Oratio quarta contra Arianos [Sp.] (16-20)

16. Εἰ μὲν οὖν ποίημα καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς, καλῶς ἂν ὕστερον Πατὴρ καὶ ἐπʼαὐτοῦ· εἰ δὲ οὐ ποίημα ὁ Υἱὸς, ἀεὶ ἄρα ὁ Πατὴρ, ἀεὶ καὶ ὁ Υἱός. Εἰ δὲ ἀεὶ ὁ Υἱὸς, αὐτὸς ἂν εἴη ὁ λόγος. Εἰ γὰρ μὴ Υἱὸς εἴη ὁ Λόγος, καὶ τοῦτό τις ἀποτολμῶν εἴποι, ἢ τὸν Λόγον ‘Πατέραʼ λέγει, ἢ τὸν Υἱὸν κρείττονα τοῦ λόγου. Τοῦ γὰρ Υἱοῦ ‘ἐν κόλποις ὄντος τοῦ Πατρὸς,’ ἀνάγκη ἢ μὴ εἶναι πρὸ Υἱοῦ τὸν [*] Λόγον· οὐδὲν γάρ ἐστι πρὸ τοῦ ὄντος ἐν τῷ Πατρί· ἢ εἰ ὁ Λόγος ἄλλος ἐστὶ παρὰ τὸν Υἱὸν, ὁ Λόγος ἂν εἴη ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐν ᾧ ἐστιν ὁ Υἱός. Εἰ δὲ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ Λόγος Πατὴρ, ἀλλὰ λόγος, ἐκτὸς ἂν εἴη ὁ Λόγος τοῦ Πατρὸς, ὄντος τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἐν τοῖς κόλποις τοῦ Πατρός. Οὐ γὰρ ἀμφότερα, ὅ τε Λόγος καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς, ἐν τοῖς κόλποις, ἀλλʼ ἕνα εἶναι δεῖ, καὶ τοῦτον τὸν Υἱὸν, ὅς ἐστι μονογενής. Καὶ πάλιν, εἰ ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ἄλλος ὁ Υἱὸς, κρείττων εὑρεθήσεται ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Λόγου· ‘οὐδεὶς γὰρ γινώσκει [*] τὸν Πατέρα, εἰ μὴ ὁ Υἱὸς,’ οὐχ ‘ὁ Λόγος.’ Ἢ τοίνυν οὐκ οἶδεν ὁ Λόγος, ἢ εἰ οἶδε, ψεῦδος τὸ ‘οὐδεὶς γινώσκει. Τὸ αὐτὸ δὲ καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ‘ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ, ἑώρακε τὸν Πατέρα, καὶ, ‘ἐγὼ καὶ [*] ὁ Πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν Υἱοῦ γάρ εἰσι φωναὶ, καὶ οὐ Λόγου κατ αὐτούς· δῆλον δὲ ἀπὸ τῶν εὐαγγελίων. Κατὰ γὰρ τὸν Ἰωάννην, λέγοντος τοῦ Κυρίου, ‘Ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν, ἐβάστασαν [*]

λίθους οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι, ἵνα λιθάσωσιν αὐτόν. Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Πολλὰ ἔργα καλὰ ἔδειξα ὑμῖν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρός· διὰ ποῖον αὐτῶν ἔργον ἐμὲ λιθάζετε; Ἀπεκρίθησαν αὐτῷ οἱ Ἰουδαῖοι· Περὶ καλοῦ ἔργου οὐ λιθάζομέν σε, ἀλλὰ περὶ βλασφημίας, καὶ ὅτι σὺ, ἄνθρωπος ὢν, ποιεῖς σεαυτὸν Θεόν· Ἀπεκρίθη αὐτοῖς ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Οὐκ ἔστι γεγραμμένον ἐν τῷ νόμῳ ὑμῶν, ὅτι ‘‘ἐγὼ εἶπα, θεοί ἐστε; εἰ ἐκείνους εἶπε θεοὺς, πρὸς οὓς ὁ Λόγος τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ οὐ δύναται λυθῆναι ἡ γραφὴ, ὃν ὁ Πατὴρ ἡγίασε καὶ ἀπέστειλεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ὑμεῖς λέγετε, ὅτι “βλασφημεῖς,” ὅτι εἶπον, Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ εἰμι ; εἰ οὐ ποιῶ τὰ ἔργα τοῦ Πατρὸς, μὴ πιστεύετέ μοι· εἰ δὲ ποιῶ, κἂν ἐμοὶ μὴ πιστεύητε, τοῖς ἔργοις πιστεύσατε, ἵνα γνῶτε καὶ γινώσκητε ὅτι ἐν ἐμοὶ ὁ Πατὴρ, κἀγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρί·’ Καίτοι, ὅσον ἐκ τοῦ προφανοῦς δεῖ νοεῖν, οὔθʼ ὅτι ‘Θεός εἰμι,’ οὐδʼ ὅτι ‘Υἱὸς Θεοῦ εἰμι, εἶπεν, ἀλλʼ, ‘ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν.

17. Οὁ μὲν οὖν Ἰουδαῖοι ἐν τῷ ἀκοῦσαι ‘ἓν’ ἐνόμιζον κατὰ Σαβέλλιον αὐτὸν εἰρηκέναι εἶναι τὸν Πατέρα· ὁ δέ γε Σωτὴρ ἡμῶν συλλογίζεται μὲν αὐτῶν τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, ὅτι ‘εἰ καὶ Θεὸν εἶπον, ἔδει ὑμᾶς εἰδέναι τὸ γεγραμμένον, Ἐγὼ εἶπα, θεοί ἐστε· εἶτα τὸ ‘ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν’ σαφηνίζων, ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ τὴν πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα ἑνότητα ἀποδέδωκε λέγων, ‘ὅτι εἶπον, Υἱός εἰμι τοῦ Θεοῦ. Εἰ γὰρ τῇ λέξει οὐκ εἶπεν, ἀλλὰ τὴν διάνοιαν τοῦ ‘ἕν ἐσμεν ἀποδέδωκε τῷ Υἱῷ. Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἓν πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα, εἰ μὴ τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ. Τί δ ἂν εἴη τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἢ ὁ Υἱός ; Ἐπιφέρει γοῦν, ‘ἵνα γινώσκητε ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί.’ Τὸ γὰρ ‘ἓν’ ἐπεξηγούμενος, οὐκ ἐν τῷ αὐτὸ εἶναι ἐκεῖνο πρὸς ὃ ἕν ἐστιν εἶπεν, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ αὐτὸν ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ τὸν Πατέρα ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ, τὴν συνάφειαν καὶ τὸ ἀχώριστον. [*] Καὶ γὰρ καὶ Σαβέλλιον ἐν τούτῳ ἀνατρέπει, ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν οὐχ, ‘ὁ Πατήρ εἰμι, ἀλλὰ, ‘ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ· καὶ Ἄρειον ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν, ‘ἕν ἐσμεν. Εἰ τοίνυν ὁ Υἱὸς ἄλλο, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἄλλο, οὐχ ὁ Λόγος ἕν ἐστι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα, ἀλλʼ ὁ Υἱός· οὐδὲ ὁ τὸν Λόγον ‘ἑωρακὼς ἑώρακε τὸν Πατέρα,ʼ ἀλλʼ ὁ τὸν Υἱόν. Τούτων δὲ δεικνυμένων, ἢ μείζων ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Λόγου, ἢ πλεῖον οὐδὲν ὁ Λόγος τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἔχει. Τί γὰρ μεῖζον ἢ τελειότερον τοῦ ‘ἓν,ʼ καὶ τοῦ ‘ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν

ἐμοὶ, καὶ τοῦ ‘ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ, ἑώρακε τὸν Πατέρα;’ Καὶ γὰρ [*] καὶ αὗται αἱ φωναὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ εἰσι. Φησὶ γοῦν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἰωάννης, ‘Ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ, ἑώρακε τὸν πέμψαντά με· καὶ, ‘ὁ ἐμὲ δεχόμενος, [*] δέχεται τὸν ἀποστείλαντά με·ʼ καὶ ‘ἐγὼ φῶς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐλήλυθα, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ ἐν τῇ σκοτίᾳ μὴ μείνῃ· καὶ, ‘Ἐάν τίς μου ἀκούσῃ τῶν λόγων, καὶ μὴ φυλάξῃ, ἐγὼ οὐ κρίνω αὐτόν· οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον ἵνα κρίνω τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλʼ ἵνα σώσω τὸν κόσμον. Ὁ λόγος δὲ ὃν ἀκούει, ἐκεῖνος κρινεῖ αὐτὸν ἐν τῇ ἐσχάτῃ ἡμέρᾳ· ὅτι ἐγὼ πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα πορεύομαι. [*] Τὸ κήρυγμα δέ φησι κρίνειν τὸν μὴ φυλάξαντα τὴν ἐντολήν. ‘Εἰ γάρ,ʼ φησι, ‘μὴ ἦλθον καὶ ἐλάλησα αὐτοῖς, ἁμαρτίον οὐκ [*] εἶχον· νῦν δὲ πρόφασιν οὐχ ἕξουσι, φησὶ, ἀκηκοότες μοῦ τῶν ῥημάτων, διʼ ὧν σωτηρίαν καρπίζονται οἱ φυλάσσοντες.ʼ

18. Ἴσως μὲν οὖν ἂν εἴποιεν ἀναιδῶς, μὴ Υἱοῦ. ἀλλὰ Λόγου εἶναι τὴν φωνὴν ταύτην. Ἀλλʼ ἐν τοῖς ἀνωτέρω λεχθεῖσι δῆλον ἐγένετο ὅτι Υἱός ἐστιν ὁ λέγων. Ὁ γὰρ λέγων ἐνταῦθα, ‘οὐκ ἦλθον κρῖναι τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλὰ σῶσαι, δείκνυται οὐκ ἄλλος εἶναι ἢ ὁ μονογενὴς Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ. Φησὶ γὰρ ἐν τοῖς ἔμπροσθεν ὁ αὐτὸς Ἰωάννης, ‘Οὕτω γὰρ ἠγάπησεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν κόσμον, [*] ὥστε τὸν Υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ ἔδωκεν, ἵνα πᾶς ὁ πιστεύων ἐπʼ αὐτὸν μὴ ἀπόληται, ἀλλʼ ἔχῃ ζωὴν αἰώνιον. Οὐ γὰρ ἀπέστειλεν ὁ Θεὸς τὸν Υἱὸν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, ἵνα κρίνῃ τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλʼ ἴνα σωθῇ ὁ κόσμος διʼ αὐτοῦ, Ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ κρίνεται· ὁ δὲ μὴ πιστεύων ἤδη κέκριται, ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ. Αὕτη δέ ἐστιν ἡ κρίσις, ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον, καὶ ἠγάπησαν οἱ ἄνθρωποι μᾶλλον τὸ σκότος ἢ τὸ φῶς· ἦν γὰρ αὐτῶν πονηρὰ τὰ ἔργα. Εἰ ὁ λέγων, ‘οὐ γὰρ ἦλθον, ἵνα κρίνω τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλʼ ἵνα σώσω αὐτὸν,ʼ αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ λέγων, ‘ὁ θεωρῶν ἐμὲ, [*] θεωρεῖ τὸν πέμψαντά με· ὁ δὲ ἐλθὼν σῶσαι τὸν κόσμον, καὶ μὴ κρῖναι αὐτὸν, ὁ μονογενής ἐστιν Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ· δῆλον ὅτι ὁ αὐτὸς Υἱός ἐστιν ὁ λέγων, ‘ὁ θεωρῶν ἐμὲ, θεωρεῖ τὸν πέμψαντά με. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ λέγων, ‘ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ,’ καὶ, ‘ἐάν τίς μου ἀκούσῃ τῶν ῥημάτων, ἐγὼ οὐ κρίνω αὐτὸν, αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ Υἱὸς, περὶ οὗ ταῦτά φησιν, ‘ὁ πιστεύων εἰς αὐτὸν οὐ κρίνεται· ὁ δὲ μὴ πιστεύων ἤδη κέκριται, ὅτι μὴ πεπίστευκεν εἰς

[*] τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ. Καὶ πάλιν, ‘καὶ αὕτη ἐστὶν ἡ κρίσις τοῦ μὴ πιστεύοντος εἰς τὸν Υἱὸν, ὅτι τὸ φῶς ἐλήλυθεν εἰς τὸν κόσμον,ʼ καὶ οὐκ ἐπίστευσαν αὐτῷ, δηλονότι τῷ Υἱῷ· αὐτὸς γὰρ ἂν εἴη ‘τὸ φῶς τὸ φωτίζον πάντα ἄνθρωπον τὸν ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον· καὶ ὅσον χρόνον ἐπὶ γῆς ὑπῆρχε κατὰ τὴν ἐνανθρώπησιν, φῶς εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἦν, ὡς ἔφη [*] αὐτός· ‘ἕως τὸ φῶς ἔχετε, πιστεύετε εἰς τὸ φῶς, ἵνα υἱοὶ φωτὸς γένησθε· ἐγὼ γὰρ φῶς, φησὶν, ‘εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐλήλυθα.

19. Καὶ τούτου τοίνυν δειχθέντος, δῆλον ὅτι Υἱός ἐστιν ὁ Λόγος. Εἰ δὲ ὁ Υἱός ἐστι τὸ φῶς τὸ εἰς τὸν κόσμον ἐληλυθὸς, ἀναντιῤῥήτως διὰ τοῦ Υἱοῦ ὁ κόσμος ἐγένετο. Ἐν γὰρ τῇ ἀρχῇ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου περὶ τοῦ βαπτιστοῦ λέγων Ἰωάννου ὁ εὐαγγελιστής φησιν, ‘οὐκ ἦν ἐκεῖνος τὸ φῶς, ἀλλʼ ἵνα μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ φωτός· Ἦν γὰρ, ὡς προέφημεν, ‘τὸ φῶςʼ αὐτὸς ὁ Χριστὸς ‘τὸ ἀληθινὸν, τὸ φωτίζον πάντα ἄνθρωπον τὸν ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον.’ Εἰ γὰρ ‘ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν, καὶ ὁ κόσμος διʼ αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο,’ ἀνάγκη οὖν αὐτὸν εἶναι τὸν Λόγον τοῦ Θεοῦ, περὶ οὗ καὶ πάντα διʼ αὐτοῦ γεγενῆσθαι ἔφησεν. Ἢ γὰρ δύο κόσμους ἀναγκασθήσονται λέγειν, ἵνʼ ὁ μὲν δι Υἱοῦ, ὁ δὲ διὰ τοῦ Λόγου εἴη γεγονώς· ἢ, εἰ εἷς ἐστιν ὁ κόσμος καὶ μία ἡ κτίσις, ἀκόλουθον καὶ ἕνα καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν Υἱὸν καὶ Λόγον πρὸ πάσης κτίσεως· δι αὐτοῦ γὰρ γέγονεν. Οὐκοῦν εἰ ὡς διὰ τοῦ Λόγου, οὕτω καὶ διὰ Υἱοῦ τὰ πάντα γέγονεν, οὐδὲν ἐναντίον φανήσεται, ἀλλὰ καὶ ταὐτὸν εἴη ἂν εἰπεῖν, ὡς ‘ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος,ʼ ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Υἱός. Εἰ δὲ, ὅτι μὴ εἶπεν ὁ Ἰωάννης, ‘ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Υἱὸς, οὐχ ἁρμόζειν φήσουσι τῷ Υἱῷ τὰ τοῦ Λόγου, ὥρα καὶ τὰ τοῦ [*] Υἱοῦ μὴ ἁρμόζειν τῷ Λόγῳ. Τοῦ δὲ Υἱοῦ ἐδείχθη τὸ ‘ἐγὼ καὶ [*] ὁ Πατὴρ ἕν ἐσμεν,ʼ καὶ τὸ, ‘ὁ ὢν ἐν τοῖς κόλποις τοῦ Πατρὸς, [*] ὑπάρχειν αὐτόν· καὶ τὸ, ‘ὁ θεωρῶν ἐμὲ, θεωρεῖ τὸν πέμψαντά με·ʼ κοινὸν μέντοι πρός τε τὸν Λόγον καὶ τὸν Υἱὸν τὸ τὸν κόσμον διʼ αὐτοῦ γεγενῆσθαι· ὡς ἐκ τούτου δείκνυσθαι πρὸ τοῦ κόσμου εἶναι τὸν Υἱόν. Ἀνάγκη γὰρ τὸν δημιουργὸν πρὸ τῶν γιγνομένων εἶναι. Καὶ τὸ πρὸς Φίλιππον δὲ λεγόμενον οὐ τοῦ Λόγου κατʼ αὐτοὺς [*] ἂν εἴη, ἀλλὰ τοῦ Υἱοῦ. Εἶπε γὰρ, φησὶν, ὁ Ἰησοῦς· ‘Τοσοῦτον χρόνον μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωκάς με, Φίλιππε; ὁ ἑωρακὼς

ἐμὲ, ἑώρακε τὸν Πατέρα· καὶ πῶς σὺ λέγεις, Δεῖξον ἡμῖν τὸν Πατέρα; οὐ πιστεύεις, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί ἐστι; τὰ ῥήματα, ἃ ἐγὼ λαλῷ ὑμῖν, ἀπʼ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐ λαλῶ· ὁ δὲ Πατὴρ, ὁ ἐν ἐμοὶ μένων, αὐτὸς ποιεῖ τὰ ἔργα. Πιστεύετέ μοι, ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοὶ, εἰ δὲ μὴ, διὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτὰ πιστεύετέ μοι. Ἀμὴν, ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμὲ, τὰ ἔργα, ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ, κἀκεῖνος ποιήσει, καὶ μείζονα τούτων ποιήσει, ὅτι ἔγω πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα πορεύομαι. Καὶ ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, τοῦτο ποιήσω, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ. Οὐκοῦν εἰ ὁ Πατὴρ δοξάζεται ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ, ὁ Υἱὸς ἂν εἴη ὁ λέγων, ‘ἐγὼ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἐμοί· αὐτὸς καὶ τὸ, ‘ὁ ἐμὲ ἑωρακὼς, ἑώρακε τὸν Πατέρα. Αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ ταῦτα λέγων Υἱὸν ἑαυτὸν δείκνυσιν ἐπάγων, ‘ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ.

20. Eἰ μὲν οὖν τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ὃν ἐφόρεσεν ὁ Λόγος, αὐτὸν [*] εἶναι λέγουσι τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, καὶ μὴ τὸν Λόγον Υἱὸν, ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἂν εἴη ἀκολούθως ὁ ‘ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ,ʼ ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ ‘ἐν αὐτῷ·’ καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἂν εἴη, ὁ ‘ἓν’ ὢν αὐτὸς καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ, καὶ ‘ὁ ἐν τοῖς κόλποις τοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ ‘τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν· Ἀναγκασθήσονται δὲ καὶ ‘δι αὐτοῦ’ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰπεῖν τὸν κόσμον γεγενῆσθαι, καὶ τὸν ἄνθρωπον εἶναι τὸν ‘ἐλθόντα μὴ κρῖναι τὸν κόσμον, ἀλλὰ σῶσαι’ αὐτόν· αὐτὸν δὲ εἶναι καὶ πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι. ‘Ἰησοῦς’ γὰρ, φησὶν, ‘εἷπεν αὐτοῖς· Ἀμὴν, [*] ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμίν, πρὶν Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι, ἐγώ εἰμι.’ Καὶ πῶς οὐκ ἄτοπον κατʼ αὐτοὺς τὸν ἐκ σπέρματος Ἀβραὰμ μετὰ δύο καὶ [*] τεσσαράκοντα γενεὰς γενόμενον λέγειν, ‘πρὶν’ Ἀβραὰμ γενέσθαι,’ ὑπάρχειν; πῶς δὲ οὐκ ἄτοπον, εἰ ἡ σὰρξ, ἣν ἐφόρεσεν ὁ Λόγος, αὕτη ἐστὶν ὁ Υἱὸς, λέγειν τὴν ἐκ Μαρίας σάρκα ταύτην εἶναι, διʼ ἧς ὁ κόσμος ἐγένετο; πῶς δὲ φήσουσι καὶ τὸ ‘ἐν [*] τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν;’ τὸ γὰρ πρὸ τῆς κατὰ σάρκα γενέσεως τοῦ Υἱοῦ σημαίνων ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς, ἐπήγαγε λέγων, ‘ἐν τῷ κόσμῳ ἦν.’ Πῶς δὲ εἰ μὴ ὁ Λόγος Υἱός ἐστιν, ἀλλʼ ὁ ἄνθρωπος Υἱὸς, δύναται τὸν κόσμον σῶσαι, εἶς ὢν καὶ αὐτὸς τοῦ κόσμου; Εἰ δὲ ἀναισχυντοῖεν ἐπὶ τούτοις, ποῦ ἔσται ὁ Λόγος, τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ὄντος ‘ἐν τῷ Πατρί;ʼ πόστος δὲ ἔσται ὁ Λόγος πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα, τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ τοῦ Πατρὸς ‘ἓν ὄντων; Εἱ δὲ ὁ ἄνθρωπος

μονογενής ἐστι, πόστος ἔσται ὁ Λόγος; Ἢ γὰρ δεύτερον εἶναι αὐτὸν λέξειέ τις· ἢ εἰ ὑπὲρ τὸ μονογενές ἐστιν, αὐτὸς ἂν εἴη ὁ Πατήρ. ἅσπερ γὰρ εἷς ἐστιν ὁ Πατὴρ, οὕτως ἓν καὶ τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ μονογενές. Τί δὲ καὶ πλέον ὁ Λόγος ἔχει τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, εἴ γε οὐχ ὁ Λόγος Υἱός ἐστι; Διὰ μὲν γὰρ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ Λόγου ὁ κόσμου γεγενῆσθαι γέγραπται, καὶ κοινόν ἐστι τῷ τε Λόγῳ καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ τὸ δημιουργεῖν τὸν κόσμον· τὸ δὲ ὁρᾶν τὸν Πατέρα οὐκ ἔτι ἐν τῷ Λόγῳ γέγραπται, ἀλλʼ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ· καὶ τὸ σώζειν τὸν κόσμον οὐκέτι διὰ τοῦ Λόγου ἐλέχθη, ἀλλὰ διὰ τοῦ [*] μονογενοῦς Υἱοῦ, ‘Εἶπεʼ γὰρ, φησὶν, ‘ὁ Ἰησοῦς· Τοσοῦτον χρόνον μεθʼ ὑμῶν εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἔγνωκάς με, Φίλιππε; ὁ ἑωρακὼς ἐμὲ. ἑώρακε τὸν Πατέρα. Καὶ τὸν Πατέρα δὲ οὐχ ὁ Λόγος γέγραπται γινώσκειν, ἀλλʼ ὁ Υἱός· ὁρᾷν δὲ τὸν Πατέρα οὐχ ὁ Λόγος εἴρηται, ἀλλʼ ‘ὁ μονογενὴς Υἱὸς, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ Πατρός.