. -All the 96.508 powers of God have wings, striving and yearning for the upward path to the Father. TITLE 9. -Concerning heretics, and those who dispute about the faith; and that one must not scrutinize syllables and names, but the mind and thought of the dogmas, and not disturb the divinely transmitted oracles of the Church. From the epistle to the Ephesians of saint Ignatius the God-bearer. -Flee divisions, as the beginning of evils. Some are accustomed with evil deceit to bear about the name of Christ, while doing certain other things unworthy of God, whom you must avoid as wild beasts. For they are rabid dogs, biting secretly; whom you must guard against, as they are difficult to cure. Let no one be deceived. If anyone is not within the sanctuary, he is deprived of the bread of God. For if the prayer of one or two has such power, how much more that of the bishop and of the whole Church? He therefore who does not come to the same place, this one is already proud, and has separated himself. For it is written: God resists the proud. Do not be deceived, my brothers; corrupters of the household will not inherit the kingdom of God. If, then, those who do these things according to the flesh have died, how much more if one corrupts the faith by evil teaching, for which Jesus Christ was crucified? For this one, having become defiled, will go into the unquenchable fire, and likewise the one who listens to him. From the epistle to the Trallians. -I exhort you, not I, but the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, to use only Christian food; and to abstain from alien pasture, which is heresy. And they weave in Jesus Christ while claiming to be trustworthy, as if giving a deadly poison with honeyed wine, which the one who is ignorant gladly receives, to die with evil pleasure. Guard yourselves, therefore, from such men. From the same. -Flee the evil offshoots, which bear a death-bringing fruit, of which if anyone tastes, he dies immediately. For these are not the planting of the Spirit. From the epistle to the Philadelphians. - Abstain from the evil herbs, which Jesus Christ does not cultivate, because they are not the planting of the Father. Do not be deceived, my brothers; if anyone follows a schismatic, he does not inherit the kingdom of God. Of saint Irenaeus, from the fourth book of the Refutation and Overthrow of Knowledge Falsely So-called. -And the Divine will judge those who create schisms, etc. Of the same, from the second book. -Better and more profitable, etc. 96.509 Of saint Julius, bishop of Rome, from the epistle to Dionysius. -For it is impious for those who disagree in dogmas to pretend to agree in words; but for those who agree in dogmas to differ in words is vain and foolish. Having this agreement, therefore, that the Lord is God incarnate, both from heaven and from earth, the same in the form of a servant and in power God, let them remain in harmony, and not differ in vain, nor fall into the verbal disputes of heretics. And thinking these things thus, let them remain in quiet, avoiding superfluous questions, and not be divided for the sake of a word, when the dogmas are in agreement. Of saint Ambrose the wonder-worker, from that concerning incarnation and faith. -Let the vain questionings about words therefore be silent, For the kingdom of God is not in persuasive words of human wisdom, but in the revelation of power. Of the same (Gregory of Nyssa), from that concerning the situation of saint Gregory in Constantinople. -Men, having left off delighting in the Lord, etc. Of the same, on: This is my beloved Son. -Why, having abandoned believing, do we treat faith with technical skill, and fulfill the desire of the common enemy? For the devil, the common destroyer of humanity, having reckoned that in a time of calm

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ἀνδραγαθημάτων. Εἰ δὲ ἀνδραγαθίας ἔλαβον παρὰ τοῦ ἀγωνοθέτου γέρας, δῆλον ὅτι μείζους οὗπερ ἦσαν γεγόνασιν, οὐκ ἐλάττους. Φίλωνος, ἐκ τοῦ αʹ τῶν ἐν Γενέσει Ζητουμένων. -Πνευματικὴ δὲ ἡ τῶν ἀγγέλων οὐσία. Εἰκάζονται δὲ πολλάκις ἀνθρώπων ἰδέαις, πρὸς τὰς ὑποκειμένας χρείας μεταμορφούμενοι. Ἐκ τοῦ βʹ τῶν αὐτῶν. -Αἱ τοῦ Θεοῦ πᾶσαι 96.508 δυνάμεις πτεροφυοῦσι τὴν ἄνω πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα ὁδὸν γλιχόμεναί τε καὶ ἐφιέμεναι. ΤΙΤΛ. Οʹ. -Περὶ αἱρετικῶν, καὶ τῶν περὶ τὴν πίστιν λογομαχούντων· καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρὴ τὰς συλλαβὰς καὶ τὰ ὀνόματα περισκοπεῖν, ἀλλὰ τὸν νοῦν καὶ τὴν διάνοιαν τῶν δογμάτων, καὶ μὴ ταράττειν τὰ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας θεοπαράδοτα λόγια. Ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Ἐφεσίους ἐπιστολῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰγνατίου τοῦ θεοφόρου. -Τοὺς μερισμοὺς φεύγετε, ὡς ἀρχὴν κακῶν. Εἰώθασί τινες δόλῳ πονηρῷ τὸ ὄνομα Χριστοῦ περιφέρειν, ἄλλα τινὰ πράσσοντες ἀνάξια Θεοῦ, οὓς δεῖ ὑμᾶς ὡς θηρία ἐκκλίνειν. Εἰσὶ γὰρ κύνες λυσσῶντες λαθροδῆκται· οὓς δεῖ ὑμᾶς φυλάσσεσθαι ὄντας δυσθεραπεύτους. Μηδεὶς πλανάσθω. Ἐὰν μή τις ᾖ ἐντὸς τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, ὑστερεῖται τοῦ ἄρτου τοῦ Θεοῦ. Εἰ γὰρ ἑνὸς καὶ δευτέρου προσευχὴ τοσαύτην ἰσχὺν ἔχει, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἥ τε τοῦ ἐπισκόπου, καὶ πάσης τῆς Ἐκκλησίας; Ὁ οὖν μὴ ἐρχόμενος ἐπὶ τὸ αὐτὸ, οὗτος ἤδη ὑπερηφανεῖ, καὶ ἑαυτὸν διακρίνει. Γέγραπται δέ· Ὑπερηφάνοις ὁ Θεὸς ἀντιτάσσεται. Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, ἀδελφοί μου· οἰκοφθόροι βασιλείαν Θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομήσουσιν. Εἰ οὖν οἱ κατὰ σάρκα ταῦτα πάσχοντες ἀπέθνησκον, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἐὰν πίστιν ἐν κακοδιδασκαλίᾳ φθερεῖ, ὑπὲρ ἧς Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς ἐσταυρώθη; Ὅτι οὗτος ῥυπαρὸς γενόμενος, εἰς τὸ πῦρ τὸ ἄσβεστον χωρήσει, ὁμοίως καὶ ὁ ἀκούων αὐτοῦ. Ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Τραλλαεῖς ἐπιστολῆς. -Παρακαλῶ ὑμᾶς, οὐκ ἐγὼ, ἀλλ' ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, μόνῃ τῇ Χριστιανικῇ τροφῇ χρῆσθαι· ἀλλοτρίας δὲ βοτάνης ἀπέχεσθαι, ἥτις ἐστὶν αἵρεσις. Καὶ παρεμπλέκουσιν Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν καταξιοπιστευόμενοι, ὥσπερ θανάσιμον φάρμακον διδόντες μετ' οἰνομέλιτος, ὅπερ ὁ ἀγνοῶν, ἡδέως λαμβάνει, ἐν ἡδονῇ κακῇ τὸ ἀποθανεῖν. Φυλάσσεσθε οὖν τοὺς τοιούτους. Ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς. -Φεύγετε τὰς κακὰς παραφυάδας, τὰς γεννώσας καρπὸν θανατηφόρον, οὗ ἐὰν γεύσηταί τις παραυτίκα ἀποθνήσκει. Οὗτοι γὰρ οὐκ εἰσὶ φυτεία τοῦ πνεύματος. Ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Φιλαδελφίους ἐπιστολῆς. - Ἀπέχεσθε τῶν κακῶν βοτανῶν, ὧν Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς γεωργεῖ, διὰ τὸ μὴ εἶναι αὐτοὺς φυτείαν τοῦ Πατρός. Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, ἀδελφοί μου· εἴ τις σχίζοντι ἀκολουθεῖ, βασιλείαν Θεοῦ οὐ κληρονομεῖ. Τοῦ ἁγίου Εἰρηναίου, ἐκ τοῦ δʹ ἐλέγχου καὶ ἀνατροπῆς τῆς ψευδωνύμου γνώσεως. -Ἀνακρινεῖ δὲ τὸ Θεῖον τοὺς τὰ σχίσματα, κ. τ. ἑ. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ δευτέρου. -Ἄμεινον καὶ συμφερέστερον, κ. τ. ἑ. 96.509 Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰουλίου ἐπισκόπου Ῥώμης, ἐκ τῆς πρὸς ∆ιονύσιον ἐπιστολῆς. -Τὸ μὲν γὰρ τοῖς δόγμασι διαφωνοῦντας τοῖς ῥήμασι προσποιεῖσθαι συμφωνεῖν, ἀσεβές· τὸ δὲ τοῖς δόγμασι συμφωνοῦντας ἐν τοῖς ῥήμασι διαφέρεσθαι, μάταιον καὶ μωρόν. Τοῦτο οὖν συμφωνούμενον ἔχοντες, ὅτι Θεὸς ἔνσαρκος ὁ Κύριος, καὶ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ, καὶ ἐκ γῆς, ὁ αὐτὸς τῇ μορφῇ δοῦλος, καὶ τῇ δυνάμει Θεὸς, μενέτωσαν ἐν ὁμονοίᾳ, καὶ μὴ μάτην διαφερέσθωσαν, μηδὲ εἰς τὴν τῶν αἱρετικῶν λογομαχίαν ἐκπιπτέτωσαν. Ταῦτα δὲ οὕτως φρονοῦντες, μενέτωσαν ἐν ἡσυχίᾳ, τὰς περιττὰς ζητήσεις ἐκκλίνοντες, καὶ ῥήματος ἕνεκεν, μὴ διαιρούμενοι, ὁπότε τὰ δόγματα συμφωνεῖται. Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀμβροσίου τοῦ θαυματουργοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ περὶ σαρκώσεως καὶ πίστεως. -Σιγάτωσαν τοιγαροῦν αἱ περὶ τῶν λόγων μάταιαι ζητήσεις, Ἡ γὰρ τοῦ Θεοῦ βασιλεία οὐκ ἐν πειθοῖς ἀνθρωπίνης σοφίας λόγοις, ἀλλ' ἐν ἀποκαλύψει δυνάμεως. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ (Γρηγορίου τοῦ Νύσσης) ἐκ τοῦ περὶ τῆς ἐν Κωνσταντινουπόλει καταστάσεως τοῦ ἁγίου Γρηγορίου. -Ἀφέντες οἱ ἄνθρωποι τὸ κατατρυφᾷν τοῦ Κυρίου, κ. τ. ἑ. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τό· Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός. -Τί τὸ πιστεύειν ἀφέντες, τεχνολογοῦμεν τὴν πίστιν, καὶ πληροῦμεν τὴν ἐπιθυμίαν τοῦ κοινοῦ δυσμενοῦς; Λογισάμενος γὰρ ὁ διάβολος ὁ κοινὸς τῆς ἀθρωπότητος λυμεὼν, ὅτι γαλήνης ἐν