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Epistles on the Arian Heresy

Alexander of Alexandria

Section 11

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Author: Alexander of Alexandria

11. And let these things be now urged according

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to

our

power

against

those

who

,

with

respect

to

matter

which

they

know

nothing

of

,

have

,

as

it

were

,

rolled

in

the

dust

against

Christ

,

and

have

taken

in

hand

to

calumniate

our

piety

towards

Him

.

For

those

inventors

of

stupid

fables

say

,

that

we

who

turn

away

with

aversion

from

the

impious

and

unscriptural

blasphemy

against

Christ

,

of

those

who

speak

of

His

coming

from

the

things

which

are

not

assert

,

that

there

are

two

unbegottens

.

For

they

ignorantly

affirm

that

one

of

two

things

must

necessarily

be

said

,

either

that

He

is

from

things

which

are

not

,

or

that

there

are

two

unbegottens

;

nor

do

those

ignorant

men

know

how

great

is

the

difference

between

the

unbegotten

Father

,

and

the

things

which

were

by

Him

created

from

things

which

are

not

,

as

well

the

rational

as

the

irrational

.

Between

which

two

,

as

holding

the

middle

place

,

the

only

begotten

nature

of

God

,

the

Word

by

which

the

Father

formed

all

things

out

of

nothing

,

was

begotten

of

the

true

Father

Himself

.

As

in

a

certain

place

the

Lord

Himself

testified

,

saying

,

“

Every

one

that

loveth

Him

that

begat

,

loveth

Him

also

that

is

begotten

of

Him

.

”

Notes

32
John v. 1.