Orations against the arians

 Of teachers, in order that they too may seem to be called christians in this way and not being ashamed of their own disgraceful name, let them play g

 Wishing to dance against the savior, to express his own miserable little sayings of impiety in dissolute and loose melodies? so that, just as wisdom s

 Is proper to created things and is one of them. and with these things, having become as it were a successor of the devil’s rashness, he has put in his

 Saying certain parts of the gospels, they will deny along with them the law and the prophets. but if in their ignorance they are so tossed by the stor

 The word the father he is not the true and only word of the father himself, but is called word and wisdom by name only, and by grace is called son an

 Seeing him who sowed the heresy among them at a loss, and that they may learn, even though late, that being arians, they are not christians. you have

 A few things 26.37 for i have hoped in the eternal one for your salvation, and joy came to me from the holy one. and since the apostle, writing to th

 You do not hide yourselves at all, nor even when hiding can you escape notice for again you signify times, saying, «there was a time when he was not,

 A partaker? of the spirit? and yet the spirit itself rather receives from the son, as he himself has said, and it is unreasonable to say that this one

 Being, in whom he creates. then let them tell us, or rather, even from this let them see their own impiety in saying, there was a time when he was no

 To be at some time, but to be always. and these things are the son who says, i am the life, and, i wisdom dwelt in counsel. how then is he not imp

 In which seeing himself, he rejoices, as the son himself says: i was she in whom he rejoiced. when, then, did the father not see himself in his own im

 Wishing the image from the father, in order that they might make the son equal to created things. for at any rate, numbering him among these, those ar

 Of things that are and are not, as we said. but if they are speaking about god and his word, let them add what is missing to the question, and ask thu

 Do both supply what is lacking in each other? for by saying such things, you rather show the weakness of the one who fashioned, if he was not strong e

 Of heretics towards their parents 26.69 refutes their malice. for they recognized what is according to nature, and henceforth were ashamed about the t

 For it is of things that are, and it was not before it came to be. but things that were not before they came to be, how could they co-exist with the e

 Hence to ask about that which exists, but is neither begotten of any, nor has a father for itself they will hear from us that the one so signified, t

 Created things are signified, so also 'father' is indicative of the son and the one who names god maker and creator and unbegotten sees and apprehend

 Not existing god and a created son, they consequently collected for themselves such expressions as were fitting for a creature but since, when they a

 That some grace and state of virtue has accrued to a certain particular substance, and that this is so called word, and son, and wisdom, in such a way

 He partook, as we said or the other alternative, which may it be turned upon their own heads, they must needs say, that he was not before this, but w

 He humbled himself, becoming obedient unto death, even death on a cross. therefore god has highly exalted him and bestowed on him the name that is abo

 With him, and let us enter into the gates of the heavens, which he himself again opened for us, as those who run before say: lift up the gates, o ye r

 To become of god and in the epistle he writes: by this we know that he abides in you, from his spirit, which he has given to us. and this is also a

 That god bestowed upon him, and the heretics think it to be a defect or a passion of the substance of the word, it is necessary to say how these thing

 John's gospel: i have sent them into the world, and for their sake i sanctify myself, that they also might be sanctified in truth. and saying this, he

 To the immortal one who has taken on the mortal? or what improvement to the eternal one who has put on the temporal? and what greater reward could the

 Your throne, o god, is for ever and ever a scepter of uprightness is the scepter of your 26.116 kingdom and announcing his descent to us, he says: t

 Should attempt it, the deceit of the serpent himself would be weakened, and the lord being unchangeable and unalterable, the serpent would become weak

 And after a little: wherefore, holy brethren, partakers of the heavenly calling, consider the apostle and high priest of our profession, jesus, who wa

 And the occasion of the apostolic saying, the foolish would not have been so impious, taking human things to refer to the godhead. and it is possible

 Saying that 'having become' is equivalent to 'having been begotten,' and that he is better, he says. for what is begotten does not differ, whether one

 Might show from their end the nature of created things. for the things that are able to perish, even if they do not perish because of the grace of the

 Disciples have discipled all the nations, and now what is written has been fulfilled: they shall all be taught by god. and then, the things shown were

 Ascending and descending but concerning the son he says: and let all the angels of god worship him and when angels minister, they say, i was sent to

 Help to those in need. for god is always and the same but men came to be after these things through the word, when the father himself willed it and

 Therefore, neither what is written in the proverbs, the lord created me as the beginning of his ways for his works, nor what was said by the apostle

 Folly, how could the second thing, which is according to will, come to be? but the word is first, and creation is second. but the word exists, even if

 To deny the natural and genuine generation of the son from the father but when they hear the terms and words for 'creature', they are immediately car

 Not even one. but if he himself is the word and the wisdom, in whom all things are made, then he is not one of the things made, nor at all of the thin

 From the history according to the law and aaron. thus aaron was not born a high priest, but a man, and after a time, when god willed, he became a high

 Unless when he himself likewise partook of blood and flesh with us? and when did he become a merciful and faithful high priest, if not when he was mad

 For the sake of sanctifying the flesh he became man and being lord, was in the form of a servant for all creation, which came to be and was made by

 Unto you by mighty works, and wonders, and signs, which god did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves know. therefore, what is said at the end

 A house of refuge and a god who is a defender, so also our lord has become. and he did not then have a beginning of being but we had a beginning of h

 Of your feet and in the fifteenth: you will not abandon my soul to hades, nor will you allow your holy one to see corruption. that such sayings, ther

 Of this. for being the son of god, he would be like him and being like him, he is in every way both lord and king for he himself says, 'he who has s

 They think they are saying something against the christian faith, it is necessary to examine the text itself, just as the phrase, who was faithful to

 Hymns the truth, and blesses, and trembles but the word is its creator, and he himself says, 'i am the truth.' therefore the word is not a creature,

 To know, but the sight and the knowledge concerning this surpasses all for god himself said: 'no one shall see my face and live' and the son has sai

 Nor would these things have been said about him, if he were at all one of the creatures. but now since he is not a creature, but the proper offspring

 Of these things. but if god so clothes the grass of the field, which today is, and tomorrow is cast into the oven, will he not much more clothe you, o

 It is possible to see, but while the creatures are many, the word is one who does not perceive from these things also, that the son is distinct from

 Being a created son, he was able to be made by god alone. but god is in need of nothing may it never be! for he himself said: i am full. nor did th

 Our weakness, he, being powerful, was made by the father alone, that he might create us through him as through an instrument far from it! it is not s

 He sent forth his word, and healed them. for all these things everywhere expose the arian heresy, and signify the eternity of the word, and that he is

 To the impassible and unchangeable god, so that by these they might disturb the ears of the more simple, and turn them away from the truth? for who, h

 Of him, who is the subject of our discourse. he is therefore creator, and without him was made not one thing, nor is it possible for anything to be ma

 For just as one would not say that the divinity mentioned here is christ, but that it is the father himself so also i think his eternal power and div

 The word of god, was preached by john: the word became flesh, and, all things were made through him. wherefore also concerning our lord jesus christ a

 Washing? for what fellowship has the creature with the creator? or why is that which is made numbered together with the one who made it for the perfec

 Having a correct one. for this reason, therefore, the savior also did not simply command to baptize, but first he says, 'make disciples ' then thus: '

 To john in the gospel, saying: these things i have spoken to you in proverbs, but the hour is coming when i will no longer speak to you in proverbs, b

 The one created according to god in righteousness and holiness of the truth. for neither did david speak of a people being created in substance, 26.24

 To the offspring, what is called the beginning of ways because he is the only-begotten word. for if he is an offspring, how do you call him a creature

 And wisdom but the things that have come into being, not existing before, were made through the word himself. therefore that much-talked-of saying of

 To work. but noah was not created for the sake of the ark, but that he might first exist and become a man for after these things he received the comm

 It is clear that, pre-existing, he is later formed, and the formation signifies not the beginning of his being, but the incarnation, in which he also

 Having learned from him, the apostle also said: since therefore the children share in blood and flesh, he himself likewise partook of the same things,

 It is proper and characteristic of man to say, “he created,” and, “he made him.” for this reason, then, the cause of, 26.268 “he created,” is also add

 And in this again you have dared to be impious toward the lord, saying that he is a work, or a creature, that is, a begotten thing? for you assert tha

 To beget, is significant of the son, but to make, is indicative of works. for this reason, then, we are not first begotten, but are made for it is wr

 And in this he is called and is our firstborn, since, when all men were perishing through the transgression of adam, his flesh was the first of all to

 Be considered apart from the children of jacob. but also concerning the lord himself the apostle has not said, that he might become the firstborn of a

 26.285 since truth, therefore, has shown that the word is not by nature a creature, it follows then to say, how he is also called the beginning of th

 The father for perfection, these are the things for which he is created, saying in the proverbs: the lord created me as the beginning of his ways for

 He came, then, not to be ministered to, but to minister, and to work out our salvation. indeed, being able to speak the law from heaven, he saw that i

 Son and man would not have been brought to the father, if the word who put on the body had not been by nature and truly his word. and just as we woul

 Had been made, and scripture would neither have distinguished him from the works, nor would it have named some things works, and preached the word and

 He was speaking of himself, i saw 26.304 that such a characteristic was not of a creature, but of divinity and of the father's nature. therefore the a

 The redemption and salvation prepared for us beforehand, rising again, we might remain immortal, when he for our sakes is created the beginning of the

 May be renewed, and planning this, he prepares it beforehand, and gives to the one who has worked the preparation for renewal, and the pre-preparation

 For since in the wisdom of god the world through wisdom knew not god? or how, if there is no wisdom, is a multitude of wise men found in scripture? an

 Before all hills he begets me so that in saying “before all creation” (for in these words he indicated all creation) he might show that he was not cr

 By saying, he who has seen me has seen the father, and, i am in the 26.321 father, and the father is in me. therefore your boast has been shown to be

 Is sanctified but the son himself is not a son by participation, but is the proper offspring of the father. again, the son is not in the father in th

 Consequently the son is in the father, and the father is in the son. for this reason, having previously and fittingly said, 'i and the father are one,

 Worships also the king for the image is his form and his shape. since, therefore, the son is the image of the father, it is necessary to understand t

 As has been said but when the son came, he glorified not himself, but the father, saying to the one who came to him: why do you call me good? no one

 Having joined himself to the father, he showed that he is of the nature of the father, and gave us to know that he is the true offspring of the true f

 Father who is in heaven, and observing the saying, therefore be imitators of god, as beloved children and walk in love, just as christ also loved us.

 His grandsons ephraim and manasseh, he said: the god who has fed me from my youth until this day the angel who has redeemed me from all evil, bless t

 For he is the radiance of the father and thus the father and the son are one. but one would not say this concerning things that are begotten and crea

 Form of godhead, which is also in the word and one god the father, being in himself as being over all and appearing in the son as pervading through

 Your former thoughts, we have devised a newer one and say: thus the son and the father are one, and thus the father is in the son, and the son is in t

 But the savior, showing what herod was like, said: go tell that fox and to the disciples he commanded: behold, i send you out as sheep in the midst o

 Like is by nature united to like since also all flesh is gathered together according to its kind. the word, therefore, is unlike us, but like the fat

 In me is the salvation of men, i ask that they also may become one, according to the body in me, and according to its perfection that they also may b

 Mind, and he will teach how we are in god, and god in us and how again we become one in him, but how far the son is distant in nature from us and he

 The holy and paraclete spirit in god departed from him, but he will be in that one to whom the sinner has subjected himself, as it happened in the cas

 And to speak more jewishly according to caiaphas: why at all, being a man, did christ make himself god? for the jews then, seeing these things and thi

 Understanding the sayings which they were alleging, it is possible somehow to learn from the few things said before but that also in what they now ag

 They say is a race. of old, therefore, it happened to each of the saints, and he sanctified those who genuinely received him but neither, when they w

 Not any of the created beings, nor any common man, but him who is from god, by nature and true son, this one who also became man, we call upon him non

 His own body. and he himself remains by nature impassible, as he is, not being harmed by these, but rather making them disappear and destroying them

 Which he possesses eternally. for that was given, and was delivered, and the like, do not diminish the godhead of the son, but rather show him to

 In the father, and the father in me. therefore this is clear to everyone, that to be ignorant belongs to the flesh, but the word himself, as he is wor

 Of glory, they crucified. for he had that which he asked for, saying: with the glory that i had with you before the world was. and the authority which

 The hour of the day what could one say more foolish than these things, or what madness could one equate to them? through the word all things were mad

 Has been determined, and he himself knows what was determined through him. for there is nothing, which has not both come to be and been determined thr

 Bridegroom. he knows when and at what hour he is coming, and when he is about to say: awake, you who sleep, and arise from the dead, and christ will s

 And yet knowing, he says, not even the son knows. for what reason then did he say, i do not know, what he himself, as lord, knows? one who investigate

 For in saying this, he wishes us to be always ready for you, he says, do not know but i the lord know when i am coming, even if the arians do not ex

 Was he capable of advancement? for men, being creatures, are able in a way to advance and make progress in virtue enoch, at least, was thus translate

 Manifest to all. wherefore it does not say, the word advanced, but, jesus, which name the lord was called when he became man so that the advance was

 They number with creation him through whom creation came to be. what then is left in which these men differ from the jews? for just as those men blasp

 To marvel at the courage of the word, but to say that the word himself was afraid, on account of whom they also despised death? but from the most stea

 They buzz around saying: so be it, you interpret these things thus, and you conquer with your reasonings and your proofs but one must say that the so

 The sophist, having composed with his own words, that the offspring and the made thing are the same, and that the son is one from all existing offspri

 The son is superior to creation, so much also is that which is according to nature superior to the will and it was necessary for them, when they hear

 In a psalm: you held my right hand and by your counsel you have guided me. how then can the word, being the counsel and will of the father, himself c

 Of the father's hypostasis would be by an act of will. for of whatever quality and manner that blessed hypostasis is, such and so must be the proper o

 Saying, if you had a son, before you gave birth? but the fathers, and to say to them: do you become fathers by taking counsel, or by nature and your w

from the history according to the law and Aaron. Thus Aaron was not born a high priest, but a man, and after a time, when God willed, he became a high priest; and he became one not simply, nor was he recognized by his ordinary garments, but by putting on the ephod, the breastplate, the robe reaching to the feet, which the women indeed had made at God's command, and entering into the holy places in these, he offered the sacrifice on behalf of the people; and in these he as it were mediated between the vision of God and the sacrifices of men. So therefore also the Lord in the beginning was the Word; and the Word was with God, and the Word was God; but when the Father willed that a ransom be given for all, and to grant grace to all, then indeed the Word, as Aaron the robe, so He himself took flesh from the earth, having Mary as mother of his body instead of unworked earth, in order that, having that which was to be offered, He himself, as high priest, might offer himself to the Father, and with His own blood cleanse us all from our sins, and raise us from the dead. For the old things were a shadow of this; and what the Savior did when He came, this Aaron foreshadowed according to the law. Therefore just as Aaron, being the same, was not changed when putting on the high priestly vestment, but remaining the same, was only covered; and if someone seeing him offering sacrifice said, 'Behold, today Aaron has become high priest,' he did not mean that he had become a man then; for he was a man even before he became high priest; but that by the ministry he was made high priest, putting on the garments made and prepared for the high priesthood; in the same way it is also possible to understand well concerning the Lord, that He did not become other by 26.164 taking flesh, but being the same, was covered by it; and the 'became,' and the 'was made,' it is not lawful to think that the Word, as He is Word, was made; but that being the Word, the Creator, He was later made a high priest, putting on a body that was begotten and made, which He could also offer for us, for which reason He is said to have been made. If, therefore, the Lord did not become man, let the Arians contend; but if the Word became flesh, what was necessary to say concerning one who had become man, other than, 'being faithful to him who made him'? For just as it is proper to say concerning the Word, 'In the beginning was the Word,' so it is proper to men to become and to be made. Who then, seeing the Lord walking as a man, and being shown to be God by His works, would not have asked, 'Who made this one a man?' And who again, being asked thus, would not have answered that the Father made this one a man, and sent him to us as high priest? But such a meaning and the time and the person, the Apostle himself who also wrote, 'being faithful to him who made him,' is better able to declare, if we take what comes before; for it is one sequence, and the reading happens to be about the same thing. He writes therefore in the Epistle to the Hebrews these things: Since therefore the children have shared in blood and flesh, he himself likewise partook of the same things, that through death he might destroy the one who has the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver all those who through fear of death were subject to lifelong slavery. For surely it is not angels that he helps, but he helps the offspring of Abraham. Therefore he had to be made like his brothers in every respect, so that he might become a merciful and faithful high priest in the service of God, to make propitiation for the sins of the people. For because he himself has suffered when tempted, he is able to help those who are being tempted. Therefore, holy brothers, you who share in a heavenly calling, consider Jesus, the apostle and high priest of our confession, who was faithful to him who made him. Who, reading this entire passage, does not condemn the Arians, but admires the blessed Apostle for having spoken well? 26.165 For when was he made, and when did he become an apostle,

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ἐκ τῆς κατὰ τὸν νόμον καὶ τὸν Ἀα ρὼν ἱστορίας. Οὕτως Ἀαρὼν οὐ γεγέννηται ἀρ χιερεὺς, ἀλλὰ ἄνθρωπος, καὶ μετὰ χρόνον, ὅτε ὁ Θεὸς ἠθέλησε, γέγονεν ἀρχιερεύς· καὶ γέγονεν οὐχ ἁπλῶς, οὐδὲ ἐκ τῶν συνήθων ἱματίων γνωριζόμενος, ἀλλ' ἐπενδιδυσκόμενος τὴν ἐπωμίδα, τὸ λογεῖον, τὸν ποδήρη, ἃ αἱ γυναῖκες μὲν εἰργάσαντο προστάξει τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἐν τούτοις δὲ εἰσερχόμενος εἰς τὰ ἅγια, τὴν ὑπὲρ τοῦ λαοῦ θυσίαν προσέφερε· καὶ ἐν τούτοις ὥσπερ ἐμεσίτευε τῇ ὀπτασίᾳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ταῖς τῶν ἀνθρώπων θυσίαις. Οὕτω τοίνυν καὶ ὁ Κύριος ἐν ἀρχῇ μὲν ἦν ὁ Λόγος· καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, καὶ Θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος· ὅτε δὲ ἠθέλησεν ὁ Πατὴρ ὑπὲρ πάντων λύτρα δοθῆναι, καὶ πᾶσι χαρί σασθαι, τότε δὴ ὁ Λόγος, ὡς Ἀαρὼν τὸν ποδήρη, οὕτως αὐτὸς ἔλαβε τὴν ἀπὸ γῆς σάρκα, Μαρίαν ἀντὶ τῆς ἀνεργάστου γῆς ἐσχηκὼς μητέρα τοῦ σώμα τος, ἵνα ἔχων τὸ προσφερόμενον αὐτὸς, ὡς ἀρχιε ρεὺς, ἑαυτὸν προσενέγκῃ τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ τῷ ἰδίῳ αἵματι πάντας ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν κα θαρίσῃ, καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν νεκρῶν ἀναστήσῃ. Τούτου γὰρ ἦν τὰ παλαιὰ σκιά· καὶ ὅπερ πεποί ηκεν ἐλθὼν ὁ Σωτὴρ, τοῦτο κατὰ τὸν νόμον ἐσκιογρά φει ὁ Ἀαρών. Ὥσπερ οὖν ὁ Ἀαρὼν ὁ αὐτὸς ὢν οὐκἠλλάσσετο περιτιθέμενος τὴν ἀρχιερατικὴν ἐσθῆτα, ἀλλὰ μένων ὁ αὐτὸς, ἐκαλύπτετο μόνον· καὶ εἰ ἔλεγέ τις ἑωρακὼς αὐτὸν προσφέροντα, Ἰδοὺ γέγονε σή μερον ὁ Ἀαρὼν ἀρχιερεὺς, οὐκ ἐσήμαινεν αὐτὸν ἄνθρωπον τότε γεγενῆσθαι· ἦν γὰρ, καὶ πρὸ τοῦ αὐτὸν ἀρχιερέα γενέσθαι, ἄνθρωπος· ἀλλ' ὅτι τῇ λειτουργείᾳ πεποίηται ἀρχιερεὺς, περιθέμενος τὰ πεποιημένα καὶ κατασκευασθέντα ἱμάτια τῇ ἀρ χιερατείᾳ· τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Κυρίου δυνατόν ἐστι καλῶς νοεῖν, ὡς οὐκ ἄλλος γέγονε τὴν 26.164 σάρκα λαβὼν, ἀλλ' ὁ αὐτὸς ὢν, ἐκαλύπτετο ταύτῃ· καὶ τὸ, γέγονε, καὶ τὸ, πεποίηται, οὐχ ὅτι ὁ Λόγος, ᾗ Λόγος ἐστὶ, πεποίηται νοεῖν θέμις· ἀλλ' ὅτι Λόγος ὢν δημιουργὸς, ὕστερον πεποίηται ἀρχιερεὺς, ἐνδυ σάμενος σῶμα τὸ γενητὸν καὶ ποιητὸν, ὅπερ καὶ προσενεγκεῖν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν δύναται, διὸ καὶ λέγεται πεποιῆσθαι. Εἰ μὲν οὖν οὐ γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος ὁ Κύ ριος, μαχέσθωσαν οἱ Ἀρειανοί· εἰ δὲ ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο, τί ἔδει περὶ γεγονότος ἀνθρώπου λέ γειν ἢ, πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν; Ὡς γὰρ ἴδιον περὶ τοῦ Λόγου εἰπεῖν, Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λό γος, οὕτως ἀνθρώπων ἴδιόν ἐστι τὸ γίνεσθαι καὶ ποιεῖσθαι. Τίς γοῦν ἰδὼν τὸν Κύριον, ὡς ἄνθρωπον περιπατοῦντα, καὶ Θεὸν ἐκ τῶν ἔργων δεικνύμενον, οὐκ ἂν ἠρώτησε, τίς τοῦτον ἐποίησεν ἄνθρωπον; Τίς δὲ πάλιν οὕτως ἐρωτηθεὶς οὐκ ἂν ἀπεκρίνετο, ὅτι ὁ Πατὴρ τοῦτον ἐποίησεν ἄνθρωπον, καὶ ἀπέστει λεν αὐτὸν ἡμῖν ἀρχιερέα; τὴν δὲ τοιαύτην διάνοιαν καὶ τὸν καιρὸν, καὶ τὸ πρόσωπον, αὐτὸς ὁ Ἀπόστο λος ὁ καὶ γράψας, πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐ τὸν, δηλῶσαι μᾶλλον ἱκανός ἐστιν, ἐὰν τὰ ἔμπροσθεν λάβωμεν· μία γὰρ ἀκολουθία ἐστὶ, καὶ περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα τυγχάνει. Γράφει τοίνυν ἐν τῇ ἐπιστολῇ τῇ πρὸς Ἑβραίους ταῦτα· Ἐπεὶ οὖν τὰ παιδία κεκοινώνηκεν αἵματος καὶ σαρκὸς, καὶ αὐτὸς παραπλησίως μετέσχε τῶν αὐτῶν, ἵνα διὰ τοῦ θανάτου καταργήσῃ τὸν τὸ κράτος ἔχοντα τοῦ θα νάτου, τουτέστι τὸν διάβολον, καὶ ἀπαλλάξῃ τούτους, ὅσοι φόβῳ θανάτου διαπαντὸς τοῦ ζῇν ἔνοχοι ἦσαν δουλείας. Οὐ γὰρ δήπου ἀγ γέλων ἐπιλαμβάνεται, ἀλλὰ σπέρματος Ἀβραὰμ ἐπιλαμβάνεται. Ὅθεν ὤφειλε κατὰ πάντα τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς ὁμοιωθῆναι, ἵνα ἐλεήμων γένηται καὶ πιστὸς ἀρχιερεὺς τὰ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν, εἰς τὸ ἱλάσκε σθαι τὰς ἁμαρτίας τοῦ λαοῦ· ἐν ᾧ γὰρ πέπονθεν αὐτὸς πειρασθεὶς, δύναται τοῖς πει ραζομένοις βοηθῆσαι. Ὅθεν, ἀδελφοὶ ἅγιοι, κλή σεως ἐπουρανίου μέτοχοι, κατανοήσατε τὸν ἀπό στολον καὶ ἀρχιερέα τῆς ὁμολογίας ἡμῶν Ἰη σοῦν, πιστὸν ὄντα τῷ ποιήσαντι αὐτόν. Τίς τὴν περικοπὴν ταύτην ὅλην ἀναγινώσκων, οὐ τῶν μὲν Ἀρειανῶν καταγινώσκει, τὸν δὲ μακά ριον Ἀπόστολον θαυμάζει, καλῶς εἰρηκότα; 26.165 Πότε γὰρ πεποίηται, καὶ πότε ἀπόστολος γέγονεν,

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