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of the highest authority, to enslave the enemies of his own word; for he wishes it to advance daily and to increase among all men. 3.7.36 And again, lest it should be thought to endure by the permission of the rulers; if ever one of these, seized by wickedness, proposed to make war on the word of Christ, he also permitted him to do what he desired, both for the demonstration of the athletes of piety, and also that it might be made clear to all, that the establishment of the word was not from the counsel of men but from the power of God. 3.7.37 Immediately, who would not marvel at the things accustomed to happen at such times? For the athletes of piety, previously... to all men, became manifest and distinguished, having been deemed worthy of the prizes from God; but the enemies of piety paid the fitting penalties, being driven mad by divinely sent scourges and all their body being destroyed by terrible and grievous sufferings, so that they were driven to come to a confession of their impiety against Christ. 3.7.38 But all the rest, who were deemed worthy of the divine name and boasted of thinking the things of Christ, having exercised for a short time in the trials, and having shown the genuine and sincere quality of their mind, they again received their own freedom, as the saving word shone forth more greatly daily through them, and prevailed even in the very midst of its enemies, 3.7.39 rising up against not only visible enemies, but also invisible ones, if there were any wicked demons and rulers of them in the gloomy air around the earth; whom the genuine disciples of Christ, through a pure life and prayers to God and through his divine name, were driving out, ... of the wonderful signs recorded of old to have been done by him, and in this showing to those able to perceive them the proofs of his divine virtue. 3.7.40 But since these things have been previously exercised in due season, the time now calls to take up the more mystical theology concerning him, and to contemplate God the Word, whoever he was who performed the miracles through the visible man. 4.Pin.t These things are in the fourth book of the Evangelical Demonstration concerning our Savior. 4.Pin.1 1. Concerning the mystical dispensation regarding our Savior and Lord Jesus, the Christ of God. 4.Pin.2 2. How we say that he was made the Son of God before all creation. 4.Pin.3 3. That there are not many sons of the God over all, but only one, God from God, has reasonably been proclaimed to us. 4.Pin.4 4. How the pre-existence of the only-begotten Son of God is shown to be necessary for the constitution of the universe. 4.Pin.5 5. How we confess that there are countless created divine powers, but we theologize only that of the Son, through which he is introduced as the image of God the Father. 4.Pin.6 6. How from the first constitution of the universe the Christ of God invisibly presides over the souls that love God. 4.Pin.7 7. How to the Hebrews alone in ancient times the knowledge of the God of all was revealed, being made known through the appearance of Christ. 4.Pin.8 8. How the rest of the nations worshipped only the luminaries in heaven, having been entrusted to certain angels. 4.Pin.9 9. Concerning the hostile power which is opposed to God, and of its ruler, and how through this the race of all men was led away. 4.Pin.10 10. How necessarily the only-begotten Son of God made his advent among men. 4.Pin.11 11. How he went through life among men. 4.Pin.12 12. How the laws of philanthropy called him even unto those who had long since departed. 4.Pin.13 13. How he remained without suffering, unharmed, and incorporeal even at the time when he became man. 4.Pin.14 14. How having renewed man, he provided to us all the hope of eternal goods. 4.Pin.15 15. What the name of Christ means to signify; as

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ἀνωτάτω ἀρχῆς τοὺς ἐχθροὺς τοῦ οἰκείου λόγου καταδουλῶσαι· προκόπτειν γὰρ αὐτὸν ὁσημέραι καὶ εἰς πάντας ἀνθρώπους αὔξειν βούλεται. 3.7.36 Πάλιν τε αὖ ὡς μὴ νομισθείη κατὰ συγχώρησιν τῶν κρατούντων διαρκέσειν· εἴποτέ τις τούτων πονηρίᾳ ληφθεὶς τῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ λόγῳ πολεμεῖν προύθετο, καὶ τούτῳ πράττειν ἐνεδίδου τὸ καταθύμιον, ὁμοῦ μὲν εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῶν τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀθλητῶν, ὁμοῦ δὲ καὶ εἰς τὸ τοῖς πᾶσιν φανερὸν καταστῆναι, ὅτι μὴ ἐξ ἀνθρώπων ἦν βουλῆς ἀλλ' ἐκ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ δυνάμεως ἡ τοῦ λόγου σύστασις. 3.7.37 αὐτίκα τίς οὐκ ἂν θαυμάσειεν τὰ συμβαίνειν κατὰ τοὺς τοιούσδε καιροὺς εἰωθότα; οἱ μὲν γὰρ τῆς εὐσεβείας ἀθληταὶ τὸ πρὶν ἀνθρώποις γε ... τοῖς πᾶσιν διάδηλοι καὶ διαπρεπεῖς ἐγίνοντο τῶν παρὰ τῷ θεῷ κατηξιωμένοι βραβείων· οἱ δὲ τῆς εὐσεβείας πολέμιοι τὰς προσηκούσας ἐξέτινον δίκας, θεηλάτοις μάστιξιν οἰστρούμενοι καὶ πᾶν τὸ σῶμα δεινοῖς καὶ ἀνιαροῖς πάθεσιν διαφθειρόμενοι, ὥστε ἤδη καὶ εἰς ὁμολογίαν τῆς κατὰ Χριστοῦ δυσσεβείας ἥκειν περιελαθῆναι. 3.7.38 οἱ δέ γε λοιποὶ πάντες τῆς ἐνθέου προσηγορίας ἠξιωμένοι καὶ τὰ Χριστοῦ φρονεῖν αὐχοῦντες, ἐπ' ὀλίγον ἐγγυμνασάμενοι τοῖς πειρατηρίοις, τὸ δὲ γνήσιον καὶ εἰλικρινὲς τοῦ φρονήματος ἐπιδειξάμενοι, τὴν οἰκείαν αὖθις ἀπελάμβανον ἐλευθερίαν, εἰς μεῖζον ὁσημέραι δι' αὐτῶν ἐκλάμποντος τοῦ σωτηρίου λόγου καὶ ἐν αὐτοῖς γε μέσοις τοῖς ἐχθροῖς κατακρατοῦντος, 3.7.39 μὴ μόνον τε τῶν ὁρατῶν πολεμίων κατεξανισταμένου, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ἀοράτων, εἴ τινες ἄρ' εἶεν ἀμφὶ τὸν περὶ γῆν ἀέρα ζοφώδη πονηροὶ δαίμονες καὶ ἄρχοντες τούτων· οὓς καὶ αὐτοὺς οἱ γνήσιοι τοῦ Χριστοῦ μαθηταὶ δι' ἁγνείας βίου καὶ τῶν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν εὐχῶν διά τε τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐνθέου προσηγορίας ἐξελαύνοντες, ... σημείων τῶν πάλαι ἱστορουμένων ὑπ' αὐτοῦ γεγονέναι παραδόξων, καὶ ἐν τούτῳ τοῖς συνορᾶν δυναμένοις τὰ τεκμήρια τῆς ἐνθέου ἀρετῆς αὐτοῦ διαδεικνύντες. 3.7.40 Ἀλλὰ γὰρ τῶνδε κατὰ καιρὸν προγεγυμνασμένων, καιρὸς ἤδη καλεῖ τῆς μυστικωτέρας περὶ αὐτοῦ θεολογίας ἐφάψασθαι, καὶ τὸν θεὸν λόγον, ὅστις ποτ' ἦν ὁ διὰ τοῦ φαινομένου ἀνδρὸς τὰς θαυματουργίας ἐκτελῶν, ἐποπτεῦσαι. 4.Pin.t Τάδε ἔνεστιν ἐν τῷ τετάρτῳ συγγράμματι τῆς περὶ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν εὐαγγελικῆς ἀποδείξεως. 4.Pin.1 αʹ. Περὶ τῆς κατὰ τὸν σωτῆρα καὶ κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ μυστικῆς οἰκονομίας. 4.Pin.2 βʹ. Ὅπως αὐτὸν πρὸ πάσης κτίσεως υἱὸν θεοῦ γεγονέναι φαμέν. 4.Pin.3 γʹ. Ὅτι μὴ πλείους υἱοὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ πάντων θεοῦ, μόνος δὲ εἷς ἐκ θεοῦ θεὸς εὐλόγως ἡμῖν ἀνηγόρευται. 4.Pin.4 δʹ. Ὡς ἀναγκαία τῇ τῶν ὅλων συστάσει ἡ τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ προΰπαρξις ἀποδίδοται. 4.Pin.5 εʹ. Ὡς μυρίας μὲν ὁμολογοῦμεν εἶναι γενητὰς θείας δυνάμεις, μόνην δὲ τὴν τοῦ υἱοῦ, δι' ἣν ἐπάγεται εἰκόνα τοῦ θεοῦ πατρός, θεολογοῦμεν. 4.Pin.6 ϛʹ. Ὡς ἀπὸ πρώτης συστάσεως τῶν ὅλων ἀφανῶς ὁ Χριστὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τῶν θεοφιλῶν ψυχῶν ἐπιστατεῖ. 4.Pin.7 ζʹ. Ὡς μόνοις Ἑβραίοις τὸ παλαιὸν ἡ τοῦ τῶν ὅλων θεοῦ γνῶσις ἀποκεκάλυπτο, διὰ τῆς ἐπιφανείας τοῦ Χριστοῦ γινωσκομένη. 4.Pin.8 ηʹ. Ὡς μόνους τοὺς κατ' οὐρανὸν φωστῆρας τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν ἐθνῶν ἔσεβον, ἀγγέλοις τισὶν ἐγκεχειρισμένα. 4.Pin.9 θʹ. Περὶ τῆς ἐχθρᾶς καὶ ἀντικειμένης τῷ θεῷ δυνάμεως καὶ τοῦ ταύτης ἐξάρχοντος καὶ ὡς διὰ ταύτης τὸ πάντων ἀνθρώπων ὑπήγετο γένος. 4.Pin.10 ιʹ. Ὡς ἀναγκαίως ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τὴν εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἐποιήσατο πάροδον. 4.Pin.11 ιαʹ. Ὅπως τὸν ἐν ἀνθρώποις διεξῆλθε βίον. 4.Pin.12 ιβʹ. Ὡς καὶ μέχρι τῶν πάλαι κατοιχομένων ἐκάλουν αὐτὸν οἱ τῆς φιλανθρωπίας νόμοι. 4.Pin.13 ιγʹ. Ὡς ἀπαθὴς καὶ ἀβλαβὴς καὶ ἀσώματος διέμεινεν καὶ καθ' ὃν ἐνηνθρώπει καιρόν. 4.Pin.14 ιδʹ. Ὡς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἀνανεωσάμενος πᾶσιν ἡμῖν τὴν τῶν αἰωνίων ἀγαθῶν παρέσχετο ἐλπίδα. 4.Pin.15 ιεʹ. Τί βούλεται δηλοῦν ἡ τοῦ Χριστοῦ προσηγορία· ὡς