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of him in vain.” And here the Lord himself teaches the foregoing things concerning another Lord; for having said, “I am the Lord your God,” he adds, “you shall not take the name of the Lord your God,” the second Lord initiating the servant concerning the Father and God of all, that is. 5.16.3 You would find countless other things throughout the whole of holy scripture uttered in a similar way to these, through which God delivered the oracles as if concerning another God, and the Lord himself as if concerning another Lord. 5.17.1 From the same. “And the Lord said to Moses, This word that you have spoken I will also do. For you have found grace in my sight, and I know you above all. And Moses said, Show me your glory. And he said, I will go before you in my glory, and I will call upon my name, the Lord, before you; and I will have mercy on whom I will have mercy, and I will have pity on whom I will have pity.” And after other things he adds, saying: “And the Lord descended in a cloud and stood by him there, and called on the name of the Lord. And the Lord passed by in his name, and called, Lord, Lord, God, compassionate and merciful, long-suffering and full of mercy, and true and preserving righteousness, showing mercy to thousands, taking away iniquities and unrighteousnesses and sins, and by clearing will not clear the guilty, bringing the sins of fathers upon children and children’s children to the third and fourth generation. And Moses hurried and bowed to the ground and worshipped.” 5.17.2 See then in what way now the Lord himself who descended, standing by Moses in a cloud, “called on the name of the Lord,” invoking another besides himself, customarily twice as “Lord” by repetition, as one who would be called God, the master of both himself and all the rest, his own Father, and that in these things it is not Moses, as one might suppose, but indeed the Lord himself calls the Father another Lord. For previously he himself who was speaking the oracle to Moses says: “I will pass before you in my glory, and I will call on the name of the Lord.” 5.17.3 For when he had said this, the scripture adds next in narrative style: “And the Lord descended in a cloud and stood by him there, and called on the name of the Lord.” Therefore the Lord himself comes down to fulfill his promise, and as the Word says, he goes forth “before the face” of Moses; 5.17.4 And the Lord himself calls out, saying, “Lord God, compassionate and merciful,” and the rest, the Lord clearly initiating the servant both as to who he himself was and into the knowledge of the greater Lord. This he will prove to you, where praying on behalf of the people he recalls the aforementioned utterances of the Lord, that the Lord said these things and not he himself, in which he says: “And now let your hand be exalted, O Lord, in the way you spoke, saying, The Lord is long-suffering and full of mercy and true, taking away iniquities and unrighteousnesses and sins; and by clearing he will not clear the guilty, repaying the sins of fathers upon children unto the third and fourth generation.” 5.17.5 Observe in what way in these things the Lord himself, having called the Father long-suffering and full of mercy, adds that he is also true, in agreement with “that they may know you, the only true God,” spoken in the Gospels by one and the same Savior of ours. He therefore very piously calls the Father the only true God, assigning the fitting reverence to the unbegotten nature, of which the divine words teach that he is the image and offspring. 5.18.1 From Numbers. In Numbers Moses, praying, says: “for you are Lord in this people, who are seen eye to eye, you Lord,” instead of which Aquila rendered: “for you are Lord in the midst of this people, who sees eye to eye, you Lord,” and Symmachus: “for you are Lord.” 5.18.2 And in Exodus it is said: “And Moses and Aaron went up, and Nadab and Abihu, and seventy of the elders of Israel, and they saw the place where the God of Israel stood,” instead of which Aquila says, “And they saw the God of Israel,” and Symmachus: “And they saw in a vision the God of Israel.” 5.18.3 Because of the

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αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ ματαίῳ». Κἀνταῦθα αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος περὶ ἑτέρου κυρίου τὰ προκείμενα διδάσκει· εἰπὼν γοῦν «ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεός σου», ἐπιλέγει· «οὐ λήψῃ τὸ ὄνομα κυρίου τοῦ θεοῦ σου», περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς δηλαδὴ καὶ θεοῦ τῶν ὅλων ὁ δεύτερος κύριος τὸν θεράποντα μυσταγωγῶν. 5.16.3 εὕροις δ' ἂν καὶ ἄλλα μυρία δι' ὅλης τῆς ἱερᾶς γραφῆς παραπλησίως τούτοις ἐξενηνεγμένα, δι' ὧν ὁ θεὸς ὡς περὶ ἑτέρου θεοῦ καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ὡς περὶ ἑτέρου κυρίου τοὺς χρησμοὺς ἐποιεῖτο. 5.17.1 Τῆς αὐτῆς. «Καὶ εἶπεν κύριος πρὸς Μωυσῆν, καὶ τοῦτόν σοι τὸν λόγον ὃν εἴρηκας ποιήσω. εὕρηκας γὰρ χάριν ἐνώπιόν μου, καὶ οἶδά σε παρὰ πάντας. καὶ εἶπεν Μωυσῆς, δεῖξόν μοι τὴν σεαυτοῦ δόξαν. καὶ εἶπεν, ἐγὼ προπορεύσομαι πρότερός σου τῇ δόξῃ μου, καὶ καλέσω ἐν ὀνόματί μου κύριον ἐναντίον σοῦ καὶ ἐλεήσω ὃν ἂν ἐλεῶ, καὶ οἰκτειρήσω ὃν ἂν οἰκτείρω.» καὶ μεθ' ἕτερα ἐπιφέρει λέγων· «καὶ κατέβη κύριος ἐν νεφέλῃ καὶ παρέστη αὐτῷ ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου. καὶ παρῆλθεν κύριος ἐν ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν, κύριε κύριε, ὁ θεὸς οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἐλεήμων, μακρόθυμος καὶ πολυέλεος, καὶ ἀληθινὸς καὶ δικαιοσύνην διατηρῶν, ποιῶν ἔλεος εἰς χιλιάδας, ἀφαιρῶν ἀνομίας καὶ ἀδικίας καὶ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ καθαρισμῷ οὐ καθαριεῖ τὸν ἔνοχον, ἐπάγων ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα καὶ τέκνα τέκνων ἐπὶ τρίτην καὶ τετάρτην γενεάν. καὶ σπεύσας Μωυσῆς κύψας ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν προσεκύνησεν.» 5.17.2 Ὅρα δὴ τίνα τρόπον καὶ νῦν αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ὁ καταβὰς «ἐκάλεσεν», ἐν νεφέλῃ καὶ τῷ Μωσεῖ παραστάς, «ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου», ἕτερον παρ' ἑαυτὸν συνήθως κατὰ ἀναδίπλωσιν δὶς κύριον ἐπικαλούμενον, ὡς ἂν καὶ ἑαυτοῦ καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν ἁπάντων δεσπότην θεολογούμενον, τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πατέρα, καὶ ὅτι γε ἐν τούτοις οὐ Μωσῆς, ὡς ἂν ὑπολάβοι τις, ἀλλὰ γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος ἕτερον κύριον τὸν πατέρα καλεῖ. προλαβὼν αὐτὸς ὁ χρηματίζων τῷ Μωσεῖ φησιν· «ἐγὼ παρελεύσομαι πρότερός σου τῇ δόξῃ μου, καὶ καλέσω ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου». 5.17.3 τοῦτο γοῦν εἰρηκότος, ἑξῆς ἐπιλέγει ἡ γραφὴ διηγηματικῶς· «καὶ κατέβη κύριος ἐν νεφέλῃ καὶ παρέστη αὐτῷ ἐκεῖ, καὶ ἐκάλεσεν ἐν ὀνόματι κυρίου». οὐκοῦν αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν τὴν αὐτοῦ πληρώσων κάτεισιν, καὶ ὥσπερ ὁ λόγος φησίν, πρόεισι «πρὸ προσώπου» Μωυσῆ· 5.17.4 καὶ αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ κύριος καλεῖ λέγων· «κύριε ὁ θεὸς οἰκτίρμων καὶ ἐλεήμων», καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, σαφῶς ὁ κύριος τὸν θεράποντα ἑαυτόν τε ὅστις εἴη καὶ τὴν τοῦ κρείττονος κυρίου γνῶσιν μυσταγωγῶν. τοῦτο δέ σοι παραστήσει, ἔνθα προσευχόμενος ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ τῶν προκειμένων τοῦ κυρίου μνημονεύει φωνῶν, τὸν κύριον ταῦτ' εἰρηκέναι ἀλλ' οὐκ αὐτόν, ἐν οἷς φησιν· «καὶ νῦν ὑψωθήτω ἡ χείρ σου, κύριε, ὃν τρόπον εἶπας λέγων, κύριος μακρόθυμος καὶ πολυέλεος καὶ ἀληθινός, ἀφαιρῶν ἀνομίας καὶ ἀδικίας καὶ ἁμαρτίας· καὶ καθαρισμῷ οὐ καθαριεῖ τὸν ἔνοχον, ἀποδιδοὺς ἁμαρτίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα ἕως ἐπὶ τρίτην καὶ τετάρτην γενεάν». 5.17.5 ἐπιτήρει δὲ τίνα τρόπον ἐν τούτοις αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος τὸν πατέρα μακρόθυμον καὶ πολυέλεον ἐπειπών, προστίθησι λέγων αὐτὸν καὶ ἀληθινόν, συμφώνως τῷ «ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν», ἐν εὐαγγελίοις ὑφ' ἑνὸς καὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν εἰρημένῳ. μόνον γοῦν ἀληθινὸν θεὸν σφόδρα εὐσεβῶς ἀποκαλεῖ τὸν πατέρα, τὸ προσῆκον ἀπονέμων σέβας τῇ ἀγενήτῳ φύσει, ἧς αὐτὸν εἰκόνα εἶναι καὶ γέννημα οἱ θεῖοι λόγοι παιδεύουσιν. 5.18.1 Ἀπὸ τῶν Ἀριθμῶν. Ἐν τοῖς Ἀριθμοῖς ὁ Μωσῆεὐχόμενός φησιν· «ὅτι σὺ εἶ κύριος ἐν τῷ λαῷ τούτῳ, ὅστις ὀφθαλμοῖς κατ' ὀφθαλμοὺς ὀπτάνῃ, σὺ κύριε», ἀνθ' οὗ ὁ μὲν Ἀκύλας ἐξέδωκεν· «ὅτι σὺ εἶ κύριος ἐν ἐγκάτῳ τοῦ λαοῦ τούτου, ὃς ὀφθαλμὸν ἐν ὀφθαλμοῖς ὁρᾷ, σὺ κύριε», ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος· «ὅτι σὺ εἶ κύριε». 5.18.2 καὶ ἐν Ἐξόδῳ εἴρηται· «καὶ ἀνέβη Μωσῆς καὶ Ἀαρὼν καὶ Ναδὰβ καὶ Ἀβιοὺδ καὶ ἑβδομήκοντα τῶν πρεσβυτέρων τοῦ Ἰσραήλ, καὶ εἶδον τὸν τόπον ὅπου ἕστηκεν ὁ θεὸς Ἰσραήλ», ἀνθ' οὗ ὁ μὲν Ἀκύλας· «καὶ εἶδον», φησί, «τὸν θεὸν Ἰσραήλ», ὁ δὲ Σύμμαχος· «καὶ εἶδον ὁράματι τὸν θεὸν Ἰσραήλ». 5.18.3 ∆ιὰ τὸ