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Of Damascene. 95.233 Does the God and Father of all will as Father, or as God? But if as Father, His will will be different from the Son's will; for the Son is not the Father. But if as God, and the Son is also God and the Holy Spirit; then the will is of nature, that is, natural; and you, then, reasoning according to this, ask: Did the God of all accept the blood of the Only-Begotten as Father, or as God? But if as Father, His power and energy will be different from the Son's; for the Son is not the Father. But if as God, and the Son is also God and the Holy Spirit; then the same Holy Trinity, as God, accepted the blood of the Only-Begotten, the one of the Holy Trinity.

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Ex thesauro orthodoxiae Nicetae Choniatae.

Τοῦ ∆αμασκηνοῦ. 95.233 Ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς καὶ Πατὴρ, καθὸ Πατὴρ θέλει, ἢ καθὸ Θεός; Ἀλλ' εἰ μὲν καθὸ Πατὴρ, ἄλλο τὸ αὐτοῦ ἔσται παρὰ τὸ τοῦ Υἱοῦ θέλημα· οὐ γὰρ Πατὴρ ὁ Υἱός. Εἰ δὲ καθὸ Θεὸς, Θεὸς δὲ καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἄρα τὸ θέλημα φύσεως, ἤγουν φυσικόν· καὶ σὺ γοῦν κατὰ τοῦτο συλλογισάμενος, ἐρώτησον· Ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς, καθὸ Πατὴρ προσεδέξατο τὸ τοῦ Μονογενοῦς αἷμα, ἢ καθὸ Θεός; Ἀλλ' εἰ μὲν καθὸ Πατὴρ, ἄλλη αὐτοῦ ἔσται παρὰ τὴν τοῦ Υἱοῦ δύναμίς τε καὶ ἐνέργεια· οὐ γὰρ Πατὴρ ὁ Υἱός. Εἰ δὲ καθὸ Θεὸς, Θεὸς δὲ καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἄρα τὸ τοῦ Μονογενοῦς αἷμα, τοῦ ἑνὸς τῆς ἁγίας Τριάδος, ἡ αὐτὴ ἁγία Τριὰς καθὸ Θεὸς προσεδέξατο.