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writing he said: But when he who had set me apart from my mother's womb, and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, so that I might preach him among the Gentiles . But writing to the Corinthians he did not say, We preach the Son , but Christ crucified ; not doing the opposite of what he was commanded, but knowing that Jesus is the same as Christ, and Lord, and Only-begotten, and God the Word. For this reason, beginning to write to the Romans, he called himself a servant of Jesus Christ. And he said he was set apart for the Gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures concerning his Son, who was descended from the seed of David according to the flesh, who was declared to be the Son of God in power , and so on. And he called the same one both Jesus Christ, and son of David according to the flesh, and Son of God, as God and Lord of all. And indeed, in the middle of the Epistle, having mentioned the Jews, he added: To whom belong the patriarchs, and from whom is the Christ according to the flesh, who is God over all, blessed forever and ever, Amen . And he said that the same one according to the flesh traces his lineage from the Jews, but is eternal God, and Lord of all created things together, hymned by the well-disposed. And he brought the same teaching to us also through what he wrote to the wonderful Titus. For , he says, awaiting the blessed hope and the manifestation of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ . And he addressed the same one as Savior, and great God, and Jesus Christ. And elsewhere: in the kingdom of Christ and of God . And indeed the choir of angels said to the shepherds: Behold, to you is born this day a Christ the Lord in the city of David . But it is superfluous to collect all such testimonies when writing to men who meditate on the law of the Lord day and night; and these are sufficient to persuade even the most disobedient not to divide the divine titles. That, however, I will not endure to pass over. For they say that he has said that there are many christs, but one Son. But I have supposed that he errs in this out of ignorance. For if he had read the divine Scripture, he would have known that the munificent Lord has bestowed the title of Son on many. For Moses the lawgiver, who wrote the ancient history, says: The sons of God, seeing the daughters of men, that they were beautiful, took wives for themselves from them . And God himself of all things said to this prophet: Say to Pharaoh: 'Israel is my firstborn son.' And in the great Ode: Rejoice , it says, O nations, with his people, and let all the sons of God be strong in him . And through Isaiah the prophet he says: I have begotten and exalted sons, but they have rejected me . And through the thrice-blessed David: I , he says, said: 'You are gods, and all of you sons of the Most High.' But the all-wise Paul wrote thus to the Romans: For all who are led by the Spirit of God are sons of God. For you did not receive the spirit of slavery to fall back into fear, but you have received the spirit of adoption, by whom we cry, 'Abba! Father!' The Spirit himself bears witness with our spirit that we are children of God. And if children, then heirs—heirs of God and fellow heirs with Christ, provided we suffer with him in order that we may also be glorified with him . And writing to the Galatians he said thus: And because you are sons, God has sent the Spirit of his Son into your hearts, crying, 'Abba! Father!' So you are no longer a slave, but a son; and if a son, then an heir of God through Jesus Christ . And he taught these things also to the Ephesians: In love , he says, he predestined us for adoption through Jesus Christ to himself . If, then, because the name of Christ is common, we must not glorify Christ as God, neither shall we worship him as Son; for many have also partaken of this name. And what am I to say of the Son? For many have received the very title of God, God having bestowed it. God of gods

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ἐπιστέλλων ἔφη· Ὅτε δὲ ηὐδόκησεν ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου, καὶ καλέσας διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ, ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοί, ἵνα εὐαγγελίζωμαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι . Κορινθίοις δὲ γράφων οὐκ εἶπεν, ὅτι Ἡμεῖς μὲν κηρύττομεν τὸν Υἱόν , ἀλλὰ Χριστὸν ἐσταυρωμένον · οὐκ ἐναντία ποιῶν οἷς προσετάχθη, ἀλλὰ τὸν αὐτὸν εἰδὼς καὶ Ἰησοῦν, καὶ Χριστόν, καὶ Κύριον, καὶ Μονογενῆ, καὶ Θεὸν Λόγον. Τούτου δὴ χάριν καὶ Ῥωμαίοις γράφειν ἀρξάμενος δοῦλον ἑαυτὸν ὠνόμασεν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Εἶπε δέ, ἀφωρίσθαι εἰς Εὐαγγέλιον Θεοῦ, ὃ προεπηγγείλατο διὰ τῶν προφητῶν αὑτοῦ ἐν Γραφαῖς ἁγίαις περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὑτοῦ, τοῦ γενομένου ἐκ σπέρματος ∆αβὶδ κατὰ σάρκα, τοῦ ὁρισθέντος Υἱοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν δυνάμει , καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν ἐκάλεσε καὶ Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καὶ υἱὸν τοῦ ∆αβὶδ κατὰ σάρκα, καὶ Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, ὡς Θεὸν καὶ τῶν ὅλων ∆εσπότην. Καὶ μέντοι κἀν τῷ μέσῳ τῆς Ἐπιστολῆς Ἰουδαίων μνημονεύσας, ἐπήγαγεν· Ὧν οἱ πατέρες, καὶ ἐξ ὧν ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων Θεὸς εὐλογητὸς εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, Ἀμήν . Καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν κατὰ σάρκα μὲν ἐξ Ἰουδαίων ἔφη κατάγειν τὸ γένος, αἰώνιον δὲ εἶναι Θεόν, καὶ πάντων ὁμοῦ τῶν γενητῶν ∆εσπότην παρὰ τῶν εὐγνωμόνων ὑμνούμενον. Τὴν αὐτὴν δὲ ἡμῖν διδασκαλίαν προσήνεγκεν καὶ δι' ὧν τῷ θαυμασίῳ γέγραφε Τίτῳ. Προσδεχόμενοι γάρ , φησί, τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα, καὶ ἐπιφανείαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου Θεοῦ καὶ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ . Καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν καὶ Σωτῆρα, καὶ μέγαν θεόν, καὶ Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν προσηγόρευσε. Καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ· Ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ Θεοῦ . Καὶ μέντοι καὶ τοῖς ποιμέσιν ὁ τῶν ἀγγέλων ἔφη χορός· Ἰδοὺ τίκτεται ὑμῖν σήμερον Χριστὸς Κύριος ἐν πόλει ∆αβίδ . Ἀλλὰ γὰρ παρέλκον πάσας τὰς τοιαύτας συλλέγειν μαρτυρίας ἀνδράσι γράφοντα τοῖς μελετῶσιν ἐν νόμῳ Κυρίου ἡμέρας καὶ νυκτός· ἀποχρῶσί τε αὗται πεῖσαι καὶ τοὺς ἄγαν δυσπειθεστάτους τὰς θείας μὴ μερίζειν προσηγορίας. Ἐκεῖνο μέντοι παραλιπεῖν οὐκ ἀνέξομαι. Φασὶ γὰρ αὐτὸν εἰρηκέναι, χριστοὺς μὲν εἶναι πολλούς, Υἱὸν δὲ ἕνα. Τοῦτο δὲ ἐξ ἀγνοίας αὐτὸν ὑπείληφα πλημμελεῖν. Εἰ γὰρ τὴν θείαν ἀνέγνω Γραφήν, ἐγνώκει ἂν ὡς καὶ τὴν τοῦ Υἱοῦ προσηγορίαν πολλοῖς ὁ μεγαλόδωρος ∆εσπότης δεδώρηται. Μωϋσῆς μὲν γὰρ ὁ νομοθέτης, ὁ τὴν παλαιὰν ἱστορίαν συγγράψας, φησίν· Ἰδόντες οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων, ὅτι καλαί εἰσιν, ἔλαβον αὑτοῖς ἐξ αὐτῶν γυναῖκας . Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς πρὸς τοῦτον ἔφη τὸν προφήτην· Εἰπὲ πρὸς Φαραώ· Υἱὸς πρωτότοκός μου Ἰσραήλ . Κἀν τῇ Ὠδῇ δὲ τῇ μεγάλῃ· Εὐφράνθητε , φησίν, ἔθνη, μετὰ τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνισχυσάτωσαν αὐτῷ πάντες υἱοὶ Θεοῦ . ∆ιὰ δὲ Ἡσαίου τοῦ προφήτου φησίν· Υἱοὺς ἐγέννησα καὶ ὕψωσα, αὐτοὶ δέ με ἠθέτησαν . Καὶ διὰ τοῦ τρισμακαρίου ∆αβίδ· Ἐγώ , φησίν, εἶπα· θεοί ἐστε, καὶ υἱοὶ Ὑψίστου πάντες . Ὁ δὲ πάνσοφος Παῦλος Ῥωμαίοις μὲν γέγραφεν οὕτως· Ὅσοι γὰρ Πνεύματι Θεοῦ ἄγονται, οὗτοί εἰσιν υἱοὶ Θεοῦ. Οὐ γὰρ ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα δουλείας πάλιν εἰς φόβον, ἀλλ' ἐλάβετε πνεῦμα υἱοθεσίας, ἐν ᾧ κράζομεν· Ἀββᾶ ὁ Πατήρ. Αὐτὸ τὸ Πνεῦμα συμμαρτυρεῖ τῷ πνεύματι ἡμῶν, ὅτι ἐσμὲν τέκνα Θεοῦ. Εἰ δὲ τέκνα, καὶ κληρονόμοι, κληρονόμοι μὲν Θεοῦ, συγκληρονόμοι δὲ Χριστοῦ, εἴπερ συμπάσχομεν, ἵνα καὶ συνδοξασθῶμεν . Γαλάταις δὲ ἐπιστέλλων οὕτως ἔφη· Ὅτι δέ ἐστε υἱοί, ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὑτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ὑμῶν, κράζον· Ἀββᾶ ὁ Πατήρ. Ὥστε οὐκέτι εἶ δοῦλος, ἀλλ' υἱός· εἰ δὲ υἱός, καὶ κληρονόμος Θεοῦ διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ . Ταῦτα δὲ καὶ Ἐφεσίους ἐδίδαξεν· Ἐν ἀγάπῃ γάρ, φησί, προορίσας ἡμᾶς εἰς υἱοθεσίαν διὰ Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ εἰς αὐτόν . Εἰ τοίνυν, ἐπεὶ κοινόν ἐστι τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Χριστοῦ, δοξάζειν οὐ δεῖ τὸν Χριστὸν ὡς Θεόν, μηδὲ ὡς Υἱὸν αὐτὸν προσκυνήσομεν· πολλοὶ γὰρ καὶ τοῦδε μετέλαχον τοῦ ὀνόματος. Καὶ τί λέγω τοῦ Υἱοῦ; αὐτὴν γὰρ τὴν Θεὸς προσηγορίαν πολλοὶ μὲν ἔλαβον τοῦ Θεοῦ δεδωκότος. Θεὸς θεῶν