Oration on the Titles of the Songs of Ascents · §2 · Eustathius of Antioch

The Incomprehensibility of the Father

The Word enters into the inscriptions of the ascents Psalms 120-134.

But the Father, being perfect, infinite, and unsearchable, not in need of glory or of any kind of elegance, does not accept acquired glory; nor even the Word [...]

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Oratio in inscriptione psalmorum graduum (fragmenta) Ο ΛΟΓΟΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΑΣ ΕΠΙΓΡΑΦΑΣ ΤΩΝ ΑΝΑΒΑΘΜΩΝ 33 ∆όξαν δὲ ἐπίκτητον ὁ Πατὴρ οὐκ ἐπιδέχεται, τέλειος, ἄπειρος, ἀπερινόητος ὢν, ἀπροσδεὴς κάλλους καὶ παντοίας εὐπρεπείας. Ἀλλ' οὐδὲ ὁ Λόγος