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
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 that the divinity and the proper nature of the Father is the being of the Son. And this is, 'Who, being in the form of God,' and, 'The Father is in me.' The form of the divinity is not partial, but the fulness of the Father's divinity is the being of the Son, and the Son is wholly God. For this reason also, being equal to God, he did not consider it robbery to be equal to God; and again, since the divinity and the form of the Son are of none other than the Father, this is what he said, 'I am in the Father;' Thus God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself; for the Son is the proper nature of the Father's substance, in whom the creation was reconciled to God. Thus what the Son worked are the Father's works; for the Son is the form of the Father's divinity, which worked the works; so he who sees the Son sees the Father; for the Son is and is seen in the paternal divinity; and the paternal form in him shows the Father in him; and thus the Father is in the Son. And the proper nature and divinity from the Father in the Son shows the Son in the Father, and his always 26.333 indivisible nature; and he who hears and sees the things said about the Father, these things being said about the Son, not as having been added to his substance by grace or participation, but because the very being of the Son is the proper offspring of the paternal substance, will understand well what was said, as I said before, 'I am in the Father, and the Father in me;' and, 'I and the Father are one.' For the Son is such as the Father, in that he has all the things of the Father; wherefore he is also signified with the Father. For no one would say Father, if a Son did not exist. But he who calls God creator, does not in every case also indicate the things that have been made; for he is a creator even before his creations; but he who says Father immediately signifies with the Father the existence of the Son. For this reason, he who believes in the Son believes in the Father; for he believes in what is proper to the Father's substance; and thus there is one faith in one God; and he who worships and honors the Son worships and honors the Father in the Son. For there is one divinity; and for this reason there is one honor and one worship which is in the Son and through him rendered to the Father; and he who so worships, worships one God; for there is one God, and there is no other besides him. When, therefore, the Father is called God alone; and that there is one God, and, 'I am,' and, 'Besides me there is no God;' and, 'I am the first, and I am after these things,' it is well said; for there is one God, and alone, and first. But it is not said to the negation of the Son. Far from it! For he himself is in the one, and first, and only, as being the only Word, and wisdom, and effulgence of the one, and only, and first. And he himself is also first, the fulness of the divinity of the first and only, being whole and full God. Therefore it is not said because of him, but for the negation of there being another, such as is the Father and his Word; and the prophet's meaning itself is manifest and very clear to all. But since the impious, bringing these things forward, blaspheme the Lord, and reproach us, saying, 'Behold, God is called one, and only, and first, how do you say that the Son is God?' For if he were God, he would not have said, 'I alone,' nor that 'God is one;' it is necessary to state the meaning of these 26.336 sayings as well, as far as is possible, so that all may know from these things too, that the Arians are truly fighters against God. If, then, there is a rivalry for the Son with the Father, let him hear such voices; and if, as David heard about Adonijah and Absalom, so also the Father sees the Son; let him speak to himself and utter such sayings, lest the Son, calling himself God, should turn some away from the Father; but if he who knows the Son knows the Father more, the Son revealing him to him, and in the Word he will see the Father more,
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προσκυνεῖ καὶ τὸν βασιλέα· ἡ γὰρ ἐκείνου μορφὴ καὶ τὸ εἶδός ἐστιν ἡ εἰκών. Ἐπεὶ τοίνυν καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς εἰκών ἐστι τοῦ Πατρὸς, ἐξ
ἀνάγκης ἐστὶ νοεῖν, ὅτι ἡ θεότης καὶ ἡ ἰδιότης τοῦ Πατρὸς τὸ εἶναι τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἐστι. Καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν, Ὃς ἐν μορφῇ Θεοῦ ὑπάρχων,
καὶ, Ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί. Οὐκ ἐκ μέρους δὲ ἡ τῆς θεότητος μορφὴ, ἀλλὰ τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς τοῦ Πατρὸς θεότητός ἐστι τὸ εἶναι τοῦ Υἱοῦ,
καὶ ὅλος Θεός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱός. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο καὶ ἴσα Θεῷ ὢν, οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα Θεῷ· καὶ πάλιν ἐπειδὴ τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἡ θεότης
καὶ τὸ εἶδος οὐδενὸς ἄλλου, ἢ τοῦ Πατρός ἐστι, τοῦτό ἐστιν, ὅπερ εἶπε τὸ, Ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρί· Οὕτω Θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ κόσμον ἑαυτῷ
καταλλάσσων· τὸ γὰρ ἴδιον τῆς τοῦ Πατρὸς οὐσίας ἐστὶν ὁ Υἱὸς, ἐν ᾧ ἡ κτίσις πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν κατηλλάσσετο. Οὕτως ἃ εἰργά ζετο
ὁ Υἱὸς, τοῦ Πατρός ἐστιν ἔργα· τὸ γὰρ εἶδος τῆς τοῦ Πατρὸς θεότητός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱὸς, ἥτις εἰργάζετο τὰ ἔργα· οὕτω δὲ ὁ βλέπων
τὸν Υἱὸν ὁρᾷ τὸν Πα τέρα· ἐν γὰρ τῇ πατρῴᾳ θεότητί ἐστι καὶ θεωρεῖται ὁ Υἱός· καὶ τὸ ἐν αὐτῷ πατρικὸν εἶδος δείκνυσιν ἐν αὐτῷ
τὸν Πατέρα· καὶ οὕτως ἐστὶν ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ. Καὶ ἡ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς δὲ ἐν Υἱῷ ἰδιότης καὶ θεότης δείκνυσι τὸν Υἱὸν ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ,
καὶ τὸ ἀεὶ 26.333 ἀδιαίρετον αὐτοῦ· καὶ ὁ ἀκούων δὲ καὶ βλέπων τὰ λεγόμενα περὶ τοῦ Πατρὸς, ταῦτα λεγόμενα περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ,
οὐ κατὰ χάριν ἢ μετοχὴν ἐπιγενόμενα τῇ οὐσίᾳ αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ' ὅτι αὐτὸ τὸ εἶναι τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἴδιον τῆς πατρικῆς οὐσίας ἐστὶ γέννημα,
νοήσει καλῶς τὸ εἰρημένον, καθὰ προεῖπον, Ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί· καὶ, Ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν. Ἔστι γὰρ ὁ
Υἱὸς, οἷος ὁ Πατὴρ, τῷ πάντα τὰ τοῦ Πα τρὸς ἔχειν· διὸ καὶ μετὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς σημαίνεται. Πατέρα γὰρ οὐκ ἄν τις εἴποι, μὴ ὑπάρχοντος
Υἱοῦ. Ὁ μέντοι ποιητὴν λέγων τὸν Θεὸν, οὐ πάντως καὶ τὰ γενόμενα δηλοῖ· ἔστι γὰρ καὶ πρὸ τῶν ποιημά των ποιητής· ὁ δὲ Πατέρα
λέγων εὐθὺς μετὰ τοῦ Πα τρὸς σημαίνει καὶ τὴν τοῦ Υἱοῦ ὕπαρξιν. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ πιστεύων εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν εἰς τὸν Πατέρα πι στεύει·
εἰς γὰρ τὸ ἴδιον τῆς τοῦ Πατρὸς οὐσίας πι στεύει· καὶ οὕτω μία ἐστὶν ἡ πίστις εἰς ἕνα Θεόν· καὶ ὁ προσκυνῶν δὲ καὶ τιμῶν τὸν
Υἱὸν ἐν Υἱῷ προσκυνεῖ καὶ τιμᾷ τὸν Πατέρα. Μία γάρ ἐστιν ἡ θεό της· καὶ διὰ τοῦτο μία τιμὴ καὶ μία ἐστὶ προσκύνησις ἡ ἐν Υἱῷ
καὶ δι' αὐτοῦ γινομένη τῷ Πατρί· καὶ ὁ οὕτω προσκυνῶν ἕνα Θεὸν προσκυνεῖ· εἷς γὰρ Θεός ἐστι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος πλὴν αὐτοῦ.
Ὅτε γοῦν μό νος λέγεται ὁ Πατὴρ Θεός· καὶ ὅτι εἷς Θεός ἐστι, καὶ τὸ, Ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ, Πλὴν ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἔστι Θεός· καὶ τὸ, Ἐγὼ πρῶτος,
καὶ ἐγὼ μετὰ ταῦτα, καλῶς λέγεται· εἷς γὰρ Θεὸς καὶ μόνος καὶ πρῶτός ἐστιν. Οὐκ εἰς ἀναίρεσιν δὲ τοῦ Υἱοῦ λέγεται. Μὴ γένοιτο
ἔστι γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν τῷ ἑνὶ, καὶ πρώτῳ, καὶ μόνῳ, ὡς τοῦ ἑνὸς καὶ μόνου καὶ πρώτου καὶ μόνος Λόγος, καὶ σοφία, καὶ ἀπαύγασμα
ὤν. Ἔστι δὲ καὶ πρῶτος καὶ αὐτὸς, πλήρωμα τῆς τοῦ πρώτου καὶ μόνου θεό τητος, ὅλος καὶ πλήρης ὢν Θεός. Οὐκοῦν οὐ δι' αὐτὸν
εἴρηται, ἀλλ' εἰς ἀναίρεσιν τοῦ μὴ εἶναι ἕτερον, οἷός ἐστιν ὁ Πατὴρ, καὶ ὁ τούτου Λόγος· καὶ ἔστι μὲν αὐτὸς ὁ νοῦς τοῦ προφήτου
φανερὸς καὶ πᾶσι πρόδηλος. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ οἱ ἀσεβεῖς καὶ ταῦτα φέροντες δυσ φημοῦσι μὲν τὸν Κύριον, ὀνειδίζουσι δὲ ἡμῖν λέγον τες·
Ἰδοὺ εἷς, καὶ μόνος, καὶ πρῶτος λέγεται ὁ Θεὸς, πῶς ὑμεῖς λέγετε τὸν Υἱὸν εἶναι Θεόν; Εἰ γὰρ ἦν Θεὸς, οὐκ ἂν ἔλεγεν, Ἐγὼ μόνος,
οὐδὲ ὅτι εἷς ἐστιν ὁ Θεός· ἀναγκαῖον τὸν νοῦν καὶ τούτων 26.336 τῶν ῥητῶν, ὡς δυνατόν ἐστιν, εἰπεῖν, ἵνα πάντες γνῶσι καὶ
ἐκ τούτων, ὅτι ὄντως εἰσὶν οἱ Ἀρειανοὶ θεομάχοι. Εἰ μὲν οὖν ἅμιλλα τῷ Υἱῷ ἐστι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα, τοιαύτας ἀκουέτω φωνάς· καὶ
εἰ ὥσπερ ∆αβὶδ ἤκουσε περὶ τοῦ Ἀδωνίου καὶ τοῦ Ἀβεσσαλὼμ, οὕτω καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ βλέπει τὸν Υἱόν· πρὸς ἑαυτὸν λεγέτω καὶ προφερέτω
τοιαῦτα ῥήματα, μήποτε ὁ Υἱὸς, λέγων ἑαυτὸν Θεὸν, ἀποστήσῃ τινὰς ἀπὸ τοῦ Πατρός· εἰ δὲ ὁ γινώσκων τὸν Υἱὸν γινώσκει μᾶλλον
τὸν Πατέρα, ἀποκαλύπτοντος τοῦτον αὐτῷ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ Λόγῳ ὄψεται μᾶλλον τὸν Πατέρα,
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