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Against Beron and Helix

Hippolytus

Fragment 7

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Author: Hippolytus

Fragment VII.

But if it (the flesh) did not

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become

of

like

nature

with

that

(

the

deity

)

,

neither

shall

it

ever

become

of

like

natural

energy

with

that

;

that

He

may

not

be

shown

to

have

His

energy

unequal

with

His

nature

,

and

heterogeneous

,

and

,

through

all

that

pertains

to

Himself

,

to

have

entered

on

an

existence

outside

of

His

natural

equality

and

identity

,

which

is

an

impious

supposition

.

Notes

1
φυσικῆς ἔξω γεγονὼς ἰσότητος καὶ ταυτόητος.