Worship of Christ
One should worship not himself, but the Christ who was sent, who has authority from him to bind and loose on earth and heaven; for he said to Cornelius, 'I am a human of like passions as you,' and he taught not to worship himself but the Savior Christ.
Regarding the angels, the fathers who gathered in Laodicea—for they certainly gathered for such a matter—say: 'If anyone leaves the church of God and names angels, let him be accursed, for he has left our Lord Jesus Christ and has come to idolatry.' How can one write about the incomprehensible and inexpressible and unknowable and indescribable…
Greek
προσκυνεῖσθαι οὐκ η θελον, ἀλλὰ τὸν αὐτοὺς ἀποστείλαντα Χριστόν. ὁ γὰρ ἐξουσίαν παρ' αὐτοῦ λαβὼν δεσμεύειν καὶ λύειν ἐπὶ γῆς καὶ οὐρανοῦ, ελεγε Κορνηλίῳ ο τι «ὁμοιοπαθής εἰμι κατὰ σὲ ανθρωπος», καὶ ἐδίδασκε μὴ ἑαυτὸν προσκυνεῖσθαι ἀλλὰ τὸν σωτῆρα Χριστόν. 11 περὶ δὲ τῶν ἀγγέλων οἱ πατέρες οἱ ἐν Λαοδικείᾳ συνελθόντες– πάντως γὰρ οτι διὰ τοιαύτην ὑπόθεσιν συνήχθησαν–λέγουσιν· «ει τις ἐγκαταλείπει τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ ἀγγέλους ὀνομάζει, ἀνάθεμα εστω· οτι ἐγκατέλιπε τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν ̓Ιησοῦν Χριστὸν καὶ εἰδωλολατρείᾳ προσελήλυθε». 12 πῶς τὸν ἀκατάληπτον καὶ ἀνεκδιήγητον καὶ ἀπερινόητον ἀπερίγραφόν τε γράφειν λέγει τις,
About this text
Epiphanius of Salamis, Tractatus contra eos qui imagines faciunt (Greek).
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 41–43 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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