The Unchangeable Nature of Christ
For what reason do they make such great effort to demonstrate that Christ, having taken a body, is soulless, deceiving men with earthly falsehoods? This is so that, if they could suppose something and define it in such a way, and then wrap the changes in suffering that surround the Divine Spirit, they might easily instruct them, as if the changeable had not been born from the unchangeable nature.
In accordance with this, proceeding through these matters, the same Jeremiah introduces the voices serving God, through which he shows that he does not grant the mission of the righteous, if he had wished to make them worthy for the sake of the mixed ones. And the Lord said to me, saying: 'If Moses and Samuel stand before my face, my soul is not with them' (Jeremiah 15:1).
But if through the appearance of Christ into Paradise the [...]
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15 ∆ιὰ τί δὲ περὶ πολλοῦ ποιοῦνται δεικνύναι τὸν Χριστὸν ἄψυχον ἀνειληφέναι σῶμα, γεώδεις πλάττοντες ἀπάτας; Ἵνα εἰ δυνηθεῖεν ὑποφθεῖραί τινας, ταῦθ' οὕτως ἔχειν ὁρίζεσθαι, τηνικαῦτα τὰς τῶν παθῶν ἀλλοιώσεις τῷ θείῳ περιάψαντες Πνεύματι, ῥᾳδίως ἀναπείσωσιν αὐτοὺς, ὡς οὐκ ἔστι τὸ τρεπτὸν ἐκ τῆς ἀτρέπτου φύσεως γεννηθέν. 16 Σύμφωνα δὲ τούτοις διεξιὼν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἱερεμίας εἰσηγεῖται τὰς τοῦ Θεοῦ διακονούμενος φωνὰς, δι' ὧν δείκνυσιν, ὅτι μήτε τὰς τῶν δικαίων προσίεται πρεσβείας, εἰ βουληθεῖεν τῶν μιαιφόνων χάριν ἀξιῶσαι. Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρός με λέγων· Ἐὰν στῇ Μωϋσῆς καὶ Σαμουὴλ πρὸ προσώπου μου, οὐκ ἔστιν ἡ ψυχή μου πρὸς αὐτούς. 17 Εἰ δὲ διὰ τῆς τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐπιφανείας εἰς τὸν παράδεισον τὸ τῶν
About this text
On the Soul against the Arians attributed to Eustathius of Antioch.
Original English Translation — new OET from PG 18 Greek.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 18 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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