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He teaches the pre-eminent qualities of the divine light and of the life in it, and how through it all the things spoken by Moses, and the things still beyond these, were established. But Marcellus, knowing none of these things, is caught at one time Judaizing and at another Sabellianizing, 2.14. in the manner of the Jew, asserting that before the establishment of the world there was nothing except God alone, while the church confesses that the Father and the Son existed before the establishment of the world, and in the manner of Sabellius, declaring that the Son and the Father are one and the same, and at one time introducing him as an immanent Word and at another as a uttered Word. 2.14.21 For if he pretends not to accept these terms, yet it is clear from his saying that at one time he is within God, and at another that he proceeds from him through an active energy, and from the fact that he compares him to the human word. The divine evangelist, however, represented the Word about whom he theologized in none of the ways that have been presented, but as it was fitting to conceive of the only-begotten Son of God, being Word in that he established all things by the Word and without the Word nothing that exists came into being, and God and only-begotten in that he alone was truly Son of the God over all, a truly genuine and beloved Son, being made like his 2.14.22 Father in all things. Wherefore he was also truly light in that he shines the intellectual and rational splendor into the souls made according to his image. Therefore he says he is not the light of all things, but only of men; for he said, "He was the light that enlightens every man coming into the world." So also he was truly life, in that to all living things he provides the stream of supply from himself. And according to each conception of the divine powers in him you would find representative and true appellations for him. For in all things the Son of God was truth, which he himself indicates, saying, "I am the truth." 2.15.1 But the new author neither understands nor knows these things, nor does he know that he is ignorant of the things which he boasts of knowing, how they were established. Come then, let us take it up again and hear how he compares him to the word in men, both that which is in the mind and that which is uttered, writing in this manner: This, I think, is easy for those who are sensible to know from a certain small and humble example from our own experience. For it is not possible for anyone to separate the word of man in power and hypostasis; for the word is one and the same with the man, and is not separated by anything else than solely by the energy of the action. 2.15.2 In these words, then, he uses the uttered word as an image, and the immanent word in what he says here: For God did not need another preparation for creation, such as matter or any other human thing, but this preparation in his own mind. Since, then, it was impossible for God to conceive of the creation of the heaven without the word and the wisdom inherent in the word, he rightly said, "When he prepared the heaven, I was with him." 2.15.3 Then, proceeding in order, he presents the immanent word of God as well, writing thus: For who was so trustworthy, either of the holy angels or of righteous men, to annul the punishment decreed against him from the person of God, except the Word himself who was present and formed him with God, to whom the Father said, "Let us make man"? 2.15.4 Following these things, he clarifies what sort of word he introduces, saying: But if someone, using a certain small and human example from our own experience, should examine the divine action as through an image; Just as if some skilled sculptor, wishing to fashion a statue, first considers its forms and features in himself, then conceives what breadth and length is fitting, and examines the proportion of the whole in each individual part, and having prepared the suitable material of bronze and having pre-formed in his own mind the statue that is to be, and thinking he sees it intellectually, and being conscious that the word cooperates with him, by which he reasons and by which he is accustomed to do all things—for nothing that comes into being without the word is good—beginning this perceptible work, he exhorts himself as if to another, saying: Come, let us make, come, let us fashion

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τὰ ἐξαίρετα τοῦ θείου φωτὸς καὶ τῆς ἐν αὐτῷ ζωῆς, ὅπως τε δι' αὐτοῦ τὰ ὑπὸ Μωσέως εἰρημένα πάντα καὶ τὰ ἔτι τούτων ἐπέκεινα συνέστη, παιδεύει. ἀλλὰ τούτων οὐδὲν Μάρκελλος εἰδὼς ποτὲ μὲν Ἰουδαΐζων ποτὲ δὲ Σαβελλίζων ἁλίσκεται, 2.14. κατὰ μὲν τὸν Ἰουδαῖον πρὸ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου συστάσεως μηδὲν εἶναι φάσκων πλὴν τοῦ θεοῦ μόνου, τῆς ἐκκλησίας πρὸ τῆς τοῦ κόσμου συστάσεως τὸν πατέρα εἶναι καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ὁμολογούσης, κατὰ δὲ τὸν Σαβέλλιον ἕνα καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν εἶναι ἀποφαινόμενος υἱὸν καὶ πατέρα καὶ ποτὲ μὲν αὐτὸν ἐνδιάθετον εἰσάγων λόγον ποτὲ δὲ προφορικόν. 2.14.21 εἰ γὰρ προσποιεῖται ταύτας μὴ παραδέχεσθαι τὰς φωνάς, πλὴν δῆλός ἐστιν ἐκ τοῦ ποτὲ μὲν ἔνδον αὐτὸν λέγειν ἐν τῷ θεῷ, ἄλλοτε δὲ δι' ἐνεργείας δραστικῆς προϊέναι αὐτοῦ, ἀφ' ὧν τε τῷ ἀνθρωπίνῳ ἀπεικάζει αὐτὸν λόγῳ. ὅ γε μὴν θεῖος εὐαγγελιστὴς κατ' οὐδένα τῶν ἀποδεδομένων τρόπων λόγον ὑπεστήσατο τὸν πρὸς αὐτοῦ θεολογούμενον, ἀλλ' οἷον ἔπρεπεν τὸν μονογενῆ υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ νοεῖν, λόγον μὲν ὄντα καθ' ὃ πάντα λόγῳ συνεστήσατο καὶ χωρὶς λόγου τῶν ὄντων οὐδὲν γέγονεν, θεὸν δὲ καὶ μονογενῆ καθ' ὃ μόνος ἀληθῶς ἦν υἱὸς τοῦ ἐπὶ πάντων θεοῦ, υἱὸς γνήσιος ὄντως καὶ ἀγαπητός, τῷ 2.14.22 αὐτοῦ πατρὶ κατὰ πάντα ἀφωμοιωμένος. διὸ καὶ φῶς ἦν ἀληθῶς καθ' ὃ τὸ νοερὸν καὶ λογικὸν ταῖς κατ' εἰκόνα τὴν αὐτοῦ πεποιημέναις ψυχαῖς ἐναυγάζει φέγγος. διὸ οὐ πάντων αὐτὸν φῶς εἶναί φησιν, ἀλλὰ μόνων ἀνθρώπων· «ἦν» γὰρ «τὸ φῶς τὸ φωτίζον πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον» ἔφη. οὕτω δὲ καὶ ζωὴ ὑπῆρχεν ἀληθῶς, καθ' ὃ πᾶσιν τοῖς ζῶσιν τὸ τῆς ἐξ αὐτοῦ χορηγίας παρέχει νᾶμα. καὶ καθ' ἑκάστην δὲ ἐπίνοιαν τῶν ἐν αὐτῷ θεϊκῶν δυνάμεων παραστατικὰς εὕροις ἂν αὐτοῦ καὶ ἀληθεῖς ἐπωνυμίας. κατὰ πάντα γὰρ ἀλήθεια ἦν ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃ δὴ παρίστησιν αὐτὸς λέγων «ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια». 2.15.1 ἀλλ' ὁ νέος συγγραφεὺς ταῦτα μὲν οὔτε συνίησιν οὔτε οἶδεν οὔθ' ὅτι ἀγνοεῖ οἶδεν, ἃ δὴ καὶ εἰδέναι αὐχεῖ, ὅπως συνέστη. φέρε πάλιν εἶτα ἀναλαβόντες ἀκούσωμεν, ὡς τῷ ἐν ἀνθρώποις αὐτὸν ἀπεικάζει λόγῳ, τῷ τε κατὰ διάνοιαν καὶ τῷ κατὰ προφοράν, τοῦτον γράφων τὸν τρόπον τοῦτο δὲ ῥᾴδιον, οἶμαι, τοῖς εὖ φρονοῦσιν καὶ ἀπὸ μικροῦ τινος καὶ ταπεινοῦ καθ' ἡμᾶς παραδείγματος γνῶναι. οὐδὲ γὰρ τὸν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου λόγον δυνάμει καὶ ὑποστάσει χωρίσαι τινὶ δυνατόν· ἓν γάρ ἐστιν καὶ ταὐτὸν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ ὁ λόγος, καὶ οὐδενὶ χωριζόμενος ἑτέρῳ ἢ μόνῃ τῇ τῆς πράξεως ἐνεργεία. 2.15.2 ἐν δὴ τούτοις τῷ προφορικῷ λόγῳ κέχρηται εἰκόνι, τῷ δέ γε ἐνδιαθέτῳ ἐν οἷς ταῦτά φησιν οὐ γὰρ δὴ ἑτέρας ἑτοιμασίας, οἷον ὕλης ἢ ἄλλης τινὸς ἀνθρωπίνης, ὁ θεὸς ἐδεῖτο πρὸς κατασκευήν, ἀλλὰ ταύτης τῆς ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ διανοίᾳ ἑτοιμασίας. ἐπεὶ οὖν ἀδύνατον ἦν χωρὶς λόγου καὶ τῆς προσούσης τῷ λόγῳ σοφίας ἐννοῆσαι περὶ τῆς τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατασκευῆς τὸν θεόν, εἰκότως ἔφη «ἡνίκα ἡτοίμαζεν τὸν οὐρανόν, συμπαρήμην αὐτῷ». 2.15.3 εἶθ' ἑξῆς προϊὼν ὁμοῦ καὶ ἐνδιάθετον τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγον παρίστη, γράφων οὕτως τίς γὰρ οὕτως ἢ τῶν ἁγίων ἀγγέλων ἢ ἀνδρῶν δικαίων ἀξιόπιστος ἦν τὴν ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ ὁρισθεῖσαν αὐτῷ τιμω ρίαν λῦσαι, εἰ μὴ αὐτὸς ὁ λόγος ὁ συμπαρών τε καὶ συμπλάττων. πρὸς ὃν ὁ πατὴρ «ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον» ἔφη; 2.15.4 τούτοις ἑξῆς διασαφεῖ ὁποῖον εἰσάγει λόγον φάσκων ἀλλ' εἴ τις μικρῷ τινι καὶ ἀνθρωπίνῳ καθ' ἡμᾶς παρα δείγματι χρώμενος ὡς διὰ εἰκόνος τὴν θείαν ἐξετάζοι πρᾶξιν· ὥσπερ ἂν εἴ τις ἀνδριαντοποιὸς ἐπιστήμων ἀνὴρ ἀνδριάντα πλάσαι βουλόμενος, πρῶτον μὲν τοὺς τύπους αὐτοῦ καὶ χαρα κτῆρας ἐν ἑαυτῷ σκοπεῖ, ἔπειτα πλάτος τε καὶ μῆκος ὅσον εὐπρε πὲς ἐννοεῖ, ἀναλογίαν τε τοῦ παντὸς ἐν τῷ καθ' ἕκαστον ἐξετά ζει μέρει, χαλκοῦ τε τὴν πρόσφορον ἑτοιμάσας ὕλην καὶ τὸν ἐσόμενον ἀνδριάντα τῇ ἑαυτοῦ προτυπώσας διανοίᾳ καὶ νοητῶς ὁρᾶν νομίσας συνειδώς τε ἑαυτῷ συνεργεῖν τὸν λόγον, ᾧ λογίζεται καὶ ᾧ πάντα πράττειν εἴωθεν οὐδὲν γὰρ μὴ λόγῳ γιγνόμενον καλόν, ἀρχόμενος τῆς αἰσθητῆς ταύτης ἐργασίας πρὸς ἑαυτὸν ὡς πρὸς ἕτερον παρακελεύεται λέγων· ἄγε ποιήσωμεν, ἄγε πλάσωμεν