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GREGORY THAUMATURGOS

A DECLARATION OF FAITH.(1)

[Translated by the Rev. S.D.F. Salmond, M.A.]

   THERE is one God, the Father of the living Word, who is His subsistent
Wisdom and Power and Eternal Image:(2) perfect Begetter of the perfect
Begotten, Father of the only-begotten Son. There is one Lord, Only of the
Only,(3) God of God, Image and Likeness of Deity, Efficient Word,(4) Wisdom
comprehensive(5) of the constitution of all things, and Power formative(6)
of the whole creation, true Son of true Father, Invisible of Invisible, and
Incorruptible of Incorruptible, and Immortal of Immortal and Eternal of
Eternal.(7) And there is One Holy Spirit, having His subsistence(8) from
God, and being made manifest(9) by the Son, to wit to men:(10) Image(11) of
the Son, Perfect Image of the Perfect;(12) Life, the Cause of the living;
Holy Fount; Sanctity, the Supplier, or Leader,(13) of Sanctification; in
whom is manifested God the Father, who is above all and in all, and God the
Son, who is through all. There is a perfect Trinity, in glory and eternity
and sovereignty, neither divided nor estranged.(14) Wherefore there is
nothing either created or in servitude(15) in the Trinity;(16) nor anything
superinduced,(17) as if at some former period it was non-existent, and at
some later period it was introduced. And thus neither was the Son ever
wanting to the Father, nor the Spirit to the Son;(18) but without variation
and without change, the same Trinity abideth ever.(19)


Taken from "The Early Church Fathers and Other Works" originally published
by Wm. B. Eerdmans Pub. Co. in English in Edinburgh, Scotland beginning in
1867. (ANF 6, Roberts and Donaldson). The digital version is by The
Electronic Bible Society, P.O. Box 701356, Dallas, TX 75370, 214-407-WORD.

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