A Declaration of Faith — Part 1

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χαρακτῆρος ἀϊδίου.

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μόνος ἐκ μόνου .

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λόγος ἐνεργός.

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περιεκτική.

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ποιητική.

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ἀΐδιος ἀϊδίου.

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ὕπαρξιν.

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πεφηνός.

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The words δηλαδὴ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις are suspected by some to be a gloss that has found its way into the text.

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εἰκών.

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So John of Damascus uses the phrase, εἰκὼν τοῦ Πατρὸς ὁ Υἱὸς, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, τὸ Πνεῦμα, the Son is the Image of the Father, and the Spirit is that of the Son, lib. 1, De fide orthod., ch. 13, vol. i. p. 151. See also Athanasius, Epist. 1 ad Serap.; Basil, lib. v. contra Eunom.; Cyril, Dial., 7, etc.

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χορηγός.

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ἀπαλλοτριουμένη. See also Gregory Nazianz., Orat., 37, p. 609.

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δοῦλον.

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Gregory Nazianz., Orat., 40, p. 668, with reference apparently to our author, says: Οὐδὲν τῆς Τριάδος δοῦλον, οὐδὲ κτιστον, οὐδὲ ἐπείσακτον, ἤκουσα τῶν σοφῶν τινος λέγοντος—In the Trinity there is nothing either in servitude or created, or superinduced, as I heard one of the learned say.

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ἐπείσακτον.

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In one codex we find the following addition here: οὔτε αὔξεται μονὰς εἰς δυάδα, οὐδὲ δυὰς εἰς τριάδα—Neither again does the unity grow into duality, nor the duality into trinity; or = Neither does the condition of the one grow into the condition of the two, nor that of the two into the condition of the three.

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[See valuable note and Greek text in Dr. Schaff’s History, vol. ii. p. 799.]

Part I.—Acknowledged Writings.

Part I.—Acknowledged Writings.

A Declaration of Faith.

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