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ἐν 1.253 ἀγνωσίᾳ. ληρῶδες δ' ἂν εἴη τοῦτο καὶ ἠλίθιον, ὅτι μᾶλλον ἐντελέστερον τὸ ἔργον τοῦ τεχνίτου καὶ ὁ τεχνίτης ἀδρανέστερος τῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ γενομένων ἀγγέλων, αἰτίων ὄντων τῆς ἀνθρωπείας συστάσεως. ὥστε οὖν ἐξ ἅπαντος ἀνάγκῃ ὁμολογήσειας ἂν ἐπὶ τὸν αὐτὸν ποιητὴν τὸν ἕνα καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν μίαν μοναρχίαν δεῖν τὸ πᾶν ἄγειν. 5. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ὁ πατὴρ ἐποίησε τὸν ἄνθρωπον καὶ πάντα κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν εὐδοκίαν καὶ οὐχ οἱ ἄγγελοι, οὐδὲ κατὰ τὴν τῶν ἀγγέλων συμβουλίαν τι γέγονεν. ἐν τῷ γὰρ εἰπεῖν τὸν θεόν «ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον», «κατ' εἰκόνα ἡμετέραν» εἶπεν, καὶ οὐ «κατ' εἰκόνα» μόνον. συνεκάλει γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δημιουργίαν συνδημιουργὸν τὸν αὐτοῦ Λόγον καὶ μονογενῆ, ὡς ἔχει καὶ ἡ ἐξ ἀληθείας ὁρμωμένη πιστῶν ἔννοια καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ τῆς ἀληθείας ἀκρίβασμα, ὡς καὶ ἐν ἑτέροις πλείοσι περὶ τούτου σαφῶς καὶ διὰ μήκους ἐποιησάμεθα τὴν ὁμολογίαν, ὡς ὁ πατὴρ συγκαλεῖται τὸν υἱὸν συνδημιουργεῖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, δι' οὗ καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα ἐποίησεν. οὐ μόνον δὲ συγκαλεῖν εἴποιμι τὸν υἱόν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα. «τῷ γὰρ λόγῳ κυρίου οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἐστερεώθησαν καὶ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ πᾶσα ἡ δύναμις αὐτῶν». εἴτε δὲ βουληθείη εἴτε καὶ μὴ βουληθείη φημὶ δὲ ὁ Σατορνῖλος ὁ τῆς αἱρέσεως ταύτης ἀρχηγός, ἀναγκασθήσεται ἐξ ἅπαντος ἕνα τὸν θεὸν ὁμολογεῖν, θεὸν καὶ κύριον, τοῦ σύμπαντος ὄντα κτιστήν τε καὶ δημιουργόν, ἅμα τε καὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου. αἰσχυνθήσεται δὲ κατὰ πάντα τρόπον ὡς συκοφάντης καὶ εἰς τὸν περὶ προφητῶν λόγον καὶ εἰς τὴν κατὰ τοῦ σεμνοῦ γάμου φαύλην κατηγορίαν. αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς διαρρήδην ἐκφωνεῖ ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ καὶ λέγει συνῳδὰ τῷ προφήτῃ ὅτι «ὁ λαλῶν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις, ἰδοὺ πάρειμι» καὶ πάλιν «ὁ πατήρ μου ἕως ἄρτι ἐργάζεται, κἀγὼ ἐργάζομαι». ἵνα δὲ δείξῃ τί ἐργάζεται ὁ αὐτοῦ πατὴρ καὶ αὐτός, 1.254 ἀπεφήνατο λέγων τοῖς ἐρωτήσασιν αὐτὸν εἰ χρὴ ἀπολύειν τὴν γυναῖκα κατὰ πᾶσαν αἰτίαν «πῶς γέγραπται; ὅτε ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτούς», καὶ πάλιν μεθ' ἕτερα ὅτι «ἕνεκεν τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ προσκολληθήσεται τῇ γυναικὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν», καὶ εὐθὺς προσέθηκε λέγων «ὃ ὁ θεὸς συνέζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω»· ὡς ἐξ ἅπαντος τὸν σωτῆρα διδάσκειν τὸν ποιητὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων θεὸν εἶναι τῶν πάντων, αὐτοῦ δὲ πατέρα. καὶ ὅτι ὁ γάμος οὐκ ἐκ τοῦ Σατανᾶ, ἀλλ' ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ τυγχάνει, πρῶτον μὲν ὁ κύριος λέγει· «ὃ ὁ θεός» φησίν «συνέζευξεν, ἄνθρωπος μὴ χωριζέτω»· εἶτα ὁ ἅγιος ἀπόστολος «τίμιος ὁ γάμος καὶ ἡ κοίτη ἀμίαντος». ταῖς δὲ φύσει χηρευσάσαις ὡσαύτως παραγγέλλει, λέγων διὰ Τιμοθέου «νεωτέρας χήρας παραιτοῦ· μετὰ γὰρ τὸ καταστρηνιάσαι τοῦ Χριστοῦ γαμεῖν θέλουσι», καὶ μεθ' ἕτερα «γαμείτωσαν τεκνογονείτωσαν οἰκοδεσποτείτωσαν», ἀνυπέρβατον νόμον τιθέμενος, ἐκ θεοῦ ὄντα καὶ κατὰ σεμνότητα ἀνθρώποις κεχαρισμένον. 6. Περὶ δὲ τῶν κατὰ τῶν θεοῦ προφητειῶν ὑπ' αὐτοῦ σεσυκοφαντημένων ὑπονοιῶν, ὡς μὴ εἶναι αὐτὰς ἐκ θεοῦ, μυρία ἔστιν εἰπεῖν, ὡς αὐτὸς λέγει ὁ μονογενής, † ἐξ ὧν τὸν κόσμον ἑαυτοῦ εὐαγγελιζόμενος λέγει, πρῶτον μὲν ὅτι «Ἀβραὰμ ὁ πατὴρ ἡμῶν ἐπεθύμησεν ἰδεῖν τὴν ἡμέραν μου, καὶ εἶδεν καὶ ἐχάρη», καὶ πάλιν φησίν «εἰ ἐπιστεύετε Μωυσῇ, ἐπιστεύετε ἂν ἐμοί· ἐκεῖνος γὰρ περὶ ἐμοῦ ἔγραψεν». τίς δὲ τῶν εὖ φρονούντων καὶ σύνεσιν ἀπὸ θεοῦ κεκτημένων οὐκ ἐλέγξειε τὸν ἀπατεῶνα Σατορνῖλον, γινώσκων ἐν δόξῃ ἀποκαλυφθέντα τὸν σωτῆρα εἰς παράστασιν ἀληθείας ἄλλως τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δόξαν μὴ ὑποδείξαντα ἀλλὰ ἢ ἀνὰ μέσον Ἠλίου καὶ Μωυσέως τῶν καὶ αὐτῶν ἐν δόξῃ ἰδίᾳ μετ' αὐτοῦ ὀφθέντων; ἄλλα δὲ ὅσα τοιαῦτά ἐστιν ἃ ὑπ' αὐτοῦ τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἐν πάσῃ τῇ καινῇ διαθήκῃ 1.255 λεγόμενα τὴν σύστασιν ποιεῖται νόμου τε καὶ προφητῶν καὶ πάσης παλαιᾶς διαθήκης πρὸς τὴν καινὴν διαθήκην, ὅτι ἑνὸς θεοῦ