Dubious Or Spurious Writings Of Gregory Thaumaturgus

1 Section I. Most hostile and alien to the Apostolic Confession are those who speak of the Son 2 Section II. But the Church's Confession, and the Creed that brings salvation to the world 3 Section III. If, then, there are any here, too, who falsify the holy faith 4 Section IV. One therefore is God the Father, one the Word 5 Section V. Again, when one speaks of the Holy Spirit as an object made holy 6 Section VI. Moreover, the capital element of our salvation is the incarnation of the Word. 7 Section VII. But some treat the Holy Trinity in an awful manner 8 Section VIII. Now the person in each declares the independent being and subsistence. 9 Section IX. The same position we hold respecting the Spirit, who has that unity with the Son 10 Section X. And again, if the impious say, How will there not be three Gods and three 11 Section XI. And again, writing to those same Romans, he says 12 Section XII. Again, in the Epistle to the Corinthians he says 13 Section XIII. Seest thou that all through Scripture the Spirit is preached 14 Section XIV. But if they say, How can there be three Persons 15 Section XV. We therefore acknowledge one TRUE God, the one First Cause 16 Section XVI. And since some have given us trouble by attempting to subvert our faith in our 17 Section XVII. We believe therefore in one God, that is, in one First Cause 18 Section XVIII. We acknowledge that the Son and the Spirit are consubstantial with the Father 19 Section XIX. One is the Son, both before the incarnation and after the incarnation. 20 Section XX. And that the holy Trinity is to be worshipped without either separation or alienation 21 Section XXI. And again Paul says: |That mortality might be swallowed up of life. 22 Section XXII. And again, speaking also of the children of Israel as baptized in the cloud and 23 Section XXIII. Seest thou that the Spirit is inseparable from the divinity? And no one with pious 24 A Fragment of the Same Declaration of Faith, Accompanied by Glosses. --From Gregory Thaumaturgus, as They Say, in His Sectional Confession of Faith. 25 Elucidations. 26 Fragment from the Discourse. 27 Elucidation. 28 Topic I. If any one says that the body of Christ is uncreated 29 Topic II. If any one affirms that the flesh of Christ is consubstantial with the divinity 30 Topic III. If any one affirms that Christ, just like one of the prophets 31 Topic IV. If any one affirms that Christ was born of the seed of man by the 32 Topic V. If any one affirms that the Son of God who is before the ages is 33 Topic VI. If any one affirms that He who suffered is one 34 Topic VII. If any one affirms that Christ is saved, and refuses to acknowledge that He is 35 Topic VIII. If any one affirms that Christ is perfect man and also God the Word in 36 Topic IX. If any one says that Christ suffers change or alteration 37 Topic X. If any one affirms that Christ assumed the man only in part 38 Topic XI. If any one affirms that the body of Christ is void of soul and understanding 39 Topic XII. If any one says that Christ was manifested in the world only in semblance 40 Elucidations. 41 Introduction 42 I. Wherein is the Criterion for the Apprehension of the Soul. 43 II. Whether the Soul Exists. 44 III. Whether the Soul is a Substance. 45 IV. Whether the Soul is Incorporeal. 46 V. Whether the Soul is Simple or Compound. 47 VI. Whether Our Soul is Immortal. 48 VII. Whether Our Soul is Rational. 49 Elucidations. 50 The First Homily. On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary. 51 The Second Homily. On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary. 52 The Third Homily. On the Annunciation to the Holy Virgin Mary. 53 The Fourth Homily. On the Holy Theophany, or on Christ's Baptism. 54 Elucidations. 55 On All the Saints. 56 Elucidations. 57 On the Gospel According to Matthew.