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of knowledge, of the last error and of the final beast, according to the prophecy of the holy men who considered these things, from divine inspiration and most blessed illumination, for our protection who have reached the ends of the ages, let us each with all the strength of our own heart keep watch against this very foreign innovation, so that we may not be led away as if carelessly and negligently, but rather standing very earnestly and manfully against all impiety, casting down arguments, to speak in the words of Scripture, and every high thing that exalts itself against the knowledge of God.

For this reason also the Savior of all, our Lord and God, lovingly making us secure; Then, he says, if any one says to you, ‘Lo, here is the Christ,’ or ‘Lo, there,’ do not believe it, sending far away from the mystery concerning him the false and diverse faiths and opinions about him of the perverse, and keeping his own followers from every foreign (opinion), (15A_240> by which those who are contentious and contrary-minded in their ways are accustomed to disturb and at the same time to war against the 0184 sincerity of the confession in him; so that our pious and God-loving mind, being caught by any of these, may not fall away from the truth, being drawn aside by the plausibility of fables, and not being confirmed by the demonstration of patristic words. Watch therefore and pray, the Word exhorts us again for this reason, that you may not enter into temptation; wishing to instill in us, by "watching", the sobriety concerning this, and by "prayer", his assistance according to grace. He speaks here of the temptation that comes from error, not from necessity, into which we are led from our own accord, not from elsewhere, being turned aside from the straight and royal path; which you yourselves, God-guided, travel straight, and wisely guide me, your servant, who am lame in both my knees, bringing me up to the shadowless and eveningless light of the most divine confession and life of the Word, looking to the reward from there. Since a divine law also exhorts those who are strong like you to bear the burdens of the weak, and so to fulfill the law. And a heavy burden above any other difficulty has become the disagreement about these same words, which arises among the more childish, by the changes of times and persons, perhaps by the deceit or threat of those who flatter, fawn, or act severely; and especially in a time of universal anomaly, with things arising uncontrollably. Therefore, do not cease stretching out a compassionate hand to your refugee, on the one hand cleansing him with your word with knowledge; on the other hand strengthening him with prayer with love, and reconciling and bringing him to the God Word and King of all ages, rightly worshipped and believed in by you, both now and at his awesome appearing; to whom with the Father and the Holy Spirit, be honor, might, glory, worship, unto the ages of ages. Amen.

CONCERNING THE TWO WILLS OF THE ONE CHRIST OUR GOD Concerning the 2 wills of the one Christ our God. (15A_242> Other things indeed have been skillfully devised for others for security and adornment at the same time

have been devised, figures and forms; and they seem to be fitting in their appearance to these things, having grown numb to what is hidden through foolishness; but to you, sanctified Father, who have already transferred your thought to an undivided life, virtue, which is artless and surpasses every form and figure, has sufficed for beauty and protection, beautifying so much for you, besides the 0185 unseen, also that which is seen by all, inasmuch as you preferred the desire for what is lasting and never has satiety, over what is dissoluble and of the world (worldly). Or rather, showing it to be so much, as is right, appropriated to God and like him, inasmuch as it showed it to be entirely alienated in relation to matter and the things concerning it, and unlike them. Hence for you there remains also invulnerability against those who do evil. For not

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ἐπιγνώσεως, ἐσχάτης τε πλάνης καί τοῦ τελευταίου θηρός, κατά τήν τῶν ταῦτα φρονούντων ἁγίων ἀνδρῶν, ἐξ ἐπιπνοίας θείας καί μακαριωτάτης ἐλλάμψεως προαγόρευσιν, εἰς ἡμετέραν φρουράν τῶν τά τέλη τῶν αἰώνων κατειληφότων, ταύτην δή τήν ἐπείσακτον καινοτομίαν παντί σθένει τῆς ἑαυτῶν ἕκαστος καρδίας τηρήσωμεν, ὡς ἄν μή συναπαχθῶμεν ἀπεριμερίμνως οἶον καί ἀτημελῶς, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἐμβριθῶς λίαν καί ἀνδρικῶς κατά πάσης ἀσεβείας ἱστάμενοι, λογισμούς, Γραφικῶς εἰπεῖν, καθαιροῦντες , καί πᾶν ὕψωμα ἐπαιρόμενον κατά τῆς γνώσεως τοῦ Θεοῦ.

Ταύτῃ τοι καί αὐτός ὁ τῶν ὅλων Σωτήρ Κύριος ἡμῶν καί Θεός, φιλανθρώπως ἡμᾶς ἀσφαλιζόμενος· Τότε, φησίν, ἐάν τις ὑμῖν εἴπῃ· Ἰδού ὦδε ὁ Χριστός, ἰδού ὦδε· μή πιστεύσητε, τάς κιβδήλους περί αὐτοῦ τῶν ἐπιλόξων, καί διαφόρους πίστεις καί ὑπολήψεις, τοῦ κατ᾿ αὐτόν ποῤῥωτάτω μυστηρίου διαπεμπόμενος, καί τούς οἰκείου ὀπαδούς ἀλλοτρίας ἁπάσης ( δόξης ) ἀνείργων, (15Α_240> αἷς τό 0184 εἰλικρινές τῆς εἰς αὐτόν ὁμολογίας ἐκταράττειν εἰώθασιν ἄμα καί πολεμεῖν, οἱ τόν τρόπον ἐριστικοί καί ἀντίφρονες· ὡς ἄν μή ποτ᾿ ἄν ὁ εὐσεβής καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς καί φιλόθεος νοῦς τινι τούτων ἁλούς, ἀποπέσῃ ἀληθείας, πιθανότητι μύθων παραῤῥυείς, ἀλλ᾿ οὐκ ἀποδείξει πατρικῶν λόγων βεβαιωθείς. Γρηγορεῖτε γοῦν καί προσεύχεσθε, παρεγγυᾷ, διά τοῦτο πάλιν ὁ λόγος ἡμῖν, ἵνα μή εἰσέλθητε εἰς πειρασμόν· ἐγρηγόρσει μέν, τήν περί τοῦτο νῆψιν, προσευχῇ δέ, τήν αὐτοῦ κατά χάριν ἀντίληψιν βουλόμενος ἡμῖν ἐμποιῆσαι. Πειρασμόν δέ τόν ἐκ πλάνης, οὐκ ἀνάγκης φησίν ἐνταῦθα, εἰς ὅν οἴκοθεν, οὐχ ἑτέροθεν εἰσαγόμεθα, τῆς εὐθείας παρεκκλινόμενοι τρίβου καί βασιλικῆς· ἥν εὐθυτομοῦντες αὐτοί θεοδήγητοι, καί τούς κατ᾿ ἐμέ τόν ὑμέτερον ἐπ᾿ ἀμφοτέρων χωλανάντας τῶν ἰγγύων σοφῶς ὁδηγήσατε, πρός τό ἄσκιον ἀνακομίζοντες φῶς καί ἀνέσπερον, τῆς τοῦ λόγου θειοτάτης ὁμολογίας καί πολιτείας, πρός τήν ἐκεῖθεν ἀμοιβήν ἀποβλέποντες. Ἐπεί καί νόμος παρακελεύεται θεῖος τούς καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς δυνατούς τῶν ἀσθενούντων τά βάρη βαστάζειν, καί οὕτω τόν νόμον ἀναπληροῦν. Βαρύ δέ βάρος ὑπέρ τι ἄλλο καθέστηκε τῶν δυσχερῶν, ἡ περί τῶν αὐτῶν διαφορία λόγων, ἐγγινομένη τοῖς νηπιωδεστέροις, χρόνων τε καί προσώπων ὑπαλλαγαῖς, ἀπάτῃ τυχόν, ἤ ἀπειλῇ τῶν κολακευόντων, σαινόντων ἤ ἀκριβούντων· καί ἐν καιρῷ μάλιστα τῆς τοῦ παντός ἀνωμαλίας, ἀσχέτως ἐπιφυομένων. Χεῖρα τοιγάρτοι συμπαθῶς ὀρέγοντες τῷ ὑμετέρῳ μή διαλείποιτε πρόσφυγι, τοῦτο μέν λόγῳ καθαίροντες ἐπιστημόνως· τοῦτο δέ προσευχῇ στηρίζοντες φιλανθρώπως, καί αὐτῷ προσοικειοῦντές τε καί προσάγοντες, τῷ παρ᾿ ὑμῶν ὀρθῶς τε προσκυνουμένῳ καί πιστευομένῳ Θεῷ Λόγῳ καί παμβασιλεῖ τῶν αἰώνων, νῦν τε καί κατά τήν αὐτοῦ φοβεράν ἐπιφάνειαν· ᾧ σύν Πατρί καί ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, τιμή, κράτος, δόξα, προσκύνησις, εἰς τούς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΠΕΡΙ ΤΩΝ ∆ΥΟ ΘΕΛΗΜΑΤΩΝ ΤΟΥ ΕΝΟΣ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΤΟΥ ΘΕΟΥ ΗΜΩΝ Περί θελημάτων β´ τοῦ ἑνός Χριστοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν. (15Α_242> Ἄλλα μέν ἄλλοις εἰς ἀσφάλειάν τε ὁμοῦ καί κόσμον τεχνικῶς

ἐπινενόηνται, σχήματά τε καί εἴδη· καί τούτοις ἐμπρέπειν δοκοῦσι τῷ φαινομένῳ, τοῦ κρυπτομένου δι᾿ ἄνοιαν καταναρκήσαντες· σοί δέ, Πάτερ ἡγιασμένε, πρός ἀδιάστατον ἤδη μετενεγκόντι βίον τόν λογισμόν, ἡ ἄτεχνος καί παντός εἴδους καί σχήματος ὑπερέχουσα, πρός κάλλος ἤρκεσε καί φρουράν ἀρετή, τοσοῦτον ὡραΐζουσά σου πρός τῷ 0185 ἀφανεῖ, καί τό πᾶσιν ὁρώμενον, ὅσον πόθον τοῦ λυομένου καί κόσμου ( κοσμικοῦ ) τόν ἱστάμενον, καί οὔ ποτε κόρον ἔχοντα προετίμησας. Μᾶλλον δέ τοσοῦτον ἀποδεικνύσα, καθώς θέμις, προσῳκειωμένον Θεῷ καί ὅμοιον, ὅσον ὕλης καί τῶν περί ταύτην ἠλλοτριωμένον πάντη κατά σχέσιν ἀπέφηνε καί ἀνόμοιον. Ἔνθεν σοι καί τό ἀνάλωτον πρός τά δρῶντα κακῶς περίεστιν. Οὐ γάρ