67. O thou most foolish, and impious, and ignorant in great matters! dost thou dare this against the great inheritance and the whole world's harvest, that passes over all limits by means of the simplicity of the Word and the folly, as ye will call it, of the preaching, the which has overcome the wise, and put an end to devils, and has shot over Time, being at once ancient and new, in the same way as ye make a special wonder of one of your own gods; since it is the former by its shadowing forth in types, the latter by the accomplishment of the mystery stored up for its due time? Didst thou not do this against the great heritage of Christ, and who wert thou, and what, and from whence? Against the great heritage, and which will never cease, even though some may rage against it, even more than thou hast done, but which will advance ever further and be exalted? (for I believe the prophecies and the things seen); that heritage which He, as God, hath created, and, as Man, hath inherited; which the Law hath typified, grace fulfilled, and Christ dedicated; which the Prophets built up, the Apostles bound together, and the Evangelists finished off!

ΞΖʹ. Εὐηθέστατε, καὶ ἀσεβέστατε, καὶ ἀπαιδευτότατε τὰ μεγάλα! σὺ κατὰ τοσούτου κλήρου καὶ τῆς οἰκουμενικῆς καρποφορίας, τῆς πάντα διαλαβούσης τὰ πέρατα, διὰ τῆς εὐτελείας τοῦ λόγου καὶ τῆς μωρίας, ὡς ἂν αὐτοὶ φαίητε, τοῦ κηρύγματος, ὃ σοφοὺς ἐνίκησε, καὶ δαίμονας ἔπαυσε, καὶ χρόνον ὑπερηκόντισε, τὸ αὐτὸ παλαιόν τε ὁμοῦ τυγχάνον καὶ νέον, ὡς ὑμεῖς τῶν θεῶν τινα τερατεύεσθε: τὸ μὲν τοῖς ὀλίγοις, τὸ δὲ τοῖς πολλοῖς: καὶ τὸ μὲν τῇ σκιαγραφίᾳ, τὸ δὲ τῇ τελειώσει τοῦ μυστηρίου καιροῖς ἰδίοις ταμιευθέντος; Σὺ κατὰ τῆς μεγάλης τοῦ Χριστοῦ κληρονομίας; (ὁ τίς, καὶ πόσος, καὶ πόθεν;) τῆς μεγάλης καὶ οὐ παυσομένης, οὐδ' ἂν πλέον ἢ σὺ μανῶσί τινες, ἀλλ' ἐπὶ πλεῖον ἀεὶ βαδιουμένης τε καὶ ἀρθησομένης: πιστεύω γὰρ ταῖς προῤῥήσεσι καὶ τοῖς ὁρωμένοις: ἣν ὡς Θεὸς ἐποίησε, καὶ ὡς ἄνθρωπος ἐκληρονόμησεν: ἣν νόμος ἐτύπωσε, καὶ χάρις ἐπλήρωσε, καὶ Χριστὸς ἐνεκαίνισεν: ἣν προφῆται συνέπηξαν, καὶ ἀπόστολοι συνέδησαν, καὶ εὐαγγελισταὶ κατηρτίσαντο;