Demonstratio Evangelica

ἀκριβῶς ἄρα ὅτε μὲν ἀγγέλου φύσιν ὁ λόγος δηλοῦν βούλεται, οὐδὲ θεὸν οὐδὲ κύριον, ἀλλ’ ἀνεπικαλύπτως ἄγγελον ὀνομάζει, ὅτε δὲ κύριον καὶ θεὸν οἶδε τὸν ἐπιφαινόμενον, ταύταις αὐταῖς σαφῶς κέχρηται ταῖς προσρήσεσι· κύριον δὲ καὶ θεὸν ὅτι μὴ τὸν αἴτιον δηλοῖ προφανῶς ἀπέδειξαν τῆς θείας γραφῆς αἶ λέξεις ἄγγελον θεοῦ προσειποῦσαι τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ Ἰακὼβ κύριον καὶ θεὸν προωνομασμένον.

λείπεταί τις ἄρα ὢν ἐν τοῖς οὖσι θεὸς καὶ κύριος μετὰ τὸν παμβασιλέα καὶ θεὸν τῶν ὅλων. εἴη δ’ ἂν οὗτος ὁ πρὸ αἰώνων τοῦ θεοῦ λόγος, ὁ κρείττων μὲν ἢ [*](9 Ex. 14, 19.)