The Well-Anchored Man 60.1–69.10
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 60
60.1Holl GCS 25:70
60. Ἰωσὴφ γέρων ὢν ⟩ χῆρος μετὰ τὸ λαβεῖν πρώτην γυναῖκα καὶ ποιῆσαι ἐξ αὐτῆς παῖδας ἄρρενας μὲν τέσσαρας, Ἰάκωβον τὸν ἀδελφὸν τοῦ κυρίου καλούμενον διὰ τὸ συνανατραφῆναι αὐτῷ καὶ Σίμωνα καὶ Ἰούδαν καὶ Ἰωσῆν, δύο δὲ θυγατέρας,. † Ἄνναν καὶ Σαλώμην,
60. Iōsēph gerōn ōn ⟩ chēros meta to labein prōtēn gynaika kai poiēsai ex autēs paidas arrenas men tessaras, Iakōbon ton adelphon tou kyriou kaloumenon dia to synanatraphēnai autǭ kai Simōna kai Ioudan kai Iōsēn, dyo de thygateras,. † Annan kai Salōmēn,
Joseph, being old ⟨and⟩ a widower, after taking a first wife and having by her four sons, James, called the brother of the Lord because he was brought up with him, and Simon and Judas and Joses, and two daughters, † Anna and Salome,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Mark 6:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 1:19 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Joseph was an elderly widower with children from a first marriage.
- This is Epiphanius's view of the Lord's brothers and sisters (compare Mark 6:3); it is translated as written. The dagger marks a doubtful name; elsewhere Epiphanius calls the daughters Mary and Salome.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ν for κ): γυναῖνα → γυναῖκα.
Topics: Christology, Marriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 60.1 (Holl GCS 25:70; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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60.2Holl GCS 25:70–71
οὗτος ὁ Ἰωσὴφ γέρων ὢν καὶ χῆρος κατὰ ἀνάγκην τῶν κλήρων βαλλομένων ἐπὶ χήρους καὶ ἀγάμους καθʼ ἑκάστην φυλὴν εἰς τὰς ἀπὸ ναοῦ παρθένους διὰ τὸ ἀφιεροῦσθαι ἐν τῷ ναῶ τοὺς πρωτοτόκους παῖδας, ἄρρενάς τε καὶ θηλείας) ἔλαβε κατὰ κλῆρον τὴν ἁγίαν παρθένον Μαρίαν, »ἐξ ἡς« κατὰ σάρκα »ἐγεννήθη« ὁ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου, οὐκ ἀπὸ σπέρματος ἀνδρὸς οὔτε συναφείᾳ σώματος.
houtos ho Iōsēph gerōn ōn kai chēros kata anankēn tōn klērōn ballomenōn epi chērous kai agamous kathʼ hekastēn phylēn eis tas apo naou parthenous dia to aphierousthai en tǭ naō tous prōtotokous paidas, arrenas te kai thēleias) elabe kata klēron tēn hagian parthenon Marian, »ex hēs« kata sarka »egennēthē« ho kyrios hēmōn Iēsous Christos dia pneumatos hagiou, ouk apo spermatos andros oute synapheią sōmatos.
this Joseph, being old and a widower, by necessity, when lots were cast among widowers and unmarried men of each tribe for the virgins from the temple (because the firstborn children, male and female, were dedicated in the temple), received by lot the holy virgin Mary, “of whom” according to the flesh “was born” our Lord Jesus Christ, through the Holy Spirit, not from the seed of a man nor by union of body.
Matt 1:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Joseph received Mary by lot from the temple.
- The story of the lot resembles the Protevangelium of James 8–9.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (missing capital): οὗτος ὁ ἰωσὴφ → οὗτος ὁ Ἰωσὴφ.
Extrabiblical texts: Prot. Jas. 8-9 (Protevangelium of James; allusion)
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 60.2 (Holl GCS 25:70–71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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60.3Holl GCS 25:71
γεννᾶται τοίνυν ὁ κύριος ἐκ φυλῆς Ἰούδα, ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ καὶ Ἀβραὰμ κατὰ σάρκα, θεὸς ὤν, ἐν τῷ τεσσαρακοστῷ ⟨δευτέρῳ⟩ ἔτει τῆς βασιλείας
gennatai toinyn ho kyrios ek phylēs Iouda, ek spermatos Dauid kai Abraam kata sarka, theos ōn, en tǭ tessarakostǭ ⟨deuterǭ⟩ etei tēs basileias
So the Lord is born of the tribe of Judah, of the seed of David and Abraham according to the flesh, being God, in the forty-⟨second⟩ year of the reign ⟨of Augustus⟩.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Rom 1:3 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ was born in the forty-second year of Augustus.
- The sentence breaks off; “of Augustus” is supplied from what follows.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 60.3 (Holl GCS 25:71; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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60.4Holl GCS 25:71–72
Αὔγουστος δὲ ἐβασίλευσεν πεντήκοντα ἓξ ἴτη καὶ μῆνας ἕξ μετʼ αὐτὸν δὲ παῖς αὐτοῦ Τιβέριος διαδέχεται τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔτη ݲ μετὰ Τιβέριον Γάϊος ἔτη τρία καὶ μῆνας θ καὶ ἡμέρας κβ μετὰ Γάϊον Κλαύδιος ἔτη ݲ μετὰ Κλαύδιον Νέρων ἴτη ݲ μετὰ Νέρωνα Οὐεσπασιανὸς ἴτη θ μετὰ Οὐεσπασιανὸν Τίτος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη β μετὰ Τίτον Δομετιανὸς ὁ ἀδελφὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ݲ καὶ μῆνας ݲ μετὰ Δομετιανὸν Νερούας ἔτος ݲ μῆνας δ μετὰ Νερούσν Τραϊανὸς ἔτη ιθ μετὰ Τραϊανὸν Ἀδριανὸς ݲ μετὰ Ἀδριανὸν Ἀντωνῖνος εὐσεβὴς ἔτη κβ μετὰ Ἀντωνῖνον Μάρκος Αὐρήλιος Ἀντωνὶνπος, ὁ καὶ Οὐῆρος, ἴτη ιθ Κόμοδος ἴτη ݲ Περτίναφ μῆνας ζω Σευῆρος ἴτη ݲ Ἀντωνῖνος ὁ υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἔτη ζ Μακρῖνος ἔτος ἴν Ἀντωνῖνος ἄλλος ἴτη ݲ Ἀλέξανδρος, οὐχ ὁ Μακεκδών, ἴτη ݲ Μαξιμῖνος ἴτη ݲ Γορδιανὸς ἴτη ζ Φίλιππος ἴτη ἔτη ζ Δέκιος ἔτος ݲ Γάλλος ὁ * καὶ Oὐολουσιανὸς ἴτη ηνὸς ἴτη ݲ Κλαύδιος ἄλλος ἔτος ἴν Αὐρηλιανὸς ἴτη ι]δ Τάκιτος μῆνας ζ Πρόβος ἴτη ξ οἱ περὶ Κᾶρον καὶ Καρῖνον καὶ Νουμεριανὸν ἴτη β Διοκλητιανὸς ἔτη ݲ
Augoustos de ebasileusen pentēkonta hex itē kai mēnas hex metʼ auton de pais autou Tiberios diadechetai tēn archēn etē ݲ meta Tiberion Gaïos etē tria kai mēnas th kai hēmeras kb meta Gaïon Klaudios etē ݲ meta Klaudion Nerōn itē ݲ meta Nerōna Ouespasianos itē th meta Ouespasianon Titos ho huios autou etē b meta Titon Dometianos ho adelphos autou etē ݲ kai mēnas ݲ meta Dometianon Nerouas etos ݲ mēnas d meta Nerousn Traïanos etē ith meta Traïanon Adrianos ݲ meta Adrianon Antōninos eusebēs etē kb meta Antōninon Markos Aurēlios Antōninpos, ho kai Ouēros, itē ith Komodos itē ݲ Pertinaph mēnas zō Seuēros itē ݲ Antōninos ho huios autou etē z Makrinos etos in Antōninos allos itē ݲ Alexandros, ouch ho Makekdōn, itē ݲ Maximinos itē ݲ Gordianos itē z Philippos itē etē z Dekios etos ݲ Gallos ho * kai Oyolousianos itē ēnos itē ݲ Klaudios allos etos in Aurēlianos itē i]d Takitos mēnas z Probos itē x hoi peri Karon kai Karinon kai Noumerianon itē b Dioklētianos etē ݲ
Augustus reigned fifty-six years and six months; after him his son Tiberius succeeds to the rule, … years; after Tiberius, Gaius, three years, nine months, and twenty-two days; after Gaius, Claudius, … years; after Claudius, Nero, … years; after Nero, Vespasian, nine years; after Vespasian, Titus his son, two years; after Titus, Domitian his brother, … years and … months; after Domitian, Nerva, … year, four months; after Nerva, Trajan, nineteen years; after Trajan, Hadrian, …; after Hadrian, Antoninus Pius, twenty-two years; after Antoninus, Marcus Aurelius Antoninus, also called Verus, nineteen years; Commodus, … years; Pertinax, … months; Severus, … years; Antoninus his son, seven years; Macrinus, one year; another Antoninus, … years; Alexander, not the Macedonian, … years; Maximinus, … years; Gordian, seven years; Philip, seven years; Decius, … year; Gallus * and Volusianus, … years; …nus, … years; another Claudius, one year; Aurelian, … years; Tacitus, seven months; Probus, … years; Carus with Carinus and Numerian, two years; Diocletian, … years.
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Summary: A list of Roman emperors from Augustus to Diocletian.
- Many numerals are lost in the digital text (shown as …), and some that survive are doubtful (e.g., Pertinax, Aurelian, Probus); the reign lengths are Epiphanius's figures, not modern ones. Garbled names are given in their usual forms.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 60.4 (Holl GCS 25:71–72; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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60.5Holl GCS 25:72–73
μετὰ Διοκλητιανὸν Μαξιμανὸς Λικίννιος Κωνστάντιος Κωνσταντῖνος Κώνστας Κωνστάντιος καὶ κωνσταντῖνος Ἰουλιανὸς Ἰοβιανὸς Οὐαλεντινιανὸς Οὐάλης Γρατιανὸς ἴως τοῦ ἐνιαυτοῦ τούτου μετὰ τὸ τελευτῆσαι Διοκλητιανὸν ἴτη ݲ. τὸ ἔτος γὰρ τοῦτό ἐστιν ἐνενηκοστὸν Διοκλητιανοῦ, Οὐαλεντινιανοῦ καὶ Οὐάλεντος ݲ, Γρατιανοῦ δὲ ἔτος ξ, ὑπατείᾳ Γρατιανοῦ Αὐγούστου τὸ τρίτον καὶ Ἐκουιτίου λαμπροτάτου, Ἰνδικτιῶνος β.
meta Dioklētianon Maximanos Likinnios Kōnstantios Kōnstantinos Kōnstas Kōnstantios kai kōnstantinos Ioulianos Iobianos Oualentinianos Oualēs Gratianos iōs tou eniautou toutou meta to teleutēsai Dioklētianon itē ݲ. to etos gar touto estin enenēkoston Dioklētianou, Oualentinianou kai Oualentos ݲ, Gratianou de etos x, hypateią Gratianou Augoustou to triton kai Ekouitiou lamprotatou, Indiktiōnos b.
After Diocletian: Maximian, Licinius, Constantius, Constantine, Constans, Constantius and Constantine, Julian, Jovian, Valentinian, Valens, Gratian, up to this year, … years after the death of Diocletian. For this year is the ninetieth of Diocletian, the … of Valentinian and Valens, the … of Gratian, in the consulship of Gratian Augustus for the third time and of Equitius, most illustrious, in the second indiction.
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Summary: The work is dated to the consulship of Gratian and Equitius (AD 374).
- The consulship of Gratian III and Equitius is AD 374. Several numerals are lost in the digital text (shown as …); “the ninetieth of Diocletian” counts from the era of Diocletian (284).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): Οʼλυάλεντος → Οὐάλεντος.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 60.5 (Holl GCS 25:72–73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-60-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 61
61.1Holl GCS 25:73
61. Ἡμεῖς τοίνυν ἀπὸ τοῦ προειρημένου Ἀδὰμ πάντες κατὰ ἀκολουθίαν· καὶ οὐκ ἀπώλετο ἡ τάξις οὐδὲ τὰ ὑπὸ θεοῦ γινόμενα ἀλληγοροῦνται.
61. Hēmeis toinyn apo tou proeirēmenou Adam pantes kata akolouthian; kai ouk apōleto hē taxis oude ta hypo theou ginomena allēgorountai.
So we are all from the aforementioned Adam in sequence; and the order has not perished, nor are the things made by God allegorized.
Notes and citation
Summary: The unbroken line from Adam shows Genesis is history.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.1 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.2Holl GCS 25:73
ἔστι τοίνυν Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἔστι φύλλα συκῆς καὶ συκῆ καὶ ξύλον τοῦ εἰδέναι γνωστὸν καλοῦ καὶ πονηροῦ καὶ ξύλον ζωῆς ἐν μέσῳ τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ οφις καὶ παρακοὴ καὶ ὑπακοὴ καὶ εἰσὶ ποταμοὶ καὶ ἔστιν Εὕα καὶ τὸ πλάσμα·
esti toinyn Adam kai esti phylla sykēs kai sykē kai xylon tou eidenai gnōston kalou kai ponērou kai xylon zōēs en mesǭ tou paradeisou kai ophis kai parakoē kai hypakoē kai eisi potamoi kai estin Heua kai to plasma;
So there is an Adam, and there are fig leaves and a fig tree, and the tree for knowing what is known of good and evil, and the tree of life in the midst of paradise, and a serpent, and disobedience and obedience; and there are rivers, and there is Eve, and the formed body.
Gen 3:7 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 2:9 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The elements of the Eden story are real.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ζ for ξ): καὶ ζύλον ζωῆς → καὶ ξύλον ζωῆς.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.2 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.3Holl GCS 25:73
πάντα γὰρ δυνατὰ τῷ θεῷ« καὶ τὰ φθαρτὰ μεταβαλεῖν εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ποιῆσαι ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ διατελεῖν.
panta gar dynata tǭ theǭ« kai ta phtharta metabalein eis aphtharsian kai ta epi tēs gēs poiēsai en aphtharsią diatelein.
For “all things are possible with God,” both to change corruptible things into incorruption and to make things on earth continue in incorruption.
Matt 19:26 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: God can make earthly things incorruptible.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: γ for φ): ἐν ἀγθαρσίᾳ → ἐν ἀφθαρσίᾳ.
Topics: Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.3 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.4Holl GCS 25:73
καὶ μὴ θαυμαζέτω τις· τοῦτο γὰρ ἠλθε καὶ ἔδειξε λαβὼν σάρκα φθαρτὴν καὶ ἐνδυσάμενος ἐν τῇ θεότητι καὶ ἀποδείξας ἄφθαρτον. »τίς γὰρ ἐγκαλέσει« θεῷ;
kai mē thaumazetō tis; touto gar ēlthe kai edeixe labōn sarka phthartēn kai endysamenos en tę̄ theotēti kai apodeixas aphtharton. »tis gar enkalesei« theǭ?
And let no one be amazed; for he came and showed this, taking corruptible flesh and clothing it in the Godhead and showing it incorruptible. “For who will bring a charge” against God?
Rom 8:33 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ showed that corruptible flesh can become incorruptible.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.4 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.5Holl GCS 25:73
ἴδωμεν δὲ καὶ ἄλλην θεωρίαν. ἐξέβαλεν ἀυτούς, φησίν, ἔξω τοῦ παραδείσου καὶ ἔθετο τὰ Χερουβὶμ καὶ τὴν φλογίνην ῥομφαίαν τηρεῖν τὴν εἴσοδον τοῦ ξύλου τῆς ζωῆς. καὶ ἐξελθόντες οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ ᾤκησαν ἀπέναντι τοῦ παραδίσου. μηδεὶς μύθοις ἀπατάσθω κενοῖς.
idōmen de kai allēn theōrian. exebalen autous, phēsin, exō tou paradeisou kai etheto ta Cheroubim kai tēn phloginēn rhomphaian tērein tēn eisodon tou xylou tēs zōēs. kai exelthontes hoi peri ton Adam ǭkēsan apenanti tou paradisou. mēdeis mythois apatasthō kenois.
Let us look at another consideration too. He drove them, it says, out of paradise and placed the Cherubim and the flaming sword to guard the entrance to the tree of life. And Adam and those with him went out and dwelt opposite paradise. Let no one be deceived by empty myths.
Gen 3:23 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 3:24 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Adam dwelt opposite a real paradise.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.5 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.6Holl GCS 25:73
»δύναται γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα« καὶ δύναται ὁ θεὸς καὶ τὰ φθαρτὰ μεταβαλεῖν εἰς ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ δύναται ἐπὶ γῆς ποιῆσαι ἀνάπαυσιν παραδείσου, ὅτε ἠθέλησεν.
»dynatai gar ho theos ek tōn lithōn egeirai tekna« kai dynatai ho theos kai ta phtharta metabalein eis aphtharsian kai dynatai epi gēs poiēsai anapausin paradeisou, hote ēthelēsen.
“For God is able from the stones to raise up children,” and God is able to change corruptible things into incorruption, and able to make the rest of paradise on earth when he wished.
Matt 3:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God can make an earthly paradise.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.6 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.7Holl GCS 25:73
οὐ γὰρ ἡ γῆ ἄλλου θεοῦ καὶ ὀ οὐρανὸς ἄλλου, ἀλλὰ πάντα τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐστι καὶ ὡς θέλει χαρίζεται ἑκάστῳ τὴν ἀφθαρσίαν.
ou gar hē gē allou theou kai o ouranos allou, alla panta tou autou esti kai hōs thelei charizetai hekastǭ tēn aphtharsian.
For the earth is not of one god and heaven of another, but all belong to the same, and he grants incorruption to each as he wills.
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Summary: Earth and heaven belong to the same God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: dropped letter): ἑκάτῳ → ἑκάστῳ.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.7 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.8Holl GCS 25:73
καὶ γὰρ καὶ τὸ σῶμα τοῦ Ἀδὰμ οἴδαμεν ἐκ τῆς γῆς πεπλασμένον, ἐξ ἡσπερ καὶ ἡμῶν τὰ σώματα, καὶ ἐλπίδα ἔχομεν ζωῆς αἰωνίου καὶ ἀφθάρτου κληρονομίας. καὶ γὰρ τοῦ σωτῆρος τὸ σῶμα ἀπὸ Μαρίας ἠν καὶ συνήνωται πνευματικῶς τῇ τοῦ Λόγου ἐν οὐρανῷ ἀφθαρσίᾳ.
kai gar kai to sōma tou Adam oidamen ek tēs gēs peplasmenon, ex hēsper kai hēmōn ta sōmata, kai elpida echomen zōēs aiōniou kai aphthartou klēronomias. kai gar tou sōtēros to sōma apo Marias ēn kai synēnōtai pneumatikōs tę̄ tou Logou en ouranǭ aphtharsią.
For we know that Adam's body was formed from the earth, from which our bodies also come, and we have hope of eternal life and an incorruptible inheritance. For the Savior's body too was from Mary and has been spiritually united to the incorruption of the Word in heaven.
1 Pet 1:4 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Our earthly bodies share the hope shown in Christ's body.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.8 (Holl GCS 25:73; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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61.9Holl GCS 25:73–74
ταῦτα δὲ πάντα συνηγάγομεν καὶ ἐνταῦθα παρεθέμεθα μηθὲν παραρρῖψαι τῶν γεγραμμένων θέλοντες, ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ἁπλότητι φέρεσθαι πιστοί τε εὑρίσκεσθαι πρὸς τὸν θεόν, ἐν οἷς ἐν ἀληθείᾳ ἔγραψεν ἡμῖν καὶ ἐδωρήσατο τὴν τῆς ἀληθείας ὀδὸν εἰς ἡμῶν σωτηρίαν· συγχωρεῖν ⟨δὲ⟩ αὐτῷ μόνῳ πρέπον εἰδέναι τὰ ἀκατάληπτα.
tauta de panta synēgagomen kai entautha parethemetha mēthen pararripsai tōn gegrammenōn thelontes, alla mallon haplotēti pheresthai pistoi te heuriskesthai pros ton theon, en hois en alētheią egrapsen hēmin kai edōrēsato tēn tēs alētheias odon eis hēmōn sōtērian; synchōrein ⟨de⟩ autǭ monǭ prepon eidenai ta akatalēpta.
We have gathered all these things and set them out here, wishing to cast aside nothing of what is written, but rather to be carried along in simplicity and be found faithful toward God in what he wrote for us in truth, and he granted the way of truth for our salvation; and it is fitting ⟨to⟩ concede to him alone the knowing of incomprehensible things.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: We accept all of Scripture simply and leave the incomprehensible to God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: dropped letter; OCR: transposed letters): ἔγαψεν → ἔγραψεν; τῆς ἀηλθείας → τῆς ἀληθείας.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 61.9 (Holl GCS 25:73–74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-61-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 62
62.1Holl GCS 25:74
62. Ἀλλην δὲ πάλιν μυθώδη θεωρίαν οὑτος ὁ Ὠριγένης, ᾡ ὁ θεὸς συγχωρήσειε φαντασίας τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀλληγοροῦντι, παρεισήγαγε φάσκων οὓς εἶπεν ἡ θεία γραφὴ χιτῶνας δερματίνους πεποιηκέναι τὸν θεὸν τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ μὴ εἶναι χιτῶνας δερματίνους·
62. Allēn de palin mythōdē theōrian houtos ho Ōrigenēs, hǭ ho theos synchōrēseie phantasias tois anthrōpois allēgorounti, pareisēgage phaskōn hous eipen hē theia graphē chitōnas dermatinous pepoiēkenai ton theon tois peri ton Adam mē einai chitōnas dermatinous;
Again this Origen (may God forgive him for allegorizing fantasies for people) introduced another mythical consideration, saying that the garments of skin which the divine Scripture says God made for Adam and Eve are not garments of skin;
Gen 3:21 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Origen allegorized the garments of skin.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.1 (Holl GCS 25:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.2Holl GCS 25:74
ἀλλὰ τοῦτό φησι χιτῶνα δερμάτινον τὸ σαρκῶδες τοῦ σώματος ἢ αὐτὸ τὸ σῶμα· μετὰ γὰρ τὴν παρακοήν, φησίν, καὶ μετὰ τὸ βεβρωκέναι τοῦ ξύλου ἐνέδυσε τὰς ψυχάς ταῦτα τὰ σώματα τουτέστιν ταύτην τὴν σάρκα. καὶ ἔστιν εὔηθες τὸ ὄλον εἰπεῖν.
alla touto phēsi chitōna dermatinon to sarkōdes tou sōmatos ē auto to sōma; meta gar tēn parakoēn, phēsin, kai meta to bebrōkenai tou xylou enedyse tas psychas tauta ta sōmata toutestin tautēn tēn sarka. kai estin euēthes to olon eipein.
but this, he says, the garment of skin, is the fleshliness of the body or the body itself; for after the disobedience, he says, and after eating of the tree, he clothed the souls with these bodies, that is, with this flesh. And the whole thing is simple-minded to say.
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Summary: Origen held that the garments were bodies given after the fall.
- Epiphanius's report of Origen is his own; compare his fuller account in Panarion 64.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.2 (Holl GCS 25:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.3Holl GCS 25:74
σοφίζεται γὰρ αὐτὸς ὁ Ὠριγένης δῆθεν καὶ φησί· μὴ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς βυρσοδέψης ἠν, ἴνα βυρσεύσας δέρματα χιτῶνας ἐργάσηται τῷ Ἀδὰμ καὶ τῇ Εὔᾳ; πολὺ δὲ κτηνωδέστερον τὸ τοιοῦτον.
sophizetai gar autos ho Ōrigenēs dēthen kai phēsi; mē gar ho theos byrsodepsēs ēn, ina byrseusas dermata chitōnas ergasētai tǭ Adam kai tę̄ Euą? poly de ktēnōdesteron to toiouton.
For Origen himself argues cleverly, as it seems, and says: “Was God then a tanner, that he tanned hides and made garments for Adam and Eve?” But such a thing is much more brutish.
Notes and citation
Summary: Origen scoffed at God as tanner.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.3 (Holl GCS 25:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.4Holl GCS 25:74
τί εὐχερέστερον ἠν, οὐρανὸν καὶ γῆν ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ποιῆσαι τὸν θεὸν ἤ χιτῶνας δερματινους; πότε γὰρ τὰ θαυμάσια αὐτοῦ θέλων οὐκ εἰργάσατο καὶ ἄψυχα εἰς ἔμψυχα μετεβαλεῖν πότε οὐ δεδύνηται;
ti eucheresteron ēn, ouranon kai gēn ex ouk ontōn poiēsai ton theon ē chitōnas dermatinous? pote gar ta thaumasia autou thelōn ouk eirgasato kai apsycha eis empsycha metebalein pote ou dedynētai?
Which was easier, for God to make heaven and earth from nothing, or garments of skin? When did he, wishing it, not work his wonders, and when was he unable to change lifeless things into living?
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Summary: God, who made all from nothing, could make garments.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: θ for υ): ἄψθχα → ἄψυχα.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.4 (Holl GCS 25:74; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.5Holl GCS 25:74–75
τὴν μὲν ῥάβδον Μωυσέως, ξηρὰν οὐσαν καὶ ξυλίνην, ὄφιν ἔμψυχον ἐποίησε Μωυσέα καταδιώκοντα ἀφʼ οὑ Μωυσῆς εἰς φυγὴν ἐτρέπετο, ἵνα δείξῃ ὅτι οὐκ ἠν φάντασμα, ἀλλ ἀληθὲς τὸ γενόμενον. πῶς δὲ τεσσαράκοντα ἔτη τοῦ λαοῦ τὰ ἰμάτια οὐκ ἐρρικνώθη καὶ τρίχες οὐκ ἐκόμων καὶ τὰ ὑποδήματα οὐκ ἐπαλαιοῦντο;
tēn men rhabdon Mōyseōs, xēran ousan kai xylinēn, ophin empsychon epoiēse Mōysea katadiōkonta aphʼ hou Mōysēs eis phygēn etrepeto, hina deixę̄ hoti ouk ēn phantasma, all alēthes to genomenon. pōs de tessarakonta etē tou laou ta imatia ouk erriknōthē kai triches ouk ekomōn kai ta hypodēmata ouk epalaiounto?
He made the rod of Moses, which was dry and wooden, a living serpent pursuing Moses, from which Moses turned to flight, to show that what happened was not an apparition but true. And how were the people's garments not worn out for forty years, their hair not overgrown, and their sandals not grown old?
Exod 4:3 (allusion, high confidence) · Deut 29:5 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: God's wonders with Moses and Israel were real.
- The detail about hair is Epiphanius's addition.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; OCR: transposed letters): Μωσυέα → Μωυσέα; ὅνα δείξῃ → ἵνα δείξῃ.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.5 (Holl GCS 25:74–75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.6Holl GCS 25:75
εἰπάτωσαν δέ μοι οἱ ἠλίθιοι οἱ τῇ φρενοβλαβείᾳ Ὠριγένους κατὰ τοῦτο τὸ μέρος ἀκολουθήσαντες· ἀναστάντος τοῦ σωτῆρος ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν καὶ καταλείψαντος τὰς ὀθόνας ἐν τῷ μνήματι, ὡς γέγραπται, γυμνὸς ἀρα ἐφαίνετο τοῖς μαθηταῖς· ἀναστὰς ἐκ τῶν νεκρῶν σὺν σώματι καὶ ψυχῇ;
eipatōsan de moi hoi ēlithioi hoi tę̄ phrenoblabeią Ōrigenous kata touto to meros akolouthēsantes; anastantos tou sōtēros ek tōn nekrōn kai kataleipsantos tas othonas en tǭ mnēmati, hōs gegraptai, gymnos ara ephaineto tois mathētais; anastas ek tōn nekrōn syn sōmati kai psychę̄?
And let the foolish who in this matter have followed the derangement of Origen tell me: when the Savior rose from the dead and left the linen cloths in the tomb, as it is written, did he then appear naked to the disciples, having risen from the dead with body and soul?
John 20:5 (allusion, high confidence) · John 20:6 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Did the risen Christ appear naked?
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated syllables): ἀναστὰς στὰς → ἀναστὰς.
Topics: Heresy, Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.6 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.7Holl GCS 25:75
ὁπηνίκα δὲ ἐδείκνυε τοῖς περὶ τὸν Θωμᾶν τὰ ὀστᾶ αὐτοῦ καὶ τὰς σάρκας χεῖράς τε καὶ τὴν πλευράν, δηλονότι οὐκ ἦν γυμνός. τοίνυν τὰ ἱμάτια τίς αὐτῷ ὕφανε τὰ μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν;
hopēnika de edeiknye tois peri ton Thōman ta osta autou kai tas sarkas cheiras te kai tēn pleuran, dēlonoti ouk ēn gymnos. toinyn ta himatia tis autǭ hyphane ta meta tēn anastasin?
When he showed Thomas and those with him his bones and flesh, hands and side, clearly he was not naked. Who then wove him the garments after the resurrection?
Luke 24:39 (allusion, high confidence) · John 20:27 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The risen Christ was clothed; who made his garments?
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.7 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.8Holl GCS 25:75
ἀλλʼ ἐρεῖς μοι πάντως, ἐνδύματα ἦν πνευματικά, ⟨ἄἠν θελήματι ἑαυτῷ ποιήσας. καὶ εἰ τοιαῦτα ἐνδύματα ἠδύνατο ἑαυτῷ ποιεῖν, ἐκείνους τοὺς δερματίνους χιτῶνας οὐκ ἠδύνατο ποιῆσαι τοῖς περὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ οἰκείῳ θελήματι; ὄντως ⟩
allʼ ereis moi pantōs, endymata ēn pneumatika, ⟨aēn thelēmati heautǭ poiēsas. kai ei toiauta endymata ēdynato heautǭ poiein, ekeinous tous dermatinous chitōnas ouk ēdynato poiēsai tois peri ton Adam oikeiǭ thelēmati? ontōs ⟩
But you will surely tell me, “They were spiritual clothes, ⟨which⟩ he made for himself by his will.” And if he could make such clothes for himself, could he not make those garments of skin for Adam and Eve by his own will? Truly
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: If Christ could make his clothes, God could make the garments of skin.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ρ for μ): τὸν Ἀδὰρ → τὸν Ἀδὰμ.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.8 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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62.9Holl GCS 25:75
ἐκπίπτει τοῦ Ὠριγένους ἡ ἀλληγορία. εἰ γὰρ μετὰ τὸ βεβρωκέναι τοῦ ξύλου ἐκτίσθη τῷ Ἀδὰμ ἡ σάρξ, πόθεν ἄρα ἔλαβεν θεὸς τὴν πλευρὰν πρὸ τοῦ αὐτὸν βεβρωκέναι; ὡς διεγερθεὶς ἀπὸ τῆς ἐκστάσεώς φησιν »ὀστοῦν ἐκ τῶν ὀστῶν μου καὶ σὰρξ ἐκ τῆς σαρκός μου τοῦτο«.
ekpiptei tou Ōrigenous hē allēgoria. ei gar meta to bebrōkenai tou xylou ektisthē tǭ Adam hē sarx, pothen ara elaben theos tēn pleuran pro tou auton bebrōkenai? hōs diegertheis apo tēs ekstaseōs phēsin »ostoun ek tōn ostōn mou kai sarx ek tēs sarkos mou touto«.
Origen's allegory falls. For if the flesh was created for Adam after eating of the tree, from where did God take the rib before he had eaten? As, waking from the trance, he says, “This is bone from my bones and flesh from my flesh.”
Gen 2:21 (allusion, high confidence) · Gen 2:23 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Adam had flesh before the fall, as the rib shows.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): πόθεν ἄρα ἄρα ἔλαβεν → πόθεν ἄρα ἔλαβεν.
Topics: Heresy, Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 62.9 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-62-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 63
63.1Holl GCS 25:75
63. Τοῦ λοιποῦ τοίνυν μηδεὶς ἡμῖν κόπους παρεχέτω.« οὕτω γὰρ δοξάζει ἡ ἁγία τοῦ θεοῦ ἐκκλησία ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνέκαθεν· οὐ παραστήσεται γὰρ ἡμῖν Ὠριγένης ἐν ἠμέρᾳ κρίσεως.
63. Tou loipou toinyn mēdeis hēmin kopous parechetō.« houtō gar doxazei hē hagia tou theou ekklēsia apo tōn anekathen; ou parastēsetai gar hēmin Ōrigenēs en ēmerą kriseōs.
“Henceforth let no one trouble us.” For so the holy church of God has believed from the beginning; for Origen will not stand by us on the day of judgment.
Gal 6:17 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The church's faith stands; Origen will not help on judgment day.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 63.1 (Holl GCS 25:75; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.2Holl GCS 25:75–76
θαυμάζω γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς, πῶς τινες ἀνέχονται τοῦ βλασφημήσαντος τὸν ἑαυτοῦ δεσπότην. ἀναγνώτωσαν Ὠριγένους τὰ περὶ ἀρχῶν οἱ τοιοῦτοι καὶ μαθέτωσαν οἱ δοκοῦντες εἶναι υἱοὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας τῆς καθολικῆς * καὶ μὴ τὸν τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς τοῦ πατρὸς θεότητος χωρίζειν τολμάτωσαν·
thaumazō gar hōs alēthōs, pōs tines anechontai tou blasphēmēsantos ton heautou despotēn. anagnōtōsan Ōrigenous ta peri archōn hoi toioutoi kai mathetōsan hoi dokountes einai huioi tēs ekklēsias tēs katholikēs * kai mē ton ton apo tēs tou patros theotētos chōrizein tolmatōsan;
For I truly marvel how some tolerate the one who blasphemed his own Master. Let such people read Origen's On First Principles, and let those who seem to be sons of the catholic church learn *, and let them not dare to separate the ⟨Son⟩ from the Father's Godhead;
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Readers of Origen's On First Principles should see his errors.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The article is doubled where “Son” seems to be lost.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 63.2 (Holl GCS 25:75–76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.3Holl GCS 25:76
* πῶς οὐ κατηξίωσεν Ὠριγένης εἰπεῖν κἂν ὅτι ὁρᾷ τὸν πατέρα ὁ υἱός. ἀλλά φησιν· »ὡς οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὸν πατέρα ὁ υἱός, καὶ τὸ ἄγιον πνεῦμα οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τὸν υἱόν « καὶ πάλιν οἱ ἄγγελοι οὐ δύνανται ἰδεῖν τὸ ἄγιον πνεῦμα καὶ οἱ ἄνθρωποι οὐ δύνανται ἰδεῖν τοὺς ἀγγέλους.«
* pōs ou katēxiōsen Ōrigenēs eipein kan hoti horą ton patera ho huios. alla phēsin; »hōs ou dynatai idein ton patera ho huios, kai to agion pneuma ou dynatai idein ton huion « kai palin hoi angeloi ou dynantai idein to agion pneuma kai hoi anthrōpoi ou dynantai idein tous angelous.«
* how Origen did not deign to say even that the Son sees the Father. But he says: “As the Son cannot see the Father, so the Holy Spirit cannot see the Son,” and again, “The angels cannot see the Holy Spirit, and human beings cannot see the angels.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: Epiphanius cites Origen's view on what each rank can see.
- The asterisk marks a gap in the edition. The quotation corresponds to Origen, On First Principles 1.1.8 (as cited by opponents); the work is not yet in the site's list.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: extra letter): οἱ ἄγγεελοι → οἱ ἄγγελοι.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 63.3 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.4Holl GCS 25:76
καὶ ἐφαντασίασεν ἑαυτὸν μᾶλλον καὶ οὕς ἠπάτησεν, ἀλλʼ οὐ τὸν συνετὸν καὶ πιστὸν καὶ πιστεύοντα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ καὶ τῇ
kai ephantasiasen heauton mallon kai hous ēpatēsen, allʼ ou ton syneton kai piston kai pisteuonta tę̄ alētheią kai tę̄
And he rather deluded himself and those he deceived, but not the one who is understanding and faithful and believes the truth and the
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Summary: Origen deceived only himself and his followers.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 63.4 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.5Holl GCS 25:76
πνευματικῇ διδασκαλίᾳ. παῦσαι τοίνυν, Ὠρίγενες, καὶ παύσασθε οἱ τοῦ Ὠριγένους μαθηταί· ἀληθεύουσι γὰρ οἱ ἀπόστολοι καὶ οἱ προφῆται ἤπερ ὑμεῖς καὶ ὁ ὑμῶν διδάσκαλος·
pneumatikę̄ didaskalią. pausai toinyn, Ōrigenes, kai pausasthe hoi tou Ōrigenous mathētai; alētheuousi gar hoi apostoloi kai hoi prophētai ēper hymeis kai ho hymōn didaskalos;
spiritual teaching. Stop, then, Origen, and stop, you disciples of Origen; for the apostles and prophets speak the truth rather than you and your teacher.
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Summary: Origen's disciples should yield to the apostles and prophets.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: dropped letter): ἀηθεύουσι → ἀληθεύουσι.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 63.5 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.6Holl GCS 25:76
παυσάσθωσαν οἱ Γνωστικοί, κατάγνωστοι δὲ ὄντες τὸν τρόπον, καὶ παυσάσθωσαν Οὐαλεντινιανοὶ καὶ Μανιχαῖοι καὶ Μαρκιωνισταὶ οἱ κατὰ πάντα πεπλανημένοι καὶ παυσάσθωσαν Ἀρειανοὶ καὶ Ἀνόμοιοι καὶ Σαβέλλιοι καὶ Πνευματῖται, οἱ καὶ Πνευματομάχοι, καὶ Διμοιρῖται οἱ ἀνοήτως τὸν νοῦν παρεκβάλλοντες.
pausasthōsan hoi Gnōstikoi, katagnōstoi de ontes ton tropon, kai pausasthōsan Oualentinianoi kai Manichaioi kai Markiōnistai hoi kata panta peplanēmenoi kai pausasthōsan Areianoi kai Anomoioi kai Sabellioi kai Pneumatitai, hoi kai Pneumatomachoi, kai Dimoiritai hoi anoētōs ton noun parekballontes.
Let the Gnostics stop, who are blameworthy in their way of life; let the Valentinians and Manichaeans and Marcionites stop, who have gone astray in everything; and let the Arians and Anomoeans and Sabellians and Pneumatites, also called Pneumatomachi, stop, and the Dimoerites, who foolishly cast out the mind.
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Summary: A call to the heresies to cease.
- “Cast out the mind” refers to the Apollinarian denial of a human mind in Christ.
Topics: Heresy
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 63.6 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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63.7Holl GCS 25:76
πάντα γὰρ ἀληθεύει ἡ θεία γραφή· συνέσεως δὲ χρεία ἐστὶ τοῦ εἰδέναι ⟨ἀληθεύειν⟩ τὸν θεὸν πιστεύειν ⟨τε⟩ αὐτῷ καὶ τοῖς αὐτοῦ λόγοις καὶ ⟨γνῶναι⟩ τὰ ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ κεχαρισμένα δεδομένα καὶ ἐσόμενα καὶ εἰδέναι κατὰ τὴν ὑπόσχεσιν τὴν τῶν νεκρῶν ἀνάστασιν ἐν τελειότητι. πᾶσα γὰρ αἵρεσις ψεύδεται μὴ λαβοῦσα πνεῦμα ἄγιον κατὰ τὴν παράδοσιν τῶν πατέρων ἐν τῇ ἁγίᾳ τοῦ θεοῦ καθολικῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ.
panta gar alētheuei hē theia graphē; syneseōs de chreia esti tou eidenai ⟨alētheuein⟩ ton theon pisteuein ⟨te⟩ autǭ kai tois autou logois kai ⟨gnōnai⟩ ta hypo tou theou kecharismena dedomena kai esomena kai eidenai kata tēn hyposchesin tēn tōn nekrōn anastasin en teleiotēti. pasa gar hairesis pseudetai mē labousa pneuma agion kata tēn paradosin tōn paterōn en tę̄ hagią tou theou katholikę̄ ekklēsią.
For divine Scripture speaks truly in everything; but understanding is needed to know ⟨that⟩ God ⟨speaks truly⟩, ⟨and⟩ to believe him and his words, and ⟨to know⟩ the things graciously given by God, both given and to come, and to know according to the promise the resurrection of the dead in perfection. For every heresy lies, not having received the Holy Spirit according to the tradition of the fathers in the holy catholic church of God.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: Scripture is true; heresies lack the Spirit of the church's tradition.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (joined words): καὶἐσόμενα → καὶ ἐσόμενα.
Topics: Scripture and canon, Heresy, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 63.7 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-63-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 64
64.1Holl GCS 25:76
64. Καὶ περὶ τούτων πάντων αὖθις πάλιν ἐροῦμεν κατὰ τὸ ἠμέτερον ἀσθενές· ἀλλʼ ἐκ Μοῦ καταξιωθέντες τῆς ἁγίας τοῦ θεοῦ καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας οἱ ἐλάχιστοι καὶ ταπεινοὶ ἔχειν καὶ ταύτης τὸ ἑδραίωμα κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν τῆς ἡμῶν βραχύτητος παρατιθέμεθα ἀπὸ μέρους περὶ πάντων τοῖς βουλομένοις τῆς ἑαυτῶν ζωῆς ἐπιμελεῖσθαι.
64. Kai peri toutōn pantōn authis palin eroumen kata to ēmeteron asthenes; allʼ ek Mou kataxiōthentes tēs hagias tou theou katholikēs ekklēsias hoi elachistoi kai tapeinoi echein kai tautēs to hedraiōma kata to dynaton tēs hēmōn brachytētos paratithemetha apo merous peri pantōn tois boulomenois tēs heautōn zōēs epimeleisthai.
And about all these things we will speak again according to our weakness; but having been counted worthy by ⟨God⟩, we the least and lowly, to belong to the holy catholic church of God and to have its foundation, we set out in part, as far as our littleness allows, about all things for those who wish to care for their own life.
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Summary: Epiphanius will set out the church's teaching for those who seek life.
- Μοῦ is a digital slip, probably for θεοῦ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): τῆς ἡγίας τοῦ θεοῦ → τῆς ἁγίας τοῦ θεοῦ.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 64.1 (Holl GCS 25:76; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.2Holl GCS 25:76–77
καὶ ἤρκει μὲν ἱκανῶς τὰ περὶ πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος εἰρημενα· ἵνα δὲ περισσότερον εἰς εὐφρασίαν καὶ περι- ποίησιν καὶ πληροφορίαν τῶν πιστῶν σαφηνίσαι σπουδάσωμεν, ποίησιν συνάγοντες τῆς θείας γραφῆς τὰς μαρτυρίας εἰς πλάτος εὐωχίας καὶ ἀγαλλίασιν τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσι πιστοῖς πάλιν οὐκ ὀκνήσαιμεν ὑποδεῖξαι ὡς ἀσφαλῆ καὶ βεβαίαν ἐν θεῷ τὴν ἡμετέραν ἐλπίδα, οὐδὲν παρήλλακται ἐν πατρὶ καὶ υἱῷ καὶ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι, ἀλλʼ ὁμόστοιχος καὶ ὁμοούσιός ἐστιν ἡ ἀγία τριάς.
kai ērkei men hikanōs ta peri patros kai huiou kai hagiou pneumatos eirēmena; hina de perissoteron eis euphrasian kai peri- poiēsin kai plērophorian tōn pistōn saphēnisai spoudasōmen, poiēsin synagontes tēs theias graphēs tas martyrias eis platos euōchias kai agalliasin tois entynchanousi pistois palin ouk oknēsaimen hypodeixai hōs asphalē kai bebaian en theǭ tēn hēmeteran elpida, ouden parēllaktai en patri kai huiǭ kai hagiǭ pneumati, allʼ homostoichos kai homoousios estin hē agia trias.
And what has been said about Father and Son and Holy Spirit would have been enough; but so that we may take pains to make things clearer, for the delight, gain, and full assurance of the faithful, gathering the testimonies of divine Scripture into a broad feast and gladness for the faithful who read, we would not hesitate to show again how safe and firm our hope in God is, that nothing differs in Father and Son and Holy Spirit, but the holy Trinity is of equal rank and consubstantial.
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Summary: He will gather more testimonies that the Trinity is consubstantial.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; OCR: ο for α; repeated word): συνίγοντες → συνάγοντες; πιστοῖς πόλιν → πιστοῖς πάλιν; οὐδὲν οὐδὲν παρήλλακται → οὐδὲν παρήλλακται.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 64.2 (Holl GCS 25:76–77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.3Holl GCS 25:77
οὐκ ἀλλαχόθεν δέ ποθεν οὐδὲ ἀπὸ ἰδίων διανοημάτων ποιούμεθα τὴν διδασκαλιαν, ἀλλʼ ἀπὸ τῆς ἡμετέρας ζωῆς τουτέστιν ἐκ προφητῶν καὶ ἐκ τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν παρουσίας καὶ τῆς αὐτοῦ φιλανθρωπίας.
ouk allachothen de pothen oude apo idiōn dianoēmatōn poioumetha tēn didaskalian, allʼ apo tēs hēmeteras zōēs toutestin ek prophētōn kai ek tēs tou sōtēros hēmōn parousias kai tēs autou philanthrōpias.
And we do not make our teaching from somewhere else, nor from our own thoughts, but from our life, that is, from the prophets and from the coming of our Savior and his loving-kindness.
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Summary: The teaching comes from the prophets and Christ's coming.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: extra letter): ἀλλαχόδθεν → ἀλλαχόθεν.
Topics: Scripture and canon
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 64.3 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.4Holl GCS 25:77
ἦλθε γάρ, ἦλθεν ἡ ζωὴ ἡμῶν καὶ τὸ φῶς αὐθις ἡμῖν ὑπέδειξεν εὑρὼν ἡμᾶς πεπλανημένους. ἠμεν γάρ, ἠμεν ἐν ὑπερηφανίᾳ καὶ βλασφημίαις, εἰδώλων ὁμοιώσεσι, πνευμάτων ἀθεΐαις, κακῶν πάντων ἐπιταγαῖς βεβαπτισμένοι.
ēlthe gar, ēlthen hē zōē hēmōn kai to phōs authis hēmin hypedeixen heurōn hēmas peplanēmenous. ēmen gar, ēmen en hyperēphanią kai blasphēmiais, eidōlōn homoiōsesi, pneumatōn atheïais, kakōn pantōn epitagais bebaptismenoi.
For he came, our life came and showed us the light again, finding us astray. For we were, we were in arrogance and blasphemies, in likenesses of idols, in godlessness of spirits, steeped in the commands of every evil.
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Summary: Christ our life came when we were lost in sin and idolatry.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 64.4 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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64.5Holl GCS 25:77
τούτων τοίνυν προσόντων μοι ἀκουσίως ⟩ ἤθελον ἔπραττον, ἀλλʼ ὅ ἐμίσουν ἠπειγόμην ποιεῖν‘, ἁμαρτίας διακονούσης μοι οὕτως), ὁ ἅγιος πατὴρ τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ τὸν ἅγιον ἀπέστειλε καὶ ἐν τῷ αὐτοῦ ἐλέει ἔσωσέ με καὶ ἐκ πασῶν τῶν διαφθορῶν μου ἐρρύσατό με.
toutōn toinyn prosontōn moi akousiōs ⟩ ēthelon epratton, allʼ ho emisoun ēpeigomēn poiein‘, hamartias diakonousēs moi houtōs), ho hagios patēr ton huion autou ton hagion apesteile kai en tǭ autou eleei esōse me kai ek pasōn tōn diaphthorōn mou errysato me.
While these things were upon me (for I did not do what I wished, but what I hated I was driven to do, sin thus serving me), the holy Father sent his holy Son and in his mercy saved me and delivered me from all my corruptions.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Rom 7:15 (allusion, high confidence) · Ps 107:20 (106:20 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: The Father sent the Son to save him from sin.
- The first part adapts Rom 7:15; the last clause echoes Ps 107:20 (LXX 106:20).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: σ for δ): σιαφθορῶν → διαφθορῶν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 64.5 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-64-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 65
65.1Holl GCS 25:77
65. ἐπεφάνη γὰρ ἡ χάρις τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν καὶ σωτῆρος, διδάσκουσα ἡμᾶς ἵνα ἀρνησάμενοι τὴν ἀσέβειαν καὶ τὰς κοσμικὰς ἐπιθυμίας σωφρόνως καὶ εὐσεβῶς καὶ δικαίως ζήσωμεν ἐν τῷ νῦν αἰῶνι, προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· ὃς ἔδωκεν ἑαυτὸν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν, λυτρώσηται λυτρώσηται ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ πάσης ἀνομίας, καὶ καθαρίσῃ ἑαυτῷ λαὸν περιούσιον, ζηλωτὴν καλῶν ἕργων«·
65. epephanē gar hē charis tou kyriou hēmōn kai sōtēros, didaskousa hēmas hina arnēsamenoi tēn asebeian kai tas kosmikas epithymias sōphronōs kai eusebōs kai dikaiōs zēsōmen en tǭ nyn aiōni, prosdechomenoi tēn makarian elpida kai epiphaneian tēs doxēs tou megalou theou kai sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou; hos edōken heauton hyper hēmōn, lytrōsētai lytrōsētai hēmas apo pasēs anomias, kai katharisę̄ heautǭ laon periousion, zēlōtēn kalōn hergōn«;
For the grace of our Lord and Savior has appeared, “teaching us that, denying ungodliness and worldly desires, we should live soberly and piously and justly in the present age, awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ, who gave himself for us to redeem us from all lawlessness and purify for himself a people of his own, zealous for good works”;
Titus 2:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 2:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 2:13 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 2:14 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The grace of God has appeared in Christ.
- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.
Topics: Christology, Ethics
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.1 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.2Holl GCS 25:77
»ἐξαλείψας, τὸ καθʼ ἠμῶν χειρόγραφον, τοῖς δόγμασιν ὃ ἦν ὑπεναντίον ἡμῶν, ἦρκεν ἐκ μέσου προσηλώσας αὐτὸ τῷ σταυρῷ, ἀπεκδυσάμενος τὰς ἀρχὰς καὶ τὰς ἐξουσίας, ἐδειγμάτισεν ἐν παρρησίᾳ, θριαμβεύσας αὐτοὺς ἐν αὐτῷ «· »πύλας συντρίψας καὶ μοχλοὺς σιδηροῦς συνθλάσας« τὸ φῶς αὖθις ὑπέδειξε τῆς τῆς χεῖρα ὀρέγων, ὁδοποιῶν, ὐποβάθρας οὐρανῶν ὑποδεικνύς, παράδεισον αὖθις οἰκεῖν ἀξιῶν.
»exaleipsas, to kathʼ ēmōn cheirographon, tois dogmasin ho ēn hypenantion hēmōn, ērken ek mesou prosēlōsas auto tǭ staurǭ, apekdysamenos tas archas kai tas exousias, edeigmatisen en parrēsią, thriambeusas autous en autǭ «; »pylas syntripsas kai mochlous sidērous synthlasas« to phōs authis hypedeixe tēs tēs cheira oregōn, hodopoiōn, ypobathras ouranōn hypodeiknys, paradeison authis oikein axiōn.
“having wiped out the handwriting against us in the ordinances, which was contrary to us, he took it out of the way, nailing it to the cross; having stripped off the principalities and powers, he made a public example of them, triumphing over them in it”; “having shattered gates and broken iron bars,” he showed the light again, stretching out a hand, making a road, showing the steps to heaven, counting us worthy to dwell in paradise again.
Col 2:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 2:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 107:16 (106:16 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ canceled our debt and triumphed over the powers.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: garbled word): »ἐξαἡμῶν → »ἐξαλείψας.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.2 (Holl GCS 25:77; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.3Holl GCS 25:77–78
τοίνυν κατῴκησεν ἐν ἠμῖν« καὶ »τὸ δικαίωμα τοῦ νόμου« δοὺς ἡμῖν τοῦ πνεύματος εἰς τὸ γνῶναι αὐτὸν ⟨καὶ⟩ ὄτι τὰ περὶ ἐστιν ἀρχὴ καὶ τέλος ζωῆς, νόμος δικαιοσύνης‘ γέγονενε ἡμῖν, νόμος πίστεως« νόμος πνεύματος«, ἐλεύθερος ἐκ νόμου σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας«.
toinyn katǭkēsen en ēmin« kai »to dikaiōma tou nomou« dous hēmin tou pneumatos eis to gnōnai auton ⟨kai⟩ oti ta peri estin archē kai telos zōēs, nomos dikaiosynēs‘ gegonene hēmin, nomos pisteōs« nomos pneumatos«, eleutheros ek nomou sarkos hamartias«.
So “he dwelt among us,” and, giving us “the righteous requirement of the law” of the Spirit, so that we may know him ⟨and⟩ that he is the beginning and end of life, he has become for us “a law of righteousness,” “a law of faith,” “a law of the Spirit,” free “from the law of the flesh of sin.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 9:31 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 3:27 (allusion, high confidence) · Rom 8:2 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ dwelt among us and became the law of the Spirit.
- The text is partly damaged; translated by sense.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.3 (Holl GCS 25:77–78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.4Holl GCS 25:78
διὸ »συνήδομαι τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ θεοῦ κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον«· ἔσω δὲ ἡμῶν ὁ Χριστός, εἴπερ οἰκεῖ ἐν ἡμῖν.
dio »synēdomai tǭ nomǭ tou theou kata ton esō anthrōpon«; esō de hēmōn ho Christos, eiper oikei en hēmin.
Therefore “I delight in the law of God according to the inner man”; and Christ is within us, if he dwells in us.
Rom 7:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:10 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Christ is the inner man dwelling in us.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ι for ε): κατὰ τὸν ἴσω ἄνθρωπον«· ἴσω δὲ → κατὰ τὸν ἔσω ἄνθρωπον«· ἔσω δὲ.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.4 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.5Holl GCS 25:78
αὐτὸς γὰρ θανὼν ὁδὸς ζωῆς ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν γέγονεν, ἴνα οἱ ζῶντες μηκέτι ἑαυτοῖς ζῶσιν, ἀλλὰ τῷ ὐπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀποθανόντι καὶ ἐγερθέντι« αἰτίῳ ζωῆς· τοῦ πρὸ πολλῶν γενεῶν ὅρκου μνησθείς« κατὰ τὸν Δαυίδ, θεὸς ἠν ἐν Χριστῷ κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ μὴ λογιζόμενος ἀυτοῖς τὰ παραπτώματα αὐτῶν.,
autos gar thanōn hodos zōēs hyper hēmōn gegonen, ina hoi zōntes mēketi heautois zōsin, alla tǭ yper hēmōn apothanonti kai egerthenti« aitiǭ zōēs; tou pro pollōn geneōn horkou mnēstheis« kata ton Dauid, theos ēn en Christǭ kosmon katallassōn heautǭ mē logizomenos autois ta paraptōmata autōn.,
For he, by dying, became for us the way of life, “so that those who live might no longer live for themselves, but for him who died for us and was raised,” the cause of life; “remembering the oath of many generations ago,” according to David, “God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself, not counting their trespasses against them.”
2 Cor 5:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 105:8 (104:8 LXX) (allusion, medium confidence) · 2 Cor 5:19 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ died so we might live for him; God reconciled the world in him.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.5 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.6Holl GCS 25:78
»ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ εὐδόκησε πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα κατοικῆσαι καὶ δί αὐτοῦ ἀποκαταλλάξαι τὰ πάντα εἰς αὐτόν, εἰρηνοποιήσας διὰ τοῦ αἵματος τοῦ σταυροῦ‘.
»hoti en autǭ eudokēse pan to plērōma katoikēsai kai di autou apokatallaxai ta panta eis auton, eirēnopoiēsas dia tou haimatos tou staurou‘.
“For in him all the fullness was pleased to dwell, and through him to reconcile all things to him, making peace through the blood of the cross.”
Col 1:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 1:20 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: All fullness dwells in Christ, who reconciles all.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.6 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.7Holl GCS 25:78
παρεγένετο τοίνυν »εἰς οἰκονομίαν τοῦ πληρώματος τῶν καιρῶν‘, καθὼς ἐπήγγελται Ἀβραὰμ καὶ λοιποῖς ἁγίοις, »ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι τὰ πάντα ἐν αὐτῷ, τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς«.
paregeneto toinyn »eis oikonomian tou plērōmatos tōn kairōn‘, kathōs epēngeltai Abraam kai loipois hagiois, »anakephalaiōsasthai ta panta en autǭ, ta en tois ouranois kai ta epi tēs gēs«.
So he came “for the dispensation of the fullness of the times,” as promised to Abraham and the other saints, “to sum up all things in him, the things in the heavens and the things on the earth.”
Eph 1:10 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ came to sum up all things.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; OCR: dropped letter): ἀγέοις → ἁγίοις; »ἀνκεφαλαιώσασθαι → »ἀνακεφαλαιώσασθαι.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.7 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.8Holl GCS 25:78
διάστασις δὲ ἠν καὶ ἔχθρα ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ«, »ἀποκατήλλαξε δὲ ἐν τῷ σώματι τῆς σαρκὸς αὐτοῦ‘, »δι αὐτοῦ ποιήσας τὰ ἀμφότερα ἕν«, ἠλθε γὰρ ἡ εἰρήνη ἡμῶν‘) καὶ τὸ μεσότοιχον τοῦ φραγμοῦ λύσας, τὴν ἔχθραν ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ αὐτοῦ τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασι καταργήσας, ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ εἰς ἴνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον«, εἶναί τε τὰ ἔθνη σύσσωμα καὶ συμμέτοχα καὶ συγκληρονόμα τῆς ἀπαγγελίας« ἐκέλευσεν εἰπών »δεῦτε πρός με πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι, κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς‘.
diastasis de ēn kai echthra en tę̄ anochę̄ tou theou«, »apokatēllaxe de en tǭ sōmati tēs sarkos autou‘, »di autou poiēsas ta amphotera hen«, ēlthe gar hē eirēnē hēmōn‘) kai to mesotoichon tou phragmou lysas, tēn echthran en tę̄ sarki autou ton nomon tōn entolōn en dogmasi katargēsas, hina tous dyo ktisę̄ eis ina kainon anthrōpon«, einai te ta ethnē syssōma kai symmetocha kai synklēronoma tēs apangelias« ekeleusen eipōn »deute pros me pantes hoi kopiōntes kai pephortismenoi, kagō anapausō hymas‘.
There was separation and enmity “in the forbearance of God,” but “he reconciled in the body of his flesh,” “having made both one through himself” (for “our peace” came), and having broken down the dividing wall of the fence, the enmity, abolishing in his flesh the law of commandments in ordinances, “so that he might create the two into one new man,” and that the nations should be “fellow members of the body, sharers and fellow heirs of the promise,” he commanded, saying, “Come to me, all who labor and are heavy laden, and I will give you rest.”
Rom 3:26 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 1:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 2:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 2:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 3:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 11:28 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ made Jews and Gentiles one and calls all to himself.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: extra letter; OCR: transposed letters): τοῦ φαργμοῦ → τοῦ φραγμοῦ; καταρτγήσας → καταργήσας.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.8 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.9Holl GCS 25:78
τοίνυν ἐν ᾦ ἐγὼ ἠσθένουν διὰ τῆς σαρκός‘, ἀπεστάλη μοι σωτὴρ ἐν ὁμοιώματι σαρκὸς ἁμαρτίας«, οἰκονομίαν τοιαύτην πληρῶν, ἵνα με δουλείας »ἐξαγοράσῃ«, ἵνα με φθορᾶς, ἵνα με θανάτου, καὶ ἐγένετό μοι δικαιοσύνη καὶ ἁγιασμὸς καὶ ἀπολύτρωσις«·
toinyn en ǭ egō ēsthenoun dia tēs sarkos‘, apestalē moi sōtēr en homoiōmati sarkos hamartias«, oikonomian toiautēn plērōn, hina me douleias »exagorasę̄«, hina me phthoras, hina me thanatou, kai egeneto moi dikaiosynē kai hagiasmos kai apolytrōsis«;
So when “I was weak through the flesh,” a Savior was sent to me “in the likeness of sinful flesh,” fulfilling such a dispensation so as to “redeem” me from slavery, from corruption, from death; and he became for me “righteousness and sanctification and redemption”:
Rom 8:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 4:5 (allusion, high confidence) · 1 Cor 1:30 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The Savior came in the likeness of flesh to redeem me.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: dropped letter): ἀπολύτωσις → ἀπολύτρωσις.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.9 (Holl GCS 25:78; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.10Holl GCS 25:78–79
δικαιοσύνη μέν, διὰ πίστεως αὐτοῦ ἁμαρτίαν λύσας· ἁγιασμὸς δέ, διʼ ὕδατος καὶ πνεύματος καὶ ἐν ῥήματι αὐτοῦ ἐλευθερώσας· ἀπολύτρωσις δέ, τὸ αἶμα αὐτοῦ λύτρον ἀμνοῦ ἀληθοῦς ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ ἑαυτὸν παραδούς, ἱλαστήριον καθάρσεως κόσμου, καταλλαγῆς ἁπάντων οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, »μυστήριον τὸ ἀπόκρυφον πρὸ τῶν αἰώνων καὶ γενεῶν‘ πληρῶν καιροῖς τοῖς ὡρισμένοις.
dikaiosynē men, dia pisteōs autou hamartian lysas; hagiasmos de, diʼ hydatos kai pneumatos kai en rhēmati autou eleutherōsas; apolytrōsis de, to aima autou lytron amnou alēthous hyper emou heauton paradous, hilastērion katharseōs kosmou, katallagēs hapantōn ouranou kai gēs, »mystērion to apokryphon pro tōn aiōnōn kai geneōn‘ plērōn kairois tois hōrismenois.
righteousness, having undone sin through faith in him; sanctification, having set free through water and Spirit and in his word; redemption, handing himself over for me, his blood the ransom of the true Lamb, the propitiation for the cleansing of the world, for the reconciliation of all things in heaven and earth, fulfilling in the appointed times “the mystery hidden from the ages and generations.”
John 3:5 (allusion, medium confidence) · Rom 3:25 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 1:26 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: How Christ is righteousness, sanctification, and redemption.
Topics: Christology, Baptism
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.10 (Holl GCS 25:78–79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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65.11Holl GCS 25:79
ὁ αὐτὸς »μετασχηματίσει τὸ σῶμα τῆς ταπεινώσεως ἡμῶν εἰς τὸ γενέσθαι σύμμορφον τῆς δόξης αὐτοῦ κατὰ τὴν ἐνέργειαν τοῦ δύνασθαι καὶ ὑποτάξαι αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα«, »ὅτι ἐν αὐτῷ κατοικεῖ πᾶν τὸ πλήρωμα τῆς θεότητος σωματικῶς«.
ho autos »metaschēmatisei to sōma tēs tapeinōseōs hēmōn eis to genesthai symmorphon tēs doxēs autou kata tēn energeian tou dynasthai kai hypotaxai autǭ ta panta«, »hoti en autǭ katoikei pan to plērōma tēs theotētos sōmatikōs«.
The same one “will transform the body of our humiliation to be conformed to the body of his glory, according to the working by which he is able even to subject all things to himself,” “for in him dwells all the fullness of the Godhead bodily.”
Phil 3:21 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 2:9 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ will transform our bodies; in him dwells all the Godhead.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): τοῦ σύνασθα καὶ → τοῦ δύνασθαι καὶ.
Topics: Christology, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 65.11 (Holl GCS 25:79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-65-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 66
66.1Holl GCS 25:79
66. Τὸ δοχεῖον τοίνυν τῆς σοφίας καὶ τῆς θεότητος, ὁ Χριστὸς μεσιτεύων »καταλλάσσει τὰ πάντα τῷ θεῷ ἐν αὐτῷ, μὴ λογιζόμενος ἁμαρτίας«, ἀπόκρυφα μυστήρια πληρῶν πίστει διαθήκης αὐτοῦ τῆς προεπηγγελμένης ὑπὸ τοῦ νόμου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν, υἱὸς θεοῦ κηρυσσόμενος, υἱὸς Δαυὶδ λεγόμενος· ἄμφω γάρ, θεὸς καὶ ἄνθρωπος, μεσίτης θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων‘, ἀληθινὸς »οἰκος θεοῦ«, »ἱεράτευμα ἅγιον‘, ἁγίου πνεύματος δοτὴρ τοῦ ἀναγεννῶντος καὶ ἀνακαινίζοντος αὖθις τὰ πάντα τῷ θεῷ· ὅτι »ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο, καὶ ἐσκήνωσεν ἐν ἡμῖν« καὶ »εἴδομεν τὴν δόξαν αὐτοῦ ὡς δόξαν μονογενοῦς παρὰ πατρός«.
66. To docheion toinyn tēs sophias kai tēs theotētos, ho Christos mesiteuōn »katallassei ta panta tǭ theǭ en autǭ, mē logizomenos hamartias«, apokrypha mystēria plērōn pistei diathēkēs autou tēs proepēngelmenēs hypo tou nomou kai tōn prophētōn, huios theou kēryssomenos, huios Dauid legomenos; amphō gar, theos kai anthrōpos, mesitēs theou kai anthrōpōn‘, alēthinos »oikos theou«, »hierateuma hagion‘, hagiou pneumatos dotēr tou anagennōntos kai anakainizontos authis ta panta tǭ theǭ; hoti »ho Logos sarx egeneto, kai eskēnōsen en hēmin« kai »eidomen tēn doxan autou hōs doxan monogenous para patros«.
So Christ, the vessel of wisdom and Godhead, mediating, “reconciles all things to God in himself, not counting sins,” fulfilling hidden mysteries by faith in his covenant promised beforehand by the law and the prophets, proclaimed Son of God, called Son of David; for he is both, God and man, “mediator of God and men,” the true “house of God,” “a holy priesthood,” giver of the Holy Spirit who regenerates and renews all things again for God; for “the Word became flesh and dwelt among us,” and “we saw his glory, glory as of the only-begotten from the Father.”
2 Cor 5:19 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Heb 10:21 (allusion, medium confidence) · 1 Pet 2:5 (allusion, high confidence) · John 1:14 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ, God and man, mediates and gives the Spirit.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.1 (Holl GCS 25:79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.2Holl GCS 25:79
ὁ ὑετὸς δένδρεσι καὶ φυτοῖς συμφυσιούμενος σῶμα ἀπεργάζεται καὶ τῶν καρπῶν καθʼ ὁμοιότητα ἕκαστον, καὶ ἐν μὲν τῇ ἐλαίᾳ ἔλαιον πῖον γίνεται προσλαμβανόμενος ἐξ αὐτῆς τὸ οὐσιῶδες, ἐν δὲ ἀμπέλῳ οἶνος ἡδὺς χροΐζεται, ἐν δὲ συκῇ σῦκον γλυκαίνεται καὶ ἐν ἑκάστῳ τῶν σπερμάτων πρὸς τὸ εἶδος αὐτοῦ αὔξει φυήν.
ho hyetos dendresi kai phytois symphysioumenos sōma apergazetai kai tōn karpōn kathʼ homoiotēta hekaston, kai en men tę̄ elaią elaion pion ginetai proslambanomenos ex autēs to ousiōdes, en de ampelǭ oinos hēdys chroïzetai, en de sykę̄ sykon glykainetai kai en hekastǭ tōn spermatōn pros to eidos autou auxei phyēn.
Rain, growing together with trees and plants, produces a body and each of the fruits after its likeness: in the olive it becomes rich oil, taking its substance from it; in the vine it is colored as sweet wine; in the fig it is sweetened as a fig; and in each of the seeds it increases growth according to its kind.
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Summary: Rain takes the nature of each plant it feeds.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: υ for ε): δύνδρεσι → δένδρεσι.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.2 (Holl GCS 25:79; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.3Holl GCS 25:79–80
οὕτως οἶμαι ὁ Λόγος τοῦ θεοῦ ἐν Μαρίᾳ σὰρξ ἐγένετο καὶ ἐν σπέρματι Ἀβραὰμ ἄνθρωπος εὑρίσκετο κατὰ τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν. »εὑρήκαμεν γὰρ Μεσσίαν, ὃν ἔγραψε Μωυσῆς«. ὡς δὲ Μωυσῆς ἔφη »καταβήτω ὡς ὑετὸς τὸ ἀπόφθεγμά μου« καὶ ὁ Δαυίδ καταβήτω ὡς ὑετὸς ἐπὶ πόκον καὶ ὡς σταγόνες στάζουσαι ἐπὶ τὴν « ἔριον τοίνυν δεχόμενον τὴν δρόσον αὔξει πόκου γονήν,
houtōs oimai ho Logos tou theou en Marią sarx egeneto kai en spermati Abraam anthrōpos heurisketo kata tēn epangelian. »heurēkamen gar Messian, hon egrapse Mōysēs«. hōs de Mōysēs ephē »katabētō hōs hyetos to apophthegma mou« kai ho Dauid katabētō hōs hyetos epi pokon kai hōs stagones stazousai epi tēn « erion toinyn dechomenon tēn droson auxei pokou gonēn,
So, I think, the Word of God became flesh in Mary and was found a man in the seed of Abraham according to the promise. “For we have found the Messiah, of whom Moses wrote.” And as Moses said, “Let my utterance come down like rain,” and David, “Let him come down like rain on a fleece and like drops dripping on the ⟨earth⟩”: wool, receiving the dew, increases the growth of the fleece,
John 1:45 (quotation, high confidence) · Deut 32:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 72:6 (71:6 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The Word came down on Mary like rain on a fleece.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.3 (Holl GCS 25:79–80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.4Holl GCS 25:80
γῆ δὲ δεχομένη τὸν ὑετὸν αυξει καρπὸν ἐλπίδος γεωργῶν τῷ δέχεσθαι προστάγματι τοῦ δεσπότου προσδιδοῦσα τὴν φύσιν προθύμως τῷ τε λαμβάνειν παρʼ αὐτοῦ πλέον ἔχει⟨ν⟩ σπουδήν),
gē de dechomenē ton hyeton auxei karpon elpidos geōrgōn tǭ dechesthai prostagmati tou despotou prosdidousa tēn physin prothymōs tǭ te lambanein parʼ autou pleon echei⟨n⟩ spoudēn),
and the earth, receiving the rain, increases the fruit of the farmers' hope, by receiving it at the Master's command readily giving its nature, and by taking more from him having eagerness,
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
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Summary: The earth receiving rain yields fruit.
- The Greek of the last clause is loose; translated by sense.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: dropped letter): ποσδιδοῦσα → προσδιδοῦσα.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.4 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.5Holl GCS 25:80
οὕτω δὴ καὶ ἡ παρθένος Μαρία κατὰ τί γνώσομαι« ὅτε φησίν »ὅτι ἔσται μοι τοῦτο«, ηκουσε πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ δύναμις ὑψίστου ἐπισκιάσει σοι· διὸ καὶ τὸ γεννώμενον ἐκ σοῦ ἅγιον ἔσται καὶ υἱὸς ὑψίστου κληθήσεται«.
houtō dē kai hē parthenos Maria kata ti gnōsomai« hote phēsin »hoti estai moi touto«, ēkouse pneuma kyriou epi se kai dynamis hypsistou episkiasei soi; dio kai to gennōmenon ek sou hagion estai kai huios hypsistou klēthēsetai«.
so too the virgin Mary, when she says, “How shall I know that this will be for me?”, heard, “The Spirit of the Lord will come upon you, and the power of the Most High will overshadow you; therefore also the one born of you will be holy and will be called Son of the Most High.”
Luke 1:34 (allusion, high confidence) · Luke 1:35 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Mary received the Word at the annunciation.
- The quotation of Luke 1:34–35 is free.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.5 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.6Holl GCS 25:80
Χριστὸς ἐν ἀγγέλῳ λαλεῖ, ἀναπλάττει δὲ ἑαυτὸν ἐν τῇ ἑαυτοῦ πλάσει ὁ δεσπότης μορφὴν δούλου λαβών«, καὶ Μαρία μὲν ἀνιμᾶται τὸν Λόγον εἰς σύλληψιν, ὡς ὑετὸν ἡ γῆ, ἑαυτὸν δὲ καρπὸν ἅγιον ἀποδείκνυσιν ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ Λόγος, προσλαμβανόμενος θνητοῦ φύσιν.
Christos en angelǭ lalei, anaplattei de heauton en tę̄ heautou plasei ho despotēs morphēn doulou labōn«, kai Maria men animatai ton Logon eis syllēpsin, hōs hyeton hē gē, heauton de karpon hagion apodeiknysin ho tou theou Logos, proslambanomenos thnētou physin.
Christ speaks in the angel, and the Master fashions himself anew in his own creature, “taking the form of a servant”; and Mary draws up the Word for conception, as the earth draws up rain, while the Word of God shows himself a holy fruit, taking on the nature of a mortal.
Phil 2:7 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Mary received the Word as earth draws up rain.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): ἀνιμπαται → ἀνιμᾶται.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.6 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.7Holl GCS 25:80
οὗτος ἠν ἐξ αὐτῆς ἀνιμώσης ὡς γῆ καὶ πόκος, ὁ τῆς ἀληθοῦς ἐλπίδος καρπός, ἁγίοις ἐν προσδοκίᾳ· καθὼς Ἐλισάβετ ἔλεγεν »εὐλογημένη σὺ ἐν γυναιξὶ καὶ εὐλογημένος ὁ καρπὸς τῆς κοιλίας σου«, ὃν προσελάβετο ἐξ ἀνθρωπότητος παθὼν ἀπαθὴς ὣν ὁ Λόγος·
houtos ēn ex autēs animōsēs hōs gē kai pokos, ho tēs alēthous elpidos karpos, hagiois en prosdokią; kathōs Elisabet elegen »eulogēmenē sy en gynaixi kai eulogēmenos ho karpos tēs koilias sou«, hon proselabeto ex anthrōpotētos pathōn apathēs hōn ho Logos;
He was from her, who drew up like earth and fleece, the fruit of true hope, awaited by the saints; as Elizabeth said, “Blessed are you among women, and blessed is the fruit of your womb,” which the Word took on from humanity, suffering while being impassible;
Luke 1:42 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ is the fruit of Mary's womb.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.7 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.8Holl GCS 25:80
οὗτος ὁ ἄρτος ὁ ζῶν. ὁ καταβὰς ἐξ οὐρανοῦ‘ καὶ ζωὴν διδούς· οὗτος ὁ τῆς ἀληθοῦς ἐλαίας καρπός, τὸ ἔλαιον τῆς χρίσεως καὶ τῆς συνθέσεως, ὃ προετύπωσε Μωυσῆς· οὗτος ἡ ἀληθινὴ ἄμπελος‘, ἣν γεωργεῖ μόνος ὁ πατήρ, βότρυν χαρᾶς γεννήσας ἡμῖν·
houtos ho artos ho zōn. ho katabas ex ouranou‘ kai zōēn didous; houtos ho tēs alēthous elaias karpos, to elaion tēs chriseōs kai tēs syntheseōs, ho proetypōse Mōysēs; houtos hē alēthinē ampelos‘, hēn geōrgei monos ho patēr, botryn charas gennēsas hēmin;
this is “the living bread that came down from heaven” and gives life; this is the fruit of the true olive, the oil of anointing and of compounding, which Moses prefigured; this is “the true vine,” which the Father alone tends, having produced for us a cluster of joy;
John 6:51 (quotation, high confidence) · Exod 30:25 (allusion, medium confidence) · John 15:1 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Christ is the living bread, true olive, and true vine.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.8 (Holl GCS 25:80; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.9Holl GCS 25:80–81
οὗτος τὸ ὕδωρ τὸ ζῶν, ⟨ὁ⟩ διψῶν ἄνθρωπος λαβὼν οὐ διψήσει πάλιν, ἐστὶν ἐν τῇ κοιλίᾳ αὐτοῦ ἁλλόμενον εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον‘. ἐκ τούτου λαβόντες μετέδωκαν οἱ νέοι γεωργοὶ εἰς τὸν κόσμον, παλαιοὶ δὲ γεωργοὶ ἐξήραναν καὶ ἔφθειραν διὰ ἀπιστίαν.
houtos to hydōr to zōn, ⟨ho⟩ dipsōn anthrōpos labōn ou dipsēsei palin, estin en tę̄ koilią autou hallomenon eis zōēn aiōnion‘. ek toutou labontes metedōkan hoi neoi geōrgoi eis ton kosmon, palaioi de geōrgoi exēranan kai ephtheiran dia apistian.
this is the living water, which a thirsty man who takes it will not thirst again; it is in his belly “springing up to eternal life.” From him the new farmers received and shared it with the world, but the old farmers dried it up and destroyed it through unbelief.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
John 4:10 (allusion, high confidence) · John 4:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 21:41 (allusion, low confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ is the living water; the new farmers shared it.
- The “old farmers” allude to the tenants of the parable (Matt 21:33–41).
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ξ for φ; OCR: φ for ψ): διφῶν ἄνθρωπος → διψῶν ἄνθρωπος; ἔξθειραν → ἔφθειραν.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.9 (Holl GCS 25:80–81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.10Holl GCS 25:81
αἵματι μὲν ἑαυτοῦ ἁγιάζει τὰ ἔθνη, πνεύματι δὲ αὐτοῦ ἰδίῳ ἀνάγει τοὺς κλητοὺς εἰς οὐρανούς. »οσοι γοῦν πνεύματι αὐτοῦ ἄγονται, οὑτοι« ζῶσι θεῷ· ὅσοι δὲ μή, ἔτι θανάτῳ λελογισμένοι εἰσί, ψυχικοὶ ἤτοι σαρκικοὶ καλοῦνται.
haimati men heautou hagiazei ta ethnē, pneumati de autou idiǭ anagei tous klētous eis ouranous. »osoi goun pneumati autou agontai, houtoi« zōsi theǭ; hosoi de mē, eti thanatǭ lelogismenoi eisi, psychikoi ētoi sarkikoi kalountai.
With his own blood he sanctifies the nations, and by his own Spirit he leads the called up to heaven. “As many as are led by his Spirit, these” live to God; but those who are not are still reckoned to death and are called natural or fleshly.
Rom 8:14 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Those led by his Spirit live to God.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (repeated word): σαρκικοὶ καλοῦνται. καλοῦνται. → σαρκικοὶ καλοῦνται..
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.10 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.11Holl GCS 25:81
τοίνυν ἀθετεῖν τὰ ἔργα τῆς σαρκός, ὀχυρώματα ὄντα τῆς ἁμαρτίας, νεκροῦν δὲ τὰ μέλη τοῦ θανάτου διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ λαβεῖν τε πνεῦμα ἅγιον ὃ οὐκ εἴχομεν προστάσσει, τὸ ζωοποιοῦν ἐμὲ τὸν πάλαι τεθνηκότα, ὅπερ μὴ λαβὼν τεθνήξομαι·
toinyn athetein ta erga tēs sarkos, ochyrōmata onta tēs hamartias, nekroun de ta melē tou thanatou dia tēs charitos autou labein te pneuma hagion ho ouk eichomen prostassei, to zōopoioun eme ton palai tethnēkota, hoper mē labōn tethnēxomai;
So he commands us to set aside the works of the flesh, which are strongholds of sin, to put to death the members of death through his grace, and to receive the Holy Spirit, which we did not have, who gives life to me who was long dead; if I do not receive him I shall die;
Rom 8:13 (allusion, high confidence) · 2 Cor 10:4 (allusion, medium confidence) · Col 3:5 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: We must put to death the flesh and receive the Spirit.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR): πνεῦμα ἀγειον → πνεῦμα ἅγιον.
Topics: Ethics
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.11 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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66.12Holl GCS 25:81
δίχα γὰρ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ πᾶς νεκρός. »εἰ τοίνυν τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ ἐν ἡμῖν, ὁ ἐγείρας αὐτὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν ζωοποιήσει τὰ θνητὰ σώματα ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ ἐνοικοῦντος αὐτοῦ πνεύματος έν ἡμῖν( ἀλλʼ, οἶμαι, ἀμφότερα κατοικεῖ ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ τῷ δικαίῳ, ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ.
dicha gar pneumatos autou pas nekros. »ei toinyn to pneuma autou en hēmin, ho egeiras auton ek nekrōn zōopoiēsei ta thnēta sōmata hēmōn dia tou enoikountos autou pneumatos en hēmin( allʼ, oimai, amphotera katoikei en tǭ anthrōpǭ tǭ dikaiǭ, ho Christos kai to pneuma autou.
for without his Spirit everyone is dead. “If then his Spirit is in us, he who raised him from the dead will give life to our mortal bodies through his Spirit dwelling in us.” But both, I think, dwell in the righteous man: Christ and his Spirit.
Rom 8:11 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ and his Spirit dwell in the righteous.
Topics: Trinity, Eschatology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 66.12 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-66-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 67
67.1Holl GCS 25:81
67. Εἰ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς πιστεύεται θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα ἐκ τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἢ παρʼ ἀμφοτέρων ὥς φησιν ὁ Χριστός, »ὃ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐκπορεύεται« καί »οὗτος ἐκ τοῦ ἐμοῦ λήψεται«), ὁ δὲ Χριστὸς ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου »τὸ γὰρ ἐν αὐτῇ« φησίν »ἐκ πνεύματος « ἀγγέλου φωνή), συνίω τὸ λυτρούμενόν με μυστήριον Πίστει ἀκοῇ μόνῃ φιλίᾳ τῇ πρὸς τὸν ἐλθόντα πρὸς ἐμέ.
67. Ei de Christos ek tou patros pisteuetai theos ek theou kai to pneuma ek tou Christou ē parʼ amphoterōn hōs phēsin ho Christos, »ho para tou patros ekporeuetai« kai »houtos ek tou emou lēpsetai«), ho de Christos ek pneumatos hagiou »to gar en autę̄« phēsin »ek pneumatos « angelou phōnē), syniō to lytroumenon me mystērion Pistei akoę̄ monę̄ philią tę̄ pros ton elthonta pros eme.
And if Christ is believed to be from the Father, God from God, and the Spirit from Christ or from both (as Christ says, “who proceeds from the Father,” and “he will receive from what is mine”), and Christ from the Holy Spirit (“for what is in her,” it says, “is from the Spirit,” the voice of the angel), I understand the mystery that redeems me by faith, by hearing alone, by love for the one who came to me.
John 15:26 (quotation, high confidence) · John 16:14 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 1:20 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The mystery of the Trinity is grasped by faith and hearing.
- “From both” is Epiphanius's wording; it predates the later filioque controversy.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 67.1 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.2Holl GCS 25:81
ἑαυτὸν γὰρ ὁ θεὸς γινώσκει, ἑαυτὸν Χριστὸς κηρύσσει, ἑαυτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον δηλοῖ τοῖς ἁγίοις· ἐν γραφαῖς δὲ ἁγίαις τριὰς ἡμῖν καταγγέλλεται καὶ πιστεύεται ἀπεριέργως ἀφιλονείκως ⟨ἐκ⟩
heauton gar ho theos ginōskei, heauton Christos kēryssei, heauto to pneuma to hagion dēloi tois hagiois; en graphais de hagiais trias hēmin katangelletai kai pisteuetai aperiergōs aphiloneikōs ⟨ek⟩
For God knows himself, Christ proclaims himself, the Holy Spirit reveals himself to the saints; and in the holy Scriptures a Trinity is announced to us and believed without prying, without contention, ⟨from⟩
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Notes and citation
Summary: God reveals himself; the Trinity is believed from Scripture.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 67.2 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.3Holl GCS 25:81
ἀκοῆς. ἐκ πίστεως δὲ ταύτης ἡ σωτηρία τῆς χάριτος, »ἐκ πίστεως ἡ δικαιοσύνη χωρὶς ἔργων νόμου«· γέγραπται ⟨γὰρ⟩ ἐξ ἀκοῆς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ Χριστοῦ δίδοσθαι τοῖς σῳζομένοις.
akoēs. ek pisteōs de tautēs hē sōtēria tēs charitos, »ek pisteōs hē dikaiosynē chōris ergōn nomou«; gegraptai ⟨gar⟩ ex akoēs to pneuma tou Christou didosthai tois sǭzomenois.
hearing. And from this faith comes the salvation of grace, “righteousness from faith apart from works of the law”; ⟨for⟩ it is written that the Spirit of Christ is given to those being saved from hearing.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Rom 3:28 (allusion, high confidence) · Gal 3:2 (allusion, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Salvation comes from faith through hearing.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: θ for δ): δίθοσθαι → δίδοσθαι.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 67.3 (Holl GCS 25:81; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.4Holl GCS 25:81–82
πίστις δὲ ἡ Μόλ· οι κηρυκων φο. ναῖς αυτη σημαίνεται, ὡς ἔγωγε οἶμαι κατηχούμενος ἐκ γραφῶν· τρία ἄγια τρία συνάγια, τρία ὑπαρκτὰ τρία συνύπαρκτα, τρία ἔμμορφα τρία σύμμορφα, τρία ἐνεργὰ τρία συνεργά, τρία ἐνυπόστατα τρία συνυπόστατα ἀλλήλοις συνόντα· τριὰς αὕτη ἀγία καλεῖται, τρία οντα μία συμφωνία μία θεότης τῆς αὐτῆς οἰέας τῆς αὐτῆς θεότητος τῆς αὐτῆς ὑποστάσεως, ὁμοία ἐξ ὁμοίου, ἰσότητα χάριτος ἐργαζομένη πατρὸς καὶ υἱοῦ καὶ ἁγίου πνεύματος.
pistis de hē Mol; oi kērykōn pho. nais autē sēmainetai, hōs egōge oimai katēchoumenos ek graphōn; tria agia tria synagia, tria hyparkta tria synyparkta, tria emmorpha tria symmorpha, tria energa tria synerga, tria enypostata tria synypostata allēlois synonta; trias hautē agia kaleitai, tria onta mia symphōnia mia theotēs tēs autēs oieas tēs autēs theotētos tēs autēs hypostaseōs, homoia ex homoiou, isotēta charitos ergazomenē patros kai huiou kai hagiou pneumatos.
And the faith signified by the voices of the heralds is this, as I think, being instructed from the Scriptures: three holy, three holy together; three existing, three coexisting; three with form, three of the same form; three active, three working together; three subsistent, three subsisting together, being with one another. This is called the holy Trinity: being three, one harmony, one Godhead, of the same substance, of the same Godhead, of the same hypostasis, like from like, producing equality of grace of Father and Son and Holy Spirit.
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Summary: A rhythmic confession of three persons, one Godhead.
- The opening words are garbled in the digital text; translated by sense. οἰέας is read as οὐσίας (“substance”). “Of the same hypostasis” uses ὑπόστασις in the older sense equal to substance.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 67.4 (Holl GCS 25:81–82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.5Holl GCS 25:82
τὸ δὲ χῶς αὐτοῖς ἀπολείπεται διδάσκειν. οὐδεὶς γὰρ οἶδε τὸν πατέρα εἰ μὴ ὁ υἱός, οὐδὲ τὸν υἱὸν εἰ μὴ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ᾧ ἐὰν ὁ υἱὸς ἀποκαλύψῃ«· ἀποκαλύπτει διὰ πνεύματος ἁγίου.
to de chōs autois apoleipetai didaskein. oudeis gar oide ton patera ei mē ho huios, oude ton huion ei mē ho patēr kai hǭ ean ho huios apokalypsę̄«; apokalyptei dia pneumatos hagiou.
But the “how” is left to them to teach. For “no one knows the Father except the Son, nor the Son except the Father, and he to whom the Son reveals him”; and he reveals through the Holy Spirit.
Matt 11:27 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Only the Son reveals the Father, through the Spirit.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR and repeated word): ἀπλικαλύπτει διὰ διὰ → ἀποκαλύπτει διὰ.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 67.5 (Holl GCS 25:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.6Holl GCS 25:82
οὐκοῦν ταῦτα τρία ὄντα ἣ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἢ παρʼ αὐτοῦ ἢ πρὸς αὐτόν, ἑκάστῳ ἀξίως νοούμενα καθὼς ἑαυτὰ ἀποκαλύπτει, φῶς πῦρ πνεῦμα καὶ ἄλλαις οἶμαι ὁράσεων ὁμοιώσεσι, καθὼς ἄξιος ὁ διακονούμενος ἄνθρωπος.
oukoun tauta tria onta hē ex autou ē parʼ autou ē pros auton, hekastǭ axiōs nooumena kathōs heauta apokalyptei, phōs pyr pneuma kai allais oimai horaseōn homoiōsesi, kathōs axios ho diakonoumenos anthrōpos.
So these three, being either from him, or with him, or toward him, are understood by each worthily as they reveal themselves: light, fire, spirit, and, I think, in other likenesses of visions, as the man who is served is worthy.
Notes and citation
Summary: The three reveal themselves in various likenesses.
- The Greek is compressed; translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 67.6 (Holl GCS 25:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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67.7Holl GCS 25:82
αὐτὸς τοίνυν ὁ θεὸς ὁ ἐν ἀρχῇ εἰπών »γενηθήτω φῶς, καὶ ἐγένετο φῶς« τὸ ὁρώμενον, αὐτὸς ὁ φωτίσας ἡμᾶς τὸ φῶς« ἰδεῖν τὸ ἀληθινὸν τὸ φωτίζον πάντα ἄνθρωπον ἐρχόμενον εἰς τὸν κόσμον‘, ἐξαπόστειλον τὸ φῶς σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου« ὁ Δαυίδ φησιν) αὐτός ἐστιν ὁ κύριος ὁ εἰπών «ἐν ταῖς ἐσχάταις ἡμέραις ἐκχεῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός μου ἐπὶ πᾶσαν σάρκα καὶ προφητεύσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ αὐτῶν καὶ αἱ θυγατέρες αὐτῶν καὶ οἱ νεανίσκοι αὐτῶν ὁράσεις ὄψονται«, τρία πρόσωπα ἀγίας λειτουργίας δεικνὺς ἡμῖν ἐξ ὑποστάσεως οὔσης τριττῆς.
autos toinyn ho theos ho en archę̄ eipōn »genēthētō phōs, kai egeneto phōs« to horōmenon, autos ho phōtisas hēmas to phōs« idein to alēthinon to phōtizon panta anthrōpon erchomenon eis ton kosmon‘, exaposteilon to phōs sou kai tēn alētheian sou« ho Dauid phēsin) autos estin ho kyrios ho eipōn «en tais eschatais hēmerais ekcheō apo tou pneumatos mou epi pasan sarka kai prophēteusousin hoi huioi autōn kai hai thygateres autōn kai hoi neaniskoi autōn horaseis opsontai«, tria prosōpa agias leitourgias deiknys hēmin ex hypostaseōs ousēs trittēs.
He himself, then, God who in the beginning said, “Let there be light, and there was light,” the visible light, he who enlightened us to see “the true light, which enlightens every man coming into the world” (“Send out your light and your truth,” David says), he is the Lord who said, “In the last days I will pour out of my Spirit on all flesh, and their sons and their daughters will prophesy, and their young men will see visions,” showing us three persons of holy ministry from a threefold hypostasis.
Gen 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 43:3 (42:3 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Joel 2:28 (3:1 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 2:17 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: Scripture shows three persons at work in light and Spirit.
- “Three persons … from a threefold hypostasis” is Epiphanius's wording.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: ξ for φ): τὸ ξωτίζον → τὸ φωτίζον.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 67.7 (Holl GCS 25:82; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-67-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 68
68.1Holl GCS 25:82–83
68. Λέγω οὖν Χριστὸν διάκονον γεγενῆσθαι περιτομῆς ὑπὲρ ἀληθείας θεοῦ εἰς τὸ πληρῶσαι τὰς ἐπαγγελίας«, συνδιακονεῖν δὲ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον. παρειλήφαμεν ⟨γὰρ⟩ ἐκ θείων γραφῶν ἀποστέλλεται ὁ Χριστὸς ἀπὸ πατρὸς ἀποστέλλεται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· λαλεῖ ἐν ἁγίοις Χριστὸς λαλεῖ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἰᾶται Χριστὸς ἰᾶται τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἁγιάζει Χριστὸς ἁγιάζει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· βαπτίζει Χριστὸς ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ βαπτίζει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον.
68. Legō oun Christon diakonon gegenēsthai peritomēs hyper alētheias theou eis to plērōsai tas epangelias«, syndiakonein de to pneuma to hagion. pareilēphamen ⟨gar⟩ ek theiōn graphōn apostelletai ho Christos apo patros apostelletai to pneuma to hagion; lalei en hagiois Christos lalei to pneuma to hagion; iatai Christos iatai to pneuma to hagion; hagiazei Christos hagiazei to pneuma to hagion; baptizei Christos en tǭ onomati autou baptizei to pneuma to hagion.
I say, then, that Christ became “a servant of the circumcision for the truth of God, to fulfill the promises,” and that the Holy Spirit serves together with him. ⟨For⟩ we have received from the divine Scriptures: Christ is sent from the Father, the Holy Spirit is sent; Christ speaks in the saints, the Holy Spirit speaks; Christ heals, the Holy Spirit heals; Christ sanctifies, the Holy Spirit sanctifies; Christ baptizes in his name, the Holy Spirit baptizes.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Rom 15:8 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Christ and the Spirit do the same works.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: transposed letters): τὸ πενῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἁγιάζει → τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἁγιάζει.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.1 (Holl GCS 25:82–83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.2Holl GCS 25:83
οὕτως λέγουσιν αἱ γραφαί· »ἀποστελεῖς τὸ πνεῦμά σου καὶ ἀνακαινιεῖς τὸ πρόσωπον τῆς « ὅμοιον τῷ λέγειν »ἐξαποστελεῖς τὸν λόγον σου καὶ τήξεις αὐτά«·
houtōs legousin hai graphai; »aposteleis to pneuma sou kai anakainieis to prosōpon tēs « homoion tǭ legein »exaposteleis ton logon sou kai tēxeis auta«;
So the Scriptures say: “You will send your Spirit and renew the face of the ⟨earth⟩,” like saying, “You will send out your word and melt them.”
Ps 104:30 (103:30 LXX) (quotation, high confidence) · Ps 147:18 (147:7 LXX) (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Parallel sayings about the Spirit and the Word.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.2 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.3Holl GCS 25:83
»λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν, φησί, τῷ κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων εἶπε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· ἀφορίσατε δή μοι Βαρνάβαν καὶ Σαῦλον εἰς τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι ἀυτούς« ὅμοιον τῷ λέγειν »ὁ δὲ κύριος εἶπεν, εἴσελθε εἰς τὴν πόλιν κἀκεῖ λαληθήσεταί σοι τί σε δεῖ ποιεῖν«·
»leitourgountōn de autōn, phēsi, tǭ kyriǭ kai nēsteuontōn eipe to pneuma to hagion; aphorisate dē moi Barnaban kai Saulon eis to ergon ho proskeklēmai autous« homoion tǭ legein »ho de kyrios eipen, eiselthe eis tēn polin kakei lalēthēsetai soi ti se dei poiein«;
“While they were serving the Lord,” it says, “and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, ‘Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them,’” like saying, “And the Lord said, ‘Go into the city, and there you will be told what you must do.’”
Acts 13:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 9:6 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit and the Lord both direct the apostles.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; OCR: α for ε): εἰς τὸ ἄργον → εἰς τὸ ἔργον; εἔσελθε → εἴσελθε.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.3 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.4Holl GCS 25:83
»αὐτοὶ μὲν οὖν ἐκπεμφθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος κατῆλθον εἰς Σελεύκειαν‘ ὡς ἂν εἴποι Χριστός »ἰδοὺ ἀποστέλλω ὑμᾶς ὡς πρόβατα ἐν μέσῳ λύκων«·
»autoi men oun ekpemphthentes hypo tou hagiou pneumatos katēlthon eis Seleukeian‘ hōs an eipoi Christos »idou apostellō hymas hōs probata en mesǭ lykōn«;
“So they, sent out by the Holy Spirit, went down to Seleucia,” as Christ might say, “Behold, I send you as sheep in the midst of wolves.”
Acts 13:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit sends, as Christ sends.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.4 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.5Holl GCS 25:83
»ἔδοξε γὰρ τῷ πνεύματι τῷ ἁγίῳ μηθὲν ἄλλο ἐπιτίθεσθαι βάρος πλὴν τῶν ἐπάναγκες« ὡς ἂν εἴποι »λέγω δὲ οὐκ ἐγώ, ἀλλʼ ὁ κύριος, γυναῖκα ἀπὸ ἀνδρὸς μὴ χωρισθῆναι«·
»edoxe gar tǭ pneumati tǭ hagiǭ mēthen allo epitithesthai baros plēn tōn epanankes« hōs an eipoi »legō de ouk egō, allʼ ho kyrios, gynaika apo andros mē chōristhēnai«;
“For it seemed good to the Holy Spirit to lay no other burden than these necessary things,” as one might say, “I command, not I but the Lord, that the wife should not separate from her husband.”
Acts 15:28 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 7:10 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The Spirit legislates as the Lord does.
Topics: Trinity, Divorce and remarriage
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.5 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.6Holl GCS 25:83
Διῆλθον δὲ τὴν Φρυγίαν καὶ τὴν Γαλατικὴν χώραν, κωλυθέντες ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος τοῦ ἀγίου λαλῆσαι τὸν λόγον ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ· ἐλθόντες δὲ εἰς τὴν Μυσίαν ἐπείραζον εἰς τὴν Βιθυνίαν πορεύεσθαι καὶ οὐκ εἴασεν αὐτοὺς τὸ πνεῦμα« ὡς ἂν ἔποι Χριστός »πορευθέντες, βαπτίσατε πάντα τὰ ἔθνη« ⟩ »μὴ βαστάζετε πήραν μὴ ῥάβδον μηδὲ ὑποδήματα«.
Diēlthon de tēn Phrygian kai tēn Galatikēn chōran, kōlythentes hypo tou pneumatos tou agiou lalēsai ton logon en tę̄ Asią; elthontes de eis tēn Mysian epeirazon eis tēn Bithynian poreuesthai kai ouk eiasen autous to pneuma« hōs an epoi Christos »poreuthentes, baptisate panta ta ethnē« ⟩ »mē bastazete pēran mē rhabdon mēde hypodēmata«.
“They went through Phrygia and the Galatian region, having been forbidden by the Holy Spirit to speak the word in Asia; and coming to Mysia they attempted to go into Bithynia, and the Spirit did not allow them,” as Christ might say, “Go, baptize all the nations,” ⟨and⟩ “Carry no bag, no staff, nor sandals.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Acts 16:6 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 16:7 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 28:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:10 (quotation, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit directs missions as Christ did.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.6 (Holl GCS 25:83; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.7Holl GCS 25:83–84
»οἵτινες, φησίν, ἔλεγον τῷ Παύλῳ διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος μὴ ἀναβαίνειν εἰς Ἱερουσαλήμ« ἢ Ἄγαβος »τάδε λέγει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, τὸν ἄνδρα οὗ ἐστιν ἡ ζώνη αὔτη« ὅμοιον ὡς εἶπε Παῦλος »εἰ δοκιμὴν ζητεῖτε τοῦ ἐν ἐμοὶ λαλοῦντος Χριστοῦ; | ἤ μνημονεύετε τῶν λόγων κυρίου, ὅτι αὐτὸς εἶπεν, ἀγαθὸς διδόναι μᾶλλον ἢ λαμβάνειν‘·
»hoitines, phēsin, elegon tǭ Paulǭ dia tou pneumatos mē anabainein eis Hierousalēm« ē Agabos »tade legei to pneuma to hagion, ton andra hou estin hē zōnē autē« homoion hōs eipe Paulos »ei dokimēn zēteite tou en emoi lalountos Christou? | ē mnēmoneuete tōn logōn kyriou, hoti autos eipen, agathos didonai mallon ē lambanein‘;
“Who,” it says, “told Paul through the Spirit not to go up to Jerusalem,” or Agabus, “Thus says the Holy Spirit, ‘The man whose belt this is,’” similar to Paul's saying, “Do you seek proof of Christ speaking in me?” or “Remember the words of the Lord, that he himself said, ‘It is more blessed to give than to receive.’”
Acts 21:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 21:11 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 13:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 20:35 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit speaks as Christ speaks.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: transposed letters): ἀγθαὸς διδόναι → ἀγαθὸς διδόναι.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.7 (Holl GCS 25:83–84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.8Holl GCS 25:84
»καὶ νῦν ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ ἐγὼ τῷ πνεύματι πορεύομαι« ὡς ἂν εἴποι Παῦλος δέσμιος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ«·
»kai nyn idou egō egō tǭ pneumati poreuomai« hōs an eipoi Paulos desmios Iēsou Christou«;
“And now, behold, I go bound in the Spirit,” as Paul might say, “a prisoner of Jesus Christ.”
Acts 20:22 (quotation, high confidence) · Eph 3:1 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Bound by the Spirit, prisoner of Christ.
- A repeated word in the digital text seems to stand for a lost word; translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.8 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.9Holl GCS 25:84
πλὴν τὸ πνευμά μοι διαμαρτύρεται κατὰ πόλιν λέγον« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν ⟩ κύριος μαρτυρεῖ τῇ ἐμῇ ψυχῇ ὅτι οὐ ψεύδομαι«·
plēn to pneuma moi diamartyretai kata polin legon« homoion tǭ eipein ⟩ kyrios martyrei tę̄ emę̄ psychę̄ hoti ou pseudomai«;
“Except that the Spirit testifies to me in every city, saying,” similar to saying, “The Lord testifies to my soul that I do not lie.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Acts 20:23 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 9:1 (allusion, medium confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit testifies as the Lord does.
- The second saying is loose; compare Rom 9:1 and 2 Cor 1:23.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.9 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.10Holl GCS 25:84
»ἐν δυνάμει κατὰ πνεῦμα ἁγιωσύνης« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἅγιος ὁ ἐν ἁγίοις ἀναπαυόμενος«·
»en dynamei kata pneuma hagiōsynēs« homoion tǭ eipein »hagios ho en hagiois anapauomenos«;
“In power according to the Spirit of holiness,” similar to saying, “the Holy One resting among the holy.”
Rom 1:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 57:15 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit of holiness and the Holy One.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.10 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.11Holl GCS 25:84
καί περιτομὴ καρδίας ἐν πνεύματι« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »καὶ περιετμήθητε περιτομῇ ἀχειροποιήτῳ ἐν τῇ ἀπεκδύσει τοῦ σώματος τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν, ἐν τῇ περιτομῇ τοῦ Χριστοῦ‘·
kai peritomē kardias en pneumati« homoion tǭ eipein »kai perietmēthēte peritomę̄ acheiropoiētǭ en tę̄ apekdysei tou sōmatos tōn hamartiōn, en tę̄ peritomę̄ tou Christou‘;
And “circumcision of the heart in the Spirit,” similar to saying, “And you were circumcised with a circumcision made without hands, in putting off the body of sins, in the circumcision of Christ.”
Rom 2:29 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 2:11 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Circumcision in the Spirit is circumcision of Christ.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: transposed letters): ἐν πενύματι« ὅμοιον → ἐν πνεύματι« ὅμοιον.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.11 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-11). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.12Holl GCS 25:84
»εἴπερ πνεῦμα θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν καθὼς ἐλάβετε Χριστόν, ἐν αὐτῷ περιπατεῖτε« καί »πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐλάλησεν ἐν ἐμοὶ καὶ λόγος αὐτοῦ ἐν τῷ στόματί μου«·
»eiper pneuma theou oikei en hymin« homoion tǭ eipein kathōs elabete Christon, en autǭ peripateite« kai »pneuma kyriou elalēsen en emoi kai logos autou en tǭ stomati mou«;
“If indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you,” similar to saying, “As you received Christ, walk in him,” and “The Spirit of the Lord spoke in me, and his word was on my tongue.”
Rom 8:9 (quotation, high confidence) · Col 2:6 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Sam 23:2 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit dwells as Christ does.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.12 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-12). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.13Holl GCS 25:84
καί τὴν ἀπαρχὴν τοῦ πνεύματος ἔχοντες« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἀπαρχὴ Χριστός«·
kai tēn aparchēn tou pneumatos echontes« homoion tǭ eipein »aparchē Christos«;
And “having the firstfruits of the Spirit,” similar to saying, “Christ the firstfruits.”
Rom 8:23 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 15:23 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Firstfruits of the Spirit and Christ the firstfruits.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.13 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-13). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.14Holl GCS 25:84
»ἀλλʼ αὐτὸ τὸ πνεῦμα ὑπερεντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν‘ ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ὅς ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς καὶ ἐντυγχάνει ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν‘·
»allʼ auto to pneuma hyperentynchanei hyper hēmōn‘ homoion tǭ eipein »hos estin en dexią tou theou, hos kai entynchanei hyper hēmōn‘;
“But the Spirit himself intercedes for us,” similar to saying, “who is at the right hand of God, who also intercedes for us.”
Rom 8:26 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 8:34 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Spirit and Christ both intercede.
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.14 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-14). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.15Holl GCS 25:84
»ἵνα γένηται ἡ προσφορὰ τῶν Μνῶν εὐπρόσδεκτος, ἁγιασθεῖσα ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ὁ δὲ κύριος ἁγιάσαι ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ἦτε εἰλικρινεῖς καὶ ἀπρόσκοποι εἰς ἡμέραν Χριστοῦ«·
»hina genētai hē prosphora tōn Mnōn euprosdektos, hagiastheisa en pneumati hagiǭ« homoion tǭ eipein »ho de kyrios hagiasai hymas, hina ēte eilikrineis kai aproskopoi eis hēmeran Christou«;
“So that the offering of the Gentiles may be acceptable, sanctified in the Holy Spirit,” similar to saying, “May the Lord sanctify you, so that you may be pure and blameless for the day of Christ.”
Rom 15:16 (quotation, high confidence) · Phil 1:10 (quotation, medium confidence) · 1 Thess 5:23 (allusion, medium confidence)
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Summary: Spirit and Lord both sanctify.
- Μνῶν is a digital slip for ἐθνῶν (“Gentiles”). The second quotation combines Phil 1:10 and 1 Thess 5:23.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.15 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-15). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.16Holl GCS 25:84
»ἡμῖν δὲ ἀπεκάλυψεν ὁ θεὸς διὰ τοῦ πνεύματος αὐτοῦ‘ ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ὅτε εὐδόκησεν ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοί«·
»hēmin de apekalypsen ho theos dia tou pneumatos autou‘ homoion tǭ eipein »hote eudokēsen ho aphorisas me ek koilias mētros mou dia tēs charitos autou apokalypsai ton huion autou en emoi«;
“But God has revealed to us through his Spirit,” similar to saying, “When he who set me apart from my mother's womb was pleased through his grace to reveal his Son in me.”
1 Cor 2:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 1:15 (quotation, high confidence) · Gal 1:16 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: God reveals through the Spirit and the Son.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.16 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-16). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.17Holl GCS 25:84
»ἡμεῖς δὲ οὐ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ κόσμου ἐλάβομεν, ἀλλὰ τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἐκ θεοῦ« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἐαυτοὺς δοκιμάζετε εἰ ὁ Χριστὸς ἐν ὑμῖν‘·
»hēmeis de ou to pneuma tou kosmou elabomen, alla to pneuma to ek theou« homoion tǭ eipein »eautous dokimazete ei ho Christos en hymin‘;
“But we have not received the spirit of the world, but the Spirit who is from God,” similar to saying, “Test yourselves, whether Christ is in you.”
1 Cor 2:12 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 13:5 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Receiving the Spirit and having Christ within.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.17 (Holl GCS 25:84; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-17). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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68.18Holl GCS 25:84–85
ναὸς τοῦ θεοῦ ἐστε καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν‘ ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἐνοικήσω ἐν αὐτοῖς καὶ ἐμπεριπατήσω, καὶ ἔσομαι αὐτῶν θεὸς καὶ αὐτοὶ ἔσονταί μοι λαός«.
naos tou theou este kai to pneuma tou theou oikei en hymin‘ homoion tǭ eipein »enoikēsō en autois kai emperipatēsō, kai esomai autōn theos kai autoi esontai moi laos«.
“You are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you,” similar to saying, “I will dwell in them and walk among them, and I will be their God and they shall be my people.”
1 Cor 3:16 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 6:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit's indwelling is God's indwelling.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 68.18 (Holl GCS 25:84–85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-68-18). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Chapter 69
69.1Holl GCS 25:85
69. Ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν δικαίωσιν ἐξ ἀμφοῖν λέγει καὶ τὴν χάριν· »δικαιωθέντες δὲ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ ὁ καὶ ἐν τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ θεοῦ ἡμῶν« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »δικαιωθέντες δὲ ἐκ πίστεως εἰρήνην ἔχομεν πρὸς τὸν θεὸν διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ‘ «·
69. Alla kai tēn dikaiōsin ex amphoin legei kai tēn charin; »dikaiōthentes de en tǭ onomati tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou ho kai en tǭ pneumati tou theou hēmōn« homoion tǭ eipein »dikaiōthentes de ek pisteōs eirēnēn echomen pros ton theon dia tou kyriou hēmōn Iēsou Christou‘ «;
But it also speaks of justification and grace from both: “But you were justified in the name of our Lord Jesus Christ and in the Spirit of our God,” similar to saying, “Having been justified by faith we have peace with God through our Lord Jesus Christ.”
1 Cor 6:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Rom 5:1 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Justification comes from both Christ and the Spirit.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.1 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-1). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.2Holl GCS 25:85
οὐδεὶς δύναται εἰπεῖν κύριον Ἰησοῦν, εἰ μὴ ἐν πνεύματι ἁγίῳ‘ καὶ οὐδεὶς δύναται πνεῦμα πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἢ παρὰ κυρίου »διαιρέσεις δὲ χαρισμάτων εἰσί, τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ πνεῦμα, καὶ διαιρέσεις διακονιῶν εἰσιν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς κύριος, καὶ διαιρέσεις ἐνεργημάτων εἰσίν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς θεὸς ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι« καί »ἀπὸ δόξης εἰς δόξαν, καθάπερ ἀπὸ κυρίου πνεύματος«·
oudeis dynatai eipein kyrion Iēsoun, ei mē en pneumati hagiǭ‘ kai oudeis dynatai pneuma pneuma hagion ē para kyriou »diaireseis de charismatōn eisi, to de auto pneuma, kai diaireseis diakoniōn eisin, ho de autos kyrios, kai diaireseis energēmatōn eisin, ho de autos theos ho energōn ta panta en pasi« kai »apo doxēs eis doxan, kathaper apo kyriou pneumatos«;
“No one can say ‘Lord Jesus’ except in the Holy Spirit,” and no one can ⟨have⟩ the Holy Spirit except from the Lord. “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,” and “from glory to glory, as from the Lord, the Spirit.”
1 Cor 12:3 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:5 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 12:6 (quotation, high confidence) · 2 Cor 3:18 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Spirit, Lord, and God work together.
- The second clause is damaged (πνεῦμα is repeated); translated by sense.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.2 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-2). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.3Holl GCS 25:85
καί μὴ λυπεῖτε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον, ἐν ᾡ ἐσφραγίσθητε εἰς ἡμέραν ἀπολυτρώσεως« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »ἢ παραζηλοῦμεν τὸν κύριον, μὴ ἰσχυρότεροι αὐτοῦ ἐσμεν‘·
kai mē lypeite to pneuma to hagion, en hǭ esphragisthēte eis hēmeran apolytrōseōs« homoion tǭ eipein »ē parazēloumen ton kyrion, mē ischyroteroi autou esmen‘;
And “Do not grieve the Holy Spirit, in whom you were sealed for the day of redemption,” similar to saying, “Or do we provoke the Lord to jealousy? Are we stronger than he?”
Eph 4:30 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Cor 10:22 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: Grieving the Spirit is provoking the Lord.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.3 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-3). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.4Holl GCS 25:85
»τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ῥητῶς λέγει« ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν »τάδε λέγει κύριος παντοκράτωρ«·
»to de pneuma rhētōs legei« homoion tǭ eipein »tade legei kyrios pantokratōr«;
“But the Spirit expressly says,” similar to saying, “Thus says the Lord Almighty.”
1 Tim 4:1 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit speaks as the Lord Almighty.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.4 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-4). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.5Holl GCS 25:85
καί »τὸ πνεῦμά μου ἐφέστηκεν ἐν μέσῳ ὑμῶν « ἐάν τις ἐμοὶ ἀνοίξῃ, εἰσέλθω ἐγὼ καὶ ὁ πατὴρ καὶ μονὴν παρʼ αὐτῷ ποιησόμεθα«·
kai »to pneuma mou ephestēken en mesǭ hymōn « ean tis emoi anoixę̄, eiselthō egō kai ho patēr kai monēn parʼ autǭ poiēsometha«;
And “My Spirit stands in your midst,” ⟨similar to saying⟩, “If anyone opens to me, I will come in, I and the Father, and we will make our dwelling with him.”
Hag 2:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Rev 3:20 (allusion, high confidence) · John 14:23 (allusion, high confidence)
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Summary: The Spirit dwells as Father and Son do.
- The second saying combines Rev 3:20 and John 14:23.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.5 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-5). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.6Holl GCS 25:85
Ησαΐας δέ καὶ ἐπʼ αὐτὸν πνεῦμα θεοῦ«, ὁ δὲ Χριστός πνεῦμα κυρίου ἐπʼ ἐμέ, οὗ εἵνεκεν ἔχρισέ με« καί Ἰησοῦν τὸν ἀπὸ Ναζαρέτ, ὃν ἔχρισεν ὁ θεὸς πνεύματι ἁγίῳ« ἤ κύριος ἀπέσταλκέ με καὶ τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ‘.
Ēsaïas de kai epʼ auton pneuma theou«, ho de Christos pneuma kyriou epʼ eme, hou heineken echrise me« kai Iēsoun ton apo Nazaret, hon echrisen ho theos pneumati hagiǭ« ē kyrios apestalke me kai to pneuma autou‘.
And Isaiah: “And the Spirit of God upon him”; and Christ: “The Spirit of the Lord is upon me, because of which he anointed me”; and “Jesus of Nazareth, whom God anointed with the Holy Spirit”; or “The Lord has sent me, and his Spirit.”
Isa 11:2 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 61:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 4:18 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 10:38 (quotation, high confidence) · Isa 48:16 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: The Spirit rests on Christ and sends him.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.6 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-6). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.7Holl GCS 25:85
φανερὰ δὲ καὶ ἡ φωνὴ τῶν Σεραφίμ, κράζουσα »ἅγιος ἅγιος ἅγιος κύριος Σαβαώθ«.
phanera de kai hē phōnē tōn Seraphim, krazousa »hagios hagios hagios kyrios Sabaōth«.
And clear too is the voice of the Seraphim crying, “Holy, holy, holy, Lord of hosts.”
Isa 6:3 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: The Seraphim's threefold cry.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.7 (Holl GCS 25:85; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-7). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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69.8Holl GCS 25:85–86
ἐὰν δὲ ἀκούσῃς ὅτι »τῇ δεξιᾷ τοῦ θεοῦ ὑψωθεὶς τήν τε ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πνεύματος λαβὼν παρὰ τοῦ πατρός‘ ἤ περιμένειν τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν τοῦ πατρὸς ἣν ἠκούσατε« ἢ ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα αὐτὸν ἐκβάλλει εἰς τὴν ἔρημον« ἢ ὅτι αὐτὸς λέγει »μὴ μεριμνήσητε τί εἴπητε, ὅτι τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ πατρός μου τὸ λαλοῦν ἐν ὑμῖν« ἤ εἰ δὲ ἐν πνεύματι θεοῦ ἐκβάλλω τὰ δαιμόνια ἤ ὁ δὲ βλασφημῶν εἰς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον οὐκ ἀφεθήσεται αὐτῷ‘ καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς, ἤ πάτερ, εἰς χεῖράς σου παραθήσομαι τὸ πνεῦμά μου« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς] ἤ τὸ παιδίον ηὔξανε καὶ ἐκραταιοῦτο τῷ πνεύματι« ἤ » Ἰησοῦς δὲ πλήρης πνεύματος ἁγίου ὑπέστρεψεν ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου« ἤ »ὑπέστρεψεν Ἰησοῦς τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ πνεύματος‘ ἤ τὸ γεγεννημένον ἐκ τοῦ πνεύματος πνεῦμά ἐστιν‘ ὅμοιον τῷ εἰπεῖν» ὃ γέγονεν ἐν αὐτῷ ζωὴ ἠν«) ἤ »κἀγὼ παρακαλέσω τὸν πατέρα καὶ ἄλλον παράκλητον δώσει ὑμῖν, τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας‘ ἤ »διὰ τί ἐπλήρωσε τὴν καρδίαν σου ὁ Σατανᾶς τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ Πέτρος) ψεύσασθαί σε τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ αγιον;« καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα οὐκ ἄνθρώποις ἐψεύσω, ἀλλὰ τῷ θεῷ. ἄρα θεὸς ἐκ θεοῦ καὶ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον, ᾡ ἐψεύσαντο οἱ τοῦ τιμήματος τοῦ χωρίου νοσφισάμενοι) ἤ »ὃς ἐφανερώθη ἐν σαρκί, ἐδικαιώθη ἐν πνεύματι « — τούτου μεῖζον οὐκ ἔχω λέγειν.
ean de akousę̄s hoti »tę̄ dexią tou theou hypsōtheis tēn te epangelian tou pneumatos labōn para tou patros‘ ē perimenein tēn epangelian tou patros hēn ēkousate« ē hoti to pneuma auton ekballei eis tēn erēmon« ē hoti autos legei »mē merimnēsēte ti eipēte, hoti to pneuma tou patros mou to laloun en hymin« ē ei de en pneumati theou ekballō ta daimonia ē ho de blasphēmōn eis to pneuma to hagion ouk aphethēsetai autǭ‘ kai ta hexēs, ē pater, eis cheiras sou parathēsomai to pneuma mou« kai ta hexēs] ē to paidion ēuxane kai ekrataiouto tǭ pneumati« ē » Iēsous de plērēs pneumatos hagiou hypestrepsen apo tou Iordanou« ē »hypestrepsen Iēsous tę̄ dynamei tou pneumatos‘ ē to gegennēmenon ek tou pneumatos pneuma estin‘ homoion tǭ eipein» ho gegonen en autǭ zōē ēn«) ē »kagō parakalesō ton patera kai allon paraklēton dōsei hymin, to pneuma tēs alētheias‘ ē »dia ti eplērōse tēn kardian sou ho Satanas tǭ Ananią Petros) pseusasthai se to pneuma to agion?« kai meta tauta ouk anthrōpois epseusō, alla tǭ theǭ. ara theos ek theou kai theos to pneuma to agion, hǭ epseusanto hoi tou timēmatos tou chōriou nosphisamenoi) ē »hos ephanerōthē en sarki, edikaiōthē en pneumati « — toutou meizon ouk echō legein.
And if you hear that “being exalted to the right hand of God and having received from the Father the promise of the Spirit,” or “to wait for the promise of the Father which you heard,” or that “the Spirit drives him into the wilderness,” or that he himself says, “Do not be anxious what you will say, for it is the Spirit of my Father who speaks in you,” or “But if I cast out demons by the Spirit of God,” or “But whoever blasphemes against the Holy Spirit will not be forgiven,” and so on, or “Father, into your hands I will commit my spirit,” or “The child grew and became strong in spirit,” or “And Jesus, full of the Holy Spirit, returned from the Jordan,” or “Jesus returned in the power of the Spirit,” or “What is born of the Spirit is spirit” (similar to saying, “What came to be in him was life”), or “And I will ask the Father and he will give you another Paraclete, the Spirit of truth,” or “Why has Satan filled your heart,” (Peter to Ananias), “to lie to the Holy Spirit?” and after this, “You have not lied to men but to God” (so the Holy Spirit is God from God and God, to whom those who kept back part of the price of the field lied), or “who was manifested in the flesh, justified in the Spirit”: I have nothing greater than this to say.
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Acts 2:33 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 1:4 (quotation, high confidence) · Mark 1:12 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:19 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 10:20 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 12:28 (quotation, high confidence) · Matt 12:31 (quotation, medium confidence) · Luke 23:46 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 2:40 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 4:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Luke 4:14 (quotation, high confidence) · John 3:6 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:3 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:4 (quotation, high confidence) · John 14:16 (quotation, high confidence) · John 14:17 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 5:3 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 5:4 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 3:16 (quotation, high confidence)
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Summary: A catena of texts on the Spirit culminating in his deity.
- The editor deletes “and so on” after the Luke 23:46 quotation.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR: transposed letters; OCR: γ for λ; OCR: ξ for ζ; OCR: φ for ψ): αὐτὸς γέγει → αὐτὸς λέγει; ξωὴ ἠν« → ζωὴ ἠν«; τὸ πενῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας → τὸ πνεῦμα τῆς ἀληθείας; ᾡ ἐφεύσαντο → ᾡ ἐψεύσαντο.
Topics: Trinity
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.8 (Holl GCS 25:85–86; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-8). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915); no public-domain English translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
69.9Holl GCS 25:86–87
θεὸς δὲ ⟩ ὁ υἱός· »ἐξ ὧν« φησίν »ὁ Χριστὸς τὸ κατὰ σάρκα, ὁ ὢν ἐπὶ πάντων θεός‘, πίστευσον‘, φησίν. »εἰς τὸν κύριον Ἰησοῦν καὶ σωθήσῃ‘ καί »ἐλάλησε«, φησίν, »αὐτοῖς τὸν λόγον τοῦ κυρίου«, »ἀναγαγών τε αὐτοὺς εἰς τὸν οἶκον παρέθηκεν αὐτοῖς τράπεζαν καὶ ἠγαλλιάσατο πανοικὶ πεπιστευκὼς τῷ θεῷ« ἢ ὅτι ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ὁ Λόγος ἦν πρὸς τὸν θεόν, καὶ θεὸς ἦν ὁ Λόγος« ἤ »ἵνα τὴν διδασκαλίαν τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν θεοῦ κοσμήσωσιν« ἤ ἐπεφάνη γὰρ ἡ χάρις τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος πᾶσιν ἀνθρώποις, παιδεύουσα ἡμᾶς‘ ἤ »προσδεχόμενοι τὴν μακαρίαν ἐλπίδα καὶ ἐπιφάνειαν τῆς δόξης τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ«.
theos de ⟩ ho huios; »ex hōn« phēsin »ho Christos to kata sarka, ho ōn epi pantōn theos‘, pisteuson‘, phēsin. »eis ton kyrion Iēsoun kai sōthēsę̄‘ kai »elalēse«, phēsin, »autois ton logon tou kyriou«, »anagagōn te autous eis ton oikon parethēken autois trapezan kai ēgalliasato panoiki pepisteukōs tǭ theǭ« ē hoti en archę̄ ēn ho Logos, kai ho Logos ēn pros ton theon, kai theos ēn ho Logos« ē »hina tēn didaskalian tou sōtēros hēmōn theou kosmēsōsin« ē epephanē gar hē charis tou theou kai sōtēros pasin anthrōpois, paideuousa hēmas‘ ē »prosdechomenoi tēn makarian elpida kai epiphaneian tēs doxēs tou megalou theou kai sōtēros hēmōn Iēsou Christou«.
And the Son is God: “From whom,” it says, “is Christ according to the flesh, who is God over all”; “Believe,” it says, “in the Lord Jesus and you will be saved”; and “He spoke,” it says, “the word of the Lord to them,” “and bringing them into his house he set a table before them and rejoiced with all his household, having believed in God”; or that “in the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God”; or “so that they may adorn the teaching of our Savior God”; or “For the grace of God and Savior has appeared to all men, training us”; or “awaiting the blessed hope and appearing of the glory of our great God and Savior Jesus Christ.”
Textual problem in this passage: see the notes.
Rom 9:5 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 16:31 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 16:32 (quotation, high confidence) · Acts 16:34 (quotation, high confidence) · John 1:1 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 2:10 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 2:11 (quotation, high confidence) · Titus 2:13 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Texts showing that the Son is God.
- In Acts 16:31–34 Epiphanius reads “believed in God” as referring to the Lord Jesus.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (OCR; OCR: extra letter; OCR: ξ for ζ): »ασὐτοῖς → »αὐτοῖς; τράπεξαν → τράπεζαν; Ἰησοῦ λριστοῦ → Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ.
Topics: Christology
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.9 (Holl GCS 25:86–87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-9). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915); no public-domain English translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.
69.10Holl GCS 25:87
ή αὐτὴ δὲ ή διακονία τοῦ πνεύματος καὶ τοῦ Λόγου· »προσέχετε«, φησίν, »ἑαυτοῖς καὶ παντὶ τῷ ποιμνίῳ, ἐν ᾠ ὑμᾶς ἔθετο τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἄγιον ἐπισκόπους ποιμαίνειν τὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ« ὃμοιον τᾠ εἰπεῖν »χάριν ἔχω τῷ ἐνδυναμώσαντί με Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ κυρίῳ ἠμῶν, ὃτι πιστόν με ἡγήσατο θέμενος εἰς διακονίαν«.
ē autē de ē diakonia tou pneumatos kai tou Logou; »prosechete«, phēsin, »heautois kai panti tǭ poimniǭ, en ǭ hymas etheto to pneuma to agion episkopous poimainein tēn ekklēsian tou theou« homoion tǭ eipein »charin echō tǭ endynamōsanti me Christǭ Iēsou tǭ kyriǭ ēmōn, hoti piston me hēgēsato themenos eis diakonian«.
And the ministry of the Spirit and of the Word is the same: “Take heed,” it says, “to yourselves and to all the flock, in which the Holy Spirit has made you bishops, to shepherd the church of God,” similar to saying, “I thank Christ Jesus our Lord who strengthened me, because he judged me faithful, appointing me to ministry.”
Acts 20:28 (quotation, high confidence) · 1 Tim 1:12 (quotation, high confidence)
Notes and citation
Summary: Both the Spirit and Christ appoint ministers.
- ἐπίσκοποι is rendered “bishops” per the site's glossary; in Acts 20:28 the word is often rendered “overseers.”
Topics: Trinity, Church office
Cite (SBL): Epiphanius, Anc. 69.10 (Holl GCS 25:87; trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/epiphanius-ancoratus/60-1/#p-69-10). (abbreviation not yet checked)
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Translation: Translated by Claude from Holl's Greek text (GCS 25, 1915); no public-domain English translation exists, so each batch was re-read against the Greek.