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calling upon [him] to help us likewise to fulfill the promise. - - - Against the Pneumatomachi 54, and of the series 74. 1. From these Semi-Arians and from some orthodox, so to speak, having become monstrous men, of two natures and half-formed, just as those who wrote the myths described the Centaurs or Pans or Sirens, have risen up against us, of whom some, being from Arius and supposedly defining the Son not as completely created, but as a Son begotten timelessly, but they say that he is from a suspicion of time † from heaven and hither *, yet not free from the phrase first spewed out by Arius, which says "there was a time when he was not," but that he was before all times, saying, "through whom all things were made," but saying the Spirit is created they blaspheme the Holy Spirit. But others, being orthodox by nature and concerning the Son, that he was always with the Father, and never ceased to be, but was begotten † of the Father without beginning and timelessly; but all these blaspheme against the Holy Spirit, not co-numbering him with the Father and the Son in the Godhead. And we have often discussed many things concerning this, and in 3.314 on each heresy we have explained at no small length the true constitution concerning him, that he is called Lord in the proper sense with the Father and the Son. "For the Spirit of the Lord has filled the world," "the Spirit of truth," the Spirit of God; for he is called the Spirit of the Lord, and "proceeding from the Father and receiving from the Son," "and distributing gifts variously as he wills," "searching even the depths of God," being with the Father and the Son, baptizing, sealing, perfecting the one sealed. But lest I undertake a labor here, I will set forth what has already been said by me in the great discourse written concerning the faith for the regions of Pamphylia, for the opposition of those who blaspheme the Holy Spirit, and for the instruction of those who read it and for the gladness of those deemed worthy of the Holy Spirit. And it is this: a discourse from the *Ancoratus*. 2. "For the grace of our Lord Jesus Christ has appeared, teaching us, that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly, righteously, and godly in the present age, looking for that blessed hope and the glorious appearing of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ; who gave himself for us, that he might redeem us from all iniquity, and purify for himself a special people, zealous for good works"; "having blotted out the handwriting of ordinances that was against us, which was contrary to us, he has taken it out of the way, having nailed it to the cross, and having stripped principalities and powers, he made a public spectacle of them, triumphing over them in it"; "having broken the gates of bronze, and having shattered the bars of iron," he again showed the light of life, stretching out his hand, making a way, pointing out the foundations of the heavens, deeming us worthy to dwell in paradise again. Therefore, "he dwelt in us," and having given us "the righteousness of the law" of the Spirit, 3.315 that we might know him and the things concerning him, who is the beginning and end of life, he has become for us "a law of righteousness," "a law of faith," "a law of the Spirit," free from "the law of the flesh of sin." Therefore "I delight in the law of God according to the inner man." And Christ is within us, if indeed he dwells in us. For he himself, having died, became for us a way of life, "that those who live should no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for us and rose again," the cause of life; "remembering the oath made many generations before," according to David "God was in Christ, reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them." "For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things to himself, having made peace through the blood of the cross." He came, therefore, "for the administration of the fullness of the times," as was promised to Abraham and the other saints, "to gather together in one all things in him, both which are in heaven and which are on earth."

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ἐπικαλούμενοι βοηθῆσαι ἡμῖν ὡσαύτως εἰς τὸ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν πληρῶσαι. - - - Κατὰ Πνευματομάχων ˉνˉδ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας ˉοˉδ. 1. Ἀπὸ τούτων τῶν Ἡμιαρείων καὶ ἀπὸ ὀρθοδόξων τινὲς ὡς εἰπεῖν, τεράστιοι γενηθέντες ἄνθρωποι διφυεῖς καὶ ἡμίπλαστοι, ὡς τοὺς Κενταύρους ἢ Πᾶνας ἢ Σειρῆνας διέγραψαν οἱ ἀναγράψαντες τοὺς μύθους, ἐπανέστησαν ἡμῖν, ὧν οἱ μὲν ἀπὸ Ἀρείου ὄντες καὶ δῆθεν τὸν υἱὸν οὐ τέλεον κτιστὸν ὁριζόμενοι, ἀλλ' υἱὸν ἀχρόνως γεγεννημένον, χρόνου δὲ ἐν ὑπονοίᾳ λέγουσι αὐτὸν ἀπ' † οὐρανοῦ καὶ δεῦρο *, οὐ μὴν ἀπηλλαγμένοι τῆς ἐν πρώτοις ἀπὸ Ἀρείου ἐξεμεθείσης λέξεως, τῆς φασκούσης εἶναί ποτε ὅτε οὐκ ἦν, πρὸ χρόνων δὲ πάντων αὐτὸν εἶναι, «δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα γέγονε», λέγοντες, κτιστὸν δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα λέγοντες βλασφημοῦσι τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον. ἄλλοι δὲ φύσει καὶ περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ ὀρθοδόξως ἔχοντες, ὅτι ἦν ἀεὶ σὺν πατρί, καὶ οὐδέποτε διέλειπε τοῦ εἶναι, ἀλλ' ἐκ πατρὸς μὲν † αὐτὸν γεγεννημένον ἀνάρχως καὶ ἀχρόνως· εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα δὲ τὸ ἅγιον πάντες οὗτοι βλασφημοῦσι, μὴ συναριθμοῦντες αὐτὸ πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ ἐν τῇ θεότητι. πολλάκις δὲ περὶ τούτου πολλὰ διελέχθημεν καὶ ἐν 3.314 ἑκάστῃ αἱρέσει τήν τε ἀληθινὴν περὶ αὐτοῦ σύστασιν οὐ μικρῶς ὑφηγησάμεθα, ὡς σὺν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ κυριολεκτεῖται. «πνεῦμα γὰρ κυρίου πεπλήρωκε τὴν οἰκουμένην», «τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας», τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ· πνεῦμα γὰρ κυρίου λέγεται, καὶ «ἐκ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβάνον», «χαριζόμενόν τε τὰ χαρίσματα διαφόρως ὡς βούλεται», «ἐρευνῶν καὶ τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ», σὺν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ ὄν, βαπτίζον, σφραγίζον, τελειοῦν τὸν ἐσφραγισμένον. ἵνα δὲ μὴ ἐνταῦθα κάματον ἀναδέξωμαι, τὰ ἤδη μοι εἰρημένα ἐν τῷ μεγάλῳ λόγῳ τῷ περὶ πίστεως γραφέντι εἰς τὰ μέρη τῆς Παμφύλων παραθήσομαι, πρὸς ἀντίθεσιν μὲν τῶν βλασφημούντων τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, εἰς διδασκαλίαν δὲ τῶν ἐντυγχανόντων καὶ εἰς εὐφρασίαν τῶν πνεύματος ἁγίου καταξιουμένων. καὶ ἔστι τόδε· Ἐκ τοῦ Ἀγκυρωτοῦ λόγος. 2. «Ἐπεφάνη ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ διδάσκουσα ἡμᾶς, ἵνα ἀρνησάμενοι τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὰς κοσμικὰς ἐπιθυμίας σωφρόνως καὶ εὐσεβῶς καὶ δικαίως ζήσωμεν ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὃς ἔδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, ἵνα λυτρώσηται ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνομίας, καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἑαυτῷ λαὸν περιούσιον, ζηλωτὴν καλῶν ἔργων»· «ἐξαλείψας τὸ καθ' ἡμῶν χειρόγραφον τοῖς δόγμασιν, ὃ ἦν ὑπεναντίον ἡμῶν, ἦρκεν ἐκ μέσου προσηλώσας αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ, ἀπεκδυσάμενος τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, ἐδειγμάτισεν ἐν παρρησίᾳ, θριαμβεύσας αὐτοὺς ἐν αὐτῷ»· «θύρας χαλκᾶς συντρίψας, καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συνθλάσας», τὸ φῶς αὖθις ὑπέδειξε τῆς ζωῆς, χεῖρα ὀρέγων, ὁδοποιῶν, ὑποβάθρας οὐρανῶν ὑποδεικνύς, παράδεισον αὖθις οἰκεῖν ἀξιῶν. τοίνυν «κατῴκησεν ἐν ἡμῖν», καὶ «τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου» δοὺς ἡμῖν τοῦ πνεύματος, 3.315 εἰς τὸ γνῶναι αὐτὸν καὶ τὰ περὶ αὐτοῦ, ὅ ἐστιν ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος ζωῆς, «νόμος δικαιοσύνης» γέγονεν ἡμῖν, «νόμος πίστεως», «νόμος πνεύματος», ἐλεύθερος ἐκ «νόμου σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας». διὸ «συνήδομαι τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον». ἔσω δὲ ἡμῶν ὁ Χριστός, εἴπερ οἰκεῖ ἐν ἡμῖν. αὐτὸς γὰρ θανὼν ὁδὸς ζωῆς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν γέγονεν, «ἵνα οἱ ζῶντες μηκέτι ἑαυτοῖς ζῶσιν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀποθανόντι καὶ ἀναστάντι» αἰτίῳ ζωῆς· «τοῦ πρὸ πολλῶν γενεῶν ὅρκου μνησθείς», κατὰ τὸν ∆αυὶδ «ὁ θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ, κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ, μὴ λογιζόμενος αὐτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν». «ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησε πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι καὶ δι' αὐτοῦ ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα εἰς αὐτόν, εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ». παρεγένετο τοίνυν «εἰς οἰκονομίαν τοῦ πληρώματος τῶν καιρῶν», καθὼς ἐπήγγελται Ἀβραὰμ καὶ λοιποῖς ἁγίοις, «ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ, τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς».