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Epistles on the Arian Heresy

Alexander of Alexandria

Section 6

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Author: Alexander of Alexandria

6. Now that it is an insane thing to

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think

that

the

Son

was

made

from

things

which

are

not

,

and

was

in

being

in

time

,

the

expression

,

“

from

things

which

are

not

,

”

itself

shows

,

although

these

stupid

men

understand

not

the

insanity

of

their

own

words

.

For

the

expression

,

“

was

not

,

”

ought

either

to

be

reckoned

in

time

,

or

in

some

place

of

an

age

.

But

if

it

be

true

that

“

all

things

were

made

by

Him

,

”

it

is

established

that

both

every

age

and

time

and

all

space

,

and

that

“

when

”

in

which

the

“

was

not

”

is

found

,

was

made

by

Him

.

And

is

it

not

absurd

that

He

who

fashioned

the

times

and

the

ages

and

the

seasons

,

in

which

that

“

was

not

”

is

mixed

up

,

to

say

of

Him

,

that

He

at

some

time

was

not

?

For

it

is

devoid

of

sense

,

and

a

mark

of

great

ignorance

,

to

affirm

that

He

who

is

the

cause

of

everything

is

posterior

to

the

origin

of

that

thing

.

For

according

to

them

,

the

space

of

time

in

which

they

say

that

the

Son

had

not

yet

been

made

by

the

Father

,

preceded

the

wisdom

of

God

that

fashioned

all

things

,

and

the

Scripture

speaks

falsely

according

to

them

,

which

calls

Him

“

the

First

-

born

of

every

creature

.

”

Conformable

to

which

,

that

which

the

majestically

-

speaking

Paul

says

of

Him

:

“

Whom

He

hath

appointed

heir

of

all

things

.

By

whom

also

He

made

the

worlds

.

But

by

Him

also

were

all

things

created

that

are

in

heaven

,

and

that

are

in

earth

,

visible

and

invisible

,

whether

they

be

thrones

or

dominions

,

or

principalities

,

or

powers

;

all

things

were

created

by

Him

,

and

for

Him

;

and

He

is

before

all

things

.

”

Notes

16
Col. i. 16, 17.