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man has authority not only over things on earth, but also over those in heaven, reasonably; for if when he became “man” and “mediator of God and men,” then in him “all things were created,” as the apostle said, “both things in heaven and things on earth,” it follows that one should know accurately that authority has been given to him not only over things on earth, but also over those in heaven. And again after other things he adds: for if the holy gospel speaks about some glory given to him by the Father, the man appears to have received this through the Word. For having become “mediator of both God and men” according to the holy apostle, with the glory given to him by the Father he glorified godly men. 2.3.33 And again he adds these things: and he deemed the man who had fallen through disobedience worthy to be united with his own Word through the virgin. For what other greater glory among men could there be than this glory? And having said, “I have glorified you,” he adds, saying, “and I will glorify you again,” so that through an excess of love for humanity, in the second glory after the resurrection of the flesh, he might make the formerly mortal man immortal and might glorify him with such glory that not only is he freed from his former slavery, but is also deemed worthy of a glory that is beyond human. 2.3.34 And again he adds: so that, as I said, he might prepare the man who was formerly deceived by the devil to conquer the devil again himself. For this reason he took up man, so that consequently he might prepare him to receive the first-fruits of authority. And he adds further, saying: for this is the beloved, the man united to the Word, about whom the evangelist said, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased.” 2.3.35 And again he adds that the Word of the invisible God was to be born of a virgin and to assume human flesh, and so that through it, having conquered the devil who had previously overcome man, he might prepare him not only to become incorruptible and immortal, but also to sit on a throne with God in heaven. 2.3.36 And it is necessary to hold all these things in memory on account of the things about to be brought forward by Marcellus himself against the flesh, which the Word of God assumed. For as if forgetting all these things that he set forth, he brings a conclusion that is neither favorable nor pious to the saving body. In addition to all these things, as if his previous points had been successfully established, he tries to show that “the Lord has reigned, let the earth rejoice” also refers to the flesh. 2.3.37 And he speaks thus: he, then, who descended and assumed the flesh through the virgin was established as king over the church, clearly so that through the Word the man who had previously fallen from the kingdom of heaven might be able to obtain a kingdom. Therefore, God, wishing this man who had previously fallen from the kingdom because of disobedience to become Lord and God, worked out this economy. Therefore the most holy prophet David says prophetically, “The Lord has reigned, let the earth rejoice.” 2.3.38 And after other things he adds: for which reason, as if our Lord Christ received the beginning of a kingdom at a certain time, the prophecy says, “But I was established as king by him.” And again he adds: for this reason he will also reign, so that having come in human flesh, and having been established as king through the Word, the man who was formerly deceived “will abolish every rule” of the devil “and power and authority.” 2.3.39 Having said so many things about the flesh of the Savior and many more things still than these, and having said that it is the image “of the invisible God” and the firstborn “of all creation” and the king and Jesus and the Christ and the beloved and whatever other things he enumerated, and having declared that the Word was called all these things on its account, it is now time to see what kind of end he imposes on it. 2.4.1 For this reason he will reign, having come in human flesh, and having been established as king through the Word, the one who was deceived

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ἄνθρωπος οὐ μόνον τὴν ἐπὶ γῆς τῶν πραγμάτων ἐξουσίαν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐν οὐρανοῖς, εἰκότως· εἰ γὰρ ὅτε καὶ «ἄνθρωπος» ἐγένετο καὶ «μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων» τότε εἰς αὐτὸν «ἐκτίσθη τὰ πάντα», ὡς ἔφη ὁ ἀπόστολος, «τά τε ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς», ἀκόλουθόν ἐστιν ἀκριβῶς γινώσκειν ὅτι ἐξουσία οὐ μόνον τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς αὐτῷ, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἐν οὐρα νοῖς δέδοται. καὶ αὖθις μεθ' ἕτερα ἐπάγει εἰ γὰρ περί τινος δόξης δοθείσης αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς τὸ ἱερὸν εὐαγγέλιον λέγει, ταύτην ὁ ἄνθρωπος διὰ τοῦ λόγου εἰληφὼς φαίνεται. «μεσίτης» γὰρ γενόμενος κατὰ τὸν ἱερὸν ἀπό στολον «θεοῦ τε καὶ ἀνθρώπων» τῇ δοθείσῃ αὐτῷ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς δόξῃ τοὺς θεοσεβεῖς ἐδόξασεν ἀνθρώπους. 2.3.33 καὶ πάλιν προστίθησιν ταῦτα καὶ ἠξίωσεν τὸν πεσόντα διὰ τῆς παρακοῆς ἄνθρωπον τῷ ἑαυτοῦ διὰ τῆς παρθένου συναφθῆναι λόγῳ. ποία γὰρ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἑτέρα μείζων δόξα γένοιτ' ἂν τῆς δόξης ταύτης; εἰπὼν δὲ ὅτι «ἐδόξασά σε», ἐπιφέρει λέγων «καὶ πάλιν δοξάσω», ἵνα δι' ὑπερβολὴν φιλανθρωπίας ἐν τῇ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν τῆς σαρκὸς δευτέρᾳ δόξῃ τὸν πρότερον θνητὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀθάνατον ἀπεργά σηται καὶ τοσαύτῃ αὐτὸν δοξάσῃ δόξῃ, ὥστε μὴ μόνον αὐτὸν τῆς προτέρας ἀπαλλαγῆναι δουλείας, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον ἀξιωθῆναι δόξης. 2.3.34 καὶ αὖθις ἐπιλέγει ἵνα, ὡς ἔφην, ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου ἀπατηθέντα πρότερον τὸν ἄνθρωπον αὐτὸν αὖθις νικῆσαι τὸν διάβολον παρασκευάσῃ. διὰ τοῦτο ἀνείληφεν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἵνα ἀκολούθως τοῦτον ἀπαρ χὴν τῆς ἐξουσίας παραλαβεῖν παρασκευάσῃ. καὶ προστίθησιν ἔτι λέγων οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ ἀγαπητός, ὁ τῷ λόγῳ ἑνωθεὶς ἄνθρωπος, περὶ οὗ ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς ἔφη «οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησα». 2.3.35 καὶ αὖθις ἐπιφέρει ὅτι ὁ λόγος τοῦ ἀοράτου θεοῦ διὰ παρθένου τεχθήσεσθαι ἔμελλεν καὶ τὴν ἀνθρωπίνην ἀναλήψεσθαι σάρκα, καὶ ἵνα δι' αὐτῆς τὸν πρότερον κατισχύσαντα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου διάβολον καταγωνισά μενος μὴ μόνον ἄφθαρτον αὐτὸν καὶ ἀθάνατον γενέσθαι παρα σκευάσῃ, ἀλλὰ καὶ σύνθρονον ἐν οὐρανοῖς τῷ θεῷ. 2.3.36 ταῦτα δὲ πάντα ἀναγκαῖον κατέχειν ἐν μνήμῃ διὰ τὰ μέλλοντα ὑπ' αὐτοῦ Μαρκέλλου κατὰ τῆς σαρκός, ἧς ἀνείληφεν ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ λόγος, προφέρεσθαι. ὡς γὰρ ἀμνημονήσας τούτων ἁπάντων, ὧν ἐξέθετο, τέλος οὐκ αἴσιον οὐδ' εὐσεβὲς ἐπάγει τῷ σωτηρίῳ σώματι. πρὸς τούτοις ἅπασιν, ὥσπερ τῶν προτέρων αὐτῷ κατωρθωμένων, πειρᾶται δεικνύναι καὶ τὸ «ὁ κύριος ἐβασίλευσεν, ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ» εἰς τὴν 2.3.37 σάρκα ἀναφέρεσθαι. λέγει δὲ οὕτως ὁ γοῦν καταβὰς καὶ τὴν σάρκα διὰ τῆς παρθένου προσ λαβὼν κατεστάθη βασιλεὺς ἐπὶ τὴν ἐκκλησίαν, δηλονότι ἵνα διὰ τοῦ λόγου ὁ τῆς βασιλείας τῶν οὐρανῶν πρότερον ἐκπεπτωκὼς ἄνθρωπος βασιλείας τυχεῖν δυνηθῇ. τοῦτον οὖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὸν πρότερον διὰ τὴν παρακοὴν τῆς βασιλείας ἐκπεπτωκότα κύριον καὶ θεὸν γενέσθαι βουλόμενος ὁ θεὸς ταύτην τὴν οἰκονομίαν εἰργάσατο. ὁ οὖν ἁγιώτατος προφήτης ∆αυὶδ προφητικῶς λέγει «ὁ κύριος ἐβασίλευσεν, ἀγαλλιάσθω ἡ γῆ». 2.3.38 καὶ μεθ' ἕτερα ἐπιφέρει δι' ἣν αἰτίαν, ὥσπερ ἀρχὴν βασιλείας ἀπό τινος λαβόν τος χρόνου τοῦ δεσπότου ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ, ἡ προφητεία φησὶν «ἐγὼ δὲ κατεστάθην βασιλεὺς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ». καὶ πάλιν ἐπιφέρει διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ βασιλεύσει ἵνα ἐν τῇ ἀνθρωπίνῃ σαρκὶ γενόμενος, βασιλεύς τε καταστὰς διὰ τοῦ λόγου ὁ ἀπατηθεὶς πρότερον ἄνθρωπος «πᾶσαν ἀρχὴν» τοῦ διαβόλου «καὶ δύναμιν καὶ ἐξουσίαν καταργήσει». 2.3.39 τοσαῦτα περὶ τῆς σαρκὸς τοῦ σωτῆρος καὶ τούτων ἔτι πολλῷ πλείονα εἰπών, φήσας τε αὐτὴν εἶναι τὴν εἰκόνα «τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου» καὶ τὸν πρωτότοκον «πάσης κτίσεως» καὶ τὸν βασιλέα καὶ τὸν Ἰησοῦν καὶ τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ τὸν ἀγαπητὸν καὶ ὅσα ἄλλα κατέλεξεν, δι' αὐτήν τε ταῦτα πάντα κληθῆναι τὸν λόγον ἀποφηνάμενος, ὁποῖον τέλος αὐτῇ περιτίθησιν ἤδη θεωρῆσαι καιρός. 2.4.1 ∆ιὰ τοῦτο γὰρ βασιλεύσει ἐν τῇ ἀνθρωπίνῃ σαρκὶ γενό μενος, βασιλεύς τε καταστὰς διὰ τοῦ λόγου ὁ ἀπατηθεὶς