The Paradoxes of Arius
But the paradoxical opinions of the Arian faction assert that Christ has been made a sinner. As for the fact that God was in Christ reconciling the world to himself (2 Corinthians 5:19), they neither hold it in memory nor declare it aloud.
Instead, like terrible informers and accusers who have mutilated the field, they conduct the contest of the accusation. It is necessary, however, to include all the lawful combatants without fail, but not toward deceit, by keeping one part in silence and bringing forward the other part.
For if he is a creature, then he is not begotten; but if he is begotten, then he is not a creature; since it is not possible for the race to turn toward either regarding the same nature. Everything having a beginning receives an end, and everything receiving an end is subject to corruption.
Greek
Orationes contra Arianos (fragmenta) ΟΙ ΛΟΓΟΙ ΚΑΤΑ ΑΡΕΙΑΝΩΝ 54 Ἀλλ' οἱ παράδοξοι τῆς Ἀρείου θυμέλης μεσόχοροι τὸ μὲν ἁμαρτίαν πεποιηκέναι τὸν Χριστὸν φράζουσι· 55 Τὸ δὲ ὅτι Θεὸς ἦν ἐν Χριστῷ κόσμον καταλλάσσων ἑαυτῷ, οὔτε ἐν μνήμῃ φέρουσιν οὔτε τοῖς τῆς γλώττης ὀργάνοις ἐκφωνοῦσιν. Ἀλλὰ ὥσπερ δεινοὶ συκοφάνται καὶ κατήγοροι ἀκρωτηριάσαντες τὸ χωρίον, τὸν ἀγῶνα τῆς κατηγορίας ποιοῦνται. 56 ∆εῖ δὲ φιλαλήθως τοὺς ἐννόμους ἀγωνιστὰς πάντα συμπεριλαβόντας ἀπαραλείπτως, ἀλλὰ μὴ πρὸς ἀπάτην μέρος μὲν ἀποσιωπᾶν, μέρος δὲ ἀποσπῶντας προφέρειν. 57 Εἰ γὰρ κτιστὸς οὐκ ἄρα γεννητός· εἰ δὲ γεννητὸς, οὐ κτιστός· ἐπεὶ μηδὲ οἷόν τε περὶ τὴν αὐτὴν φύσιν ἑκάτερον στρέφεσθαι τὸ γένος. 58 Πᾶν τὸ ἀρχὴν ἔχον καὶ τέλος ἐπιδέχεται, πᾶν τὸ τέλος ἐπιδεχόμενον φθορᾶς ἐστιν δεκτικόν.
About this text
Orations against the Arians attributed to Eustathius of Antioch.
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Khazarzar scan
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- Copy-text PG 18 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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