Saturday, January 19, 2008
The creed of Arius
The following is the creed Arius offered to Constantine at his request (you need to have installed Greek fonts to see the original Greek):
Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεόν,
We believe in one God,
πατέρα παντοκράτορα·
the Father Almighty;
Καὶ εἰς κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ,
And in the Lord Jesus Christ, his Son,
τὸν ἐξ αὐτοῦ πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων γεγεννημένον,
who was begotten of him before all ages,
θεὸν λόγον,
the Divine Logos,
δἰ οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, τά τε ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
through whom all things were made, both those in the heavens and those on the earth;
τὸν κατελθόντα καὶ σαρκωθέντα,
who came down and was made flesh;
καὶ παθόντα,
and suffered;
καὶ ἀναστάντα,
and rose again;
καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς,
and ascended to the heavens;
καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.
and shall come again to judge the quick and the dead.
Καὶ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.
And in the Holy Ghost;
καὶ εἰς σαρκὸς ἀνάστασίν,
and in the resurrection of the flesh;
καὶ εἰς ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος,
and in the life of the world to come;
καὶ εἰς βασιλείαν οὐρανῶν,
and in a kingdom of heaven;
καὶ εἰς μίαν καθολικὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, τὴν ἀπὸ περάτων ἕως περάτων.
and in one Catholic Church of God which extends to the ends of the earth.
(Excerpted from Philip Schaff's Creeds of Christendom, vol. 2)
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Πιστεύομεν εἰς ἕνα Θεόν,
We believe in one God,
πατέρα παντοκράτορα·
the Father Almighty;
Καὶ εἰς κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν, τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ,
And in the Lord Jesus Christ, his Son,
τὸν ἐξ αὐτοῦ πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων γεγεννημένον,
who was begotten of him before all ages,
θεὸν λόγον,
the Divine Logos,
δἰ οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, τά τε ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς,
through whom all things were made, both those in the heavens and those on the earth;
τὸν κατελθόντα καὶ σαρκωθέντα,
who came down and was made flesh;
καὶ παθόντα,
and suffered;
καὶ ἀναστάντα,
and rose again;
καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανούς,
and ascended to the heavens;
καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς.
and shall come again to judge the quick and the dead.
Καὶ εἰς τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα.
And in the Holy Ghost;
καὶ εἰς σαρκὸς ἀνάστασίν,
and in the resurrection of the flesh;
καὶ εἰς ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος,
and in the life of the world to come;
καὶ εἰς βασιλείαν οὐρανῶν,
and in a kingdom of heaven;
καὶ εἰς μίαν καθολικὴν ἐκκλησίαν τοῦ θεοῦ, τὴν ἀπὸ περάτων ἕως περάτων.
and in one Catholic Church of God which extends to the ends of the earth.
(Excerpted from Philip Schaff's Creeds of Christendom, vol. 2)
Labels: Arius, Christianity, God, Jesus, theology
# posted by O'Brien @ 1/19/2008 01:02:00 PM 
