The Son vs. a different Logos
They say that it is not the Son, our Lord Jesus Christ, but a different word of him and a different wisdom and power. Because he was named word and wisdom and power by him, they claim that a different substance standing apart from the Father exists, because they think in this way.
Furthermore, they also claim that the Father pre-existed the Son, through which they venture to argue, and that he is not truly the Son of God; but even if they say 'of God', they say it in the same way as they say 'all things'. Moreover, they even dare to say that there was once a time when he was not, and that he is a creature and a work, distinguishing him from the Father.
Therefore, I believe those saying these things to be strangers to the Catholic Church. But I believe, following the divine Scriptures, that there is one God and his only-begotten Son, the Word, who is always co-existing with the Father and has never possessed a beginning of being, truly existing from God, not having been created, not having been made, but always being, always reigning with 'God and Father', whose 'kingdom', according to the testimony of the apostle, 'will have no end' (Rev 11:15).
This is the Son, this is the power, this is the wisdom. This is the same and true Word of God, our Lord Jesus Christ, the undivided power of [...]
Greek
τὸν υἱόν, τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, ἀλλ' ἕτερον αὐτοῦ λόγον εἶναι καὶ ἑτέραν σοφίαν καὶ δύναμιν. τοῦτον γενόμενον ὑπ' αὐτοῦ ὠνομάσθαι λόγον καὶ σοφίαν καὶ δύναμιν, καὶ διὰ τὸ οὕτως αὐτοὺς φρονεῖν ἄλλην ὑπόστασιν διεστῶσαν τοῦ πατρὸς εἶναί φασιν. ἔτι μέντοι καὶ προϋπάρχειν τοῦ υἱοῦ τὸν πατέρα δι' ὧν γράφουσιν ἀποφαίνονται καὶ μὴ εἶναι αὐτὸν ἀληθῶς υἱὸν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἀλλὰ κἂν λέγωσιν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ οὕτως λέγουσιν ὡς καὶ τὰ πάντα. ἔτι μὴν καὶ ὅτι ἦν ποτε ὅτε οὐκ ἦν λέγειν τολμῶσι καὶ κτίσμα αὐτὸν καὶ ποίημα εἶναι, διορίζοντες αὐτὸν ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρός. τοὺς οὖν ταῦτα λέγοντας ἀλλοτρίους τῆς καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας εἶναι πεπίστευμαι. πιστεύω δὲ ἑπόμενος ταῖς θείαις γραφαῖς ὅτι εἷς θεὸς καὶ ὁ τούτου μονογενὴς υἱὸς λόγος, ὁ ἀεὶ συνυπάρχων τῷ πατρὶ καὶ μηδεπώποτε ἀρχὴν τοῦ εἶναι ἐσχηκώς, ἀληθῶς ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων, οὐ κτισθείς, οὐ ποιηθείς, ἀλλὰ ἀεὶ ὤν, ἀεὶ συμβασιλεύων "τῷ θεῷ καὶ πατρί", οὗ "τῆς βασιλείας" κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ἀποστόλου μαρτυρίαν "οὐκ ἔσται τέλος". οὗτος υἱός, οὗτος δύναμις, οὗτος σοφία. οὗτος ἴδιος καὶ ἀληθὴς τοῦ θεοῦ λόγος, ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστός, ἀδιαίρετος δύναμις τοῦ
About this text
Deposed in the East, cleared in Rome: fragments of the bishop who fought Arianism hardest.
Original English Translation — new OET from PG Greek.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG (Khazarzar) (Greek)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.