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A Sectional Confession of Faith

Gregory Thaumaturgus

Section 6

About this work

Author: Gregory Thaumaturgus

VI.

Moreover, the capital element of our salvation

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is

the

incarnation

of

the

Word

.

We

believe

,

therefore

,

that

it

was

without

any

change

in

the

Divinity

that

the

incarnation

of

the

Word

took

place

with

a

view

to

the

renewal

of

humanity

.

For

there

took

place

neither

mutation

nor

transposition

,

nor

any

circumscription

in

will

,

as

regards

the

holy

energy

of

God

;

but

while

that

remained

in

itself

the

same

,

it

also

effected

the

work

of

the

incarnation

with

a

view

to

the

salvation

of

the

world

:

and

the

Word

of

God

,

living

on

earth

after

man’s

fashion

,

maintained

likewise

in

all

the

divine

presence

,

fulfilling

all

things

,

and

being

united

properly

and

individually

with

flesh

;

and

while

the

sensibilities

proper

to

the

flesh

were

there

,

the

divine

energy

maintained

the

impassibility

proper

to

itself

.

Impious

,

therefore

,

is

the

man

who

introduces

the

passibility

into

the

energy

.

For

the

Lord

of

glory

appeared

in

fashion

as

a

man

when

He

undertook

the

economy

upon

the

earth

;

and

He

fulfilled

the

law

for

men

by

His

deeds

,

and

by

His

sufferings

He

did

away

with

man’s

sufferings

,

and

by

His

death

He

abolished

death

,

and

by

his

resurrection

He

brought

life

to

light

;

and

now

we

look

for

His

appearing

from

heaven

in

glory

for

the

life

and

judgment

of

all

,

when

the

resurrection

of

the

dead

shall

take

place

,

to

the

end

that

recompense

may

be

made

to

all

according

to

their

desert

.

Notes

1
περικλεισμὸς ἐν νεύματι.
2
δύναμιν.
3
πολιτευσάμένος.
4
συγκεκραμένος.
5
τὸ πάθος.
6
Meaning here the whole work and business of the incarnation, and the redemption through the flesh.—Migne.