Testimonia e scriptura de communi essentia patris et filii of our father among the saints athanasius
Testimonia e scriptura de communi essentia patris et filii OF OUR FATHER AMONG THE SAINTS ATHANASIUS
Testimonies from Scripture, of the fellowship according to nature, from the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Spirit being in like manner for a contemplation difficult to attain, and having one operation.
Concerning freedom.
Concerning the Father, it is indubitable. Concerning the Son, the voice of the Son himself: «Unless the Son sets you free, you are slaves.» Concerning the Spirit, through Paul it thus 28.32 says: «When one turns to the Lord, the veil is removed. Now the Lord is the Spirit; and where the Spirit of the Lord is, there is freedom.» Concerning giving life. The Savior says: «As the Father raises the dead and gives them life, so also the Son gives life to whom he will;» and concerning the Spirit he says: «It is the Spirit that gives life, the flesh profits nothing.» And the Apostle: «The letter kills, but the Spirit gives life.» Concerning ordination. Concerning the Father, Paul says: «God has appointed in the Church first apostles, second prophets, third teachers;» and the rest. Concerning the Son, the same Apostle affirms: «He who descended is he who also ascended far above all the heavens, that he might fill all things. And he gave some as apostles, and some as prophets, and some as shepherds and teachers.» Concerning the Spirit, the same one summons the elders from Miletus, and says to them: «Take heed to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you overseers, to shepherd the Church of God.» Concerning lawgiving. Concerning the Father, David says: «I desired to do your will, O my God, and your law is in the midst of my heart.» Concerning the Son, Paul: «Bear one another’s burdens, and so fulfill the law of Christ.» Concerning the Spirit, the same: «The law of the Spirit of life in Christ Jesus has set me free.» Concerning lordship. David says: «The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right hand.» But if the heretics contradict, saying that this is understood as referring to David, what is said by the Savior refutes them: «What do you say about the Christ? Whose son is he? They say: David's.» The Savior answers: «How then does David in the Holy Spirit call him Lord?» again concerning the Father: «Hear, O Israel, the Lord your God, the Lord is one.» But concerning the Son, it says: «And the Lord roars from Zion, and from heaven he will give his voice, and the heaven and the earth will be shaken. But the Lord will spare his people, and the Lord will strengthen the sons of Israel. And you will know that I am the Lord your God, who dwells in Zion, in a holy mountain.» But he who dwells, that is the Son, says: «But I was appointed king 28.33 by him on Zion his holy mountain,» and the rest. But concerning the Spirit, having said, «The Lord said to my Lord,» he continues, saying: And the Lord at your right hand;» Therefore the Spirit is again at the right hand of the Son. That the Father calls the Son Lord, and the Apostle calls the Spirit both Lord and God, as also the Son. For it says thus: «And it shall be after these things: I will pour out from my Spirit upon all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, and your old men shall dream dreams, and your young men shall see visions. And even upon my male servants, and upon my female
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Testimonia e scriptura de communi essentia patris et filii ΤΟΥ ΕΝ ΑΓΙΟΙΣ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΑΘΑΝΑΣΙΟΥ
Μαρτυρίαι ἐκ τῆς Γραφῆς, τῆς κατὰ φύσιν κοινωνίας, ἐκ τοῦ ὁμοίως εἶναι τὸν Πατέρα, καὶ τὸν Υἱὸν, καὶ τὸ ἅγιον Πνεῦμα πρὸς θεωρίαν δυσέφικτον, καὶ μίαν ἔχειν ἐνέργειαν.
Περὶ ἐλευθερίας.
Περὶ Πατρὸς ἀναμφίβολον. Περὶ Υἱοῦ, φωνὴ αὐτοῦ τοῦ Υἱοῦ· «Ἐὰν μὴ ὁ Υἱὸς ὑμᾶς ἐλευθερώσῃ, δοῦλοί ἐστε.» Περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος διὰ Παύλου οὕτως 28.32 λέγει· «Ὅταν ἐπιστρέψῃ πρὸς Κύριον, περιαιρεῖ ται τὸ κάλυμμα. Ὁ δὲ Κύριος τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστιν· οὗ δὲ τὸ Πνεῦμα Κυρίου, ἐκεῖ ἐλευθερία.» Περὶ ζωοποιήσεως. Λέγει ὁ Σωτήρ· «Ὥσπερ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐγείρει τοὺς νε κροὺς καὶ ζωοποιεῖ, οὕτως καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς οὓς θέλει, ζωο ποιεῖ·» καὶ περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματός φησι· «Τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστι τὸ ζωοποιοῦν, ἡ σὰρξ οὐκ ὠφελεῖ οὐδέν.» Καὶ ὁ Ἀπόστολος· «Τὸ γράμμα ἀποκτείνει, τὸ δὲ Πνεῦμα ζωοποιεῖ.» Περὶ χειροτονίας. Περὶ Πατρὸς Παῦλος λέγει· «Ἔθετο ὁ Θεὸς ἐν τῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ πρῶτον ἀποστόλους, δεύτερον προφήτας, τρίτον διδασκάλους·» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Περὶ Υἱοῦ ὁ αὐτὸς Ἀπόστολος φάσκει· «Ὁ καταβὰς, αὐτός ἐστι καὶ ὁ ἀναβὰς ὑπὲρ ἄνω τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἵνα πληρώσῃ τὰ πάντα. Καὶ αὐτὸς ἔδωκε τοὺς μὲν ἀποστόλους, τοὺς δὲ προφήτας, τοὺς δὲ ποιμένας καὶ διδασκάλους.» Περὶ Πνεύματος ὁ αὐτὸς μετακαλεῖται ἀπὸ τῆς Μιλήτου τοὺς πρεσβυτέρους, καὶ λέγει αὐτοῖς· «Προσέχετε ἑαυ τοῖς, καὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιμενίῳ, ἐν ᾧ ὑμᾶς ἔθετο τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ἐπισκόπους, ποιμαίνειν τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ.» Περὶ νομοθεσίας. Περὶ Πατρὸς ὁ ∆αυῒδ λέγει· «Τοῦ ποιῆσαι τὸ θέ λημά σου, ὁ Θεός μου, ἐβουλήθην, καὶ τὸν νόμον σου ἐν μέσῳ τῆς κοιλίας μου.» Περὶ Υἱοῦ ὁ Παῦλος· «Ἀλλήλων τὰ βάρη βαστάζετε, καὶ οὕτως ἀναπληρώσατε τὸν νόμον τοῦ Χριστοῦ.» Περὶ Πνεύματος ὁ αὐτός· «Ὁ νόμος τοῦ Πνεύματος τῆς ζωῆς ἐν Χρι στῷ Ἰησοῦ ἠλευθέρωσέ με.» Περὶ κυριότητος. Ὁ ∆αυῒδ λέγει· «Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Κυρίῳ μου· Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου.» Εἰ δὲ ἀντιλέγουσιν οἱ αἱρετι κοὶ λέγοντες, ὅτι εἰς τὸν ∆αυῒδ ἐκλαμβάνεται τοῦτο, ἐλέγχει αὐτοὺς τὸ παρὰ τοῦ Σωτῆρος λεγόμενον· «Τί λέγετε περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ; τίνος ἐστὶν υἱός; λέγουσι· Τοῦ ∆αυῒδ.» Ἀποκρίνεται ὁ Σωτήρ· «Πῶς οὖν ∆αυῒδ ἐν Πνεύματι ἁγίῳ Κύριον αὐτὸν καλεῖ;» πάλιν περὶ τοῦ Πατρός· «Ἄκουε, Ἰσραὴλ, Κύριος ὁ Θεός σου, Κύριος εἷς ἐστι.» Περὶ δὲ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, λέγει· «Ὁ δὲ Κύριος ἐκ Σιὼν ἀνακράζεται, καὶ ἐξ οὐρανοῦ δώσει τὴν φωνὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ σεισθήσεται ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ. Ὁ δὲ Κύριος φείσεται τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐνισχύσει Κύριος τοὺς υἱοὺς Ἰσραήλ. Καὶ ἐπιγνώσε σθε, ὅτι ἐγώ εἰμι Κύριος ὁ Θεὸς ὑμῶν, ὁ κατασκηνώσας ἐν Σιὼν, ἐν ὄρει ἁγίῳ.» Ὁ δὲ κατασκηνώσας, ἤτοι ὁ Υἱὸς, λέγει· «Ἐγὼ δὲ κατεστάθην βασιλεὺς 28.33 ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ Σιὼν ὄρος τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ,» καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. Περὶ δὲ τοῦ Πνεύματος εἰπὼν, ὅτι «Εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος τῷ Κυρίῳ μου,» ὑποκαταβὰς λέγει· Καὶ Κύριος ἐκ δεξιῶν σου·» τοῦ οὖν Υἱοῦ πάλιν ἐκ δεξιῶν τὸ Πνεῦμα. Ὅτι ὁ Πατὴρ Κύριον τὸν Υἱὸν καλεῖ, καὶ ὁ Ἀπόστολος τὸ Πνεῦμα καὶ Κύριον καὶ Θεὸν λέγει, ὡς καὶ τὸν Υἱόν. Λέγει γὰρ οὕτως· «Καὶ ἔσται μετὰ ταῦτα· Ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα, καὶ προφη τεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες ὑμῶν, καὶ οἱ πρεσβύτεροι ὑμῶν ἐνύπνια ἐνυπνιασθήσονται, καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι ὑμῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται. Καί γε ἐπὶ τοὺς δούλους μου, καὶ ἐπὶ τὰς
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