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From His Seven Books of Hypotyposes or Outlines

Theognostus of Alexandria

Part 3 · Introduction

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Author: Theognostus of Alexandria

III.

Then he says again: As

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the

Saviour

converses

with

those

not

yet

able

to

receive

what

is

perfect

,

condescending

to

their

littleness

,

while

the

Holy

Spirit

communes

with

the

perfected

,

and

yet

we

could

never

say

on

that

account

that

the

teaching

of

the

Spirit

is

superior

to

the

teaching

of

the

Son

,

but

only

that

the

Son

condescends

to

the

imperfect

,

while

the

Spirit

is

the

seal

of

the

perfected

;

even

so

it

is

not

on

account

of

the

superiority

of

the

Spirit

over

the

Son

that

the

blasphemy

against

the

Spirit

is

a

sin

excluding

impunity

and

pardon

,

but

because

for

the

imperfect

there

is

pardon

,

while

for

those

who

have

tasted

the

heavenly

gift

,

and

been

made

perfect

,

there

remains

no

plea

or

prayer

for

pardon

.

Notes

1
From Athanasius, as above, p. 155.
2
τὰ τέλεια.
3
Heb. vi. 4. [Compare Matt. xii. 31.]