Epistle 1 to Gregory Palamas vv. 354-358
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[Ἐπιστολὴ Α΄] Τῶ σοφωτάτῳ καὶ λογιωτάτῳ καὶ ἐν Χριστῶ πνευματικῶ μοι πατρὶ καὶ ἀδελφῶ κῦρι Γρηγορίῳ τῶ Παλαμᾶ.
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Ἐπεὶ δὲ ὅπερ ἐστὶ τοῖς γεωμέτραις ἀρχὴ καὶ κοινὴ ἔννοια καὶ ἀξίωμα, τοῦθ᾽ ἡμῖν ὑπάρχει ἑκάστη τῶν ἀποφάνσεων ὅσαι ἡμῖν περὶ τῶν θείων ὑπὸ τῶν ἁγίων ἀνδρῶν ἀπεφάνθησαν, οὐδεμίαν ἄρ᾽ αὐτῶν πειρᾶσθαι χρὴ ἐκ συλλογισμοῦ λαβεῖν, ἀλλὰ πρὸς ἑκάστην ἔχειν βέλτιον ἢ κατὰ ἀπόδειξιν.
Found in:
G. Schirò, Barlaam Calabro, Epistole Greche [Istituto Siciliano di Studi Bizantini e Neogreci. Testi e Monumenti 1], Palermo 1954
Century:
14th
Summary - Description:
Concerning the existence of the Holy Ghost, one must stand on what has been said before by the holy Fathers, in the way the geometers hold truths as axioms, and try to find them true or false by evidence.
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