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Πατρὸς μὲν ἡ ἀγεννησία, Υἱοῦ δὲ ἡ γέννησις,
Πνεύματος δὲ ἡ ἐκπόρευσις.
Οὕτω μὲν οὖν ταῦτα πίστευε: καταλαβεῖν δὲ
τὸν τρόπον τῆς γεννήσεως ἢ τῆς ἐκπορεύσεως μὴ
1 ἐπιζήτει ῾ἀκατάληπτος γάῤ: ἐν εὐθύτητι καρδίας
ἀπεριέργως προσδέχου ὅτι ὁ Πατὴρ καὶ ὁ Υἱὸς
καὶ τὸ Ἅγιον Πνεῦμα κατὰ πάντα ἕν εἰσι, πλὴν
τῆς ἀγεννησίας καὶ τῆς γεννήσεως καὶ τῆς ἐκπορεύσεως,
καὶ ὅτι ὁ μονογενὴς Υἱὸς καὶ Λόγος
τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Θεὸς διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν
2 κατῆλθεν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς εὐδοκίᾳ τοῦ Πατρὸς καὶ
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συνεργίᾳ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, ἀσπόρως συλληφθεὶς
3 ἐν τῇ μήτρᾳ τῆς ἁγίας Παρθένου καὶ Θεοτόκου
Μαρίας διὰ Πνεύματος Ἁγίου, καὶ ἀφθόρως
ἐξ αὐτῆς γεννηθείς, καὶ ἄνθρωπος τέλειος γενόμενος,
καὶ ὅτι αὐτὸς Θεὸς τέλειός ἐστι καὶ ἄνθρωπος
τέλειος, γενόμενος ἐκ δύο φύσεων, θεότητός
τε καὶ ἀνθρωπότητος, καὶ ἐν δύο φύσεσι νοεραῖς,
θελητικαῖς τε καὶ ἐνεργητικαῖς καὶ αὐτεξουσίοις,
καὶ κατὰ πάντα τελείως ἐχούσαις κατὰ τὸν
ἑκάστῃ πρέποντα ὅρον τε καὶ λόγον, θεότητι,
φημί, καὶ ἀνθρωπότητι, μιᾷ δὲ συνθέτῳ ὑποστάσει.
καὶ ταῦτα ἀπεριέργως δέχου, μηδόλως τὸν
4 τρόπον μαθεῖν ἐκζητῶν, πῶς ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν ο
Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ ἄνθρωπος γέγονεν ἐκ παρθενικῶν
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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