Gregory Thaumaturgus, 205ish-270ish. Student of Origen
http://www.newadvent.org/fathers/0601.htm
A Declaration of Faith by Gregory Thaumaturgus
There is one God, the Father of the living Word, who is His subsistent Wisdom and Power and Eternal Image: perfect Begetter of the perfect Begotten, Father of the only-begotten Son. There is one Lord, Only of the Only, God of God, Image and Likeness of Deity, Efficient Word, Wisdom comprehensive of the constitution of all things, and Power formative of the whole creation, true Son of true Father, Invisible of Invisible, and Incorruptible of Incorruptible, and Immortal of Immortal and Eternal of Eternal. And there is One Holy Spirit, having His subsistence from God, and being made manifest by the Son, to wit to men: Image of the Son, Perfect Image of the Perfect; Life, the Cause of the living; Holy Fount; Sanctity, the Supplier, or Leader, of Sanctification; in whom is manifested God the Father, who is above all and in all, and God the Son, who is through all. There is a perfect Trinity, in glory and eternity and sovereignty, neither divided nor estranged. Wherefore there is nothing either created or in servitude in the Trinity; nor anything superinduced, as if at some former period it was non-existent, and at some later period it was introduced. And thus neither was the Son ever wanting to the Father, nor the Spirit to the Son; but without variation and without change, the same Trinity abides ever.
2 comments:
I think all his extant works are in Volume 6 of the ANF series.
Yes, have them here.
Working through his Metaphrase of Ecclesiastes. It is a "rhetorical flourish" and literary effort at an equivalence. It is not, by any means, an exegetical and close exposition of the text. It doesn't appear to be Gregory's purpose, either. It "is what it is" on its own terms. To my mind, while rather florid and descriptive, even helpful, it is not grammatico-historical exegesis.
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