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because he says: of the divine Spirit. For the unending kingdom above is conceived of together with the Spirit of God, as not being alien to him on account of the mutual relationship with the Father and the Son. And again through the same epistle he is confirmed, writing: "For the kingdom of God is not food and drink, but righteousness and peace and joy in the Holy Spirit." And this did not escape Peter either. For defending himself to those who accused him of the meeting which he had with Cornelius, he said: "If then God has given them the same gift, bestowing the Holy Spirit, as also to us in the beginning; who was I that I could hinder God?" And again: "And God, who knows the heart, bore witness to them, giving the Holy Spirit, just as also to us; and he made no distinction between us and them, cleansing their hearts by faith." That is: the outpouring of the Holy Spirit, as one might say, his unrestrained and abundant visitation, is the cause of prophecy and renewal and heavenly goods and of understanding the beauty of divine truth. For as it seems to the apostle: "the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace." Whence he also writes again: "For the love of God has been poured out in our hearts in the Holy Spirit." Therefore, since the goodness of the Trinity in unity is one, many goodnesses are born for us; just as there is one truth and righteousness and wisdom from above, I say, according to: "You are mighty, Lord, and your truth is round about you," which is the only-begotten God, and according to: "to the only wise God," many truths and righteousnesses and wisdoms are multiplied for us from above according to: "the Lord seeks truths," and: "the Lord is righteous and has loved righteousnesses," and: "a multitude of the wise is the salvation of the world," and: "walking with the wise, you shall be wise." It is clear, then, that the Spirit of God in his very existence is a good Spirit and a Spirit of wisdom and truth and a Spirit of the invisible and uncompounded God and Father. 6.9v That creation is not written as philanthropic; for this is properly the unique characteristic of the consubstantial Trinity alone. For the Father is philanthropic: "not being angry with us forever, nor wrathful for eternity, nor dealing with us according to our sins, nor repaying us according to our iniquities," according to the 102nd Psalm; and as Solomon says: "But you spare all things, because all things are yours, O Lord who loves souls," as has been said; so that also for these reasons he is called our Lord and Father, his care being mixed with his power. For to God there is no address more fitting than that of Father and philanthropic and good and holy. Philanthropic is the Son, who for our sake, the works of his venerable and intelligible hands, "emptied himself, taking the form of a servant;" as the apostle writes to Titus: "But when the goodness and philanthropy of God our Savior appeared." And whoever bestows on him what is fitting for the only-begotten God, receiving more than he hoped for, departs. Philanthropic is the Holy Spirit of God according to Wisdom, which speaks thus: "For the spirit of wisdom is philanthropic, and will not acquit the righteous." For he did not overlook human nature being destroyed; but he visited of his own accord, guiding, teaching all truth, renewing us, and bestowing divine gifts, and from the beginning taking such care of that which is according to the image, so that as a sign of his transcendent goodness he has also this designation. For great are the elements: heaven, earth, sea; and great is the rational creation, that of the angels and of every super-cosmic power; but not from one of these was it deemed worthy, but from its goodness towards man does the Trinity have the name philanthropic. 6.10v That by nature he is free and not a slave; and as God and Lord he frees and makes sons. Creation is a slave of the Lord who fashioned it, not possessing freedom of itself, and able to provide it neither to itself nor to others. For prophecy says: "All things are your servants." But the Holy Spirit is not at all written as a slave, but also

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ὅτι λέγει· τοῦ θεϊκοῦ πνεύματος. συνεπινοεῖσθαι γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν ἄνω ἀτελεύτητον βασιλείαν, ὡς μὴ ἀλλοτρίαν αὐτοῦ τυγχάνουσαν διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα καὶ τὸν υἱὸν ἀλληλουχίαν. καὶ αὖθις διὰ τῆς αὐτῆς ἐπιστολῆς πιστοῦται, γράφων· «οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ βρῶσις καὶ πόσις, ἀλλὰ δικαιο σύνη καὶ εἰρήνη καὶ χαρὰ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ.» οὐκ ἔλαθεν δ' οὐδὲ τοῦτο καὶ Πέτρον. ἀπολογούμενος γὰρ τοῖς αἰτιωμένοις τὴν συντυχίαν, ἣ ἐποιήσατο πρὸς Κορνήλιον, ἔφη· «εἰ οὖν τὴν ἴσην δωρεὰν δέδωκεν αὐτοῖς ὁ θεός, παρασχὼν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, ὡς καὶ ἡμῖν ἐν ἀρχῇ· ἐγὼ τίς ἤμην δυνατὸς κωλῦσαι τὸν θεόν;» καὶ πάλιν· «καὶ ὁ καρδιογνώστης θεὸς ἐμαρτύρησεν αὐτοῖς, δοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, καθὼς καὶ ἡμῖν· καὶ οὐδὲν διέκρινεν μεταξὺ ἡμῶν τε καὶ αὐ τῶν, τῇ πίστει καθαρίσας τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν.» τουτέστιν· ἡ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἔκχυσις, ὡς ἄν τις εἴποι, ἡ ἀκατάσχετος καὶ ἄφθονος ἐπιφοίτησις αὐτοῦ, αἰτία προφητείας καὶ ἀνακαινισμοῦ καὶ οὐρανίων ἀγαθῶν καὶ τοῦ κατανοεῖν τὸ κάλλος τῆς θεϊκῆς ἀληθείας ἐστίν. ὡς γὰρ τῷ ἀποστόλῳ δοκεῖ· «ὁ καρπὸς τοῦ πνεύματος ἀγάπη, χαρά, εἰρήνη ἐστίν.» ὅθεν καὶ πάλιν γράφει· «ἡ γὰρ ἀγάπη τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκέχυται ἐν ταῖς καρδίαις ἡμῶν ἐν πνεύ ματι ἁγίῳ.» μιᾶς γοῦν οὔσης ἀγαθότητος τῆς ἐν ἑνάδι τριάδος, πολλαὶ ἡμῖν ἀποτίκτονται ἀγαθότητος· ὥσπερ ἀληθείας καὶ δικαιοσύνης καὶ σοφίας μιᾶς οὔσης τῆς ἄνω φημί κατὰ τό· «δυνατὸς εἶ, κύριε, καὶ ἡ ἀλήθειά σου κύκλῳ σου,» ἥτις ἐστὶν ὁ μονογενὴς θεός καὶ κατὰ τό· «μόνῳ σοφῷ θεῷ» πολλαὶ πληθύνονται ἡμῖν ἄνωθεν ἀλήθειαι καὶ δικαιοσύναι καὶ σοφίαι κατὰ τό· «ἀληθείας ἐκζητεῖ κύριος,» καί· «δίκαιος κύριος καὶ δικαιοσύνας ἠγάπησεν», καί· «πλῆθος σοφῶν, σωτηρία κόσμου», καί· «συμπορευόμενος σοφοῖς, σοφὸς ἔσῃ.» σαφὲς οὖν, ὡς πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ ὑπάρξει αὐτῇ πνεῦμα ἀγαθὸν καὶ πνεῦμα σοφίας καὶ ἀληθείας καὶ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀοράτου καὶ ἀσυνθέτου θεοῦ καὶ πατρὸς καθέστηκεν. 6.9ν ὅτι φιλάνθρωπον ἡ κτίσις οὐ γέγραπται φιλάνθρωπος· ἴδιον γὰρ τοῦτο κυρίως μόνης τῆς ὁμοουσίου τριάδος. φιλάνθρωπος γὰρ ὁ πατήρ· «οὐχ ἕως τέλους ἡμῖν ὀργιζόμενος, οὐδ' εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα μηνιῶν, οὐδὲ ποιῶν ἡμῖν πρὸς τὰς ἁμαρτίας, οὐδὲ κατὰ τὰς ἀνομίας ἡμῶν ἀνταποδιδούς,» κατὰ τὸν ρβʹ ψαλμόν· καὶ ὡς Σολομὼν λέγει· «φείδῃ δὲ πάντων, ὅτι πάντα σά ἐστιν, δέσποτα φιλόψυχε,» καθὰ εἴρηται· ὡς καὶ διὰ ταῦτα καλεῖσθαι ἡμῶν δεσπότην τε καὶ πατέρα, τῆς κηδεμονίας αὐτοῦ τῇ δυνάμει κεκραμένης. τῷ θεῷ γὰρ οὐκ ἔστιν πρόσρησις οἰκειοτέρα τῆς πατρὸς καὶ φιλανθρώπου καὶ ἀγαθοῦ καὶ ἁγίου. φιλάνθρωπος ὁ υἱὸς, ὅς γε δι' ἡμᾶς, τὰ ἔργα τῶν σεπτῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ νοητῶν χειρῶν· «ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν, μορφὴν δούλου λαβών·» καθὰ Τίτῳ γράφει ὁ ἀπόστολος· «ὅτε δὲ ἡ χρηστότης καὶ ἡ φιλανθρωπία τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ ἐπ εφάνη.» καὶ ὅστις ἂν ἀπονείμῃ αὐτῷ, ὅσα πρέπει μονογενεῖ θεῷ, λαβὼν πλέον ὧν ἤλπισεν, ἀπέρχεται. φιλάνθρωπον τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὴν Σοφίαν, οὕτω λέγουσαν· «φιλάνθρωπον γὰρ πνεῦμα σοφίας, καὶ οὐκ ἀθωώσει δίκαιον.» οὐ γὰρ παρεῖδεν ἀπολλυμένην τὴν ἀνθρωπείαν φύσιν· ἀλλ' ἐφοίτησεν δι' ἑαυτοῦ ὁδηγῆσαν, διδάξαν πᾶσαν ἀλήθειαν, ἀνακαινίσαν ἡμᾶς, καὶ τὰ θεϊκὰ χαρίσματα δωρησάμενον, καὶ τοσαύτην τοῦ κατ' εἰκόνα θέμενον ἀνέκαθεν φροντίδα, ὥστε εἰς γνώρισμα τῆς ὑπερφυοῦς αὐτοῦ ἀγαθότητος καὶ ταύτην ἔχειν τὴν προσηγορίαν. μεγάλα μὲν γὰρ στοιχεῖα οὐρανός, γῆ, θάλασσα· μεγάλη δὲ λογικὴ κτίσις, ἡ ἀγγέλων καὶ πάσης ὑπερκοσμίου δυνάμεως· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀφ' ἑνὸς τούτων ἠξίωσεν, ἐκ δὲ τῆς πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀγαθότητος ἔχει ὄνομα τὸ φιλάνθρωπον ἡ τριάς. 6.10ν ὅτι φύσει ἐλεύθερον καὶ οὐ δοῦλον· καὶ ὡς θεὸς καὶ κύριος ἐλευθεροῖ καὶ υἱοὺς ποιεῖ. ἡ κτίσις δούλη τοῦ τεχνησαμένου αὐτὴν δεσπότου καθέστηκεν, ἐλευθερίαν, ἣ ἀφ' ἑαυτῆς μὴ κέκτηται, οὔτε ἑαυτῇ οὔτ' ἄλλοις παρέχειν δυναμένη. φησὶν γὰρ ἡ προφητεία· «τὰ σύμπαντα δοῦλά σα.» τὸ δὲ ἅγιον πνεῦμα μονονουχὶ δοῦλον οὐ γέγραπται, ἀλλὰ καὶ