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II.—On the
Godhead.2354
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A fragment from his book, from the Acts of the Council of
Ephesus, i. and vii. 2.—Galland. |
Since certainly “grace and truth came by
Jesus Christ,”2355
whence also by grace we are saved, according to that word of the
apostle, “and that not of yourselves, nor of works, lest any man
should boast;”2356 by the will of God, “the Word was
made flesh,”2357 and “was found in fashion as a
man.”2358 But yet
He was not left without His divinity. For neither “though
He was rich did He become poor”2359 that He might absolutely be separated
from His power and glory, but that He might Himself endure death for us
sinners, the just for the unjust, that He might bring us to God,
“being put to death in the flesh, but quickened by the
Spirit;” and afterwards other things. Whence the evangelist
also asserts the truth when he says, “The Word was made flesh,
and dwelt among us;” then indeed, from the time when the angel
had saluted the virgin, saying, “Hail, thou that art highly
favoured, the Lord is with thee.” Now when Gabriel said,
“The Lord is with thee,” he meant God the Word is with
thee. For he shows that He was conceived in the womb, and was to
become flesh; as it is written, “The Holy Ghost shall come upon
thee, and the power of the Highest shall overshadow thee; therefore
also that holy thing which shall be born of thee shall be called the
Son of God;”2360
and afterwards other things. Now God the Word, in the absence of
a man, by the will of God, who easily effects everything, was made
flesh in the womb of the virgin, not requiring the operation of the
presence of a man. For more efficacious than a man was the power
of God overshadowing the virgin, together with the Holy Ghost also who
came upon her.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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