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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 16

About this work

Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

XVI.

And since some have given us trouble by

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attempting

to

subvert

our

faith

in

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

,

and

by

affirming

of

Him

that

He

was

not

God

incarnated

,

but

a

man

linked

with

God

;

for

this

reason

we

present

our

confession

on

the

subject

of

the

aforementioned

matters

of

faith

,

and

reject

the

faithless

dogmas

opposed

thereto

.

For

God

,

having

been

incarnated

in

the

flesh

of

man

,

retains

also

His

proper

energy

pure

,

possessing

a

mind

unsubjected

by

the

natural

and

fleshly

affections

,

and

holding

the

flesh

and

the

fleshly

motions

divinely

and

sinlessly

,

and

not

only

unmastered

by

the

power

of

death

,

but

even

destroying

death

.

And

it

is

the

true

God

unincarnate

that

has

appeared

incarnate

,

the

perfect

One

with

the

genuine

and

divine

perfection

;

and

in

Him

there

are

not

two

persons

.

Nor

do

we

affirm

that

there

are

four

to

worship

,

viz

.

,

God

and

the

Son

of

God

,

and

man

and

the

Holy

Spirit

.

Wherefore

we

also

anathematize

those

who

show

their

impiety

in

this

,

and

who

thus

give

the

man

a

place

in

the

divine

doxology

.

For

we

hold

that

the

Word

of

God

was

made

man

on

account

of

our

salvation

,

in

order

that

we

might

receive

the

likeness

of

the

heavenly

,

and

be

made

divine

after

the

likeness

of

Him

who

is

the

true

Son

of

God

by

nature

,

and

the

Son

of

man

according

to

the

flesh

,

our

Lord

Jesus

Christ

.

Notes

1
ψυχικῶν.
2
θεοποιηθῶμεν.