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Epistles on the Arian Heresy

Alexander of Alexandria

Section 3

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Author: Alexander of Alexandria

3. We, therefore, say these wicked men

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,

can

also

be

the

sons

of

God

even

as

He

.

For

it

is

written

,

“

I

have

nourished

and

brought

up

children

.

”

But

when

what

follows

was

objected

to

them

,

“

and

they

have

rebelled

against

me

,

”

which

indeed

is

not

applicable

to

the

nature

of

the

Saviour

,

who

is

of

an

immutable

nature

;

they

,

throwing

off

all

religious

reverence

,

say

that

God

,

since

He

foreknew

and

had

foreseen

that

His

Son

would

not

rebel

against

Him

,

chose

Him

from

all

.

For

He

did

not

choose

Him

as

having

by

nature

anything

specially

beyond

His

other

sons

,

for

no

one

is

by

nature

a

son

of

God

,

as

they

say

;

neither

as

having

any

peculiar

property

of

His

own

;

but

God

chose

Him

who

was

of

a

mutable

nature

,

on

account

of

the

carefulness

of

His

manners

and

His

practice

,

which

in

no

way

turned

to

that

which

is

evil

;

so

that

,

if

Paul

and

Peter

had

striven

for

this

,

there

would

have

been

no

difference

between

their

sonship

and

His

.

And

to

confirm

this

insane

doctrine

,

playing

with

Holy

Scripture

,

they

bring

forward

what

is

said

in

the

Psalms

respecting

Christ

:

“

Thou

lovest

righteousness

,

and

hatest

wickedness

:

therefore

God

,

Thy

God

,

hath

anointed

Thee

with

the

oil

of

gladness

above

Thy

fellows

.

”

Notes

5
Isa. i. 2.
6
Ps. xlv. 7.