Τί γάρ ποτε ὑπολήψῃ τὸ θεῖον, εἴπερ ὅλαις ταῖς
λογικαῖς πιστεύεις ἐφόδοις; ἢ πρὸς τί σε ὁ λόγος ἀνάξει
βασανιζόμενος, ὦ φιλοσοφώτατε σὺ καὶ θεολογικώτατε
καὶ καυχώμενε εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα; πότερον σῶμα; καὶ πῶς
τὸ ἄπειρον, καὶ ἀόριστον, καὶ ἀσχημάτιστον, καὶ ἀναφές,
καὶ ἀόρατον; ἢ καὶ ταῦτα σώματα; τῆς ἐξουσίας· οὐ
γὰρ αὕτη φύσις σωμάτων. ἢ σῶμα μέν, οὐχὶ ταῦτα δέ;
τῆς παχύτητος· ἵνα μηδὲν πλέον ἡμῶν ἔχη τὸ θεῖον.
πῶς γὰρ σεπτόν, εἰ περιγραπτόν; ἢ πῶς φεύξεται τὸ ἐκ
στοιχείων συγκεῖσθαι καὶ εἰς αὐτὰ πάλιν ἀναλύεσθαι, ἢ
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1 τῷ τ. π. ἐρευνῶντι κτλ.] 1
Cor. ii 10.,
3. τοῦ πρόσω] ‘no longer needs
to advance.’
ib. τὸ ἔσχ. ὀρεκτόν] ‘ the ultimate
object of ’ The phrase comes
originally from Arist. Metaph. xii 7.
4. πολιτεία τ. ὑψηλοῦ] ‘all a
high-minded man's life.’
7. to begin with, God cannot be
corporeal; which would involve being
dissoluble.
6. ὅλαις τ. λου....ἐφόδοις] The
reading ὅλως (‘if you rely at all’)
would not make so strong an argu-
ment against Eunomian self-confidence.
Ἔφοδος ‘method.’
8. βασανιζόμενος] a logical pa-
rallel to ὅλαις;—‘however much you
rack it.’
9. καυχ. εἰς τὰ ἄμετρα] ‘boasting of
your command of the infinite.’
ib. σῶμα] of course, a very un-
likely alternative for the Eunomians
to choose; and it must be admitted
that Gr. somewhat begs the question
as against them, in the next clause.
ib. καἰ πῶς] sc. σῶμά ἐστιν (or ἄν
εἴη).
11. ἢ καἰ ταῦτα σ.] ‘Are bodies
to be so described?’
ib. τ. ἐξουσίας] ‘a stretch of
power,’ to confer such properties
upon a body!
12. σῶμα μέν, οὐχὶ τ. δέ] ‘Will
you make Him a body and drop
these attributes?’ This Gr.
terizes as ‘gross.’ For παχύτητος
cp. § 4 τὸ παχὺ τοῦτο σαρκίον.
13. ἵνα...ἔχῃ] B good example
that not ‘final’ use of ἴνα which is
familiar in the N.T.
14. σεπτόν] from σέβεσθαι, ‘an
object of devotion.’ Gr.
mean that the fact of being περιγραπτόν
would by itself preclude
being σεπτόν, but that all that is
connoted by περιγράπτῳ would.
καὶ ὅλως λύεσθαι; σύνθεσις γὰρ ἀρχὴ μάχης· μάχη δὲ
διαστάσεως· ἡ δὲ λύσεως· λύσις δὲ ἀλλότριον πάντῃ
θεοῦ καὶ τῆς πρώτης φύσεως. οὐκ οὖν διάστασις, ἵνα μὴ
λύσις· οὐδὲ μάχη, ἵνα μὴ διάστασις· οὐδὲ σύνθεσις, ἵνα
μὴ μάχη· διὰ τοῦτο οὐδὲ σῶμα, ἵνα μὴ σύνθεσις. ἐκ τῶν
τελευταίων ἐπὶ τὰ πρῶτα ὁ λόγος ἀνιὼν οὕτως ἵσταται.