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with properties; but according to the Fathers, the particular man, personally distinguished from other men.

Of Saint Irenaeus, bishop of Lugdunum, disciple of Saint John the apostle and evangelist, from the discourses to Demetrius, deacon of Vienna, concerning faith; of which the beginning is, "Seeking God, hear David saying."

The will and energy of God is the creative and providential cause of all time and place and age, and of every nature. The will of the intelligent soul is the reason within us, as it is its self-determining power. Will is an appetitive mind and an intellectual appetite inclining toward that which is willed.

Of Clement the Stromatist, from his discourse On Providence. Will is a natural power, appetitive of that which is according to nature. Will is a natural

appetite, suitable to a rational nature. Will is a natural, self-determining movement of a sovereign mind; or a mind moving freely with respect to something. Self-determination is a mind moved according to nature; or a sovereign, intelligent movement of the soul.

(277) Of Saint Alexander, Pope of Alexandria, from the Epistle to Aeglon, Bishop of Cynopolis, against the Arians.

Will is a natural, free power of every intelligent being, as having nothing involuntary according to its substance.

Of Saint Eustathius, Patriarch of Antioch, from his discourse On the Soul. Will is a natural movement of the reason within us. Will is a rational and

vital appetite.

Of Saint Athanasius, Pope of Alexandria, from his major discourse On Faith. Will is a self-determining movement of the intelligent soul. The first property of the intelligent soul,

and indicative of its essence, is the will. The mind of the Lord is not yet Lord, but either will, or counsel, or energy.

Of Saint Gregory, Bishop of Nyssa, from his discourse Against Apollinarius. Will is a certain mind, and a disposition regarding something. Self-determination is a sovereign

movement of the will. The will of the intelligent soul is its ability to choose according to its judgment, through the faculty of choice. The will of every rational nature is its life according to nature. The deprivation of such life is the annihilation of its substance.

Of Saint Diadochus, Bishop of Photice, from the sixth chapter of the Ascetical Treatises. Self-determination is the will of a rational soul, proceeding unhindered toward that which

it wishes.

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μετά ἰδιωμάτων· κατά δέ τούς Πατέρας, ὅ καθ᾿ ἕκαστον ἄνθρωπος, πρσωπικῶς τῶν ἄλλων ἀνθρώπων ἀφοριζόμενος.

Τοῦ ἁγίου Εἰρηναίου ἐπισκόπου Λουγδούνων, μαθητοῦ τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰωάννου τοῦ ἀποστόλου καί εὐαγγελιστοῦ, ἐκ τῶν πρός ∆ημάτριον διάκονον Βιαίνης περί πίστεως λόγων · οὗ ἡ ἀρχή, "Ζητῶν τόν Θεόν, ἄκουε τοῦ ∆αυΐδ λέγοντος."

Θέλησις καί ἐνέργεια Θεοῦ ἐστιν, ἡ παντός χρόνου καί τόπου καί αἰῶνος, καί πάσης φύσεως ποιοτική τε καί προνοητική αἰτία. Θέλησίς ἐστι τῆς νοερᾶς ψυχῆς, ὁ ἐφ᾿ ἡμῖν λόγος, ὡς αὐτεξούσιος αὐτῆς ὑπάρχουσα δύναμις. Θέλησις ἐστι νοῦς ὀρεκτικός καί διανοητική ὄρεξις πρός τό θεληθέν ἐπινεύουσα..

Κλήμεντος τοῦ Στρωματέως ἐκ τοῦ Περί Προνοίας λόγου. Θέλησις ἐστι φυσική δύναμις, τοῦ κατά φύσιν ὄντος ὀρεκτική. Θέλησίς ἐστι φυσική

ὄρεξις, τῇ τοῦ λογικοῦ φύσει κατάλληλος. Θέλησίς ἐστι φυσική, αὐτοκράτορος νοῦ αὐτεξούσιος κίνησις· ἤ νοῦς περί τι αὐθαιρέτως κινούμενος. Αὐτεξουσιότης ἐστί νοῦς κατά φύσιν κινούμενονς· · ἤ νοερά τῆς ψυχῆς κίνησις αὐτοκρατής.

(277) Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀλεξάνδρου πάπα Ἀλεξανδρείας, ἐκ τῆς πρός Αἴγλωνα ἐπίσκοπον Κυνυπόλεως κατά Ἀρειανῶν Ἐπιστολῆς.

Θέλησις ἐστι φυσική, παντός νοεροῦ αὐθαίρετος δύναμις, ὡς μηδέ κατά τήν οὐσίαν ἀκούσιον ἔχοντος.

Τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐσταθίου Πατριάρχου Ἀντιοχείας, ἐκ τοῦ Περί ψυχῆς λόγου. Θέλησίς ἐστι φυσική λόγου τοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν κίνησις. Θέλησίς ἐστιν ὄρεξις λογική τε καί

ζωτική.

Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου πάπα Ἀλεξανδρείας, ἐκ τοῦ Περί πίστεως μείζονος λόγου. Θέλησίς ἐστι ψυχῆς νοερᾶς αὐτεξούσιος κίνησις. Πρῶτον ἰδίωμα τῆς νοερᾶς ψυχῆς,

καί τῆς οὐσίας αὐτῆς δηλωτικόν ἐστιν ἡ θέλησις. Νοῦς Κυρίου οὔπω Κύριος, ἀλλ᾿ ἤ θέλησις, ἤ βούλησις ἤ ἐνέργεια.

Τοῦ ἁγίου Γρηγορίου ἐπισκόπου Νύσσης, ἐκ τοῦ Κατά Ἀπολιναρίου λόγου. Θέλησίς ἐστι νοῦς τις , καί περί τι διάθεσις. Αὐτεξουσιότης ἐστίν, αὐτοκρατής τοῦ

θελήματος κίνησις. Θέλησις ἐστί τῆς νοερᾶς ψυχῆς, τό κατ᾿ ἐξουσίαν αὐτήν αἱρεῖσθαι τῶν κατά γνώμην, διά τῆς προαιρετικῆς θελήσεως. Θέλησίς ἐστι πάσης λογικῆς φύσεως, ἡ κατά φύσιν αὐτῆς ζωή. Ἡ στέρησις τῆς οὕτω ζωῆς, οὐσίας ἐστίν ἀναίρεσις.

Τοῦ ἁγίου ∆ιαδόχου ἐπισκόπου Φωτικῆς, ἐκ τοῦ ἕκτου κεφαλαίου τῶν Ἀσκητικῶν. Αὐτεξουσιότης ἐστί, ψυχῆς λογικῆς θέλησις ἀκωλύτως γινομένη πρός ὅπερ

βούληται.