The Well-Anchored Man 1.1–11.8
Greek text: Holl, GCS 25 (Greek text: Karl Holl, ed., Epiphanius, Band 1 (GCS 25, Leipzig: Hinrichs, 1915), digitized by the First Thousand Years of Greek project (Open Greek and Latin), CC BY-SA 4.0).English: Claude (claude-opus-5-5), public domain (CC0).
Chapter 1
1.1Holl GCS 25:5–6
Ἤδη μὲν μακαρίσαιμι ἂν ἑαυτόν, ποθεινότατοι, ὄντι γε μὴ ὄντες ἡμεῖς ἱκανοὶ πρὸς τὴν τῶν ἁγίων καὶ σπουδαίων καὶ ζῆλον θεοῦ ἀνειλημμένων ἐνάρετον πολιτείαν καταξιούμεθα ὑπὸ τῶν αὐ- τῶν ὑπονύττεσθαι ⟨εἰς τὸ⟨ τὸν νοῦν διεγείρειν τε καὶ παριστᾶν εἰς τὸ χρήσιμον.
Ēdē men makarisaimi an heauton, potheinotatoi, onti ge mē ontes hēmeis hikanoi pros tēn tōn hagiōn kai spoudaiōn kai zēlon theou aneilēmmenōn enareton politeian kataxioumetha hypo tōn au- tōn hyponyttesthai ⟨eis to⟨ ton noun diegeirein te kai paristan eis to chrēsimon.
I would count myself blessed already, most beloved, since, though we are not sufficient for the virtuous way of life of the holy and earnest who have taken up zeal for God, we are counted worthy to be prompted by these same people ⟨so as⟩ to rouse the mind and to set it to what is useful.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Epiphanius counts himself blessed to be prompted by devout people to write.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): Ἤδη μὲν μὲν → Ἤδη μὲν.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 1.1 (Holl GCS 25:5–6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.2Holl GCS 25:6
τὸ γὰρ ἐν ἡμῖν ἀεὶ ταπεινὸν φρόνημα ἡσυχῇ καρτερεῖν σπουδάζον καὶ μὴ περαιτέρω ἐπεκτείνεσθαι τῶν ἄγαν σκοπούντων ἐκεῖνο τὸ παρὰ τῷ ἀποστόλῳ εἰρημένον »ἵνα μὴ ἐπεκτείνωμαι ὑπὲρ τὸ μέτρον τοῦ κανόνος οὗ δέδωκεν ἡμῖν ὁ θεὸς μέτρου«, ἀφικέσθαι πρὸς τοῦτο νῦν ἀναγκάζεται.
to gar en hēmin aei tapeinon phronēma hēsychę̄ karterein spoudazon kai mē peraiterō epekteinesthai tōn agan skopountōn ekeino to para tǭ apostolǭ eirēmenon »hina mē epekteinōmai hyper to metron tou kanonos hou dedōken hēmin ho theos metrou«, aphikesthai pros touto nyn anankazetai.
For the lowly mind that is always in us, which is eager to persevere quietly and not to stretch further, looking closely at that saying of the apostle, “that I may not stretch beyond the measure of the rule which God has given us as a measure,” is now compelled to come to this.
2 Cor 10:13 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: His humility would keep him silent, but he is now compelled to write.
- The quotation is 2 Cor 10:13–14, loosely cited.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: τ for π): τὸ ταρὰ τῷ → τὸ παρὰ τῷ.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 1.2 (Holl GCS 25:6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.3Holl GCS 25:6
ἐκ πανταχόθεν γὰρ αἱ ψῆφοι πρυτανεύσασαι ὡς εἰπεῖν τοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν θεόθεν ζήλου τῶν τε ἄλλων ὁμοδόξων, φημὶ δὴ τῶν τὴν ὀρθοδοξίαν ζηλούντων, ἐν οἷς καὶ Ὑπατίου τοῦ τέκνου ἡμῶν ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγυπτίων χώρας πρός με διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸ ἥκοντος, πᾶσαν μὲν ῥᾳθυμίαν πάντα δὲ ὄκνον παρεσκεύασαν ἀποθέσθαι μηκέτι τε στέγειν μήτε ἐν δευτέρῳ τίθεσθαι τὰ περὶ πίστεως γράφειν ὑμῖν, ἐπιζητούντων ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων ἀδελφῶν τὰ περὶ τῆς ἐν ἡμῖν σωτηρίας ἐκ τῆς θείας καὶ ἁγίας γραφῆς, τὸν στερεὸν θεμέλιον τῆς πίστεως περὶ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος καὶ τῆς ἄλλης ἁπάσης ἐν Χριστῷ σωτηρίας, ἀναστάσεώς τε νεκρῶν λέγω καὶ ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας τοῦ μονογενοῦς, καὶ περὶ τῆς ἁγίας διαθήκης παλαιᾶς τε καὶ καινῆς καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἁπαξαπλῶς συστάσεων τῆς τελείας σωτηρίας.
ek pantachothen gar hai psēphoi prytaneusasai hōs eipein tou en hymin theothen zēlou tōn te allōn homodoxōn, phēmi dē tōn tēn orthodoxian zēlountōn, en hois kai Hypatiou tou teknou hēmōn apo tēs Aigyptiōn chōras pros me dia touto auto hēkontos, pasan men rhąthymian panta de oknon pareskeuasan apothesthai mēketi te stegein mēte en deuterǭ tithesthai ta peri pisteōs graphein hymin, epizētountōn hymōn kai tōn hēmeterōn adelphōn ta peri tēs en hēmin sōtērias ek tēs theias kai hagias graphēs, ton stereon themelion tēs pisteōs peri patros kai huiou kai hagiou pneumatos kai tēs allēs hapasēs en Christǭ sōtērias, anastaseōs te nekrōn legō kai ensarkou parousias tou monogenous, kai peri tēs hagias diathēkēs palaias te kai kainēs kai tōn allōn hapaxaplōs systaseōn tēs teleias sōtērias.
For from every side the votes, so to speak, have prevailed: those of the God-given zeal among you and of others of the same faith, I mean those who are zealous for orthodoxy, among them our son Hypatius, who came to me from the land of the Egyptians for this very purpose. They have made me put away all indolence and all hesitation, and no longer keep silent or put in second place writing to you about the faith, since you and our brothers ask about our salvation from the divine and holy Scripture: the firm foundation of the faith concerning Father and Son and Holy Spirit and all the rest of salvation in Christ, I mean the resurrection of the dead and the incarnate coming of the Only-begotten, and concerning the holy covenant, old and new, and in short the other elements that make up complete salvation.
Notes and citation
Summary: Many, including Hypatius from Egypt, have asked him to write on the faith from Scripture.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 1.3 (Holl GCS 25:6; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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1.4Holl GCS 25:6–7
ἐγὼ γοῦν λαβὼν τὴν τοιαύτην πρότασιν τῶν αἰτήσεων οὐκ ὀλίγων οὐσῶν παρὰ τῶν περὶ τὸν Κώνωπα τὸν συμπρεσβύτερον καὶ τῶν αὐτῷ ἑπομένων, ἄλλων τε καὶ ὑμῶν τῆς τιμιότητος. τέκνα ποθεινότατα, οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦ τέκνου ἡμῶν Ὑπατίου ἀπὸ τῆς Αἰγύπτου πρός με διὰ τοῦτο ἥκοντος, τὰς ὁμοφώνους ψήφους πολλὰς ὁρῶν ὁμοῦ, δηχθεὶς τὴν φρένα καὶ τὸν λογισμὸν ἐσκεψάμην καὶ ἔδοξέ μοι προὁρμῆσαι κατὰ τὴν ὑμῶν διὰ γραμμάτων ἀξίωσιν ἀνενδοιάστως ⟨τε⟩, ὅτι οὐ μόνον ἑκὼν ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄκων διὰ τὴν ὑπερβολὴν ὑμῶν τε καὶ τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς αἐτήοεως, ἐπὶ τὸ γράφειν ταύτην μου τὴν ἐπιστολὴν ἐμὲ τὸν βραχὺν τῷ ὑμετέρῳ πόθῳ.
egō goun labōn tēn toiautēn protasin tōn aitēseōn ouk oligōn ousōn para tōn peri ton Kōnōpa ton sympresbyteron kai tōn autǭ hepomenōn, allōn te kai hymōn tēs timiotētos. tekna potheinotata, ou mēn alla kai tou teknou hēmōn Hypatiou apo tēs Aigyptou pros me dia touto hēkontos, tas homophōnous psēphous pollas horōn homou, dēchtheis tēn phrena kai ton logismon eskepsamēn kai edoxe moi proormēsai kata tēn hymōn dia grammatōn axiōsin anendoiastōs ⟨te⟩, hoti ou monon hekōn alla kai akōn dia tēn hyperbolēn hymōn te kai tōn kathʼ hymas aetēoeōs, epi to graphein tautēn mou tēn epistolēn eme ton brachyn tǭ hymeterǭ pothǭ.
So I, having received such a proposal of requests, and they were not few, from Conops our fellow presbyter and those with him, and from others, and from your honors, most beloved children, and moreover from our son Hypatius, who came to me from Egypt for this purpose, seeing so many votes agreeing together, was stung in heart and reasoning; I considered, and resolved to set out readily ⟨and⟩ without hesitation in accordance with your request made by letter, since, not only willingly but even against my will because of the insistence of your requests and those of the people with you, I, the least, was set to write this letter of mine for your longing.
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Summary: Moved by the requests of Conops, the addressees, and Hypatius, he resolves to write this letter.
- The Greek of the last clause is loose; translated by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: dropped letter; repeated word): Κώνωπα Κώνωπα → Κώνωπα; κατὰ κατὰ → κατὰ; τοῦ τένου → τοῦ τέκνου.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 1.4 (Holl GCS 25:6–7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-1-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 2
2.1Holl GCS 25:7
2. Καὶ σφόδρα μὲν ἐκπέπληγμαι θαυμάσας τὴν τοῦ κυρίου καὶ θεοῦ ἡμῶν οἰκονομίαν, ὃς εὐδόκησε τῇ ὑπερβολῇ τῆς αὐτοῦ ἀγαθότητος ἐν ἅπασι δοῦναι τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα τοῖς αὐτὸν έν ἀληθείᾳ ζητοῦσιν. οὐκ ἀθεεὶ γὰρ ⟨γενομένας⟩ τὰς ὑμῶν καὶ τῶν καθʼ ὑμᾶς τὰς διὰ τῶν γραμμάτων ἡγησάμην, ποθεινότατοι, ἀλλὰ τὴν κίνησιν ἐδοκίμασα ἐκ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ χάριτος ἐν ὑμῖν ἀπάρξασαν.
2. Kai sphodra men ekpeplēgmai thaumasas tēn tou kyriou kai theou hēmōn oikonomian, hos eudokēse tę̄ hyperbolę̄ tēs autou agathotētos en hapasi dounai to hagion autou pneuma tois auton en alētheią zētousin. ouk atheei gar ⟨genomenas⟩ tas hymōn kai tōn kathʼ hymas tas dia tōn grammatōn hēgēsamēn, potheinotatoi, alla tēn kinēsin edokimasa ek tēs tou theou charitos en hymin aparxasan.
I am greatly astonished and marvel at the dispensation of our Lord and God, who in the abundance of his goodness was pleased to give his Holy Spirit in all things to those who seek him in truth. For I did not consider your letters and those of the people with you to have ⟨come⟩ without God, most beloved; rather, I judged that the impulse had its beginning from the grace of God in you.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: He sees the request as moved by God's grace.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 2.1 (Holl GCS 25:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.2Holl GCS 25:7
ἀπʼ ἀληθείας γὰρ οἱ περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ ὀρθοδόξως ἔχοντες καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος καὶ εἰδότες συνῳδά τε καὶ σύμφωνα λέγειν τῷ μακαριωτάτῳ Πέτρῳ τῷ ἀποστόλῳ ὅτι »σὺ εἶ ὀ Ζριστὸς ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ζῶντος«, σαφῶς ὐπʼ αὐτοῦ τοῦ κυρίου μακαρισθήσονται, καθὼς καὶ ὁ ἅγιος ἐκεῖνος ἐμακαρίσθη ἀκούσας ⟨τό⟩ »μακάριος εἶ Σίμων βὰρ Ἰωνᾶ« τουτέστι υἱὲ Ἰωνᾶ· ὁ γὰρ πατὴρ αὐτοῦ Ἰωνᾶς ἐκαλεῖτο, τὸ δὲ βὰρ ἑρμηνεύεταί ἐκ τῆς Ἐβραϊκῆς διαλέκτου υἱός.
apʼ alētheias gar hoi peri tou huiou tou theou orthodoxōs echontes kai tou hagiou pneumatos kai eidotes synǭda te kai symphōna legein tǭ makariōtatǭ Petrǭ tǭ apostolǭ hoti »sy ei o Zristos ho huios tou theou zōntos«, saphōs ypʼ autou tou kyriou makaristhēsontai, kathōs kai ho hagios ekeinos emakaristhē akousas ⟨to⟩ »makarios ei Simōn bar Iōna« toutesti huie Iōna; ho gar patēr autou Iōnas ekaleito, to de bar hermēneuetai ek tēs Ebraïkēs dialektou huios.
For truly those who hold the orthodox view about the Son of God and the Holy Spirit, and who know how to speak in harmony and agreement with the most blessed apostle Peter, “You are the Christ, the Son of the living God,” will clearly be blessed by the Lord himself, just as that holy man was blessed when he heard “Blessed are you, Simon Bar-Jona,” that is, son of Jonah; for his father was called Jonah, and “bar” is translated from the Hebrew language as “son.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 16:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 16:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those who confess Christ as Peter did will be blessed as Peter was.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 2.2 (Holl GCS 25:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.3Holl GCS 25:7
αὕτη γὰρ ἦν ἡ ζωή, ἣν ἔγνωκεν ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ τοῖς ἑαυτοῦ μαθηταις λέγων »ἵνα ἔχωσι τὴν ζωὴν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς «, αὕτη δὲ ἐ)στιν ἡ ζωὴ ἣν ἴφη· »ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεὸν καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν χριστόν«.
hautē gar ēn hē zōē, hēn egnōken ho monogenēs huios tou theou tois heautou mathētais legōn »hina echōsi tēn zōēn en heautois «, hautē de e)stin hē zōē hēn iphē; »hina ginōskōsi se ton monon alēthinon theon kai hon apesteilas Iēsoun christon«.
For this was the life which the only-begotten Son of God made known to his disciples when he said, “that they may have life in themselves”; and this is the life of which he said, “that they may know you, the only true God, and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.”
John 10:10 (allusion, low confidence) · John 17:3 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Eternal life is to know the only true God and Jesus Christ.
- The first quotation is uncertain (compare John 10:10; 6:53); the second is John 17:3.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 2.3 (Holl GCS 25:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.4Holl GCS 25:7
ἐν τῷ οὖν εἰπεῖν »τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν« εἰς μοναρχίαν ἡμᾶς ἤγαγεν, ἕνα μηκέτι »ὑπὸ τὰ στοιχεῖα τοῦ κόσμου ὠμεν δεδουλωμένοι«, ἕνα μὴ πολυθεί· α ἐν ἡμῖν ἔτι ᾐ καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν πορνείαν τοιαύτην διασκορπίζηται τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων νοήματα, ἀλλʼ ἐπὶ ἑνότητα τοῦ μόνου ἀληθινοῦ θεοῦ· »πρώτη γὰρ πορνεία ἐπίνοια εἰδώλων φησὶν ἡ γραφή.
en tǭ oun eipein »ton monon alēthinon theon« eis monarchian hēmas ēgagen, hena mēketi »hypo ta stoicheia tou kosmou ōmen dedoulōmenoi«, hena mē polythei; a en hēmin eti ę̄ kai epi tēn porneian toiautēn diaskorpizētai ta tōn anthrōpōn noēmata, allʼ epi henotēta tou monou alēthinou theou; »prōtē gar porneia epinoia eidōlōn phēsin hē graphē.
So in saying “the only true God” he led us to the monarchy, so that we may no longer “be enslaved under the elements of the world,” so that there may no longer be polytheism among us, and human thoughts may not be scattered toward such fornication, but toward the unity of the only true God. For “the first fornication is the devising of idols,” says the Scripture.
John 17:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 4:3 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: Christ's words lead to the one God, away from idolatry, which Scripture calls fornication.
- “Monarchy” here means the single rule of the one God. The saying about idols is Wis 14:12, which Epiphanius calls “the Scripture.”
Extrabiblical texts: Wis 14:12 (Wisdom of Solomon [in RC, EO, ETH canons]; quotation)
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 2.4 (Holl GCS 25:7; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.5Holl GCS 25:7–8
καί φησι »καὶ ὃν ἀπέστειλας Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν." Ἰησοῦ Χριστὸν τίνα ἀλλ ἢ θεόν; εἰ δὲ θεὸν Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν, ὡς λέγει περὶ αὐτοῦ ὁ Ἰωάννης ὁ μονογενὴς θεὸς ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο«, εἷς θεὸς τοίνυν ὁ πατὴρ καὶ μόνος ἀληθινὸς θεὸς καὶ θεὸς ὁ μονογενής.
kai phēsi »kai hon apesteilas Iēsoun Christon." Iēsou Christon tina all ē theon? ei de theon Christon Iēsoun, hōs legei peri autou ho Iōannēs ho monogenēs theos ho ōn eis ton kolpon tou patros, ekeinos exēgēsato«, heis theos toinyn ho patēr kai monos alēthinos theos kai theos ho monogenēs.
And he says, “and Jesus Christ whom you have sent.” Jesus Christ as what, if not as God? And if Christ Jesus is God, as John says of him, “the only-begotten God, who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known,” then the Father is one God and the only true God, and the Only-begotten is God.
John 17:3 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:18 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: John calls Christ the only-begotten God, so the Son is God with the Father.
- John 1:18 is quoted in the reading “only-begotten God.”
Topics: Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 2.5 (Holl GCS 25:7–8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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2.6Holl GCS 25:8
οὐκ ἄρα ἀλλότριος θεοῦ καὶ τῆς μονάδος· ἀλλʼ ἐπειδὴ υἱὸς ἐκ πατρός, διὰ τοῦτο μόνος ἀληθινὸς θεός. καὶ οὐ κατὰ τοὺς ἐψευσμένους θεούς, οὓς ἐνόμισάν τινες τῶν Ἑλλήνων θεούς, οὐκ ὄντας θεούς, ἀλλὰ μόνος ἀληθινὸς θεός, ἐπειδὴ μόνος ἐκ μόνου ὁ μονογενὴς καὶ μόνον τὸ ἅηιον πνεῦμα. τριὰς γὰρ ἐν μονάδι καὶ εἷς θεὸς πατήρ, υἱὸς καὶ αγιον πνεῦμα.
ouk ara allotrios theou kai tēs monados; allʼ epeidē huios ek patros, dia touto monos alēthinos theos. kai ou kata tous epseusmenous theous, hous enomisan tines tōn Hellēnōn theous, ouk ontas theous, alla monos alēthinos theos, epeidē monos ek monou ho monogenēs kai monon to haēion pneuma. trias gar en monadi kai heis theos patēr, huios kai agion pneuma.
He is therefore not foreign to God and to the unity; but since he is Son from the Father, for that reason he is the only true God. Not like the falsely named gods whom some of the Greeks thought gods, though they are not gods, but he is the only true God, since he alone is the Only-begotten from the only One, and the Holy Spirit alone. For there is a Trinity in unity, and one God, Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son is not foreign to the one God; there is a Trinity in unity.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 2.6 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-2-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 3
3.1Holl GCS 25:8
3. Πτύρει Κε ὁ λόγος τοὺς μὴ καταξιωθέντας πνεύματος ἁγίου. οὐδεὶς γὰρ δύναται εἰπεῖν κύριος Ἰησοῦς, εἰ μὴ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ«.
3. Ptyrei Ke ho logos tous mē kataxiōthentas pneumatos hagiou. oudeis gar dynatai eipein kyrios Iēsous, ei mē en pneumati hagiǭ«.
The word alarms those who have not been counted worthy of the Holy Spirit. “For no one can say ‘Jesus is Lord’ except in the Holy Spirit.”
1 Cor 12:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Only by the Holy Spirit can anyone confess Jesus as Lord.
- The opening words are garbled in the digital text (Πτύρει Κε); translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.1 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.2Holl GCS 25:8
τὸ μὲν γὰρ Ἰησοῦς ὄνομα καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι λέγουσιν, ἀλλʼ οὐ κύριον ἡγοῦνται. καὶ Ἀρειανοὶ λέγουσι τὸ ὄνομα καὶ θεὸν *, θετὸν δὲ λέγουσι καὶ οὐκ ἀληθινόν, ἐπειδὴ οὐ μετέσχον πνεύματος ἁγίου.
to men gar Iēsous onoma kai Ioudaioi legousin, allʼ ou kyrion hēgountai. kai Areianoi legousi to onoma kai theon *, theton de legousi kai ouk alēthinon, epeidē ou meteschon pneumatos hagiou.
For the Jews also say the name Jesus, but they do not consider him Lord. And the Arians say the name and call him God *, but they say he is God by adoption and not true God, since they have no share in the Holy Spirit.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Jews and Arians use the name of Jesus without confessing him as true Lord and God.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. Epiphanius's polemic against Jews and Arians is translated as written.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: dropped letter): Ἰουδαῖοι λέουσιν → Ἰουδαῖοι λέγουσιν; Ἀρειανοὶ λέουσι → Ἀρειανοὶ λέγουσι.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.2 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.3Holl GCS 25:8
ἐὰν γὰρ μή τις δέξηται πνεῦμα ἅγιον, οὐ λέγει τὸν Ἰησοῦν κύριον ὄντως καὶ θεὸν ὄντως καὶ υἱὸν θεοῦ ὄντως καὶ βασιλέα ὄντως αἰώνιον.
ean gar mē tis dexētai pneuma hagion, ou legei ton Iēsoun kyrion ontōs kai theon ontōs kai huion theou ontōs kai basilea ontōs aiōnion.
For unless someone receives the Holy Spirit, he does not call Jesus truly Lord and truly God and truly Son of God and truly eternal King.
Notes and citation
Summary: Without the Spirit no one confesses Jesus as truly Lord, God, and King.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.3 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.4Holl GCS 25:8
μάθωσι γὰρ οἱ τὴν κακὴν ὑπόληψιν ἐσχηκότες ὅτι πάντα ὁ μονογενὴς υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ οὐ περὶ περὶ ἑαυτοῦ μαρτυρεῖν.
mathōsi gar hoi tēn kakēn hypolēpsin eschēkotes hoti panta ho monogenēs huios tou theou ou peri peri heautou martyrein.
Let those who have formed the evil opinion learn that in everything the only-begotten Son of God does not ⟨wish⟩ to bear witness about himself.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son does not bear witness to himself.
- The Greek is damaged (a verb seems lost and περί is doubled); translated by sense.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.4 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.5Holl GCS 25:8
οὕτω γὰρ εἶπεν ἐν τῷ εὐαγγελίῳ »ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐδέν ἐστιν· ἄλλος ἐστὶν ὁ μαρτυρῶν περὶ ἐμοῦ‘.
houtō gar eipen en tǭ euangeliǭ »ean egō martyrō peri emautou, hē martyria mou ouden estin; allos estin ho martyrōn peri emou‘.
For so he said in the Gospel: “If I bear witness about myself, my witness is nothing; there is another who bears witness about me.”
John 5:31 (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:32 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ says another bears witness to him.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.5 (Holl GCS 25:8; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.6Holl GCS 25:8–9
καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ ἄλλος ἀλλʼ ὁ φωνήσας ἐξ οὐρανοῦ οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ εὐδόκησά «; ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς ὁ λέγων »ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐδέν ἐστιν« πάλιν λέγει »κἂν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου ἀληθής ἐστι« καὶ πάλιν αὐτὰ τὰ ἔργα μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ ἃ δέδωκέ μοι ὁ πατήρ‘ καὶ πάλιν Μωυσῆς ἔγραφε περὶ ἐμοῦ« καί »μωυσῆς μαρτυρεῖ περὶ ἐμοῦ‘.
kai tis estin ho allos allʼ ho phōnēsas ex ouranou houtos estin ho huios mou ho agapētos, en hǭ eudokēsa «? ho de autos ho legōn »ean egō martyrō peri emautou, hē martyria mou ouden estin« palin legei »kan egō martyrō peri emautou, hē martyria mou alēthēs esti« kai palin auta ta erga martyrei peri emou ha dedōke moi ho patēr‘ kai palin Mōysēs egraphe peri emou« kai »mōysēs martyrei peri emou‘.
And who is the other, if not the one who called from heaven, “This is my beloved Son, in whom I am well pleased”? Yet the same one who says, “If I bear witness about myself, my witness is nothing,” says again, “Even if I bear witness about myself, my witness is true,” and again, “The very works which the Father has given me bear witness about me,” and again, “Moses wrote about me,” and “Moses bears witness about me.”
Matt 3:17 (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:31 (quotation, high confidence) · John 8:14 (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:36 (quotation, high confidence) · John 5:46 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The Father, the works, and Moses bear witness to the Son.
- The last saying is a paraphrase of John 5:46.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.6 (Holl GCS 25:8–9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.7Holl GCS 25:9
τὸ πρῶτον μέν »ἐὰν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου οὐδέν ἐστιν«, ἐπειδὴ πολλοὶ ἑαυτοὺς δοξάζουσιν καὶ μαρτυροῦσι περὶ ἑαυτῶν, ἴνα ἐκκόψῃ τῶν καυχωμένων τὴν καύχησιν καὶ τῶν ἑαυτοὺς συνιστώντων.
to prōton men »ean egō martyrō peri emautou, hē martyria mou ouden estin«, epeidē polloi heautous doxazousin kai martyrousi peri heautōn, ina ekkopsę̄ tōn kauchōmenōn tēn kauchēsin kai tōn heautous synistōntōn.
The first saying, “If I bear witness about myself, my witness is nothing,” he said because many glorify themselves and bear witness about themselves, in order to cut off the boasting of those who boast and of those who commend themselves.
John 5:31 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The first saying rebukes self-commendation.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.7 (Holl GCS 25:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.8Holl GCS 25:9
ἐπὰν δὲ εἴπῃ »κἂν ἐγὼ μαρτυρῶ περὶ ἐμαυτοῦ, ἡ μαρτυρία μου ἀληθής ἐστι«, δείκνυσιν ὅτι οὐχ ἀνθρώπου αὐτοῦ ἠ μαρτυρία, ἀλλὰ θεός έστιν ἀληθεύων ⟨ἐν⟩ τῇ αὐτοῦ ἀληθινὸς τοίνυν θεὸς ὁ πατήρ, ἀληθινὸς θεὸς ὁ υἱός, ἀληθινὸν τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, »πνεῦμα θεοῦ« ὂν καὶ πνεῦμα ἀληθείας«, τριὰς ἐν ἐνὶ ὀνόματι ἀριθμουμένη.
epan de eipę̄ »kan egō martyrō peri emautou, hē martyria mou alēthēs esti«, deiknysin hoti ouch anthrōpou autou ē martyria, alla theos estin alētheuōn ⟨en⟩ tę̄ autou alēthinos toinyn theos ho patēr, alēthinos theos ho huios, alēthinon to pneuma to hagion, »pneuma theou« on kai pneuma alētheias«, trias en eni onomati arithmoumenē.
But when he says, “Even if I bear witness about myself, my witness is true,” he shows that his witness is not a man's, but that he is God, speaking truly in his own ⟨truth⟩. So the Father is true God, the Son is true God, the Holy Spirit is true, being “the Spirit of God” and “the Spirit of truth”: a Trinity counted in one name.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 8:14 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:11 (allusion, low confidence) · John 14:17 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: The second saying shows Christ's witness is God's; Father, Son, and Spirit are true.
- A word seems lost after “in his own”; supplied by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.8 (Holl GCS 25:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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3.9Holl GCS 25:9
περὶ γὰρ τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτὸς ὁ υἱὸς λέγει »ἵνα γινώσκωσί σε τὸν μόνον ἀληθινὸν θεόν«, ἀξιόπιστος δὲ μάρτυς ⟨περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ⟩ ὁ ἐπὶ τὸ στῆθος αὐτοῦ ἀναπεσὼν μονογενῆ αὐτὸν φάσκων. οὐ προσέθετο δὲ τῷ μονογενεῖ θεῷ τὸ θεὸς ἀληθινός, ἀλλὰ περὶ πατρὸς γέγραπται, ⟨ὄτι⟩ ἀληθινὸς θεός, περὶ υἱοῦ δέ,. μονογενὴς θεός. τὸ δὲ ⟨ἀνά⟩παλιν περὶ πατρός, ὅτι »φῶς ὁ περὶ δὲ υἱοῦ, ὅτι »ἦν τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν«.
peri gar tou patros autos ho huios legei »hina ginōskōsi se ton monon alēthinon theon«, axiopistos de martys ⟨peri tou huiou⟩ ho epi to stēthos autou anapesōn monogenē auton phaskōn. ou prosetheto de tǭ monogenei theǭ to theos alēthinos, alla peri patros gegraptai, ⟨oti⟩ alēthinos theos, peri huiou de,. monogenēs theos. to de ⟨ana⟩palin peri patros, hoti »phōs ho peri de huiou, hoti »ēn to phōs to alēthinon«.
For about the Father the Son himself says, “that they may know you, the only true God,” while a trustworthy witness ⟨about the Son⟩ is the one who leaned on his breast and called him Only-begotten. He did not add “true God” to the only-begotten God; but of the Father it is written ⟨that he is⟩ true God, and of the Son, only-begotten God. Conversely, of the Father, “God is light,” and of the Son, “He was the true light.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 17:3 (quotation, high confidence) · John 13:25 (allusion, high confidence) · John 1:18 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 John 1:5 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Scripture calls the Father true God and light, the Son only-begotten God and true light.
- The quotation “God is light” is partly lost in the digital text; it is 1 John 1:5.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 3.9 (Holl GCS 25:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-3-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 4
4.1Holl GCS 25:9
4. Καὶ ὅρα μοι τὴν τῶν γραφῶν ἀκρίβειαν. ἔστι μὲν γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ φῶς, καὶ οὐ πρόσκειται τῷ περὶ πατρὸς φῶς ἀληθινόν· ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ περὶ υἱοῦ εἶπε φῶς ἀληθινὸν καὶ οὐδεὶς τολμᾷ ἄλλως λέγειν.
4. Kai hora moi tēn tōn graphōn akribeian. esti men gar ho patēr phōs, kai ou proskeitai tǭ peri patros phōs alēthinon; epi de tǭ peri huiou eipe phōs alēthinon kai oudeis tolmą allōs legein.
And see the precision of the Scriptures. The Father is light, and “true light” is not added in what is said about the Father; but in what is said about the Son it says “true light,” and no one dares to say otherwise.
1 John 1:5 (allusion, high confidence) · John 1:9 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Scripture calls the Son true light but the Father only light.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 4.1 (Holl GCS 25:9; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.2Holl GCS 25:9–10
τίς γὰρ μεμηνὼς ἢ μᾶλλον φρενοβλάβειαν ἑαυτῷ συνάγων τολμήσει βλασφημίας ὑπόνοιαν ἑαυτῷ κτήσασθαι, μὴ εὑρὼν ἐπὶ τῷ ῥητῶ προσκείμενον τὸ ἀληθινὸν καὶ εἰπών περὶ τοῦ πατρὸς ὅτι οὐκ ἔστιν φῶς ἀληθινόν;
tis gar memēnōs ē mallon phrenoblabeian heautǭ synagōn tolmēsei blasphēmias hyponoian heautǭ ktēsasthai, mē heurōn epi tǭ rhētō proskeimenon to alēthinon kai eipōn peri tou patros hoti ouk estin phōs alēthinon?
For who, being mad, or rather heaping derangement on himself, will dare to bring on himself the suspicion of blasphemy by saying about the Father, because he does not find “true” added to the text, that he is not true light?
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Summary: No one would deny the Father is true light just because the word is absent.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 4.2 (Holl GCS 25:9–10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.3Holl GCS 25:10
εἰ γὰρ ὁ ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεγεννημένος γνήσιος υἱὸς φῶς ἐστιν ἀληθινόν, ὁ τοῦ υἱοῦ γεννήτωρ ἀναμφιβόλως φῶς ἐστιν ἀληθινόν, αὐτὸς ὁ] γεννήσας αὐτὸν ἀνάρχως καὶ ἀχρόνως φῶς ἀληθινόν.
ei gar ho ex autou gegennēmenos gnēsios huios phōs estin alēthinon, ho tou huiou gennētōr anamphibolōs phōs estin alēthinon, autos ho] gennēsas auton anarchōs kai achronōs phōs alēthinon.
For if the genuine Son begotten from him is true light, the begetter of the Son is beyond doubt true light: he who begot him without beginning and without time is true light.
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Summary: If the Son is true light, so is the Father who begot him.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 4.3 (Holl GCS 25:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.4Holl GCS 25:10
καὶ ὥσπερ οὐ τολμητέον ἐπὶ τῷ πατρὶ λέγειν ὅτι οὐκ ἔστι φῶς ἀληθινόν, καίτοι γε μὴ προσκειμένου τοῦ ἀληθινόν, ἀλλʼ ἀφʼ ἑαυτῶν διὰ τὸ εὐσεβῶς νοεῖν οἴδαμεν, κἄν τε μὴ ᾖ γεγραμμένον, ὅτι ἔστι φῶς ἀληθινόν, καὶ οὐκ ἀμφιβάλλομεν, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολώμεθα, οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ γέγραπται ὅτι θεὸς ὁ υἱός καὶ κἂν οὐ πρόσκειται τὸ θεὸς ἀληθινός, μανίαν ἑαυτοῖς ἐπισωρεύομεν, εἰ τολμή- σομεν βλασφημῆσαι καὶ μὴ εἰπεῖν τὸν υἱὸν θεὸν ἀληθινὸν κἄν τε μὴ ᾐ ἡ λέξις προσκειμένη.
kai hōsper ou tolmēteon epi tǭ patri legein hoti ouk esti phōs alēthinon, kaitoi ge mē proskeimenou tou alēthinon, allʼ aphʼ heautōn dia to eusebōs noein oidamen, kan te mē ę̄ gegrammenon, hoti esti phōs alēthinon, kai ouk amphiballomen, hina mē apolōmetha, houtō kai epi tou huiou gegraptai hoti theos ho huios kai kan ou proskeitai to theos alēthinos, manian heautois episōreuomen, ei tolmē- somen blasphēmēsai kai mē eipein ton huion theon alēthinon kan te mē ę̄ hē lexis proskeimenē.
And just as one must not dare to say of the Father that he is not true light, although “true” is not added, but of ourselves, through thinking piously, we know, even if it is not written, that he is true light, and we do not doubt, lest we perish, so also of the Son it is written that the Son is God; and even if “true God” is not added, we heap madness on ourselves if we dare to blaspheme and not call the Son true God, even if the word is not added.
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Summary: As the Father is true light without the word, so the Son is true God without the word.
Topics: Trinity, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 4.4 (Holl GCS 25:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.5Holl GCS 25:10
ἀρκεῖ γὰρ ἐπὶ τῷ ἐνὶ τὸν πάντα σύνδεσμον τῆς τριάδος φέρειν καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς νοεῖν τὸν υἱὸν θεὸν ἀληθινὸν καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἀληθινόν, ἀντιπαρακειμένων τοῖς ἑκατέροις ὀνόμασι τῶν ἰσορρόπων τῆς ἀληθείας, τῷ μὲν πατρὶ τὸ θεὸς ἀληθινός, τῷ δὲ υἱῷ τὸ θεός,
arkei gar epi tǭ eni ton panta syndesmon tēs triados pherein kai apo tou patros noein ton huion theon alēthinon kai to pneuma alēthinon, antiparakeimenōn tois hekaterois onomasi tōn isorropōn tēs alētheias, tǭ men patri to theos alēthinos, tǭ de huiǭ to theos,
For it is enough to carry the whole bond of the Trinity in the one, and from the Father to understand the Son as true God and the Spirit as true, since equivalent expressions of truth are set side by side with each of the names: to the Father “true God,” to the Son “God,”
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Summary: The terms applied to Father and Son balance each other.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 4.5 (Holl GCS 25:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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4.6Holl GCS 25:10
ἀνάπαλιν δὲ τῷ υἱῷ τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀληθινόν, τῷ δὲ πατρὶ τὸ φῶς, ἵνα τὰς δύο δόξας τὰς περὶ θεότητος συζεύξαντες περὶ πατρὸς μὲν ⟨τὸ⟩ θεὸς ἀληθινός, περὶ δὲ υἱοῦ φῶς ἀληθινὸν καὶ περὶ πατρὸς τὸ φῶς καὶ περὶ υἱοῦ τὸ θεός, ἀπὸ τοῦ φῶς καὶ θεὸς τὴν μίαν θεότητα καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ θεὸς ἀληθινὸς καὶ φῶς ἀληθινὸν τὴν μίαν ἑνότητα τῆς δυνάμεως ὁμολογήσωμεν.
anapalin de tǭ huiǭ to phōs to alēthinon, tǭ de patri to phōs, hina tas dyo doxas tas peri theotētos syzeuxantes peri patros men ⟨to⟩ theos alēthinos, peri de huiou phōs alēthinon kai peri patros to phōs kai peri huiou to theos, apo tou phōs kai theos tēn mian theotēta kai apo tou theos alēthinos kai phōs alēthinon tēn mian henotēta tēs dynameōs homologēsōmen.
and conversely to the Son “the true light,” and to the Father “light,” so that, joining the two sayings about the Godhead, “true God” of the Father and “true light” of the Son, and “light” of the Father and “God” of the Son, we may confess from “light” and “God” the one Godhead, and from “true God” and “true light” the one unity of power.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Combining the terms, we confess one Godhead and one power.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 4.6 (Holl GCS 25:10; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-4-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 5
5.1Holl GCS 25:10–11
5. Ὡσαύτως καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἐὰν »ἐὰν ἐγὼ ἐκεῖνος ἔρχεται« φησί τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας« καὶ ἔτι περὶ ἑαυτοῦ »ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια«· καὶ περὶ πατρός τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρός μου τὸ λαλοῦν ἔν ὑμῖν« καὶ περὶ τοῦ πνεύματος τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐφέστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν‘.
5. Hōsautōs kai epi tou hagiou pneumatos ean »ean egō ekeinos erchetai« phēsi to pneuma tēs alētheias« kai eti peri heautou »egō eimi hē alētheia«; kai peri patros to pneuma tou patros mou to laloun en hymin« kai peri tou pneumatos to pneuma mou ephestēken en mesǭ hymōn‘.
Likewise also concerning the Holy Spirit: “When he comes,” he says, “the Spirit of truth,” and again of himself, “I am the truth”; and of the Father, “the Spirit of my Father who speaks in you”; and of the Spirit, “My Spirit stands in your midst.”
John 16:13 (quotation, high confidence) · John 14:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Hag 2:5 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Scripture speaks likewise of the Spirit as the Spirit of truth.
- The opening of the first quotation is garbled in the digital text; it is John 16:13. The last quotation is Hag 2:5 (LXX).
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.1 (Holl GCS 25:10–11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.2Holl GCS 25:11
τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ἀρρήτως συμπράττον τῷ υἱῷ ἐκβάλλει αὐτὸν εἰς τὴν ἔρημον« »πειρασθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου« καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ κύριος πνεῦμα κυρίου, οὑ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με«,
to de pneuma arrētōs sympratton tǭ huiǭ ekballei auton eis tēn erēmon« »peirasthēnai hypo tou diabolou« kai autos ho kyrios pneuma kyriou, hou heineken echrise me«,
And the Spirit, working together with the Son in a way beyond words, “drives him out into the wilderness” “to be tempted by the devil”; and the Lord himself says, “The Spirit of the Lord, because of which he has anointed me,”
Mark 1:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 4:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 61:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 4:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit works with the Son, leading and anointing him.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.2 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.3Holl GCS 25:11
τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον ἐν προφήταις λαλοῦν »τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ« ⟨καί⟩ »ὁ λαλῶν ἐν τοῖς προφήταις κύριος‘, »ὁ στερεῶν καὶ κτίζων πνεῦμα«, βροντὴν μὲν τὴν ἐνηχουμένην ἀνθρώποις, κτίζων δὲ πνεῦμα εἰς ἐνέργειαν ὑετῶν ἀποστελλομένων ἀπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ τῇ τῇ.
to de pneuma to agion en prophētais laloun »tade legei kyrios pantokratōr« ⟨kai⟩ »ho lalōn en tois prophētais kyrios‘, »ho stereōn kai ktizōn pneuma«, brontēn men tēn enēchoumenēn anthrōpois, ktizōn de pneuma eis energeian hyetōn apostellomenōn apo tou theou tę̄ tę̄.
and the Holy Spirit, speaking in the prophets, says, “Thus says the Lord Almighty,” ⟨and⟩ “the Lord who speaks in the prophets,” “who makes firm and creates spirit”: the thunder that resounds for people, and creating wind for the working of the rains sent by God on the earth.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Amos 4:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit speaks in the prophets; Amos's “creating spirit” refers to wind.
- The last phrase is from Amos 4:13 (LXX), where πνεῦμα means wind. “τῇ τῇ” is read as “on the earth” (τῇ γῇ).
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.3 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.4Holl GCS 25:11
καὶ περὶ μὲν κτισμάτων οὕτω φησί »στερεῶν βροντὴν καὶ κτίζων πνεῦμα«. ταῦτα γὰρ κτιστὰ ὑπάρχει· »ἀπαγγέλλων δὲ τὸν Χριστὸν αὐτοῦ τοῖς ἀνθρώποις« οὐκέτι κτίζων οὐκέτι στερεῶν, ἀλλʼ »ἀπαγγέλλων αὐτὸν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις«,
kai peri men ktismatōn houtō phēsi »stereōn brontēn kai ktizōn pneuma«. tauta gar ktista hyparchei; »apangellōn de ton Christon autou tois anthrōpois« ouketi ktizōn ouketi stereōn, allʼ »apangellōn auton tois anthrōpois«,
And concerning created things he says thus: “who makes firm the thunder and creates wind.” For these are created. But “declaring his Christ to men” is no longer creating, no longer making firm, but “declaring him to men,”
Amos 4:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Amos distinguishes creating the wind from declaring Christ.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.4 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.5Holl GCS 25:11
τὸν ἀληθῶς γεννηθέντα ἐξ ληθοῦς, τὸν ἄκτιστον, τὸν ἄτρεπτον, τὸν ἀναλλοίωτον, τὸν ἀεὶ ὄντα ἐκ τοῦ ἀεὶ ὄντος, τὸν διὰ ⟨Μωυσέως καὶ⟩ ἀεὶ ὄντα· »ὁ ὤν, γάρ φησιν, ἀπέσταλκέ με« φησὶν ὁ Μωυσῆς καὶ ὀ Ιωάννης »ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ πατρός, ἐκεῖνος ἐξηγήσατο«·
ton alēthōs gennēthenta ex lēthous, ton aktiston, ton atrepton, ton analloiōton, ton aei onta ek tou aei ontos, ton dia ⟨Mōyseōs kai⟩ aei onta; »ho ōn, gar phēsin, apestalke me« phēsin ho Mōysēs kai o Iōannēs »ho ōn eis ton kolpon tou patros, ekeinos exēgēsato«;
him who was truly begotten from the True One, the uncreated, the unchangeable, the unalterable, the one who always is from the One who always is, the one who ⟨through Moses⟩ is always: “He who is,” he says, “has sent me,” says Moses, and John says, “he who is in the bosom of the Father, he has made him known.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Exod 3:14 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:18 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son is the uncreated one who always is, as Moses and John attest.
Topics: Christology, Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.5 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.6Holl GCS 25:11
ὢν ἐστὶν ὀ πατήρ, ὢν ἐστὶν ὁ υἱός, ὁ »ὢν πρὸς τὸν ὄντα «, ἐξ αὐτοῦ γεννηθείς, οὐ συναλοιφὴ ὢν τῷ πατρί, οὐκ ἀρξάμενος τοῦ εἶναι, ἀεὶ δὲ υἱὸς γνήσιος ⟨ὢν⟩ σὺν πατρί, ἀεὶ πατὴρ γεννήσας τὸν υἱόν.
ōn estin o patēr, ōn estin ho huios, ho »ōn pros ton onta «, ex autou gennētheis, ou synaloiphē ōn tǭ patri, ouk arxamenos tou einai, aei de huios gnēsios ⟨ōn⟩ syn patri, aei patēr gennēsas ton huion.
The Father is “he who is,” the Son is “he who is,” “being with the One who is,” begotten from him; not merged with the Father, not having begun to be, but always the genuine Son ⟨being⟩ with the Father, the Father always having begotten the Son.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 1:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Father and Son both are; the Son is eternally begotten, not merged with the Father.
- “Merged” (συναλοιφή) is aimed at the Sabellian confusion of Father and Son.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.6 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.7Holl GCS 25:11
οὐκ ἠν γάρ ποτε καιρὸς ὅτε ὁ πατὴρ οὐκ ἠν πατήρ, οὐκ ἠν ποτὲ καιρὸς ὅτε [ὁ] υἱὸς οὐχ ὑπῆρχε πατρὶ τῷ μόνῳ. εἰ γὰρ ἠν ὅτε οὐκ ἠν πατήρ, ἄρα καὶ αὐτὸς ἦν υἱὸς ἑτέρου πατρὸς πρὸ τοῦ εἶναι αὐτὸν πατέρα τοῦ μονογενοῦς.
ouk ēn gar pote kairos hote ho patēr ouk ēn patēr, ouk ēn pote kairos hote [ho] huios ouch hypērche patri tǭ monǭ. ei gar ēn hote ouk ēn patēr, ara kai autos ēn huios heterou patros pro tou einai auton patera tou monogenous.
For there was never a time when the Father was not Father; there was never a time when the Son did not exist for the only Father. For if there was when the Father was not, then he himself was a son of another father before he was Father of the Only-begotten.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father was never without the Son.
- The editor deletes ὁ before υἱός.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.7 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.8Holl GCS 25:11
καὶ δοκοῦντες εἰς τὸν πατέρα εὐσεβεῖν τελείως ἀσεβοῦσιν. ἐν θεῶ γὰρ οὐ χρόνος οὐ καιρὸς οὐ στιγμὴ χρόνου οὐκ ἄτομον ὥρας οὐ ῥιπὴ ὀφθαλμοῦ οὐ διανοίας μετέωρον ἐνδέχεται, ἀλλʼ ὅσον δἂν ἀναβῇ
kai dokountes eis ton patera eusebein teleiōs asebousin. en theō gar ou chronos ou kairos ou stigmē chronou ouk atomon hōras ou rhipē ophthalmou ou dianoias meteōron endechetai, allʼ hoson dan anabę̄
And thinking to be pious toward the Father, they are wholly impious. For in God there is no room for time, no season, no point of time, no indivisible moment of an hour, no blink of an eye, no suspension of thought; but as far as
Notes and citation
Summary: In God there is no time.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.8 (Holl GCS 25:11; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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5.9Holl GCS 25:11–12
σου ἡ διάνοια υἱὸν κατα- λαμβάνειν καὶ πιστεύειν, νοεῖ ἅμα καὶ πατέρα. τὸ γὰρ ὄνομα * ἐστὶ σημαντικόν. γὰρ υἱὸν καλέσῃς, υἱὸν λέγων νοεῖς πατέρα· ἀπὸ γὰρ υἱοῦ πατὴρ νοεῖται, καὶ ὅταν καλέσῃς πατέρα, σημαίνεις υἱόν· πατὴρ γὰρ πάντως υἱοῦ καλεῖταί.
sou hē dianoia huion kata- lambanein kai pisteuein, noei hama kai patera. to gar onoma * esti sēmantikon. gar huion kalesę̄s, huion legōn noeis patera; apo gar huiou patēr noeitai, kai hotan kalesę̄s patera, sēmaineis huion; patēr gar pantōs huiou kaleitai.
your mind may rise to grasp and believe in the Son, it conceives the Father at the same time. For the name * is significant. If you call him Son, in saying Son you understand Father; for from the Son the Father is understood; and when you call him Father, you signify the Son; for a father is always called the father of a son.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The names Father and Son imply each other.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): πατὴρ πατὴρ → πατὴρ.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 5.9 (Holl GCS 25:11–12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-5-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 6
6.1Holl GCS 25:12
6. Πότε οὐν δύνασαι τολμᾶν καὶ λέγειν ὅτι οὐκ ἠν πατὴρ ὁ πατήρ, ἴνα καὶ υἱὸν τολμήσῃς εἰπεῖν μὴ εἶναι ⟨υἱόν⟩ εἰ δὲ οὐ ἀξίαν προσθεῖναι πατρί τὸ γὰρ θεῖον ἐν ταὐτότητι ὑπάρχει καὶ οὐκ ἐπιδέεται προσθήκης, οὐ δόξης οὐ προκοπῆς), μάθε μὴ βλασφημεῖν«, ὠ ὁ πολεμῶν τὴν πίστιν, μᾶλλον δὲ σεαυτὸν ἀπὸ πίστεως διώκων, ἀλλʼ ἀεὶ πίστευε πατέρα ἀίδιον ἀληθῶς γεννήσαντα υἱόν,
6. Pote oun dynasai tolman kai legein hoti ouk ēn patēr ho patēr, ina kai huion tolmēsę̄s eipein mē einai ⟨huion⟩ ei de ou axian prostheinai patri to gar theion en tautotēti hyparchei kai ouk epideetai prosthēkēs, ou doxēs ou prokopēs), mathe mē blasphēmein«, ō ho polemōn tēn pistin, mallon de seauton apo pisteōs diōkōn, allʼ aei pisteue patera aidion alēthōs gennēsanta huion,
When then can you dare to say that the Father was not Father, so as to dare also to say that the Son was not ⟨Son⟩? If you do not ⟨give⟩ an added dignity to the Father (for the divine is in sameness and needs no addition, no glory, no advancement), learn “not to blaspheme,” you who war against the faith, or rather drive yourself away from the faith; but always believe that the eternal Father truly begot the Son,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
1 Tim 1:20 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father was always Father; one must not blaspheme but believe he truly begot the Son.
- The Greek is damaged in the conditional clause; translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.1 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.2Holl GCS 25:12
τὸν ἀεὶ ὄντως ὄντα πρὸς τὸν ὄντως ὄντα πατέρα.
ton aei ontōs onta pros ton ontōs onta patera.
who always truly is, with the Father who truly is.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son truly is with the Father.
- The staged text is short here; something may be lost from the digital text.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.2 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.3Holl GCS 25:12
ἀλλὰ γεγεννημένον· υἱὸς γὰρ ἀεὶ ⟨συνὼν⟩ οὐ συναλοιφή ἐστιν τῷ πατρί, οὐ συνάδελφος, υἱὸς γνήσιος ἐκ πατρὸς γεγεννημένος, φυσικὸς υἱός, οὐ θετός, υἱὸς ὁμοούσιος τῷ πατρί, οὐ συνούσας, ἀλλʼ ὁμοούσιος, τουτέστιν οὐκ ἔξωθεν τοῦ πατρὸς γεννηθείς, ὥς τινες εἰρωνείᾳ φέρονται, θέσει θέλοντες εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν καὶ οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ.
alla gegennēmenon; huios gar aei ⟨synōn⟩ ou synaloiphē estin tǭ patri, ou synadelphos, huios gnēsios ek patros gegennēmenos, physikos huios, ou thetos, huios homoousios tǭ patri, ou synousas, allʼ homoousios, toutestin ouk exōthen tou patros gennētheis, hōs tines eirōneią pherontai, thesei thelontes einai ton huion kai ouk alētheią.
but begotten. For the Son, always ⟨being with him⟩, is not merged with the Father, not a brother; he is the genuine Son begotten from the Father, Son by nature, not by adoption, the Son consubstantial with the Father; not coessential, but consubstantial, that is, not begotten from outside the Father, as some ironically assert, wanting the Son to be so by adoption and not in truth.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son is Son by nature and consubstantial with the Father, not adopted.
- Terms: ὁμοούσιος is rendered “consubstantial” (of the same substance), οὐσία “substance,” ὑπόστασις “hypostasis,” as in Nicene usage. “Coessential” renders the rare συνούσιος, which Epiphanius rejects as implying two joined substances.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (stray letters): εἶναιλλλ → εἶναι.
Topics: Trinity, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.3 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.4Holl GCS 25:12
σύνδεσμος δέ τῆς πίστεως ὁμοούσιον λέγειν. ἐὰν γὰρ εἴπῃς τὸ ὁμοούσιον, ἔλυσας Σαβελλίου τὴν δύναμιν· ὅπου γὰρ ὁμοούσιον, μιᾶς ὑποστάσεώς ἐστι δηλωτικόν·
syndesmos de tēs pisteōs homoousion legein. ean gar eipę̄s to homoousion, elysas Sabelliou tēn dynamin; hopou gar homoousion, mias hypostaseōs esti dēlōtikon;
The bond of the faith is to say “consubstantial.” For if you say “consubstantial,” you have broken the power of Sabellius; for where there is “consubstantial,” it indicates one hypostasis;
Notes and citation
Summary: Confessing “consubstantial” refutes Sabellius.
- As written, “one hypostasis” uses ὑπόστασις in the older sense equal to “substance” (as in the Nicene anathemas); the next sentence affirms that each of the three is subsistent. Some interpreters suspect a lost negative; the text is translated as printed.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.4 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.5Holl GCS 25:12
ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐνυπόστατον σημαίνει τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἐνυπόστατον τὸν υἱὸν καὶ ἐνυπόστατον τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον.
alla kai enypostaton sēmainei ton patera kai enypostaton ton huion kai enypostaton to pneuma to hagion.
but it also signifies that the Father is subsistent, and the Son is subsistent, and the Holy Spirit is subsistent.
Notes and citation
Summary: Each of the three truly subsists.
- “Subsistent” renders ἐνυπόστατος, “having real existence.”
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.5 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.6Holl GCS 25:12
ὅταν δέ τις ὁμοούσιον λέγῃ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος σημαίνει. ἀλλὰ θεὸν ἐκ θεοῦ τὸν υἱὸν καὶ θεὸν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, τῆς θεότητος, θεότητος, οὐ τρεῖς θεούς.
hotan de tis homoousion legę̄, ouk allotrion tēs autēs theotētos sēmainei. alla theon ek theou ton huion kai theon to hagion pneuma, tēs theotētos, theotētos, ou treis theous.
And when someone says “consubstantial,” he does not signify something foreign to the same Godhead, but the Son as God from God and the Holy Spirit as God, the Godhead ⟨being one⟩, not three gods.
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Summary: Consubstantial means one Godhead, not three gods.
- The words after “Holy Spirit as God” are damaged (θεότητος is repeated); translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.6 (Holl GCS 25:12; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.7Holl GCS 25:12–13
οὐδὲ γὰρ ἐὰν εἴπωμεν τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸν πατέρα θεόν, δύο θεοὺς λέγομεν· εἷς γάρ ἐστιν ἡμῶν ὁ θεός, ὥς φησιν ὁ μακάριος Μωυσῆς κύριος ὁ θεός σου, κύριος εἷς ἐστιν‘.
oude gar ean eipōmen ton huion kai ton patera theon, dyo theous legomen; heis gar estin hēmōn ho theos, hōs phēsin ho makarios Mōysēs kyrios ho theos sou, kyrios heis estin‘.
For even if we call the Son and the Father God, we do not speak of two gods; for our God is one, as the blessed Moses says: “The Lord your God, the Lord is one.”
Deut 6:4 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Calling Father and Son God does not make two gods.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.7 (Holl GCS 25:12–13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.8Holl GCS 25:13
οὐ θεοὺς λέγομεν θεὸν τὸν πατέρα, θεὸν τὸν υἱόν, θεὸν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα * καὶ οὐ θεούς· οὐδὲ γὰρ πολυθεΐα ἐν θεῷ. διὰ δὲ τῶν τριῶν ὀνομάτων ἡ μία θεότης πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος ⟨σημαίνεται⟩.
ou theous legomen theon ton patera, theon ton huion, theon to hagion pneuma * kai ou theous; oude gar polytheïa en theǭ. dia de tōn triōn onomatōn hē mia theotēs patros kai huiou kai hagiou pneumatos ⟨sēmainetai⟩.
We do not speak of gods when we call the Father God, the Son God, the Holy Spirit God *, and not gods; for there is no polytheism in God. But through the three names the one Godhead of Father and Son and Holy Spirit ⟨is signified⟩.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: The three names signify one Godhead.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: transposed letters): τὸ ἅγοιν πνεῦμα → τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.8 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.9Holl GCS 25:13
καὶ οὐ δύο υἱοί· μονογενὴς γὰρ εἰς ὁ υἱός, τὸ δὲ ἅγιον πνεῦμα πνεῦμα αἅγον, πνεῦμα θεοῦ, ἀεὶ ὂν σὺν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον θεοῦ, ἀπὸ δὲ θεοῦ ὄν, ἀπὸ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον‘ καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβά- νον‘.
kai ou dyo huioi; monogenēs gar eis ho huios, to de hagion pneuma pneuma haagon, pneuma theou, aei on syn patri kai huiǭ, ouk allotrion theou, apo de theou on, apo patros ekporeuomenon‘ kai tou huiou lamba- non‘.
And there are not two sons; for the Son is one Only-begotten, while the Holy Spirit is Holy Spirit, Spirit of God, always being with Father and Son, not foreign to God, but being from God, “proceeding from the Father” and “receiving” from the Son.
John 15:26 (quotation, high confidence) · John 16:14 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The Spirit is not a second son but proceeds from the Father and receives from the Son.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.9 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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6.10Holl GCS 25:13
ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν υἱὸς μονογενὴς ἀκατάληπτος καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἀκατάληπτόν ἐκ θεοῦ δέ, οὐκ ἀλλότριον πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ. οὐδὲ συναλοιφή ἐστι πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, ἀλλὰ τριὰς ἀεὶ οὖσα τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας· οὐχ ἑτέρα οὐσία παρὰ τὴν θεότητα οὐδὲ ἑτέρα θεότης παρὰ τὴν οὐσίαν, ἀλλʼ ἡ αὐτὴ θεότης καὶ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος ὁ υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνευμα.
allʼ ho men huios monogenēs akatalēptos kai to pneuma akatalēpton ek theou de, ouk allotrion patros kai huiou. oude synaloiphē esti patros kai huiou, alla trias aei ousa tēs autēs ousias; ouch hetera ousia para tēn theotēta oude hetera theotēs para tēn ousian, allʼ hē autē theotēs kai ek tēs autēs theotētos ho huios kai to hagion pneuma.
But the Son, the Only-begotten, is incomprehensible, and the Spirit is incomprehensible; from God, not foreign to Father and Son. Nor is he a merging of Father and Son, but a Trinity always existing of the same substance: not another substance besides the Godhead, nor another Godhead besides the substance, but the same Godhead, and from the same Godhead are the Son and the Holy Spirit.
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Summary: The Trinity is always of one substance and one Godhead.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 6.10 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-6-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 7
7.1Holl GCS 25:13
7. Καὶ τὸ μὲν πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα, ὁ δὲ υἱὸς υἱός, τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα παρὰ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβάνον, »ἐρευνῶν τὰ βάθη τοῦ θεοῦ«, ἀναγγέλλον τὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ ἐν κόσμῳ, ἁγιάζον ἁγίους διὰ τῆς τριάδος, τρίτον τῇ ὀνομασίαι ἐπειδὴ ἡ τριάς ἐστιν ⟨ὁ⟩ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα· »ἀπελθόντες« γάρ φησι »βαπτίσατε εἰς ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος‘), ἐπισφραγὶς τῆς χάριτος, σύνδεσμος τῆς τριάδος, οὐκ ἀλλότριον τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ, οὐ διεστὼς τῆς ὀνομασίας, οὐ ξένον τῆς δωρεᾶς, ἀλλʼ εἷς θεὸς μία πίστις εἷς κύριος ἓν χάρισμα μία ἐκκλησία ἓν βάπτισμα.
7. Kai to men pneuma hagion pneuma, ho de huios huios, to de pneuma para patros ekporeuomenon kai tou huiou lambanon, »ereunōn ta bathē tou theou«, anangellon ta tou huiou en kosmǭ, hagiazon hagious dia tēs triados, triton tę̄ onomasiai epeidē hē trias estin ⟨ho⟩ kai ho huios kai to hagion pneuma; »apelthontes« gar phēsi »baptisate eis onoma patros kai huiou kai hagiou pneumatos‘), episphragis tēs charitos, syndesmos tēs triados, ouk allotrion tou arithmou, ou diestōs tēs onomasias, ou xenon tēs dōreas, allʼ heis theos mia pistis heis kyrios hen charisma mia ekklēsia hen baptisma.
And the Spirit is Holy Spirit, and the Son is Son; the Spirit proceeding from the Father and receiving from the Son, “searching the depths of God,” announcing the things of the Son in the world, sanctifying the saints through the Trinity, third in naming (since the Trinity is ⟨the Father⟩ and the Son and the Holy Spirit; for “Go,” he says, “baptize in the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit”), the seal of grace, the bond of the Trinity, not foreign to the number, not separated from the naming, not alien to the gift; but one God, one faith, one Lord, one grace, one church, one baptism.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 15:26 (allusion, high confidence) · John 16:14 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 28:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 4:5 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The Spirit is third in the baptismal name and seals the one faith and baptism.
- “The Father” is supplied where the digital text has only the article.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 7.1 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.2Holl GCS 25:13
ἀεὶ γὰρ ἡ τριὰς τριὰς καὶ οὐδέποτε προσθήκην λαμβάνει, οὕτως ἀριθμουμένη· πατὴρ καὶ υἱὸς καὶ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.
aei gar hē trias trias kai oudepote prosthēkēn lambanei, houtōs arithmoumenē; patēr kai huios kai hagion pneuma.
For the Trinity is always Trinity and never receives an addition, being counted thus: Father and Son and Holy Spirit.
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Summary: The Trinity never admits addition.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 7.2 (Holl GCS 25:13; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.3Holl GCS 25:13–14
οὐ συναλοιφὴ ἡ τριάς, οὐ διεστώς τι ἐν αὑτῇ τῆς ἰδίας αὐτῆς μονάδος, ἐν ὑποστάσει δὲ τελειότητος τἐλειος ὁ πατήρ. τέλειος ὁ υἱός, τέλειον τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· πατὴρ καὶ υἱὸς ⟨καὶ⟩ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.
ou synaloiphē hē trias, ou diestōs ti en hautę̄ tēs idias autēs monados, en hypostasei de teleiotētos teleios ho patēr. teleios ho huios, teleion to pneuma to hagion; patēr kai huios ⟨kai⟩ hagion pneuma.
The Trinity is not a merging, nor is anything in it separated from its own unity; but in the hypostasis of perfection the Father is perfect, the Son is perfect, the Holy Spirit is perfect: Father and Son ⟨and⟩ Holy Spirit.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Each person of the Trinity is perfect, without merging or separation.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 7.3 (Holl GCS 25:13–14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.4Holl GCS 25:14
τὸ δὲ ἀνάπαλιν πνεῦμα χαρίσμασιν ἐνταττόμενον· »διαιρέσεις γὰρ χαρισμάτων εἰσί, τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα· καὶ διαιρέσεις διακονιῶν εἰσιν, ό δὲ αὐτὸς κύριος· καὶ διαιρέσεις ἐνεργημάτων εἰσίν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς θεός. ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι«.
to de anapalin pneuma charismasin entattomenon; »diaireseis gar charismatōn eisi, to de auto pneuma; kai diaireseis diakoniōn eisin, o de autos kyrios; kai diaireseis energēmatōn eisin, ho de autos theos. ho energōn ta panta en pasi«.
And conversely the Spirit is ranked with the gifts: “For there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of services, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all.”
1 Cor 12:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:5 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:6 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Paul names Spirit, Lord, and God together in the gifts.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: doubled letter): ἐνεργηημάτων → ἐνεργημάτων.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 7.4 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.5Holl GCS 25:14
μὴ ἐκπέσωμεν τοῦ προκειμένου, μὴ ἀποστῶμεν τῆς ἀληθείας. ἡμεῖς οὐ συνηγοροῦμεν ὑπὲρ θεοῦ, ἀλλʼ εὐσεβῶς νοοῦμεν, ἵνα μὴ ἀπολώμεθα, καὶ φθεγγόμεθα οὐχ ὡς καταλαμβάνοντες· ὡς ἄνθρωποι γὰρ φθεγγόμεθα ἅ κατειλήφαμεν.
mē ekpesōmen tou prokeimenou, mē apostōmen tēs alētheias. hēmeis ou synēgoroumen hyper theou, allʼ eusebōs nooumen, hina mē apolōmetha, kai phthengometha ouch hōs katalambanontes; hōs anthrōpoi gar phthengometha ha kateilēphamen.
Let us not fall away from the subject; let us not depart from the truth. We are not advocates pleading on God's behalf; rather we think piously, so that we may not perish, and we speak not as comprehending him; for as human beings we speak what we have grasped.
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Summary: We speak of God piously, not as comprehending him.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 7.5 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.6Holl GCS 25:14
ἡ γὰρ εἰς θεὸν τιμὴ ἄπειρος καὶ μυριονταπλασίως παρὰ τὸν ἡμέτερον νοῦν δεδίασται ⟨ἡ τριὰς⟩ καὶ μηδὲν προσλαμβάνουσα δόξης μήτε ἀφαιρουμένη ἰδιότητος.
hē gar eis theon timē apeiros kai myriontaplasiōs para ton hēmeteron noun dediastai ⟨hē trias⟩ kai mēden proslambanousa doxēs mēte aphairoumenē idiotētos.
For the honor due to God is infinite, and ⟨the Trinity⟩ is separated ten thousand times beyond our mind, neither receiving any addition of glory nor being deprived of its distinctive property.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: God's honor infinitely exceeds our mind.
- δεδίασται is probably a slip for a verb meaning “is distinguished”; translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 7.6 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.7Holl GCS 25:14
οὐδὲν γὰρ ἐν τριάδι κτιστὸν ἢ ἐπιγένητον, ἀλλʼ ὁ μὲν πατὴρ τὸν υἱὸν γεννᾷ. οὐκ ἠν δὲ ποτὲ χρόνος ὅτε οὐχ ἠν ὁ υἱός. οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν χρόνῳ τινὶ πατὴρ οὐκ ἐκαλεῖτο, ἀλλὰ ἦν ἀεὶ πατὴρ καὶ ἦν ἀεὶ υἱός, οὐ συνάδελφος, ἀλλὰ υἱὸς γεννηθεὶς ἀνεκδιηγήτως καὶ ὀνομαζόμενος ἀκαταλήπτως, σὺν πατρὶ δὲ ὢν ἀεὶ καὶ μηδέποτε διαλείπων τοῦ εἶναι.
ouden gar en triadi ktiston ē epigenēton, allʼ ho men patēr ton huion genną. ouk ēn de pote chronos hote ouch ēn ho huios. oude gar ho patēr en chronǭ tini patēr ouk ekaleito, alla ēn aei patēr kai ēn aei huios, ou synadelphos, alla huios gennētheis anekdiēgētōs kai onomazomenos akatalēptōs, syn patri de ōn aei kai mēdepote dialeipōn tou einai.
For nothing in the Trinity is created or came into being afterward; but the Father begets the Son. There was never a time when the Son was not. For the Father was not at some time not called Father; but he was always Father and the Son always was, not a brother, but a Son begotten indescribably and named incomprehensibly, always being with the Father and never ceasing to be.
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Summary: Nothing in the Trinity is created; the Son is eternally begotten.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: Latin r for γ): ἐπιrένητον → ἐπιγένητον.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 7.7 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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7.8Holl GCS 25:14
πατὴρ οὐν ἀγέννητος καὶ ἄκτιστος καὶ ἀκατάληπτος, υἱὸς γεννητός, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἄκτιστος καὶ ἀκατάληπτος· πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἀεί, οὐ γεννητόν, οὐ κτιστόν, οὐ συνάδελφον οὐ πατράδελφον, οὐ προπάτορον οὐκ ἔκγονον, ἀλλʼ ἐκ τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ πνεῦμα ἄλγιον. πνεῦμα γὰρ ὁ θεός‘.
patēr oun agennētos kai aktistos kai akatalēptos, huios gennētos, alla kai aktistos kai akatalēptos; pneuma hagion aei, ou gennēton, ou ktiston, ou synadelphon ou patradelphon, ou propatoron ouk ekgonon, allʼ ek tēs autēs ousias patros kai huiou pneuma algion. pneuma gar ho theos‘.
So the Father is unbegotten and uncreated and incomprehensible; the Son begotten, but also uncreated and incomprehensible; the Holy Spirit eternal, not begotten, not created, not a brother, not an uncle, not an ancestor, not a descendant, but the Holy Spirit from the same substance of Father and Son. For “God is Spirit.”
John 4:24 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Father unbegotten, Son begotten, Spirit neither, all uncreated and of one substance.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 7.8 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-7-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 8
8.1Holl GCS 25:14
8. Ἕκαστον δὲ τῶν ὀνομάτων μονώνυχον, μὴ ἔχον δευτέρωσιν. καὶ γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ πατὴρ καὶ οὐκ ἔχει ἀντιπαράθετον, οὐδὲ ἑτέρω πατρὶ συνζευγνύμενος, ἵνα μὴ δύο θεοί.
8. Hekaston de tōn onomatōn monōnychon, mē echon deuterōsin. kai gar ho patēr patēr kai ouk echei antiparatheton, oude heterō patri synzeugnymenos, hina mē dyo theoi.
Each of the names is single, having no duplicate. For the Father is Father and has no counterpart, nor is he yoked with another father, so that there may not be two gods.
Notes and citation
Summary: Each divine name is unique.
- μονώνυχον (literally “single-hoofed”) is read as μονώνυμον, “single-named.”
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 8.1 (Holl GCS 25:14; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.2Holl GCS 25:14–15
καὶ ⟨ὁ⟩ υἱὸς μονογενής, θεὸς ἀληθινὸς ἐκ θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, οὐ πατρὸς ἔχων ὄνομα οὐδὲ ἀλλότριος παΙτρός, ἀλλʼ υἱὸς πατρὸς ὑπάρχων· μονογενὴς δέ, ἴνα μονώνυχος ᾖ ὁ υἱός, καὶ θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ, ἵνα εἷς θεὸς πατὴρ καὶ υἱὸς καλῆται. καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον μονογενές, οὐχ
kai ⟨ho⟩ huios monogenēs, theos alēthinos ek theou alēthinou, ou patros echōn onoma oude allotrios paItros, allʼ huios patros hyparchōn; monogenēs de, ina monōnychos ę̄ ho huios, kai theos ek theou, hina heis theos patēr kai huios kalētai. kai to pneuma to hagion monogenes, ouch
And ⟨the⟩ Son is only-begotten, true God from true God, not having the name of Father nor foreign to the Father, but being Son of the Father: only-begotten, so that the Son may be single in name, and God from God, so that Father and Son may be called one God. And the Holy Spirit is unique, not
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Son is only-begotten, true God from true God.
Topics: Trinity, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 8.2 (Holl GCS 25:14–15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.3Holl GCS 25:15
υἱοῦ ἔχον ὄνομα, οὐ πατρὸς τὴν ὀνομασίαν, ἀλλὰ πνεῦμα ἅγιον οὕτω καλούμενον, οὐκ ἀλλότριον πατρός.
huiou echon onoma, ou patros tēn onomasian, alla pneuma hagion houtō kaloumenon, ouk allotrion patros.
having the name of Son nor the naming of Father, but called Holy Spirit, not foreign to the Father.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit is named neither Son nor Father.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 8.3 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.4Holl GCS 25:15
αὐτὸς γὰρ ὁ μονογενὴς λέγει »τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρός‘ καὶ »τὸ ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον«, καὶ »ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ λήψεταἱ, ἵνα μὴ ἀλλότριον νομισθείη πατρὸς μηδὲ υἱοῦ, ἀλλὰ τῆς αὐτῆς οὐσίας, τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος, πνεῦμα θεῖον, »τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας‘ «, τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ, τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ παράκλητον, μονωνύμως καλούμενον, μὴ ἔχον ἀντιπαράθεσιν, μὴ ἐξισούμενον ἑτέρω τινὶ πνεύματι, μὴ καλούμενον ὀνόματι υἱοῦ ἢ ὀνομαζόμενον ὀνομασίᾳ πατρός, ἴνα μὴ τὰ μονώνυμα ὀνόματα ὁμώνυμα ὑπάρχῃ·
autos gar ho monogenēs legei »to pneuma tou patros‘ kai »to ek tou patros ekporeuomenon«, kai »ek tou emou lēpsetai, hina mē allotrion nomistheiē patros mēde huiou, alla tēs autēs ousias, tēs autēs theotētos, pneuma theion, »to pneuma tēs alētheias‘ «, to pneuma tou theou, to pneuma to paraklēton, monōnymōs kaloumenon, mē echon antiparathesin, mē exisoumenon heterō tini pneumati, mē kaloumenon onomati huiou ē onomazomenon onomasią patros, ina mē ta monōnyma onomata homōnyma hyparchę̄;
For the Only-begotten himself says “the Spirit of the Father” and “who proceeds from the Father,” and “he will receive from what is mine,” so that he may not be thought foreign to Father or Son, but of the same substance, of the same Godhead: the divine Spirit, “the Spirit of truth,” the Spirit of God, the Spirit the Paraclete, called by a single name, having no counterpart, not made equal to any other spirit, not called by the name of Son or named with the naming of Father, so that the single names may not become shared names.
Matt 10:20 (quotation, high confidence) · John 15:26 (quotation, high confidence) · John 16:14 (quotation, high confidence) · John 14:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ's words show the Spirit is of the same substance and uniquely named.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 8.4 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.5Holl GCS 25:15
πλὴν ὅτι τὸ θεὸς ἀλλʼ] ἐν πατρί, τὸ θεὸς ἐν υἱῷ, τὸ θεὸς] ἐν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι τὸ θεοῦ καὶ θεός.
plēn hoti to theos allʼ] en patri, to theos en huiǭ, to theos] en hagiǭ pneumati to theou kai theos.
Except that “God” is in the Father, “God” in the Son, “God” in the Holy Spirit: “of God” and “God.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: The name God is common to all three.
- The editor deletes ἀλλʼ; the sentence is damaged and translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 8.5 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.6Holl GCS 25:15
πνεῦμα γὰρ θεοῦ καὶ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ πνεῦμα υἱοῦ, οὐ κατά τινα σύνθεσιν, καθάπερ ἐν ἡμῖν ψυχὴ καὶ σῶμα, ἀλλʼ ἐν μέσῳ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ, τρίτον τῇ ὀνομασίᾳ.
pneuma gar theou kai pneuma tou patros kai pneuma huiou, ou kata tina synthesin, kathaper en hēmin psychē kai sōma, allʼ en mesǭ patros kai huiou, ek tou patros kai tou huiou, triton tę̄ onomasią.
For he is Spirit of God and Spirit of the Father and Spirit of the Son, not by some composition, as in us soul and body, but in the midst of Father and Son, from the Father and the Son, third in naming.
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit is of Father and Son, not by composition.
- “From the Father and the Son” is Epiphanius's wording; it predates the later filioque controversy.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 8.6 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.7Holl GCS 25:15
»ἀπελθόντες« γάρ φησι »βαπτίσατε εἰς τὸ ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος«. εἰ δὲ βαπτίζει ὁ πατὴρ εἰς ὄνομα ἑαυτοῦ, εἰς ὄνομα θεοῦ, καὶ τελεία ἡ σφραγὶς ἐν ὀνόματι θεοῦ ἐσφραγισμένη ἐν ἡμῖν, καὶ βαπτίζει Χριστὸς εἰς ὄνομα ἑαυτοῦ, εἰς ὄνομα θεοῦ, καὶ τελεία ἡ σφραγὶς ἐν ὀνόματι θεοῦ ἐσφραγισμένη ἐν ἡμῖν, τίς τολμήσει καταπολεμῆσαι τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ψυχήν, τὸ πνεῦμα ἀλλότριον τῆς θεότητος λέγων;
»apelthontes« gar phēsi »baptisate eis to onoma patros kai huiou kai hagiou pneumatos«. ei de baptizei ho patēr eis onoma heautou, eis onoma theou, kai teleia hē sphragis en onomati theou esphragismenē en hēmin, kai baptizei Christos eis onoma heautou, eis onoma theou, kai teleia hē sphragis en onomati theou esphragismenē en hēmin, tis tolmēsei katapolemēsai tēn heautou psychēn, to pneuma allotrion tēs theotētos legōn?
For “Go,” he says, “baptize into the name of the Father and of the Son and of the Holy Spirit.” If the Father baptizes into his own name, into the name of God, and the seal sealed in us in the name of God is perfect, and Christ baptizes into his own name, into the name of God, and the seal sealed in us in the name of God is perfect, who will dare to war against his own soul by calling the Spirit foreign to the Godhead?
Matt 28:19 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Baptism in the one divine name shows the Spirit is not foreign to the Godhead.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ς for ζ): βαπτίςει Χριστὸς → βαπτίζει Χριστὸς.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 8.7 (Holl GCS 25:15; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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8.8Holl GCS 25:15–16
εἰ γὰρ ⟨σφραγίζομεν⟩ εἰς ὄνομα πατρὸς καὶ εἰς ὄνομα υἱοῦ καὶ εἰς ἁγίου πνεύματος, μία σφραγὶς τῆς τριάδος· μία ἄρα δύναμις τῆς θεότητος ἐν τριάδι. εἰ δὲ τὸ ἓν ἔστι θεός, τὰ δὲ ἄλλα κτιστὰ καὶ οὐ θεός, τίνι λόγω συνδέδεται τὰ δύο εἰς τὸ ἓν τῇ σφραγῖδι τῆς τελειότητος; ἄρα γοῦν εἰς βασιλικὸν ὄνομα ἐσφραγίσθημεν τὸ ἓν τὸ τοῦ πατρός, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα οὐ βασιλικά, * ἀλλʼ ἔτι στοιχείοις καὶ κτίσμασι δεδουλώμεθα, καὶ οὐκ ἠδύνατο μόνον τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ πατρὸς σῲζειν, ἀλλὰ προσελάβετο ἑαυτῷ κτίσας ἄλλα δύο στοιχεῖα κατὰ τὴν τῶν βλασφημούντων ὑπόνοιαν, ἴνα προσλάβῃ ἡ αὐτοῦ θεότης καὶ ἄλλας δυνάμεις καὶ δυνηθῇ σῶσαι τὸν παρʼ αὐτοῦ σφραγζόμενον καὶ λύτρωσιν διʼ ἀφέσεως ἁμαρτημάτων λάβῃ ὁ παραὐτοῦ κτισθεὶς ἄνθρωπος.
ei gar ⟨sphragizomen⟩ eis onoma patros kai eis onoma huiou kai eis hagiou pneumatos, mia sphragis tēs triados; mia ara dynamis tēs theotētos en triadi. ei de to hen esti theos, ta de alla ktista kai ou theos, tini logō syndedetai ta dyo eis to hen tę̄ sphragidi tēs teleiotētos? ara goun eis basilikon onoma esphragisthēmen to hen to tou patros, kai ta alla ou basilika, * allʼ eti stoicheiois kai ktismasi dedoulōmetha, kai ouk ēdynato monon to onoma tou patros sǭzein, alla proselabeto heautǭ ktisas alla dyo stoicheia kata tēn tōn blasphēmountōn hyponoian, ina proslabę̄ hē autou theotēs kai allas dynameis kai dynēthę̄ sōsai ton parʼ autou sphragzomenon kai lytrōsin diʼ apheseōs hamartēmatōn labę̄ ho parautou ktistheis anthrōpos.
For if ⟨we are sealed⟩ into the name of the Father and into the name of the Son and into ⟨the name⟩ of the Holy Spirit, there is one seal of the Trinity; so there is one power of the Godhead in the Trinity. But if the one is God and the others are created and not God, by what reason are the two bound together with the one in the seal of perfection? Were we then sealed into one royal name, that of the Father, while the others are not royal *, but we are still enslaved to elements and created things? And could the name of the Father alone not save, but did he take to himself two other elements that he created, according to the notion of the blasphemers, so that his Godhead might acquire other powers too and be able to save the one sealed by him, and the human being he created receive redemption through forgiveness of sins?
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Gal 4:3 (echo, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: If Son and Spirit were creatures, baptism in their name would make no sense.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The argument is aimed at those who called the Son and Spirit creatures.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated syllables; repeated word): ἁγίου ἁγίου πνεύματος → ἁγίου πνεύματος; ἐσφραγίσθημεν ίσθημεν → ἐσφραγίσθημεν.
Topics: Trinity, Baptism, Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 8.8 (Holl GCS 25:15–16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-8-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 9
9.1Holl GCS 25:16
9. Φεῦ τῆς τοιαύτης ληρῳδίας, ὠ τῆς τοιαύτης βλασφημίας. πόθεν ὑπεισῆλθε τὸν βίον ἄλλη χάλιν καινὴ ἀπιστία, μᾶλλον δὲ εἴποιμι κακοπιστία; χείρων γὰρ ἡ κακοπιστία τῆς ἀπιστίας. ἡ μὲν γὰρ ἀπιστία πίστιν λαμβάνουσα διορθωθήσεται, ἡ δὲ κακοπιστία ἀκατόρθωτος, δυσχερῶς σῳζομένη, εἰ μή τι ἄν ἄρα τὸ χρῖσμα ἄνωθεν ἐπιφοιτήσῃ.
9. Pheu tēs toiautēs lērǭdias, ō tēs toiautēs blasphēmias. pothen hypeisēlthe ton bion allē chalin kainē apistia, mallon de eipoimi kakopistia? cheirōn gar hē kakopistia tēs apistias. hē men gar apistia pistin lambanousa diorthōthēsetai, hē de kakopistia akatorthōtos, dyscherōs sǭzomenē, ei mē ti an ara to chrisma anōthen epiphoitēsę̄.
Alas for such nonsense, O for such blasphemy! From where has another new unbelief crept back into life, or rather, I should say, misbelief? For misbelief is worse than unbelief. Unbelief, by receiving faith, will be set right; but misbelief cannot be set right, and is hardly saved, unless perhaps the anointing comes upon it from above.
Notes and citation
Summary: Misbelief is worse than unbelief.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; OCR: Μ for Φ): Μευ τῆς → Φεῦ τῆς; ἡ κακοσιτία → ἡ κακοπιστία.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.1 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.2Holl GCS 25:16
φρσὶν οὖν ὁ μακάριος Πέτρος τοῖς περὶ Ἀνανίαν τί ὅτι ἐπείρασεν ὑμᾶς ὁ σατανᾶς ψεύσασθαι τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ;« καί φησιν οὐχ ἐψεύσω ἀνθρώποις, ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ«.
phrsin oun ho makarios Petros tois peri Ananian ti hoti epeirasen hymas ho satanas pseusasthai tǭ pneumati tǭ hagiǭ?« kai phēsin ouch epseusō anthrōpois, alla tǭ theǭ«.
So the blessed Peter says to Ananias and his wife, “Why has Satan tempted you to lie to the Holy Spirit?” and he says, “You have not lied to men, but to God.”
Acts 5:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 5:4 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Lying to the Spirit is lying to God.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.2 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.3Holl GCS 25:16
ἄρα θεὸς ἐκ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα, ᾧ ἐψεύσαντο οἱ ἀπὸ τοῦ τιμήματος νοσφισάμενοι· ὡς καὶ ὁ Παῦλος συνᾲδει τῷ λόγῳ τούτῳ λέγων ὑμεῖς δὲ ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν‘. ἄρα οὖν θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα, ὡς προεῖπον.
ara theos ek patros kai huiou to pneuma, hǭ epseusanto hoi apo tou timēmatos nosphisamenoi; hōs kai ho Paulos synądei tǭ logǭ toutǭ legōn hymeis de naos tou theou este kai to pneuma tou theou oikei en hymin‘. ara oun theos to pneuma, hōs proeipon.
So the Spirit is God from Father and Son, to whom those who kept back part of the price lied; as Paul too agrees with this word, saying, “You are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you.” So the Spirit is God, as I said before.
Acts 5:2 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 3:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Acts and Paul show that the Spirit is God.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.3 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.4Holl GCS 25:16
διὸ ναὸς θεοῦ κληθήσονται καὶ οἱ ἅγιοι ἄνθρωποι, ⟨οἱ⟩ κατοικήσαντες ἐν ἑαυτοῖς τὸ ἅγιον τοῦ θεοῦ καθὼς μαρτυρεῖ ὁ κορυφαιότατος τῶν ἀποστόλων, ὁ καταξιωθεὶς μακαρισθῆναι ὑπὸ κυρίου, ὅτι ὁ πατὴρ αὐτῷ ἀπεκάλυψε.
dio naos theou klēthēsontai kai hoi hagioi anthrōpoi, ⟨hoi⟩ katoikēsantes en heautois to hagion tou theou kathōs martyrei ho koryphaiotatos tōn apostolōn, ho kataxiōtheis makaristhēnai hypo kyriou, hoti ho patēr autǭ apekalypse.
Therefore holy people too will be called the temple of God, ⟨those⟩ who have made the Holy ⟨Spirit⟩ of God dwell in themselves, as the chief of the apostles testifies, who was counted worthy to be called blessed by the Lord because the Father revealed it to him.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 16:17 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The saints are God's temple because the Spirit dwells in them.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.4 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.5Holl GCS 25:16
τοίνυν ὁ πατὴρ ἀποκαλύπτει τὸν υἱόν τὸν ἀληθινὸν αὐτῷ καὶ μακαρίζεται, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς πάλιν ἀποκαλύπτει τὸ ἅγιον αὐτοῦ πνεῦμα.
toinyn ho patēr apokalyptei ton huion ton alēthinon autǭ kai makarizetai, kai ho autos palin apokalyptei to hagion autou pneuma.
So the Father reveals to him his true Son and he is called blessed, and the same one also reveals his Holy Spirit.
Matt 16:17 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Father revealed the Son and the Spirit to Peter.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.5 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.6Holl GCS 25:16
ἔδει * τὸν πρῶτον τῶν ἀποστόλων, τὴν πέτραν τὴν στερεάν, »ἐφʼ ἣν ἡ ἐκκλησία τοῦ Μʼ ᾠκοδόμηται, καὶ πύλαι Ἅιδου οὐ κατισχύσουσιν αὐτῆς‘· πύλαι δὲ Ἅιδου αἱ αἱρέσεις καὶ οἱ αἱρεσιάρχαι. κατὰ πάντα γὰρ τρόπον ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστερεώθη ἡ πίστις, ἐν τῷ λαβόντι τὴν κλεῖν τῶν οὐρανῶνλ, ἐν τῷ λύοντι ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς καὶ δέοντι ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ.
edei * ton prōton tōn apostolōn, tēn petran tēn sterean, »ephʼ hēn hē ekklēsia tou Mʼ ǭkodomētai, kai pylai Haidou ou katischysousin autēs‘; pylai de Haidou hai haireseis kai hoi hairesiarchai. kata panta gar tropon en autǭ estereōthē hē pistis, en tǭ labonti tēn klein tōn ouranōnl, en tǭ lyonti epi tēs gēs kai deonti en tǭ ouranǭ.
It was fitting * that the first of the apostles, the firm rock “on which the church of God is built, and the gates of Hades shall not prevail against it”; and the gates of Hades are the heresies and the founders of heresies. For in every way the faith was made firm in him, who received the key of heaven, who looses on earth and binds in heaven.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 16:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 16:19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Peter is the firm rock of the faith; the gates of Hades are the heresies.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. Epiphanius applies Matt 16:18 to Peter's confession of faith; translated as written.
Topics: Heresy, Church office
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.6 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.8Holl GCS 25:16
ἐν τούτῳ γάρ ἐστι πάντα τὰ ζητούμενα λεπτολογήματα τῆς πίστεως εὑρισκόμενα.
en toutǭ gar esti panta ta zētoumena leptologēmata tēs pisteōs heuriskomena.
For in him all the fine points of the faith that are sought are found.
Notes and citation
Summary: Peter's confession contains the whole faith.
- There is no section 9.7 in the digital text.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.8 (Holl GCS 25:16; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.9Holl GCS 25:16–17
οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ τρίτον ἀρνησάμενος καὶ τρίτον ἀναθεματίσας πρὶν ἢ τὸν ἀλέκτορα φωνῆσαι· τὴν ὑπερβολὴν γὰρ τῆς αὐτοῦ πρὸς τὸν ὡαυτοῦ δεσπότην ἀγαπήσεως σημαίνων διϊσχυριζόμενος ἔλεγεν »εἰ καὶ πάντες ἀρνήσονταί σε, ἐγὼ οὐκ ἀρνήσομαι«, ὅσον τὸ ἐπʼ λέγω⟨ν⟩· οὑτός ἐστιν ὁ κλαύσας ἐπὶ τῇ φωνῇ
houtos estin ho triton arnēsamenos kai triton anathematisas prin ē ton alektora phōnēsai; tēn hyperbolēn gar tēs autou pros ton hōautou despotēn agapēseōs sēmainōn diïschyrizomenos elegen »ei kai pantes arnēsontai se, egō ouk arnēsomai«, hoson to epʼ legō⟨n⟩; houtos estin ho klausas epi tę̄ phōnę̄
He is the one who denied three times and cursed three times before the cock crowed; for, indicating the excess of his love for his own Master, he said insistently, “Even if all deny you, I will not deny you,” speaking as far as it lay with him. He is the one who wept at the voice
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Matt 26:33 (quotation, medium confidence) · Matt 26:74 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Peter, who boasted and denied, wept at the cock's crow.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.9 (Holl GCS 25:16–17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.10Holl GCS 25:17
τοῦ ἀλεκτρυόνος, ἵνα ἀληθῶς ὁμολογήσῃ τὴν τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ σύλληψιν οὐ δοκήσει οὖσαν, ἀλλʼ ἀληθινήν, ἵνα εἴπῃ αὐτὸν ἀληθινὸν ἄνθρωπον ἐν τῷ κλαίειν ἐπὶ τῇ αὐτοῦ συλλήψει παραδοθέντος ὑπὸ τῶν Φαρισαίων οὗτος ⟨ὀ⟩ ἀπαλθὼν εἰς τὴν Γαλατίαν ἁλιεύειν,
tou alektryonos, hina alēthōs homologēsę̄ tēn tou huiou tou theou syllēpsin ou dokēsei ousan, allʼ alēthinēn, hina eipę̄ auton alēthinon anthrōpon en tǭ klaiein epi tę̄ autou syllēpsei paradothentos hypo tōn Pharisaiōn houtos ⟨o⟩ apalthōn eis tēn Galatian halieuein,
of the cock, so that he might truly confess that the arrest of the Son of God was not in appearance but real, so that he might call him a true man by weeping at his arrest when he was handed over by the Pharisees. He is the one who went away to Galilee to fish,
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Matt 26:75 (allusion, high confidence) · John 21:3 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Peter's tears confess the reality of Christ's arrest and humanity.
- The digital text reads “Galatia” (Γαλατίαν), evidently for Galilee; translated as Galilee. Aimed at those who said Christ's sufferings were only apparent.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.10 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.11Holl GCS 25:17
ὁ συγκοινωνὸς τοῦ ἐπὶ τοῦ στήθους ἀνακλιθέντος ὁ μὲν γὰρ παρὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ μανθάνων καὶ ἀπὸ τοῦ υἱοῦ λαμβάνων τῆς γνώσεως τὴν δύναμιν ἀπεκάλυπτεν, ὁ δὲ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ὠφελεῖτο,
ho synkoinōnos tou epi tou stēthous anaklithentos ho men gar para tou huiou manthanōn kai apo tou huiou lambanōn tēs gnōseōs tēn dynamin apekalypten, ho de para tou patros ōpheleito,
the companion of the one who reclined on his breast; for the one, learning from the Son and receiving from the Son, revealed the power of knowledge, while the other was helped by the Father,
John 13:25 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Peter and John each received knowledge.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.11 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.12Holl GCS 25:17
τὴν ἀσφάλειαν τῆς πίστεως θεμελιῶν), ὃς ἐν τῇ νηΐ ἐπὶ τῆς Τιβε3ριάδος ⟨λίμνης⟩ πάλιν μετὰ τὸ κληθῆναι ἡλίευεν ὁ δὲ μαθητής, ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς *) ἐπὶ τῷ ῥήματι, ὃ εἶπεν ὁ σωτήρ »παιδία, μή τι προσφάγιον ἔχετε;« καί φησι) »βάλετε εἰς τὰ δεξιὰ τοῦ πλοίου καὶ εὑρήσετε«, ἐπὶ δὲ τῷ γενομένῳ ῥήματι ἐκπλαγέντι τῷ Πέτρῳ φησὶν ὁ Ἰωάννης. ὃν ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς, »ὁ κύριός ἐστιν«, ἄνθρωπος μὲν κατὰ σάρκα, ἀπὸ Μαρίας γεννηθεὶς ἐν ἀληθείᾳ οὐ μὴν δοκήσει, θεὸς δὲ ⟨κατὰ⟩
tēn asphaleian tēs pisteōs themeliōn), hos en tę̄ nēï epi tēs Tibe3riados ⟨limnēs⟩ palin meta to klēthēnai hēlieuen ho de mathētēs, hon ēgapa ho Iēsous *) epi tǭ rhēmati, ho eipen ho sōtēr »paidia, mē ti prosphagion echete?« kai phēsi) »balete eis ta dexia tou ploiou kai heurēsete«, epi de tǭ genomenǭ rhēmati ekplagenti tǭ Petrǭ phēsin ho Iōannēs. hon ēgapa ho Iēsous, »ho kyrios estin«, anthrōpos men kata sarka, apo Marias gennētheis en alētheią ou mēn dokēsei, theos de ⟨kata⟩
laying the foundation of the security of the faith. He it is who, after being called, was fishing again in the boat on the Sea of Tiberias; and the disciple whom Jesus loved *, at the word the Savior spoke, “Children, have you anything to eat?” and he says, “Cast to the right side of the boat and you will find,” and when Peter was amazed at what happened, John, whom Jesus loved, says, “It is the Lord”: man according to the flesh, born of Mary in truth, not in appearance, but God ⟨according to⟩
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John 21:5 (quotation, high confidence) · John 21:6 (quotation, high confidence) · John 21:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: At Tiberias John recognized the Lord, truly man and God.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.12 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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9.13Holl GCS 25:17
ὤν, ἀπὸ τῶν ἐπουρανίων ἐκ πατρὸς ἐλθών· ⟨οὐτος⟩ ὁ ἀκούων παρὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ »Πέτρε, ποίμαινε τὰ ἀρνία μου«, ὁ πεπιστευμένος τὴν ποίμνην, ὁ καλῶς ὁδηγῶν ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ ἰδίου δεσπότου ὁ ὁμολογῶν περὶ σαρκός, ὁ ἀληθινῶς τὰ πατρὸς ἀπαγγέλλων περὶ υἱοῦ, ὁ τὸ πνεῦμα σημαίνων καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ ἀξίαν ἐν θεότητι, ὁ δεξιὰν διαδοὺς τῷ Παύλῳ καὶ Βαρνάβᾳ κοινωνίας σὺν ἸαιΙκώβῳ καὶ Ἰωάννῃ, Ἵνα »διὰ τριῶν μαρτύρων σταθῇ πᾶν ῥῆμα«.
ōn, apo tōn epouraniōn ek patros elthōn; ⟨outos⟩ ho akouōn para tou autou »Petre, poimaine ta arnia mou«, ho pepisteumenos tēn poimnēn, ho kalōs hodēgōn en tę̄ dynamei tou idiou despotou ho homologōn peri sarkos, ho alēthinōs ta patros apangellōn peri huiou, ho to pneuma sēmainōn kai tēn autou axian en theotēti, ho dexian diadous tǭ Paulǭ kai Barnabą koinōnias syn IaiIkōbǭ kai Iōannę̄, Hina »dia triōn martyrōn stathę̄ pan rhēma«.
⟨the Spirit⟩, having come from the heavenly places, from the Father. ⟨This is⟩ the one who heard from him, “Peter, feed my lambs,” who was entrusted with the flock, who guides well in the power of his own Master, who confesses concerning the flesh, who truly announces the Father's teaching about the Son, who indicates the Spirit and his dignity in the Godhead, who gave the right hand of fellowship to Paul and Barnabas together with James and John, so that “by three witnesses every word may be established.”
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John 21:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 2:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Deut 19:15 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 13:1 (quotation, medium confidence)
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Summary: Peter was entrusted with the flock and gave Paul the right hand of fellowship.
- A word after κατὰ is lost; “the Spirit” is supplied by sense.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 9.13 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-9-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 10
10.1Holl GCS 25:17
10. Οὐδὲν γὰρ ἄνευ τῶν δύο καὶ τριῶν μαρτυριῶν δύναται εἶναι. εἰς αὐτὰ⟨ς⟩ γὰρ ἐβεβαιοῦτο διʼ αἰνίγματος ⟨καὶ ἡ πίστις⟩ νόμῳ, μόνον πατέρα ἐπιγνόντων, εἰ μή τι λάβωσι δύναμιν υἱοῦ καὶ διὰ τῶν μαρτυριῶν πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ ἐνδυναμωθῶσι διά τε τῆς τρίτης μαρτυρίας λάβωσι πνεῦμα ἅγιον καὶ πληρωθῶσι,
10. Ouden gar aneu tōn dyo kai triōn martyriōn dynatai einai. eis auta⟨s⟩ gar ebebaiouto diʼ ainigmatos ⟨kai hē pistis⟩ nomǭ, monon patera epignontōn, ei mē ti labōsi dynamin huiou kai dia tōn martyriōn patros kai huiou endynamōthōsi dia te tēs tritēs martyrias labōsi pneuma hagion kai plērōthōsi,
For nothing can stand without two or three testimonies. ⟨Faith too⟩ was confirmed in riddles by the law for those who knew only the Father, unless they should receive the power of the Son and be strengthened through the testimonies of Father and Son, and through the third testimony receive the Holy Spirit and be filled,
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Deut 19:15 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The faith rests on the threefold witness of Father, Son, and Spirit.
- The first clause is damaged; translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 10.1 (Holl GCS 25:17; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.2Holl GCS 25:17–18
φανερῶς τῶν φωνῶν τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ Σεραφὶμ κραζουσῶν τὸ] τρίτον τὸ »ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγοις«.
phanerōs tōn phōnōn tōn Cheroubim kai Seraphim krazousōn to] triton to »hagios hagios hagois«.
as the voices of the Cherubim and Seraphim openly cry three times, “Holy, holy, holy.”
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Isa 6:3 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The heavenly beings cry “Holy” three times.
- The editor deletes τό before τρίτον.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 10.2 (Holl GCS 25:17–18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.3Holl GCS 25:18
οὐ γὰρ διὰ δύο φωνῶν ἡ δοξολογία ἐν οὐρανῷ τελεῖται οὐδὲ τέταρτον ἐπιφωνοῦσι τὰ αὐτὰ ἅγια καὶ ἀνόρατα πνευματικὰ ςῷα οὐδὲ. τετάρτην φωνὴν ἀποδίδωσι τὰ αὐτὰ οὐδὲ μίαν μόνην, ἀλλὰ τρεῖς φωνὰς ἑνικάς τὸ ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγιος·
ou gar dia dyo phōnōn hē doxologia en ouranǭ teleitai oude tetarton epiphōnousi ta auta hagia kai anorata pneumatika sǭa oude. tetartēn phōnēn apodidōsi ta auta oude mian monēn, alla treis phōnas henikas to hagios hagios hagios;
For the doxology in heaven is not completed with two cries, nor do these holy and invisible spiritual living creatures call out a fourth time, nor do they give a fourth cry, nor only one, but three singular cries: “Holy, holy, holy.”
Isa 6:3 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The threefold “Holy” is exact: neither two nor four.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 10.3 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.4Holl GCS 25:18
καὶ οὐ λέγουσιν ἅγιοι ἅγιοι. μὴ μὴ τὸ ἑνικὸν πολυώνυμον ἀποφήνωσι Με τῶν τριῶν τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἀποκορύφωσιν, ἀλλὰ τρὶς μὲν διδόασι τὴν ἁγιαστείαν, μονοειδῶς δὲ καὶ ἑνικῶς ἀποφθέγγονται τὸν λόγον, ἴνα μὴ πολυθεΐαν ὀνομασωσιν.
kai ou legousin hagioi hagioi. mē mē to henikon polyōnymon apophēnōsi Me tōn triōn ton arithmon apokoryphōsin, alla tris men didoasi tēn hagiasteian, monoeidōs de kai henikōs apophthengontai ton logon, ina mē polytheïan onomasōsin.
And they do not say “Holies, holies,” so that they may not make the singular many-named nor cut short the number of the three; but they give the ascription of holiness three times, while they utter the word in one form and in the singular, so as not to name a plurality of gods.
Isa 6:3 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Three cries in the singular show three persons, one God.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 10.4 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.5Holl GCS 25:18
εἷς γὰρ ἐστι θεός, πατὴρ ἐν υἱῷ, υἱὸς ἐν πατρὶ σὺν ἁγίῳ πνεύματι. καὶ διὰ τοῦτο »ἅγιος ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαὐμενος«. πατὴρ ἀληθινὸς ἐνυπόστατος καὶ υἱὸς ἀληθινὸς ἐνυπόστατος καὶ πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἀληθινὸν ἐνυπόστατον, τρία ὄντα μία θεότης μία οὐσία μία δοξολογία εἷς θεός.
heis gar esti theos, patēr en huiǭ, huios en patri syn hagiǭ pneumati. kai dia touto »hagios en hagiois anapaumenos«. patēr alēthinos enypostatos kai huios alēthinos enypostatos kai pneuma hagion alēthinon enypostaton, tria onta mia theotēs mia ousia mia doxologia heis theos.
For God is one, Father in Son, Son in Father, with the Holy Spirit. And for this reason he is “the Holy One resting among the holy.” The Father is truly subsistent, the Son truly subsistent, and the Holy Spirit truly subsistent: being three, one Godhead, one substance, one glory, one God.
Isa 57:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Three subsistent persons, one Godhead and substance.
- The quotation is Isa 57:15 (LXX).
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 10.5 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.6Holl GCS 25:18
ὠνόμασας υἱόν, συμπεριείληφας τῇ διανοίαι τὴν τριάδα· ἔσχες πνεῦμα ἄλγιον, κατηξίωσαι τῆς δυνάμεως τῆς πατρῴας καὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ· ἐδόξασας τὸν πατέρα, ἐσήμανας τὸν υἱὸν καὶ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.
ōnomasas huion, symperieilēphas tę̄ dianoiai tēn triada; esches pneuma algion, katēxiōsai tēs dynameōs tēs patrǭas kai tou huiou tou theou; edoxasas ton patera, esēmanas ton huion kai to hagion pneuma.
You have named the Son: you have included the Trinity in your thought. You have received the Holy Spirit: you have been counted worthy of the power of the Father and of the Son of God. You have glorified the Father: you have signified the Son and the Holy Spirit.
Notes and citation
Summary: Naming one person of the Trinity implies the others.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 10.6 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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10.7Holl GCS 25:18
ἀλλὰ μὴ κατὰ συναλοιφήν· ἔστι γὰρ ὁ πατὴρ πατήρ, ἔστιν ὁ υἱὸς υἱός, ἔστι τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἅγιον πνεῦμα. ἀλλʼ οὐκ ἠλλοτριωμένη ἡ τριὰς τῆς ἑνότητος καὶ τῆς ταυτότητος· τιμᾶται δὲ ὁ πατὴρ καθὸ πατήρ ἐστι, τιμᾶται ὁ υἱὸς καθὸ υἱός ἐστι, τιμᾶται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄλγιον καθὸ πνεῦμα ἀληθὲς καὶ πνεῦμα θεοῦ. οὕτω Ιλἐγει ὁ μονογενής ὁ τιμῶν τὸν πατέρα τιμᾷ τὸν υἱόν«· ἐν τῷ γὰρ λέγειν τὸν πατέρα υἱὸν σημαίνεις καὶ υἱὸν τιμᾷς. καί »"ο τιμῶν τὸν υἱὸν τιμᾷ τὸν πατέρα«· ἐν τῷ γὰρ ὀνομάζειν σε τὸν υἱὸν τιμᾷς τὸν πατέρα, οὐκ ἐλάττονα τὸν Χριστὸν φάσκων τοῦ πατρός.
alla mē kata synaloiphēn; esti gar ho patēr patēr, estin ho huios huios, esti to hagion pneuma hagion pneuma. allʼ ouk ēllotriōmenē hē trias tēs henotētos kai tēs tautotētos; timatai de ho patēr katho patēr esti, timatai ho huios katho huios esti, timatai to pneuma to algion katho pneuma alēthes kai pneuma theou. houtō Ilegei ho monogenēs ho timōn ton patera timą ton huion«; en tǭ gar legein ton patera huion sēmaineis kai huion timąs. kai »"o timōn ton huion timą ton patera«; en tǭ gar onomazein se ton huion timąs ton patera, ouk elattona ton Christon phaskōn tou patros.
But not by merging; for the Father is Father, the Son is Son, the Holy Spirit is Holy Spirit. Yet the Trinity is not estranged from its unity and sameness. The Father is honored as being Father, the Son is honored as being Son, the Holy Spirit is honored as true Spirit and Spirit of God. So the Only-begotten says, “He who honors the Father honors the Son”; for in speaking of the Father you signify the Son and you honor the Son. And “He who honors the Son honors the Father”; for in naming the Son you honor the Father, not saying that Christ is less than the Father.
John 5:23 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Honoring the Father honors the Son and vice versa.
- The two sayings are Epiphanius's adaptation of John 5:23.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 10.7 (Holl GCS 25:18; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-10-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 11
11.1Holl GCS 25:18–19
11. Εἰ γὰρ ἐν ἡμῖν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἄπεστι τὸ τοιοῦτον φρόνημα καὶ οὐχ ἥσσονας τοὺς υἱοὺς βουλόμεθα οὐδὲ ἐλαττουμένους παρὰ τὴν τῶν πατέρων τιμήν ἡ γὰρ εἰς τοὺς υἱοὺς ἀτιμία εἰς τοὺς πατέρας ἀναλογεῖται), πόσῳ μᾶλλον ὁ θεὸς καὶ πατὴρ οὐκ ἂν βουληθείη ἐλαττωθῆναι τὸν αὐτοῦ υἱόν;
11. Ei gar en hēmin tois anthrōpois apesti to toiouton phronēma kai ouch hēssonas tous huious boulometha oude elattoumenous para tēn tōn paterōn timēn hē gar eis tous huious atimia eis tous pateras analogeitai), posǭ mallon ho theos kai patēr ouk an boulētheiē elattōthēnai ton autou huion?
For if such an attitude is absent even among us human beings, and we do not want our sons to be inferior or diminished relative to the honor of the fathers (for dishonor to the sons reflects on the fathers), how much more would God the Father not want his own Son diminished?
Notes and citation
Summary: No father wants his son diminished, still less God the Father.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 11.1 (Holl GCS 25:18–19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.2Holl GCS 25:19
ὁ τοίνυν τὸν ἀληθῶς ὄντα τοῦ πατρὸς υἱὸν ἀποδέοντα τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς δόξης ὑπολαμβάνων μᾶλλον ἀτιμάςει τὸν ⟩, ἀντὶ τιμῆς *, ἀγνοίᾳ φερόμενος.
ho toinyn ton alēthōs onta tou patros huion apodeonta tēs tou patros doxēs hypolambanōn mallon atimasei ton ⟩, anti timēs *, agnoią pheromenos.
So whoever supposes that the one who is truly the Father's Son falls short of the Father's glory rather dishonors the ⟨Father⟩, instead of honoring *, carried along by ignorance.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Diminishing the Son dishonors the Father.
- The text has a gap; “Father” is supplied by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 11.2 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.3Holl GCS 25:19
ὡς οὖν ⟨ὁ υἱὸς⟩ ἀποκαλύπτει τὸν πατέρα φάσκων »οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱὸς καὶ οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατήρ‘, οὕτως τολμῶ λέγειν, οὐδὲ τὸ πνεῦμά τις οἶδεν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ὁ υἱός, παρʼ οὗ ἐκπορεύεται καὶ παρʼ οὑ λαμβάνει.
hōs oun ⟨ho huios⟩ apokalyptei ton patera phaskōn »oudeis oide ton patera ei mē ho huios kai oudeis oide ton huion ei mē ho patēr‘, houtōs tolmō legein, oude to pneuma tis oiden ei mē ho patēr kai ho huios, parʼ hou ekporeuetai kai parʼ hou lambanei.
So as ⟨the Son⟩ reveals the Father, saying, “No one knows the Father except the Son, and no one knows the Son except the Father,” so, I dare to say, no one knows the Spirit either except the Father and the Son, from whom he proceeds and from whom he receives.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Matt 11:27 (quotation, high confidence) · John 15:26 (allusion, high confidence) · John 16:14 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Only Father and Son know the Spirit.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 11.3 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.4Holl GCS 25:19
πῶς δὲ ἀλλότριον θεοῦ τὸ πνεῦμα λεγειν τολμῶσιν οἱ μανίᾳ μᾶλλον κατεχόμενοι καὶ οὐκ ἀληθείᾳ οἳ οὐ μανθάνουσι τὴν ἀληθινὴν φωνὴν τοῦ ἀξιοπίστου καὶ ἁγίου Παύλου τοῦ ἀποστόλου, ᾡ δεξιὰν ἔδωκεν ὁ κορυφαιότατος τῶν ἀποστόλων Πέτρος ὁ κατηξιωμένος ἔχειν τὴν κλεῖν τῆς βασιλείας, τοῦ ἀκούσαντος ἀπʼ οὐρανῶν »Σαοὺλ Σαούλ, τί με διώκεις,
pōs de allotrion theou to pneuma legein tolmōsin hoi manią mallon katechomenoi kai ouk alētheią hoi ou manthanousi tēn alēthinēn phōnēn tou axiopistou kai hagiou Paulou tou apostolou, hǭ dexian edōken ho koryphaiotatos tōn apostolōn Petros ho katēxiōmenos echein tēn klein tēs basileias, tou akousantos apʼ ouranōn »Saoul Saoul, ti me diōkeis,
How do those who are held by madness rather than truth dare to call the Spirit foreign to God, who do not learn the true voice of the trustworthy and holy apostle Paul, to whom Peter, chief of the apostles, who was counted worthy to hold the key of the kingdom, gave the right hand; Paul, who heard from heaven, “Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me?”
Gal 2:9 (allusion, high confidence) · Matt 16:19 (allusion, high confidence) · Acts 9:4 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Those who call the Spirit foreign to God ignore Paul.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 11.4 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.5Holl GCS 25:19
τοῦ κατηξιωμένου ἀκοῦσαι »ἄρρητα ῥήματα, ἃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι«, τοῦ λέγοντος »οὐδεὶς οἶδε τὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου εἰ μὴ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ κατοικοῦν ἐν αὐτῷ«, ἀπὸ τοῦ παραδείγματος τὰ ἄνω βουλομένου φράζειν, ἵνα μὴ τὸ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου παράδειγμα εἰς τὸν θεὸν ἀπεικάσῃ, ἀλλὰ τῷ παραδείγματι μέρος τῶν ἄνω ἀποκαλύψῃ;
tou katēxiōmenou akousai »arrēta rhēmata, ha ouk exon anthrōpǭ lalēsai«, tou legontos »oudeis oide ta tou anthrōpou ei mē to pneuma tou anthrōpou to katoikoun en autǭ«, apo tou paradeigmatos ta anō boulomenou phrazein, hina mē to tou anthrōpou paradeigma eis ton theon apeikasę̄, alla tǭ paradeigmati meros tōn anō apokalypsę̄?
who was counted worthy to hear “unspeakable words, which it is not lawful for a man to utter,” who says, “No one knows the things of a man except the spirit of the man that dwells in him,” wishing to express the things above from an example, not so as to liken the human example to God, but to reveal by the example part of the things above?
2 Cor 12:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 2:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Paul uses the human spirit as an example for God's Spirit.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 11.5 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.6Holl GCS 25:19
ὅλη γὰρ ἡ κτίσις συναχθεῖσα ἀγγέλων καὶ ἀρχαγγέλων, Χερουβὶμ καὶ Σεραφὶμ σὺν στρατιᾷ ἐπουρανίῳ, οὐρανοῦ τε καὶ γῆς, ἐπιγείων οὐρανίων καὶ καταχθονίων, φωστήρων τε καὶ ἀστέρων, ξηρῶν τε καὶ ὑγρῶν καὶ πάντων ἁπαξαπλῶς τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ καὶ ἐπὶ γῆς, οὐ δύναται ἀνδείξαθαι οὔτε ὑποδείγματι ἀφομοιωθῆναι τῷ ἑαυτῶν δεσπότῃ.
holē gar hē ktisis synachtheisa angelōn kai archangelōn, Cheroubim kai Seraphim syn stratią epouraniǭ, ouranou te kai gēs, epigeiōn ouraniōn kai katachthoniōn, phōstērōn te kai asterōn, xērōn te kai hygrōn kai pantōn hapaxaplōs tōn en ouranǭ kai epi gēs, ou dynatai andeixathai oute hypodeigmati aphomoiōthēnai tǭ heautōn despotę̄.
For the whole creation gathered together, of angels and archangels, Cherubim and Seraphim with the heavenly host, of heaven and earth, of things on earth, in heaven, and under the earth, of luminaries and stars, of dry and wet, and in short of everything in heaven and on earth, cannot show forth a likeness nor be likened by any example to its Master.
Phil 2:10 (echo, low confidence)
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Summary: No creature can be a likeness of its Master.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 11.6 (Holl GCS 25:19; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.7Holl GCS 25:19–20
κατὰ χάριν γὰρ τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τὴν εἰκόνα χαρίςεται λέγων ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον, κὰτ εἰκόνα θεοῦ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν‘. χαρίσματι γὰρ ἔχει τὴν εἰκόνα πᾶς ἄνθρωπος,
kata charin gar tǭ anthrōpǭ tēn eikona charisetai legōn epoiēsen ho theos ton anthrōpon, kat eikona theou epoiēsen auton‘. charismati gar echei tēn eikona pas anthrōpos,
For by grace he bestows the image on man, saying, “God made man; in the image of God he made him.” For every human being has the image as a gift,
Gen 1:27 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Humanity has God's image as a gift of grace.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 11.7 (Holl GCS 25:19–20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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11.8Holl GCS 25:20
οὐδεὶς δὲ τῷ ἑαυτοῦ δεσπότῃ ἀπεικασθήσεται. τὸ μὲν γὰρ ἀόρατον τὸ δὲ ὁρατόν, τὸ μὲν ἀθάνατον τὸ δὲ θανάτου δεκτικὸν καὶ τὸ μὲν πάσης σοφίας πηγὴ καὶ πάντα ἔχον ἐν ἑαυτῷ τετελειωμένα, ὁ δὲ ἄνθρωπος χάρισμα ἔχων ἀπὸ μέρους λειπόμενός ἐστι τῶν τελειοτάτων, εἰ μὴ θέλει ὁ θεὸς παρασχεῖν κατʼ ἀξίαν τοῖς κομιζομένοις τὴν διὰ χαρίσματος τελειότητα.
oudeis de tǭ heautou despotę̄ apeikasthēsetai. to men gar aoraton to de horaton, to men athanaton to de thanatou dektikon kai to men pasēs sophias pēgē kai panta echon en heautǭ teteleiōmena, ho de anthrōpos charisma echōn apo merous leipomenos esti tōn teleiotatōn, ei mē thelei ho theos paraschein katʼ axian tois komizomenois tēn dia charismatos teleiotēta.
but no one will be likened to his own Master. For the one is invisible, the other visible; the one immortal, the other subject to death; and the one is the source of all wisdom and has all things perfect in himself, while man, having a gift in part, falls short of what is most perfect, unless God wills to grant, according to worth, the perfection that comes through grace to those who receive it.
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Summary: Man, made in the image, is not like God in himself.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 11.8 (Holl GCS 25:20; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/1-1/#p-11-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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