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the Nun and the Phi and the Sadi. For this reason the books are numbered twenty-two in this manner, but are found to be twenty-seven because five of them are doubled. For Ruth is joined to Judges and is numbered by the Hebrews as one book; the first and second of Kingdoms, one book; the third and fourth of Kingdoms, one book; the first and second of Chronicles, one book; the first and second of Ezra, one book. Thus, therefore, the books are composed in four Pentateuchs, and two others remain, so that the books of the covenant are as follows: five of the Law: Genesis, Exodus, Leviticus, Numbers, Deuteronomy; this is the first Pentateuch, which is also the legislation. Then another Pentateuch, the so-called Writings, but by some the Hagiographa, which are as follows: Joshua the son of Nun, Judges with Ruth, first of Kingdoms with the second, one book, third of Kingdoms with the fourth, one book, and the two of Chronicles, one book; this is the second Pentateuch. The third Pentateuch is the poetical books: of Job, the Psalter, Proverbs of Solomon, Ecclesiastes of the same, the Song of Songs of the same. The fourth Pentateuch, the prophetic: the twelve prophets, one book, Isaiah, Jeremiah, Ezekiel, Daniel. Then Ezra, the two joined into one book, and Esther. -But the Panaretos, that is, the Wisdom of Solomon, and the Wisdom of Jesus, which the father of Sirach composed in Hebrew, but his grandson Jesus, the son of Sirach, translated into Greek, are virtuous and good, but they are not numbered nor were they placed in the ark. And of the New Testament, four gospels: that according to Matthew, that according to Mark, that according to Luke, that according to John; Acts of the holy apostles by Luke the evangelist; seven catholic epistles: one of James, two of Peter, three of John, one of Jude; fourteen epistles of Paul the apostle, Revelation of John the evangelist, canons of the holy apostles by Clement.

91 Concerning the things said of Christ The modes of the things said of Christ

there are four general modes: 1. For some things apply to him even before the incarnation, 2. some in the union, 3. some after the union, 4. and some after the resurrection. 1. And of those before the incarnation, there are six modes. -a. For some of them declare the affinity of nature and the consubstantiality with the Father, such as "I and the Father are one" and "he who has seen me has seen the Father" and "who, being in the form of God" and suchlike. -b. Others, the perfection of the hypostasis, such as "son of God" and "the express image of his person" and "angel of great counsel, wonderful, counselor" and the like. -c. Others, the perichoresis of the hypostases in one another, such as "I am in the Father, and the Father in me," and the ineffable abiding, such as "Word," "wisdom and power," and "brightness." For the word is in the mind (and I mean the essential Word), and wisdom likewise, and power in the powerful, and brightness in the light, ineffably established, proceeding from them. -d. Others, as from the Father as cause, such as "my Father is greater than I"; for from him he has both his being and all that he has, his being by generation and not by creation, as in "I came forth from the Father," "and I live because of the Father," and all that he has, not by impartation nor by teaching, but as from a cause, as in "the Son can do nothing of himself, but what he sees the Father do." For if the Father is not, neither is the Son; for the Son is from the Father and in the Father and not after the Father. Likewise also, what he does, is from him and with him; for the will, energy, and power of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit is one and the same, not similar, but the same. -e. Others, as of the Father's good pleasure being fulfilled through his energy, not as through an instrument or a servant, but as through his essential and hypostatic Word and wisdom and

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τὸ Νοῦν καὶ τὸ Φὶ καὶ τὸ Σαδί. ∆ιὸ καὶ αἱ βίβλοι κατὰ τοῦτον τὸν τρόπον εἴκοσι δύο μὲν ἀριθμοῦνται, εἴκοσι ἑπτὰ δὲ εὑρίσκονται διὰ τὸ πέντε ἐξ αὐτῶν διπλοῦσθαι. Συνάπτεται γὰρ ἡ Ῥοὺθ τοῖς Κριταῖς καὶ ἀριθμεῖται παρ' Ἑβραίοις μία βίβλος· ἡ πρώτη καὶ δευτέρα τῶν Βασιλειῶν μία βίβλος· ἡ τρίτη καὶ ἡ τετάρτη τῶν Βασιλειῶν μία βίβλος· ἡ πρώτη καὶ ἡ δευτέρα τῶν Παραλειπομένων μία βίβλος· ἡ πρώτη καὶ ἡ δευτέρα τοῦ Ἔσδρα μία βίβλος. Οὕτως οὖν σύγκεινται αἱ βίβλοι ἐν πεντατεύχοις τέτρασι, καὶ μένουσιν ἄλλαι δύο, ὡς εἶναι τὰς ἐνδιαθέτους βίβλους οὕτως· πέντε νομικάς· Γένεσιν, Ἔξοδον, Λευιτικόν, Ἀριθμούς, ∆ευτερονόμιον· αὕτη πρώτη πεντάτευχος, ἣ καὶ νομοθεσία. Εἶτα ἄλλη πεντάτευχος, τὰ καλούμενα Γραφεῖα, παρά τισι δὲ Ἁγιόγραφα, ἅτινά ἐστιν οὕτως· Ἰησοῦς ὁ τοῦ Ναυῆ, Κριταὶ μετὰ τῆς Ῥούθ, Βασιλειῶν πρώτη μετὰ τῆς δευτέρας, βίβλος μία, Βασιλειῶν τρίτη μετὰ τῆς τετάρτης, βίβλος μία, καὶ αἱ δύο τῶν Παραλειπομένων, βίβλος μία· αὕτη δευτέρα πεντάτευχος. Τρίτη πεντάτευχος αἱ στιχήρεις βίβλοι· τοῦ Ἰώβ, τὸ Ψαλτήριον, Παροιμίαι Σολομῶντος, Ἐκκλησιαστὴς τοῦ αὐτοῦ, τὰ Ἄισματα τῶν ᾀσμάτων τοῦ αὐτοῦ. Τετάρτη πεντάτευχος, ἡ προφητική· τὸ δωδεκαπρόφητον, βίβλος μία, Ἡσαΐας, Ἰερεμίας Ἰεζεκιήλ, ∆ανιήλ. Εἶτα τοῦ Ἔσδρα, αἱ δύο εἰς μίαν συναπτόμεναι βίβλον, καὶ ἡ Ἐσθήρ. -Ἡ δὲ Πανάρετος, τουτέστιν ἡ Σοφία τοῦ Σολομῶντος, καὶ ἡ Σοφία τοῦ Ἰησοῦ, ἣν ὁ πατὴρ μὲν τοῦ Σιρὰχ ἐξέθετο Ἑβραϊστί, Ἑλληνιστιδὲ ἡρμήνευσεν ὁ τούτου μὲν ἔγγονος Ἰησοῦς, τοῦ δὲ Σιρὰχ υἱός, ἐνάρετοι μὲν καὶ καλαί, ἀλλ' οὐκ ἀριθμοῦνται οὐδὲ ἔκειντο ἐν τῇ κιβωτῷ. Τῆς δὲ νέας διαθήκης εὐαγγέλια τέσσαρα· τὸ κατὰ Ματθαῖον, τὸ κατὰ Μάρκον, τὸ κατὰ Λουκᾶν, τὸ κατὰ Ἰωάννην· Πράξεις τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων διὰ Λουκᾶ τοῦ εὐαγγελιστοῦ· καθολικαὶ ἐπιστολαὶ ἑπτά· Ἰακώβου μία, Πέτρου δύο, Ἰωάννου τρεῖς, Ἰούδα μία· Παύλου ἀποστόλου ἐπιστολαὶ δεκατέσσαρες, Ἀποκάλυψις Ἰωάννου εὐαγγελιστοῦ, κανόνες τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων διὰ Κλήμεντος.

91 Περὶ τῶν ἐπὶ Χριστοῦ λεγομένων Τῶν ἐπὶ Χριστοῦ λεγομένων τρόποι

γενικοί εἰσι τέσσαρες· Αʹ τὰ μὲν γὰρ καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως ἁρμόσει αὐτῷ, Βʹ τὰ δὲ ἐν τῇ ἑνώσει, Γʹ τὰ δὲ μετὰ τὴν ἕνωσιν, ∆ʹ τὰ δὲ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν. Αʹ Καὶ τῶν πρὸ τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως μὲν τρόποι εἰσὶν ἕξ. -αʹ Τὰ μὲν γὰρ αὐτῶν τὸ συναφὲς τῆς φύσεως καὶ τὸ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ὁμοούσιον δηλοῖ ὡς τὸ «ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν» καὶ «ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ ἑώρακε τὸν πατέρα» καὶ τὸ «ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων» καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα. -βʹ Τὰ δὲ τὸ τέλειον τῆς ὑποστάσεως ὡς τὸ «υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ» καὶ «χαρακτὴρ τῆς ὑποστάσεως αὐτοῦ» καὶ τὸ «μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος, θαυμαστός, σύμβουλος» καὶ τὰ ὅμοια. -γʹ Τὰ δὲ τὴν ἐν ἀλλήλαις τῶν ὑποστάσεων περιχώρησιν ὡς τὸ «ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ πατρί, καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί» καὶ τὴν ἀνεκφοίτητον ἵδρυσιν ὡς «λόγος», «σοφία καὶ δύναμις» καὶ «ἀπαύγασμα». Ὅ τε γὰρ λόγος ἐν τῷ νῷ (λόγον δέ φημι τὸν οὐσιώδη), καὶ ἡ σοφία ὁμοίως, καὶ ἐν τῷ δυναμένῳ ἡ δύναμις, καὶ ἐν τῷ φωτὶ τὸ ἀπαύγασμα ἀνεκφοιτήτως ἵδρυται, ἐξ αὐτῶν πηγαζόμενα. -δʹ Τὰ δὲ ὡς ἐξ αἰτίου τοῦ πατρὸς ὡς τὸ «ὁ πατήρ μου μείζων μού ἐστιν»· ἐξ αὐτοῦ γὰρ ἔχει τό τε εἶναι καὶ πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει, τὸ μὲν εἶναι γεννητῶς καὶ οὐ δημιουργητικῶς ὡς τὸ «ἐγὼ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐξῆλθον», «κἀγὼ ζῶ διὰ τὸν πατέρα», πάντα δέ, ὅσα ἔχει, οὐ μεταδοτικῶς οὔτε διδακτικῶς, ἀλλ' ὡς ἐξ αἰτίου ὡς τὸ «οὐ δύναται ὁ υἱὸς ποιεῖν ἀφ' ἑαυτοῦ οὐδέν, ἐὰν μή τι βλέπῃ τὸν πατέρα ποιοῦντα». Εἰ μὴ γὰρ ὁ πατήρ ἐστιν, οὐδὲ ὁ υἱός· ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ ἐν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ οὐ μετὰ τὸν πατέρα. Ὁμοίως καί, ἃ ποιεῖ, ἐξ αὐτοῦ καὶ σὺν αὐτῷ· μία γὰρ καὶ ἡ αὐτή, οὐχ ὁμοία, ἀλλ' ἡ αὐτὴ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος θέλησις ἐνέργειά τε καὶ δύναμις. -εʹ Τὰ δὲ ὡς τῆς πατρικῆς εὐδοκίας διὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἐνεργείας πληρουμένης οὐχ ὡς δι' ὀργάνου ἢ δούλου, ἀλλ' ὡς δι' οὐσιώδους καὶ ἐνυποστάτου αὐτοῦ λόγου καὶ σοφίας καὶ