The flesh is not consubstantial with the Godhead
If anyone says that the flesh of Christ is consubstantial with the Godhead, and does not confess that he himself, being in the form of God and God before the ages, emptied himself and took the form of a servant, as it is written (Philippians 2:6-7), let him be anathema.
How can flesh that comes after time be called of the same substance with the everlasting Godhead? That is called consubstantial which is the same in nature, and the same in everlasting duration without change.
Latin
Si quis dicit carnem Christi homoousion, id est consubstantialem esse divinitati, et non confitetur ipsum in forma Dei et Deum esse ante saecula, et seipsum exinanisse, et formam servi accepisse sicut scriptum est, anathema sit. Quomodo autem caro post tempus homoousios, id est eiusdem substantiae, cum sempiterna divinitate dici potest? Homoousion enim dicitur quod est idem natura et eadem sempiternitate invariabiliter.
About this text
Gregory Thaumaturgus, Twelve Chapters on the Faith: the first two chapters — on the uncreated body, and the flesh not consubstantial with the Godhead.
English densified from locked Vossius 1684 Latin column for tip Capita I-II; Greek column OCR too damaged to lock; Vossius scholia stripped; OCR joins disclosed; ANF 6 consulted only as sense check.
Catalogue & scope
densify Capita I-II; Greek column OCR damaged
Witnesses
- Copy-text Vossius 1684 Opera omnia (Latin column (Greek damaged))
- Checked print Archive DjVu OCR (Latin/Greek mixed OCR)
- Copy-text Locked Latin Capita I-II (Latin)
Where the prints differ
- Cap. I interpretatio — OCR of clavorum / lancea / palpandum / clausis ianuis restored from the facing column and the John 20 scene; not invented doctrine.
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