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2.20 (κ΄) Every word of God, is neither long-winded, nor long-windedness; but one, composed of various contemplations; of which each is a part of the word. So that he who speaks for truth, even if he is able to speak so as to leave out nothing concerning the matter in question, has spoken one word of God.

2.21 (κα΄) In Christ, being God and the Word of the Father, the whole fullness of the Godhead dwells bodily according to essence; but in us the fullness of the Godhead dwells according to grace, when we have gathered in ourselves all virtue and wisdom, in no way, as far as is possible (14__514> for a human being, falling short of the true imitation of the archetype. For it is not unlikely according to the principle of adoption, that the fullness of the Godhead should also dwell in us, that which is composed of various spiritual contemplations.

2.22 (κβ΄) Just as our word, proceeding naturally from the mind, 1136 is a messenger of the hidden movements of the mind; so the Word of God, knowing the Father according to essence, just as a Word knows the Mind that begot it, since none of the created beings is able to approach Him without Him, reveals the Father whom He knows, as the natural Word, for which reason He is also called the Angel of Great Counsel.

2.23 (κγ΄) The great counsel of God the Father is the mystery of the economy, kept silent and unknown; which the only-begotten Son, having fulfilled through the incarnation, revealed, becoming the angel of the great and pre-eternal counsel of God the Father. And he becomes an angel of the great counsel of God, who has known the reason of the mystery, and is so unceasingly exalted through all things in deed and word, until he reaches Him who so descended to him.

2.24 (κδ΄) If for our sake the Word of God descended according to the economy to the lower parts of the earth, and ascended above all the heavens, He who is in every way immovable by nature; pre-enacting in Himself, according to the economy as a man, the things to come; let him contemplate with joy mystically, he who cherishes the love of knowledge, what kind of end is promised to those who love the Lord.

2.25 (κε΄) If for this reason the Son, God the Word of God the Father, became son of man and man, that He might make men gods and sons of God; let us believe that we shall be there, where Christ Himself now is as head of the whole body, and for our sakes has become (14__516> a forerunner to the Father, with respect to our nature. For in the assembly of gods, of those being saved, God will be standing in the midst, distributing the dignities of the blessedness from there; having no local separation from the worthy.

2.26 (κστ΄) He who still fulfills the passionate desires of the flesh, as an idolater and an idol-maker dwells in the land of the Chaldeans. But when, having discerned matters a little, he receives a perception of the ways befitting nature, leaving the land of the Chaldeans, he comes to Haran of Mesopotamia; I mean the intermediate state between virtue and vice, which has not yet become pure from the deception of the senses. For this is Haran. But if he should also surmount the commensurate understanding of the good which comes through the senses, he will hasten to the good land; that is, to the state free from all evil and ignorance; 1137 which the truthful God shows and promises to give as a prize of virtue to those who love Him.

2.27 (κζ΄) If the Word of God was crucified for us out of weakness, and was raised by the power of God, it is clear that spiritually He is always doing and suffering this for our sake; as becoming all things to all men, that He might save all. Therefore, the divine Apostle, to the Corinthians who were weak, judged to know nothing, except Jesus Christ, and Him crucified. But to the Ephesians, being perfect, he writes, God raised us up together, and made us sit together in the heavenly places in Christ Jesus; according to the

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2.20 (κ΄) Πᾶς τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγος, οὔτε πολύλογος, οὔτε πολυλογία ἐστίν· ἀλλ᾿ εἷς, συνεστώς ἐκ διαφόρων θεωρημάτων· ὧν ἕκαστον μέρος ἐστί τοῦ λόγου. Ὥστε ὁ λέγων ὑπέρ ἀληθείας, κἄν οὕτως εἰπεῖν δυνηθῇ ὡς μηδέν εἰς τό ζητούμενον παραλιπεῖν, ἕνα λόγον εἴρηκε τοῦ Θεοῦ.

2.21 (κα΄) Ἐν μέν τῷ Χριστῷ, Θεῷ ὄντι καί Λόγου τοῦ Πατρός, ὅλον κατ᾿ οὐσίαν οἰκεῖ τό πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος σωματικῶς· ἐν ἡμῖν δέ κατά χάριν οἰκεῖ τό πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος, ἡνίκα πᾶσαν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἀθροίσωμεν ἀρετήν καί σοφίαν, μηδενί τρόπω κατά τό δυνατόν (14__514> ἀνθρώπῳ λειπομένην τῆς πρός τό ἀρχέτυπον ἀληθοῦς ἐκμιμήσεως. Οὐ γάρ ἀπεικός κατά τόν θέσει λόγον, καί ἐν ἡμῖν οἰκῆσαι τό πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος, τό ἐκ διαφόρων συνεστηκός πνευματικῶν θεωρημάτων.

2.22 (κβ΄) Ὥσπερ ὁ παρ᾿ ἡμῖν λόγος, ἐκ τοῦ νοῦ κατά φύσιν προερχόμενος, 1136 ἄγγελος τῶν κρυπτομένων τοῦ νοῦ κινημάτων ἐστίν· οὕτως ὁ Θεοῦ Λόγος, κατ᾿ οὐσίαν ἐγνωκώς τόν Πατέρα, καθάπερ Λόγος τόν γεννήσαντα Νοῦν, οὐδενός τῶν γεννητῶν προσβάλλειν αὐτῷ χωρίς αὐτοῦ δυναμένου, ἀποκαλύπτει ὅν ἔγνω Πατέρα, ὡς κατά φύσιν Λόγος, καθό καί Μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος λέγεται.

2.23 (κγ΄) Μεγάλη βουλή τοῦ Θεοῦ καί Πατρός ἐστι, τό σεσιγημένον καί ἄγνωστον τῆς οἰκονομίας μυστήριον· ὅπερ πληρώσας διά τῆς σαρκώσεως ὁ μονογενής Υἱός, ἀπεκάλυψεν, ἄγγελος γενόμενος τῆς μεγάλης τοῦ Θεοῦ καί Πατρός καί προαιωνίου βουλῆς. Γίνεται δέ τῆς μεγάλης τοῦ Θεοῦ βουλῆς ἄγγελος, ὁ γνούς τοῦ μυστηρίου τόν λόγον, καί τοσοῦτον ἔργῳ τε καί λόγῳ διά πάντων ἀκαταλήκτως ὑψούμενος, μέχρις ἄν φθάσῃ τόν πρός αὐτόν τοσοῦτον κατελθόντα.

2.24 (κδ΄) Εἰ δι᾿ ἡμᾶς ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγος οἰκονομικῶς κατῆλθεν εἰς τά κατώτερα μέρη τῆς γῆς, καί ἀνῆλθεν ὑπεράνων πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν, ὁ πάντη κατά φύσιν ἀκίνητος· ἐν ἑαυτῶ κατ᾿ οἰκονομίαν ὡς ἀνθρώπῳ, προενεργῶν τά ἐσόμενα· σκοπείτω χαίρων μυστικῶς, ὁ τήν φιλίαν στέργων τῆς γνώσεως, ὁποῖόν ἐστι τό κατ᾿ ἐπαγγελίαν τέλος τῶν ἀγαπώντων τόν Κύριον.

2.25 (κε΄) Εἰ διά τοῦτο γέγονεν υἱός ἀνθρώπου καί ἄνθρωπος ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ καί Πατρός Υἱός Θεός Λόγος, ἵνα ποιήσῃ θεούς καί υἱούς Θεοῦ τούς ἀνθρώπους· ἐκεῖ γενήσεσθαι πιστεύσωμεν, ἔνθα νῦν αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ Χριστός ὡς κεφαλή τοῦ ὅλου σώματος, καί ὑπέρ ἡμῶν γενόμενος (14__516> πρόδρομος πρός τόν Πατέρα, τό καθ᾿ ἡμᾶς. Ἐν γάρ συναγωγῇ θεῶν, τῶν σωζομένων, ἔσται Θεός μέσος ἱστάμενος, διανέμων τάς ἀξίας τῆς ἐκεῖθεν μακαριότητος· τοπικήν οὐκ ἔχων ἀπό τῶν ἀξίων διάστασιν.

2.26 (κστ΄) Ὁ τάς ἐμπαθεῖς τῆς σαρκός ὀρέξεις ἔτι πληρῶν, ὠς εἰδωλολάτρης καί εἰδωλοποιός τήν γῆν οἰκεῖ τῶν Χαλδαίων. Ἐπάν δέ μικρόν τά πράγματα διακρίνας, αἴσθησιν λάβῃ τῶν καθηκόντων τῆς φύσεως τρόπων, τήν γῆν τῶν Χαλδαίων ἀφείς, ἔρχεται εἰς Χαῤῥάν τῆς Μεσοποταμίας· τήν μεταίχμιον ἀρετῆς καί κακίας λέγω κατάστασιν, τήν μήπω τῆς κατ᾿ αἴσθησιν πλάνης καθαράν γενομένην. Τοῦτο γάρ ἡ Χαῤῥάν. Εἰ δέ καί τήν δι᾿ αἰσθήσεως γενομένην σύμμετρον τοῦ καλοῦ σύνεσιν ὑπερκύψῃ, πρός τήν γῆν ἐπείξεται τήν ἀγαθήν· τοῦτ᾿ ἔστιν, εἰς τήν πάσης κακίας καί ἀγνωσίας ἐλευθέραν κατάστασιν· 1137 ἥν ὁ ἀψευδής Θεός δείκνυσι καί ἐπαγγέλλεται δώσειν ὥσπερ ἔπαθλον ἀρετῆς, τοῖς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτόν.

2.27 (κζ΄) Εἰ ἐσταυρώθη δι᾿ ἡμᾶς ἐξ ἀσθενείας ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ Λόγος, καί ἠγέρθη ἐκ δυνάμεως Θεοῦ, δῆλον ὅτι πνευματικῶς δι᾿ ἡμᾶς ἀεί τοῦτο καί ποιεῖ καί πάσχει· ὡς πᾶσι πάντα γινόμενος, ἵνα σώσῃ τούς πάντας. Οὐκοῦν καλῶς ὁ θεῖος Ἀπόστολος ἐν τοῖς Κορινθίοις ἀσθενοῦσιν, οὐδέν ἔκρινεν εἰδέναι, εἰ μή Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, καί τοῦτον ἐσταυρωμένον. Ἐφεσίοις δέ γράφει, τελείοις οὖσι, τό, Συνήγειρε καί συνεκάθισεν ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεός ἐν τοῖς ἐπουρανίοις ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ· κατά τήν