{"collection":"chr","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/chr/ecf/211/2111204.htm","path":"chr/ecf/211/2111204.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/chr/ecf/211/2111204.htm","text":"In the next place he puts the authority of S. Athanasius.\nAthanasius also, priest of the city of Alexandria, a splendid instance of constancy and virtue, whom the storm of heretical persecution tested without crushing him: whose life was always like a clear glass, and who had almost obtained the reward of martyrdom before attaining the dignity of confessorship: Let us see what was his view of the Lord Jesus Christ and the mother of the Lord. \u201cThis then,\u201d he says, \u201cis the mind and stamp of Holy Scripture, as we have often said; viz., that in one and the same Saviour two things have to be understood: (1) that He was ever God, and is Son, Word, and Light, and Wisdom of the Father, and (2) that afterwards for our sakes He took flesh of the Virgin Mary the Theotocos, and was made man.\u201d 2678 Again after some other matter: \u201cMany then were saints and clean from sin: Jeremiah also was sanctified from the womb, and John, while still in the womb leapt for joy at the voice of Mary the Theotocos.\u201d 2679 He certainly says that God, the Son of God, who (to declare the faith of all in his words) is \u201cthe Word, and Light and Wisdom of the Father,\u201d took flesh for our sakes; and therefore he calls the Virgin Mary Theotocos, because she was the Mother of God.\nSee the orations against the Arians IV. The Greek is as follows: \u03a3\u03ba\u03bf\u03c0\u1f78\u03c2 \u03c4\u03bf\u03af\u03bd\u03c5\u03bd \u03bf\u1f57\u03c4\u03bf\u03c2 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c7\u03b1\u03c1\u03b1\u03ba\u03c4\u1f74\u03c1 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b3\u03c1\u03b1\u03c6\u1fc6\u03c2, \u1f61\u03c2 \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03ac\u03ba\u03b9\u03c2 \u03b5\u1f34\u03c0\u03bf\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd, \u03b4\u03b9\u03c0\u03bb\u1fc6\u03bd \u03b5\u1f30\u03bd\u03b1\u03b9 \u03c4\u1f74\u03bd \u03c0\u03b5\u03c1\u1f76 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c3\u03c9\u03c4\u1fc6\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03b3\u03b3\u03b5\u03bb\u03af\u03b1\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u03b1\u1f50\u03c4\u1fc7, \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u03c4\u03b5 \u1f00\u03b5\u1f76 \u0398\u03b5\u1f78\u03c2 \u1f26\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f14\u03c3\u03c4\u03b9\u03bd \u1f41 \u03c5\u03b5\u03cc\u03c2, \u03bb\u03cc\u03b3\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f66\u03bd \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f00\u03c0\u03b1\u03cd\u03b3\u03b1\u03c3\u03bc\u03b1 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03c3\u03bf\u03c6\u03af\u03b1 \u03c4\u03bf\u1fe6 \u03c0\u03b1\u03c4\u03c1\u03bf\u03c2, \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f45\u03c4\u03b9 \u1f55\u03c3\u03c4\u03b5\u03c1\u03bf\u03bd \u03b4\u03b9\u1fbd \u1f21\u03bc\u1fb6\u03c2 \u03c3\u03ac\u03c1\u03ba\u03b1 \u03bb\u03b1\u03b2\u1f7c\u03bd \u1f10\u03ba \u03c0\u03b1\u03c1\u03b8\u03ad\u03bd\u03bf\u03c5 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u03b8\u03b5\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03b9\u03ac\u03c2 \u1f04\u03bd\u03b8\u03c1\u03c9\u03c0\u03bf\u03c2 \u03b3\u03ad\u03b3\u03bf\u03bd\u03b5\u03bd.\n619:2679\nIbid. \u03c0\u03bf\u03bb\u03bb\u03bf\u1f76 \u03b3\u03bf\u1fe6\u03bd \u1f05\u03b3\u03b9\u03bf\u03b9 \u03b3\u03b5\u03b3\u03cc\u03bd\u03b1\u03c3\u03b9 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u03ba\u03b1\u03b8\u03b1\u03c1\u03bf\u1f76 \u03c0\u03ac\u03c3\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f01\u03bc\u03b1\u03c1\u03c4\u03af\u03b1\u03c2\u00b7 \u1ffe\u0399\u03b5\u03c1\u03b5\u03bc\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u03b4\u1f72 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1f10\u03ba \u03ba\u03bf\u03b9\u03bb\u03af\u03b1\u03c2 \u1f21\u03b3\u03b9\u03ac\u03c3\u03b8\u03b7 \u03ba\u03b1\u1f76 \u1fbd\u0399\u03c9\u03ac\u03bd\u03bd\u03b7\u03c2 \u1f14\u03c4\u03b9 \u03ba\u03c5\u03bf\u03c6\u03bf\u03c1\u03bf\u03cd\u03bc\u03b5\u03bd\u03bf\u03c2 \u1f10\u03c3\u03ba\u03af\u03c1\u03c4\u03b7\u03c3\u03b5\u03bd \u1f10\u03bd \u1f00\u03b3\u03b1\u03bb\u03bb\u03b9\u03ac\u03c3\u03b5\u03b9 \u1f10\u03c0\u1f76 \u03c4\u1fc7 \u03c6\u03c9\u03bd\u1fc7 \u03c4\u1fc6\u03c2 \u0398\u03b5\u03bf\u03c4\u03cc\u03ba\u03bf\u03c5 \u039c\u03b1\u03c1\u03af\u03b1\u03c2.","title":"Nicene and Post-Nicene Fathers, Ser. II, Vol. XI: The Works of John Cassian.: Chapter XXIX. In the next place he puts the authority of S. Athanasius.","type":"page"}