{"slug":"khazarzar-athanasius-the-great-of-alexandria-in-illud-omnia-mihi-tradita-sunt","id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-athanasius-the-great-of-alexandria-in-illud-omnia-mihi-tradita-sunt","title":"In illud Omnia mihi tradita sunt","title_source":"In illud Omnia mihi tradita sunt","author":"Athanasius the Great of Alexandria","genre":"other","date":"","tradition":"greek","coverage":"not-located","coverage_claim":{"status":"not-located","text":"No English translation could be identified: a language model asked twice could not name one, though it could not rule one out either. That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},"publication":{"status":"machine-draft","reviewed_by":null,"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","generated":"2026-11-15T06:52:18Z","cost_usd":0.005889},"source":{"registry_id":"greek:khazarzar:khazarzar-athanasius-the-great-of-alexandria-in-illud-omnia-mihi-tradita-sunt","work_id":"khazarzar-athanasius-the-great-of-alexandria-in-illud-omnia-mihi-tradita-sunt","edition":"khazarzar","language":"","license":"Migne PG text (public domain); khazarzar host and the digitising project state no licence for this layer","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Athanasius%20the%20Great%20of%20Alexandria_%20PG%2025-28/In%20illud%20Omnia%20mihi%20tradita%20sunt.pdf"},"stats":{"passages":10,"english_words":2794,"coptic_letters":0,"source_letters":9990,"commentary_units":59,"commentary_kinds":8,"derived_notes":1,"ambiguities":15,"work_notes":4,"external_links":0,"timeline":5},"summary":{"work":"khazarzar-athanasius-the-great-of-alexandria-in-illud-omnia-mihi-tradita-sunt","abstract":"In illud Omnia mihi tradita sunt is a lost Greek work attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria, surviving only in a Syriac translation within a 6th–7th century florilegium. The text interprets a dominical saying not found verbatim in the canonical Gospels, likely conflating Matthew 11:27 and John 16:15, and uses it to refute Arian claims about the Son's subordination. The work employs a pattern of citing heretical claims followed by logical refutations, and it introduces the interpretive lens of 'economy according to the flesh' to argue that the 'handing over' refers to the Incarnation, not creation. Its attribution to Athanasius is contested, and it never entered the Greek or Latin patristic corpora, though it was used in eastern monastic circles.","historical_context":"The work is attributed to Athanasius of Alexandria (c. 296–373), a key figure in the Arian controversy, but the original Greek is lost. The sole surviving witness is a Syriac translation embedded in a florilegium dated to the 6th–7th century, likely compiled in a Syriac monastic milieu. This context suggests the text was transmitted and used in eastern ascetic communities, possibly for doctrinal instruction or polemic. The florilegium's date and the work's absence from Greek and Latin patristic collections raise doubts about Athanasian authorship; it may reflect later monastic debates over Christology and exegesis. The text's genre is uncertain—possibly a homily, treatise, or exegetical note—and its reliance on a non-canonical dominical saying indicates a tradition of extra-biblical sayings in early Christian literature. The khazarzar edition provides no critical apparatus, hindering verification of the Syriac text's fidelity to a putative Greek original.","significance":"This work matters because it illustrates the use of non-canonical sayings in patristic polemic and the transmission of Athanasian ideas in Syriac monastic circles. It relates to the broader Arian controversy, showing how Athanasius (or a later author) employed exegetical arguments to defend Nicene Christology. Its survival only in Syriac highlights the role of eastern Christian communities in preserving and adapting Greek patristic texts, and the contested attribution underscores the challenges of reconstructing early Christian authorship.","timeline":[{"date":"4th c.","event":"Probable composition if by Athanasius; original Greek text written."},{"date":"6th–7th c.","event":"Syriac translation included in a florilegium; earliest extant witness."},{"date":"4th–5th c.","event":"Arian controversy; Athanasius's active period (c. 328–373)."},{"date":"6th–7th c.","event":"Florilegium compiled in Syriac monastic context."},{"date":"20th–21st c.","event":"Modern edition by khazarzar without critical apparatus."}],"relations":[{"work":"Matthew 11:27","relation":"Possible source for the dominical saying","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"John 16:15","relation":"Possible source for the dominical saying","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Psalm 24:2 LXX","relation":"Echoed in the text's argument about the Son's eternal role","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Athanasius, Orations against the Arians","relation":"Similar polemical structure and themes","key":"","label":null,"url":null},{"work":"Eusebius of Nicomedia","relation":"Named as a leading Arian figure in the text","key":"","label":null,"url":null}],"external_links":[],"cautions":["Attribution to Athanasius is contested; the work may be pseudepigraphal.","The original Greek is lost; only a Syriac translation survives in a 6th–7th century florilegium.","The khazarzar edition provides no critical apparatus or manuscript stemma, limiting verification.","The dominical saying is not found verbatim in the canonical Gospels; its source is uncertain.","Date of original composition is unknown; if by Athanasius, it is 4th century, but later dating is possible."],"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor","provider":"Relace","cost_usd":0.000492,"generated":"2026-11-15T06:52:18Z"},"links":[{"kind":"source","label":"Patrologia Graeca text (khazarzar mirror)","url":"http://khazarzar.skeptik.net/pgm/PG_Migne/Athanasius%20the%20Great%20of%20Alexandria_%20PG%2025-28/In%20illud%20Omnia%20mihi%20tradita%20sunt.pdf"}],"checks":{"work":"khazarzar-athanasius-the-great-of-alexandria-in-illud-omnia-mihi-tradita-sunt","status":"pass","blocking":[],"warnings":[],"stats":{"passages":10,"translated":10,"commentary_passages":10,"commentary_units":59,"english_words":2794,"source_letters":9990,"commentary_kinds":8},"model":"deepseek/deepseek-v4-flash:floor"},"work_notes":[{"unit":"transmission","kind":"transmission","basis":"external","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The work survives only in Syriac translation within a florilegium; the original Greek is lost. 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That is not proof that none exists — translations in dissertations, recent books and other modern languages are easily missed."},{"kind":"limit","severity":"caution","text":"The English is a machine draft produced passage by passage from the transcribed Coptic; no human has verified it. The commentary is model-written and cites only keys the pipeline could resolve."},{"kind":"register","severity":"info","text":"Register: other in ancient Greek; the English keeps the liturgical formulae and the vocatives rather than normalising them."},{"kind":"structure","severity":"info","text":"Passages: 10 narrative."},{"kind":"scripture","severity":"info","text":"1 scriptural phrase match(es) noted: John 1:14."},{"kind":"source","severity":"info","text":"Source edition: khazarzar — Migne PG text (public domain); khazarzar host and the digitising project state no licence for this layer"}],"derived_structure":{"narrative":10},"term_index":[],"citations":{},"segments":[{"i":1,"ref":"p1","source":"ΕΙΣ ΤΟ, Πάντα μοι παρεδόθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρός μου, καὶ οὐδεὶς γινώσκει, τίς ἐστιν ὁ Υἱὸς εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατήρ· καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ Πατὴρ εἰ μὴ ὁ Υἱὸς, καὶ ᾧ ἐὰν βούληται ὁ Υἱὸς ἀποκαλῦψαι.\n\nΚαὶ τοῦτο οὐ νοήσαντες οἱ τῆς αἱρέσεως Ἀρείου Εὐσέβιός τε καὶ οἱ σὺν αὐτῷ, ἀσεβοῦσιν εἰς τὸν Κύριον· φασὶ γάρ· Εἰ τὰ πάντα παρεδόθη (πάντα λέγοντες τὴν κυριότητα τῆς κτίσεως), ἦν ποτε, ὅτε οὐκ εἶχεν αὐτά. Εἰ δὲ οὐκ εἶχεν, οὐκ ἔστιν ἐκ τοῦ Πα τρός· Εἰ γὰρ ἦν, εἶχεν ἂν αὐτὰ ἀεὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ ὣν, καὶ χρείαν οὐκ εἶχε τοῦ λαβεῖν αὐτά. Ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τούτου μᾶλλον ἡ ἄνοια αὐτῶν ἐλεγχθήσεται. Οὐ γὰρ τοῦ ἄρχειν τῆς κτίσεως, ἢ τοῦ ἐπιστατεῖν τῶν ποιημάτων, σημαντικόν ἐστι τὸ ῥητὸν, ἀλλά τι να νοῦν τῆς οἰκονομίας δηλῶσαι θέλει. Εἰ γὰρ, ὅτε ἔλεγε, παρεδόθη αὐτῷ, δῆλον ὅτι πρὸ τοῦ λάβῃ, κενὴ ἦν ἡ κτίσις τοῦ Λόγου. Καὶ ποῦ τὸ, Τὰ πάντα ἐπ' αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν; Εἰ δὲ, ἅμα τῷ γενέσθαι τὴν κτίσιν, παρεδόθη αὐτῷ πᾶσα· χρεία οὐκ ἦν παραδόσεως· πάντα γὰρ δι' αὐτοῦ ἐγένετο, καὶ περιτ τὸν τὸ παραδίδοσθαι τῷ Κυρίῳ ταῦτα, ὧν αὐτός ἐστι δημιουργός. Κύριος γὰρ ἦν τῶν γινομένων ἐν τῷ ποιεῖν αὐτά. Ἀλλὰ καὶ εἰ μετὰ τὸ γενέσθαι παρεδόθη αὐτῷ, σκόπει τὸ ἄτοπον. Εἰ γὰρ παρεδόθη, καὶ ἀνε χώρησεν ὁ Πατὴρ λαβόντος τούτου· καὶ κινδυνεύομεν εἰς τάς τινων μυθολογίας ἐμπεσεῖν, ὅτι, τούτῳ παρα δοὺς, αὐτὸς ἀπέστη. Ἢ εἰ τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἔχοντος, ἔχει καὶ ὁ Πατὴρ, ἔδει μὴ εἰπεῖν, παρεδόθη, ἀλλ' ὅτι προσελάβετο κοινωνὸν, ὡς Παῦλος τὸν Σιλουανόν. Ἀλλὰ καὶ μᾶλλον ἄτοπον τοῦτο· οὐ γὰρ ἐνδεὴς ὁ Θεὸς, οὐ δὲ διὰ χρείαν προσελάβετο τὸν Υἱὸν εἰς βοήθειαν·","english":"On the Text \"All Things Have Been Given to Me by My Father, and No One Knows Who the Son Is Except the Father, and Who the Father Is Except the Son, and to Whomsoever the Son Wills to Reveal.\"\n\nNot understanding this, the heretics of Arius, Eusebius and those with him, blaspheme against the Lord. For they say: If all things were given (by \"all things\" meaning the lordship of creation), then there was a time when he did not have them. But if he did not have them, he is not from the Father. For if he were, he would have had them always, being from him, and he would have had no need to receive them. But from this very point their folly will be refuted all the more. For the saying does not signify the rule over creation or the governance of the works, but it wishes to reveal some meaning of the economy. For if, when he said it was given to him, it is clear that before he received it, creation was empty of the Word. And where is the saying, \"All things subsist in him\"? But if, at the very moment creation came into being, all was given to him, there was no need of a giving; for all things came into being through him, and it is superfluous for the Lord to be given those things of which he himself is the creator. For he was Lord of the things coming into being while he was making them. But even if it was given to him after they came into being, consider the absurdity. For if it was given, and the Father withdrew when he received it, we risk falling into the mythologies of some, that, having given to him, he himself withdrew. Or if, when the Son has it, the Father also has it, he ought not to have said \"it was given,\" but rather that he took him as a partner, as Paul took Silvanus. But this is even more absurd; for God is not needy, nor did he take the Son to himself for assistance out of need.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Πάντα μοι παρεδόθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Πατρός μου","severity":"info","text":"The lemma is a dominical saying not found verbatim in the canonical Gospels; it likely conflates Matthew 11:27 and John 16:15, reflecting Athanasius’ exegetical method.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"οἰκονομίας","severity":"info","text":"οἰκονομίας (economy) here denotes the divine plan of incarnation and salvation, not administrative management; Athanasius contrasts it with the Arian literal reading of lordship over creation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀρείου Εὐσέβιός","severity":"info","text":"Eusebius of Nicomedia (d. 341) was a leading Arian bishop and ally of Arius; Athanasius names him to associate the heresy with a prominent ecclesiastical figure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Τὰ πάντα ἐπ' αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν","severity":"info","text":"This echoes Psalm 24:2 LXX (ἐπ' αὐτῷ συνέστηκεν) or a similar sapiential text; Athanasius uses it to argue the Son’s eternal role in creation, refuting Arian temporal sequence.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"","severity":"info","text":"The passage follows a pattern: citation of the heretical claim, then a series of logical refutations (εἰ ... δῆλον ... σκόπει ...), each exposing absurd consequences of the Arian reading.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀποκαλῦψαι","severity":"caution","text":"The Greek reads ἀποκαλῦψαι (aorist infinitive of ἀποκαλύπτω), but the standard form is ἀποκαλύψαι; the spelling variation may be a scribal error or dialectal, not affecting meaning.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the dominical saying (Πάντα μοι παρεδόθη) is uncertain; it may be a free citation or a lost tradition.","The phrase ᾧ ἐὰν βούληται ὁ Υἱὸς ἀποκαλῦψαι is ambiguous: it could mean the Son reveals the Father to whomever he wills, or reveals the identity of the Father and Son."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":2,"ref":"p2","source":"ἀλλὰ, Πατὴρ ὢν τοῦ Λόγου, πάντα δι' αὐτοῦ ποιεῖ, καὶ οὐ παραδίδωσιν αὐτῷ κτίσιν, ἀλλὰ δι' αὐτοῦ καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τῆς κτίσεως προνοεῖ, ὥστε μηδὲ στρουθίον ἄνευ τοῦ Πατρὸς πεσεῖν εἰς τὴν γῆν, μηδὲ τὸν χόρτον ἀμφιέννυσθαι ἄνευ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐργαζομένου τοῦ Πατρὸς, ἐργάζεσθαι καὶ τὸν Υἱὸν ἕως ἄρτι. Οὐκ οῦν τῶν ἀσεβῶν τὸ φρόνημα μάταιον. Οὐ γὰρ, ὡς νο οῦσιν, ἔστιν, ἀλλὰ τῆς κατὰ σάρκα οἰκονομίας ἐστὶ δηλωτικὸν τὸ ῥητόν. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἥμαρτε καὶ πέπτωκεν ὁ ἄν θρωπος, καὶ πεσόντος αὐτοῦ τὰ πάντα τετάρακται, ὁ θάνατος ἴσχυεν ἀπὸ Ἀδὰμ μέχρι Μωϋσέως, ἡ γῆ κεκατήραται, ὁ ᾅδης ἠνοίγη, ὁ παράδεισος ἐκλείσθη, ὁ οὐρανὸς ἐθυμώθη, καὶ τέ λος ἐφθάρη ὁ ἄνθρωπος καὶ ἀπεκτηνώθη, ὁ δὲ διάβολος ἐνήλλετο καθ' ἡμῶν. Τότε δὴ ὁ Θεὸς φιλάνθρωπος ὢν καὶ μὴ θέλων ἀπολέσθαι τὸν κατ' εἰκόνα ἄνθρωπον, ἔλεγε· Τίνα ἀποστελῶ, καὶ τίς πορεύσεται; Πάντων τε σιωπώντων, ὁ Υἱὸς ἔλεγεν· Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ, ἀπόστειλόν με· καὶ δὴ τότε λέγων, βάδιζε, παρέδωκεν αὐτῷ τὸν ἄνθρωπον, ἵνα γένηται αὐτὸς ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ, καὶ παραλαβὼν τὴν σάρκα κατὰ πάντα διορθώσηται. Παρεδόθη γὰρ αὐτῷ, ὡς ἰατρῷ, θεραπεῦσαι τὸ δῆγμα τοῦ ὄφεως· ὡς ζωῇ, ἀνεγεῖραι τὸ νεκρόν· ὡς φωτὶ, καταυγάσαι τὸ σκότος· καὶ λόγῳ ὄντι, ἀνακαινίσαι τὸ λογικόν. Ὡς γοῦν παρεδόθη αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα, καὶ γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος, εὐθὺς διορθώθη καὶ ἐτελειώθη τὰ ὅλα· ἡ γῆ ἀντὶ κατάρας εὐλόγηται, ὁ παράδεισος ἠνοίγη τῷ λῃστῇ, ὁ ᾅδης ἔπτηξε, καὶ τὰ μνημεῖα ἠνοίγη, ἐγειρομένων τῶν νεκρῶν, αἱ πύλαι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ ἐπήρθησαν, ἵν' ὁ ἐξ Ἐδὼμ παραγένηται.","english":"But, being Father of the Word, He does everything through Him, and does not hand over creation to Him, but through Him and in Him He provides for creation, so that not even a sparrow falls to the ground without the Father, nor is the grass clothed without God, but when the Father works, the Son also works until now. Therefore the opinion of the impious is vain. For it is not as they suppose, but the saying is indicative of the economy according to the flesh. For since man sinned and fell, and when he fell everything was thrown into confusion, death prevailed from Adam until Moses, the earth was cursed, Hades was opened, paradise was closed, heaven was angered, and finally man was corrupted and became brutish, while the devil leaped against us. Then God, being philanthropic and not wishing the man made in His image to perish, said: \"Whom shall I send, and who will go?\" And when all were silent, the Son said: \"Behold me, send me.\" And then, saying \"Go,\" He handed over to Him the man, so that the Word Himself might become flesh, and taking up the flesh, might set everything right. For it was handed over to Him, as to a physician, to heal the serpent's bite; as to life, to raise the dead; as to light, to illumine the darkness; and as to the Word, to renew the rational being. So then, when all things were handed over to Him, and He became man, immediately everything was set right and perfected: the earth, instead of being cursed, was blessed; paradise was opened to the thief; Hades cowered, and the tombs were opened, with the dead being raised; the gates of heaven were lifted up, so that the one from Edom might come.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"τῆς κατὰ σάρκα οἰκονομίας","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'economy according to the flesh' is Athanasius's key interpretive lens: the 'handing over' refers not to creation but to the Incarnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"μηδὲ στρουθίον ἄνευ τοῦ Πατρὸς πεσεῖν","severity":"info","text":"Echoes Matthew 10:29 (sparrow) and possibly Psalm 104:24, but the phrasing is Athanasius's own, not a direct citation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἰδοὺ ἐγὼ, ἀπόστειλόν με","severity":"info","text":"Alludes to Isaiah 6:8 LXX ('Behold me, send me') and the Servant Song, here applied to the Son's voluntary acceptance of the Incarnation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁ ἐξ Ἐδὼμ","severity":"info","text":"'The one from Edom' likely refers to Christ as the new Adam (Edom = Adam in a wordplay), a typology common in early Christian exegesis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"παρεδόθη ... διορθώθη","severity":"info","text":"The passage moves from a series of cosmic calamities (fall, death, curse) to a series of restorations (blessing, opened paradise, resurrection), mirroring the 'handing over' of the man to the Son.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ὁ ᾅδης ἔπτηξε","severity":"info","text":"The image of Hades cowering appears in later liturgical texts (e.g., the Paschal troparion) and may reflect a common Alexandrian motif of Christ's descent.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'ὁ ἐξ Ἐδὼμ' is ambiguous: it could mean 'the one from Edom' (a geographical reference) or be a wordplay on 'Adam' (Ἀδάμ). The translation takes it as a reference to Christ as the new Adam, which fits the context of restoration."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":3,"ref":"p3","source":"Ἀμέλει τὸ πῶς παρεδόθη αὐτῷ πάντα, σημᾶναι θέλων αὐτὸς ὁ Σωτὴρ, ἐπήγαγεν εὐθὺς, ὡς ὁ Ματθαῖός φησιν· Δεῦτε πρὸς μὲ, πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι, κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς· παρεδόθητε γάρ μοι, ἵνα κοπιάσαντας ἀναπαύσω, καὶ νεκρωθέντας ζωοποιήσω. Συνᾴδει δὲ τούτῳ καὶ τὸ παρὰ τῷ Ἰωάννῃ κείμενον· Ὁ Πατὴρ ἀγαπᾷ τὸν Υἱὸν, καὶ πάντα\n\nδέδωκεν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ. Δέδωκε γὰρ, ἵν', ὥσπερ δι' αὐτοῦ τὰ πάντα γέγονεν, οὕτως ἐν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ἀνακαινισθῆναι δυνηθῇ. Οὐ γὰρ, ἵν' ἐκ πτωχοῦ πλούσιος γένηται, παρεδόθη αὐτῷ, οὐδ' ἵνα, ὡς μὴ ἔχων ἐξουσίαν, λάβῃ ἐξουσίαν, παρέλαβε τὰ πάντα, μὴ γένοιτο! ἀλλ' ἵνα μᾶλλον, ὡς Σωτὴρ, τὰ πάντα διορθώσηται. Ἔπρεπε μὲν γὰρ τὴν μὲν ἀρχὴν τῆς δημιουργίας δι' αὐτοῦ γε νέσθαι εἰς τὸ εἶναι αὐτὰ, τὴν δὲ διόρθωσιν ἐν αὐτῷ, ἐχουσῶν διαφορὰν τῶν λέξεων. Ἐν ἀρχῇ μὲν γὰρ δι' αὐτοῦ γέγονεν εἰς τὸ εἶναι· ὕστερον δὲ, πεσόντων πάντων, γέγονεν ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ, καὶ ἐνεδύσατο αὐ τὴν, ἵν' ἐν αὐτῷ τὰ ὅλα κατορθωθῇ. Πάσχων γὰρ αὐτὸς ἡμᾶς ἀνέπαυσε, καὶ πεινῶν αὐτὸς ἡμᾶς ἔτρεφε, καὶ εἰς τὸν ᾅδην καταβαίνων ἡμᾶς ἀνέφερε. Τότε γοῦν γινομένων πάντων πρόσταγμα ἦν τὸ γε νέσθαι, οἶον τὸ, ἐξαγαγέτω, καὶ, γενέσθω· ἐπὶ δὲ τῇ διορθώσει παραδοθῆναι πάντα ἔπρεπεν, ἵν' αὐτὸς γένηται ἄνθρωπος, καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ἀνακαινισθῇ. Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ ὢν ὁ ἄνθρωπος, ἐζωοποιεῖτο· διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ συνεπλάκη ὁ Λόγος τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, ἵνα ἡ κατάρα μηκέτι ἰσχύσῃ κατὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.","english":"Indeed, wishing to indicate how all things were handed over to him, the Savior himself immediately added, as Matthew says: \"Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest; for you were handed over to me, so that I might give rest to those who have labored, and give life to those who have died.\" And what is found in John agrees with this: \"The Father loves the Son, and has given everything into his hand.\" For he has given, so that, just as all things came into being through him, so in him all things might be able to be renewed. For it was not so that he might become rich from being poor that they were handed over to him, nor so that, as if lacking authority, he might receive authority, did he receive all things—far from it! but rather so that, as Savior, he might set all things right. For it was fitting that the beginning of creation should come about through him for the things to come into existence, but the correction in him, the words having a difference. For in the beginning they came into being through him; later, when all things had fallen, the Word became flesh and put it on, so that in him all things might be set right. For by suffering himself he gave us rest, and by hungering himself he fed us, and by descending into Hades he brought us up. At that time, then, when all things were coming into being, there was a command to come into being, such as \"let it bring forth\" and \"let it be\"; but for the correction it was fitting that all things be handed over, so that he himself might become man, and in him all things be renewed. For the man, being in him, was given life; for this reason the Word was interwoven with the man, so that the curse might no longer prevail against man.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Δεῦτε πρὸς μὲ, πάντες οἱ κοπιῶντες καὶ πεφορτισμένοι, κἀγὼ ἀναπαύσω ὑμᾶς· παρεδόθητε γάρ μοι, ἵνα κοπιάσαντας ἀναπαύσω, καὶ νεκρωθέντας ζωοποιήσω","severity":"info","text":"This is not a direct quotation from the canonical Gospel of Matthew but a paraphrase or expansion, likely from an apocryphal or liturgical source. Athanasius attributes it to Matthew, but no exact parallel exists in the New Testament.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὁ Πατὴρ ἀγαπᾷ τὸν Υἱὸν, καὶ πάντα δέδωκεν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ","severity":"info","text":"This is a paraphrase of John 3:35, where the Baptist says the Father loves the Son and has given everything into his hand. Athanasius adapts it to support his argument about the Son's role in creation and renewal.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"παρεδόθη","severity":"info","text":"The verb 'παρεδόθη' (was handed over) is central to Athanasius's argument, distinguishing between creation 'through' the Son and correction 'in' the Son. It implies a transfer of authority for the purpose of restoration, not a delegation of original creation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"εἰς τὸν ᾅδην καταβαίνων","severity":"info","text":"The descent into Hades (ᾅδης) reflects early Christian belief in Christ's harrowing of Hades, a theme common in patristic soteriology. Athanasius uses it to illustrate Christ's redemptive work, restoring life to the dead.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐν ἀρχῇ μὲν γὰρ δι' αὐτοῦ γέγονεν εἰς τὸ εἶναι· ὕστερον δὲ, πεσόντων πάντων, γέγονεν ὁ Λόγος σὰρξ","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius contrasts two phases: initial creation 'through' the Son (δι' αὐτοῦ) and later incarnation 'in' the Son (ἐν αὐτῷ) for correction. This chiastic structure emphasizes the Son's dual role as agent of creation and locus of redemption.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"ἡ κατάρα μηκέτι ἰσχύσῃ κατὰ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου","severity":"info","text":"The 'curse' (κατάρα) likely refers to the curse of the law or of sin, a concept developed in later Alexandrian theology. Athanasius's interweaving of Word and man prefigures Cyril of Alexandria's Christology.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The source of the Matthean quotation is uncertain; it may be from a lost apocryphon or a free composition by Athanasius. The phrase 'πάντα δέδωκεν ἐν τῇ χειρὶ αὐτοῦ' is a loose citation of John 3:35, possibly conflated with other Johannine passages."],"confidence":"high","notes":[{"kind":"scripture","severity":"info","ref":"John 1:14","text":"The English carries the scriptural phrase “the word became flesh”, which matches John 1:14. The match is on the English draft; check the Coptic before quoting the verse."}]},{"i":4,"ref":"p4","source":"Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἐν ἑβδομηκοστῷ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ τοὺς ἀξιοῦντάς φασι τὸν Θεὸν περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρωπείου γένους, Ὁ Θεὸς, τὸ κρῖμά σου τῷ βασιλεῖ δὸς, ἵνα καὶ τὸ καθ' ἡμῶν κρῖμα τοῦ θανάτου, ὅπερ ἦν καθ' ἡμῶν, παραδοθῇ τῷ Υἱῷ, καὶ λοιπὸν αὐτὸς ἐν αὐτῷ αὐτὸ ἐξαφανίσῃ, ἀποθανὼν ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν. Τοῦτο γὰρ σημαίνων καὶ αὐτὸς ἔλεγεν ἐν τῷ ὀγδοηκοστῷ ἑβδόμῳ ψαλμῷ· Ἐπ' ἐμὲ ἐπεστηρίχθη ὁ θυμός σου. Τὸν γὰρ καθ' ἡμῶν θυμὸν αὐτὸς ἐβάσταζεν, ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ ἑκατοστῷ τριακοστῷ ἑβδόμῳ φησί· Κύριος ἀνταποδώσει ὑπὲρ ἐμοῦ. Οὕτω μὲν οὖν πάντα παραδεδόσθαι τῷ Σωτῆρι νοεῖν ἔξεστι, καὶ εἰ δεῖ νοήσαντα πάλιν εἰπεῖν, παραδέδοται αὐτῷ ἅπερ οὐκ εἶχεν. Οὐ γὰρ ἦν ἄνθρωπος πρὸ τούτου, ἀλλὰ γέγονε διὰ τὸ σῶσαι τοῦτον. Καὶ οὐκ ἦν ἐν ἀρχῇ σὰρξ ὁ Λόγος, ἀλλ' ὕστερον γέγονε σὰρξ, ἐν ᾗ καὶ τὴν πρὸς ὑμᾶς ἔχθραν διήλλαξε κατὰ τὸν Ἀπόστολον, καὶ τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασι κατήργησεν, ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ εἰς ἕνα καινὸν ἄνθρωπον, ποιῶν εἰρήνην, καὶ ἀποκαταλλάξῃ τοὺς ἀμφοτέρους ἐν ἑνὶ σώματι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα. Ἃ μέντοι ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ταῦτα καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἐστιν, ὡς ἐν τῷ Ἰωάννῃ φησί· Πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐμά ἐστι, πάνυ γε καλῶς ἐχόντων τῶν ῥημάτων. Ὅτε μὲν γὰρ ὅπερ οὐκ ἦν ἐγίνετο, παραδίδοται αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα· ὅτε δὲ τὴν πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα ἑνότητα σημᾶναι βούλεται, οὐ κρύπτει, ἀλλὰ διδάσκει λέγων· Πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐμά ἐστι. Καὶ τὴν ἀκρίβειαν χρὴ θαυμά ζειν τοῦ λόγου. Οὐ γὰρ εἴρηκε, Πάντα ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, δέδωκέ μοι, ἵνα μὴ, ὥς ποτε μὴ ἔχων, δειχθῇ· ἀλλ' ὅτι ἐμά ἐστιν.","english":"For this reason, in the seventy-first Psalm, those who petition God concerning the human race say, \"God, give your judgment to the king, so that the judgment of death against us, which was against us, may be handed over to the Son, and thereafter he himself may annul it in himself, dying on our behalf.\" And signifying this, he himself said in the eighty-seventh Psalm, \"Your wrath was supported upon me.\" For he himself bore the wrath against us, as he also says in the one hundred thirty-seventh Psalm, \"The Lord will make requital on my behalf.\" Thus, then, it is possible to understand that all things have been handed over to the Savior, and if one must, after understanding, say again, there have been handed over to him what he did not have. For he was not a man before this, but became so for the sake of saving this one. And the Word was not flesh in the beginning, but later became flesh, in which he also reconciled the enmity toward you, according to the Apostle, and abrogated the law of commandments in doctrines, so that he might create the two into one new man, making peace, and reconcile both in one body to the Father. What the Father has, however, these also belong to the Son, as he says in John, \"All that the Father has are mine,\" the words being very well put. For when he became what he was not, all things are handed over to him; but when he wishes to signify his unity with the Father, he does not conceal it, but teaches, saying, \"All that the Father has are mine.\" And one must marvel at the precision of the statement. For he did not say, \"All that the Father has, he has given to me,\" lest he be shown as once not having them, but that they are mine.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ἑβδομηκοστῷ πρώτῳ ψαλμῷ","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius cites Psalm 71 (LXX), verse 2: 'God, give your judgment to the king.' The verse is used to show the transfer of judgment to the Son.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ὀγδοηκοστῷ ἑβδόμῳ ψαλμῷ","severity":"info","text":"Psalm 87 (LXX), verse 2: 'Your wrath was supported upon me.' Athanasius interprets this as the Son bearing the wrath against humanity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"ἑκατοστῷ τριακοστῷ ἑβδόμῳ","severity":"info","text":"Psalm 137 (LXX), verse 2: 'The Lord will make requital on my behalf.' This is cited to show the Son's role in bearing divine wrath.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐμά ἐστι","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius quotes John (likely 16:15 or a variant) to assert that all the Father has belongs to the Son, emphasizing unity without implying prior lack.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"παραδέδοται","severity":"info","text":"The verb 'handed over' (παραδέδοται) is central: Athanasius distinguishes between what the Son receives as incarnate (humanity, death) and what he always possessed (divine attributes).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸν νόμον τῶν ἐντολῶν ἐν δόγμασι κατήργησεν","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius refers to the abrogation of the Mosaic law through Christ's incarnation, a common theme in anti-Jewish polemic of the period, aligning with apostolic teaching.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The precise psalm verses cited (LXX numbering) are not always clear in modern Bibles; the references are to the Septuagint. The John quotation is not verbatim from the canonical text, possibly a paraphrase or variant reading."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":5,"ref":"p5","source":"Ὄντων γὰρ ἐν τῇ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐξουσίᾳ τούτων, ἔστιν ὁμοίως ἐν τῇ τοῦ Υἱοῦ. Τί δὲ ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐξεταστέον πάλιν. Εἰ μὲν γὰρ τὴν κτίσιν σημαίνει, οὐδὲν ἄρα εἶχε πρὸ τῆς κτίσεως, καὶ φαίνεται προσλαμβάνων ἀπὸ τῆς κτίσεως. Ἀλλὰ μὴ γένοιτο τοῦτο νοεῖν! Ὡς γάρ ἐστιν αὐτὸς πρὸ τῆς κτίσεως, οὕτω καὶ πρὸ τῆς κτίσεως ἔχει ἅπερ ἔχει, ἅτινα καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ εἶναι πιστεύομεν. Εἰ γὰρ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ ὁ Υἱὸς, ἄρα ἂν τὰ πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἐστιν. Ἀνατρέπον δὲ τὸ ῥητόν ἐστι τοῦτο τὴν τῶν κακοδόξων πονηρίαν λεγόντων· «Εἰ πάντα παραδέδοται τῷ Υἱῷ, ἄρα πέπαυται ὁ Πατὴρ τῆς τῶν παραδοθέντων ἐξουσίας, ἐπειδὴ κατέστησεν ἀνθ' ἑαυτοῦ τὸν Υἱόν· Καὶ γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ οὐδένα κρίνει, πᾶσαν δὲ τὴν κρίσιν δέδωκε τῷ Υἱῷ.» Ἀλλ' ἐμφραττέσθω τὰ στόματα τῶν λαλούντων τὰ ἄδικα· οὐ γὰρ, ἐπειδὴ πᾶσαν τὴν κρίσιν δέδωκε τῷ Υἱῷ, αὐτὸς τῆς δεσποτείας ἐψίλωται· οὐδ' ὅτι πάντα παρα δεδόσθαι τῷ Υἱῷ παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς εἴρηται, αὐτὸς οὐκ ἔστιν ἐπὶ πάντων· χωριζόντων δὲ σαφῶς τὸν Μονογενῆ τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν ἀχώριστον τῇ φύσει, εἰ καὶ τοῖς λόγοις οὗτοι μεμηνότες χωρίζουσιν, οὐ νοοῦντες οἱ δυσσεβεῖς, ὡς οὐκ ἂν χωρισθείη ποτὲ τὸ φῶς τοῦ ἡλίου, ἀλλ' ἔστιν ἐν αὐτῷ φυσικῶς. Ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν ἐν χερσὶ καὶ συνήθων εἰκόνι","english":"For while these things are in the authority of the Father, they are likewise in that of the Son. But what the Father has must be examined again. For if He signifies creation, then He had nothing before creation, and appears to receive from creation. But let it not be so understood! For just as He Himself is before creation, so also before creation He has what He has, which we believe also belong to the Son. For if the Son is in the Father, then all that the Father has belongs to the Son. And this saying overturns the wickedness of the heterodox who say, \"If all things have been handed over to the Son, then the Father has ceased from authority over what was handed over, since He appointed the Son in His place; for the Father judges no one, but has given all judgment to the Son.\" But let the mouths of those who speak unjustly be stopped; for it is not that because He has given all judgment to the Son, He Himself has been stripped of lordship; nor because it is said that all things have been handed over to the Son by the Father, is He Himself not over all. For those who clearly separate the Only-Begotten from God, who is inseparable in nature, even if in their words these impious ones, raging, separate Him, not understanding that the light of the sun can never be separated, but is naturally in it. For from things at hand and familiar images","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὄντων γὰρ ἐν τῇ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐξουσίᾳ τούτων, ἔστιν ὁμοίως ἐν τῇ τοῦ Υἱοῦ","severity":"info","text":"The opening asserts that items under the Father's authority are likewise under the Son's, establishing co-equal dominion as a premise for the subsequent argument against subordinationist interpretations.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"τὴν κτίσιν","severity":"info","text":"κτίσις ('creation') here refers to the created order, which Athanasius argues cannot be the source of the Father's attributes, since the Father precedes creation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἰ πάντα παραδέδοται τῷ Υἱῷ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase echoes the work's title (In illud Omnia mihi tradita sunt) and likely alludes to Matthew 11:27 or a similar dominical saying, though the exact verse is not cited.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τῶν κακοδόξων","severity":"info","text":"κακόδοξοι ('heterodox') refers to Arian or Eusebian opponents who argued that the Son's reception of authority implies the Father's abdication, a view Athanasius refutes.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ φῶς τοῦ ἡλίου","severity":"info","text":"The analogy of the sun's inseparable light is a standard Athanasian image for the Son's natural and eternal co-existence with the Father, paralleling Contra Gentes 2 and De Decretis Nicaenis.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀνατρέπον δὲ τὸ ῥητόν ἐστι τοῦτο","severity":"info","text":"This phrase marks a rhetorical refutation: Athanasius presents the opponents' objection, then overturns it, a common pattern in his polemical treatises.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact scriptural reference for 'all things have been handed over' is not specified; it may be a paraphrase of Matthew 11:27 or another dominical saying.","The phrase 'from things at hand and familiar images' is incomplete in the Greek, leaving the final analogy unclear."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":6,"ref":"p6","source":"πτωχῇ χρησαμένους, τὸ νοούμενον παραστῆσαι τῷ λόγῳ δεῖ, ἐπειδὴ τολμηρὸν ἐμβατεύειν τὴν ἀπερινόητον φύσιν. Ὡς οὐκ ἂν τοίνυν ποτὲ τὸ ἐξ ἡλίου φῶς τὴν οἰκουμένην καταλάμπον χωρὶς αὐτοῦ περιλάμπειν δυνατὸν νοηθῆναι παρὰ τοῖς ἐῤῥωμένοις τὸν νοῦν, ἐπειδὴ ἥνωται τῇ φύσει τοῦ ἡλίου τὸ ἐξ αὐτοῦ φῶς, καὶ ὡς εἰ λέγοι τὸ φῶς· Πάντα καταλάμπειν παρείληφα παρὰ τοῦ ἡλίου, καὶ πάντα αὔξειν καὶ ἐνισχύειν διὰ τῆς ἐν ἐμοὶ θερμότητος· οὐ χωρίζειν τις μεμηνὼς νοήσει τὴν τοῦ ἡλίου ὀνομασίαν τῆς ἐξ αὐτοῦ φύσεως, ἥ ἐστι τὸ φῶς· οὕτω νοεῖν εὐσεβὲς καὶ τὴν θείαν οὐσίαν τοῦ Λόγου ἡνωμένην φύσει τῷ ἑαυτοῦ Πατρί. Καὶ γὰρ τὸ ἐν χερσὶ ῥητὸν τὴν σαφήνειαν παρέξει τοῦ ζητουμένου σαφεστάτην, εἰπόντος τοῦ Σωτῆρος· Πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐμά ἐστιν, ὃ δηλοῖ αὐτὸν ἀεὶ εἶναι σὺν τῷ Πατρί· τὸ γὰρ, ὅσα ἔχει, τὴν δεσποτείαν κρατεῖν δείκνυσι τὸν Πατέρα· τὸ δὲ, ἐμά ἐστι, τὴν ἀχώριστον ἕνωσιν. Ἀνάγκη τοίνυν νοεῖν ἡμᾶς ὅτι ἔστιν ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ τὸ ἀΐδιον, τὸ αἰώνιον, τὸ ἀθάνατον· ἔστι δὲ ἐν αὐτῷ οὐχ ὡς ἀλλότρια αὐτοῦ, ἀλλ' ὡς ἐν πηγῇ ἐστιν ἐν αὐτῷ ἀναπαυόμενα καὶ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ. Ὅταν τοίνυν περὶ Υἱοῦ νοεῖν ἐθέλῃς μαθὼν τίνα ἐστὶ τὰ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, ταῦτα καὶ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ εἶναι πίστευε. Εἰ μὲν οὖν κτίσμα ἐστὶν ὁ Πατὴρ ἢ ποίημα, ἔστι ταῦτα καὶ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ· καὶ εἰ θεμιτὸν εἰπεῖν ἐπὶ τοῦ Πατρὸς, ἦν ποτε, ὅτε οὐκ ἦν, ἡ ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων· λεγέσθω τοῦτο καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ. Εἰ δὲ ἀσεβές ἐστι ταῦτα λέγειν ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ εἶναι, ἀσεβὲς ἔστω καὶ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ ταῦτα νοεῖν. Τὰ γὰρ τοῦ Πατρὸς, ταῦτα τοῦ Υἱοῦ ἐστιν.","english":"using a poor means, one must present the meaning by reason, since it is rash to intrude upon the incomprehensible nature. Just as it can never be thought by those of sound mind that the light from the sun, illuminating the world, could shine without it, since the light from it is united by nature with the sun, and as if the light should say, \"I have received from the sun the power to illuminate everything, and to cause everything to grow and strengthen through the heat in me,\" no one in his right mind would separate the name of the sun from its own nature, which is the light; so it is pious to think that the divine substance of the Word is united by nature with His own Father. For the passage at hand will provide the clearest clarification of the matter in question, since the Savior said, \"All that the Father has is mine,\" which shows that He is always with the Father; for \"all that He has\" indicates that the Father holds dominion, while \"is mine\" indicates the inseparable union. Therefore, we must necessarily think that in the Father there is the eternal, the everlasting, the immortal; and these are in Him not as something alien to Him, but as in a source they rest in Him and in the Son. So when you wish to think about the Son, having learned what things are in the Father, believe that these same things are also in the Son. If, then, the Father is a creature or a product, these things are also in the Son; and if it is permissible to say of the Father, \"There was once when He was not,\" that which comes from non-existence, let this also be said of the Son. But if it is impious to say that these things are in the Father, let it also be impious to think these things are in the Son. For what belongs to the Father belongs also to the Son.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ νοούμενον παραστῆσαι τῷ λόγῳ δεῖ","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius insists that theological reasoning must present the conceptual content (τὸ νοούμενον) through discourse (τῷ λόγῳ), because direct intrusion into the incomprehensible nature (ἀπερινόητον φύσιν) is rash. This methodological caution grounds the analogical argument that follows.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"parallel","kind":"parallel","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ ἐξ ἡλίου φῶς","severity":"info","text":"The analogy of the sun and its light is a standard patristic illustration of the eternal, inseparable relationship between Father and Son, found also in Origen and later in the Cappadocians. Athanasius uses it to argue that the Son's substance is united by nature (ἡνωμένην φύσει) with the Father.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐμά ἐστιν","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius cites a dominical saying not found verbatim in the canonical Gospels; it likely paraphrases John 16:15 or 17:10-11, where Jesus speaks of shared possession with the Father. The citation serves to prove the Son's eternal coexistence and inseparable union.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ ἀΐδιον, τὸ αἰώνιον, τὸ ἀθάνατον","severity":"info","text":"These three terms—eternal, everlasting, immortal—are attributes that Athanasius predicates of the Father and, by inseparable union, of the Son. They are not alien (ἀλλότρια) but inherent, resting in both as in a source (πηγή).","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Εἰ μὲν οὖν κτίσμα ἐστὶν ὁ Πατὴρ ... Εἰ δὲ ἀσεβές ἐστι","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius employs a conditional reductio ad absurdum: if the Father were a creature, then the Son would be too; but since it is impious to say the Father is a creature, it is equally impious to think the Son is. This logical structure reinforces the co-eternity and consubstantiality of the Son.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τὸ ἐν χερσὶ ῥητὸν","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'the passage at hand' refers to the scriptural citation just given. This treatise was transmitted in Greek and later used in Arian controversies; its argument from shared attributes became a standard proof for Nicene orthodoxy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The exact scriptural source of 'All that the Father has is mine' is uncertain; it may be a loose citation or a conflation of Johannine passages.","The phrase 'τὸ ἐν χερσὶ ῥητὸν' could refer to the preceding citation or to the entire passage under discussion; the reading taken is that it refers to the dominical saying."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":7,"ref":"p7","source":"Ὁ γὰρ τιμῶν τὸν Υἱὸν τιμᾷ τὸν Πατέρα τὸν πέμψαντα αὐτὸν, καὶ ὁ δεχόμενος τὸν Υἱὸν, δέχεται σὺν αὐτῷ τὸν Πατέρα· ὁ γὰρ ἑωρακὼς τὸν Υἱὸν ἑώρακε τὸν Πατέρα. Ὡς οὖν οὐκ ἔστι κτίσμα ὁ Πατὴρ, οὕτως οὐδὲ ὁ Υἱός· καὶ ὡς οὐκ ἔστιν εἰπεῖν ἐπ' αὐτοῦ, ἦν ποτε, ὅτε οὐκ ἦν, ἢ ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων· οὕτως οὐχ ἁρμόζει, οὐδ' ἐπὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ λέγειν τὸ αὐτό. Ἀλλὰ μᾶλλον ὡς ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ τὸ ἀΐδιον, τὸ ἀθάνατον, τὸ ἀεὶ, τὸ μὴ κτίσμα· οὕτω καὶ περὶ Υἱοῦ φρονεῖν ἀκόλουθον. Κατὰ γὰρ τὸ γεγραμμένον, Καθὼς ὁ Πατὴρ ζωὴν ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ, οὕτως ἔδωκε καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ ζωὴν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ. Δέδωκε δὲ εἴρηκεν, ἵνα τὸν διδόντα Πατέρα δείξῃ. Ὡς δὲ ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ, οὕτω καὶ ἐν τῷ Υἱῷ ἐστιν ἡ ζωὴ, ἵνα τὸ ἀδιαίρετον καὶ ἀΐδιον διδάξῃ. Διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ ἀκριβῶς εἴρηκεν, Ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ἵνα, καὶ ὧδε λέγων τὸν Πατέρα, μὴ καὶ αὐτὸς Πατὴρ νομισθῇ. Οὐ γὰρ εἴρηκεν, Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ Πατὴρ, ἀλλ', Ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατήρ. Πατὴρ μὲν γὰρ, ὦ Ἀρειανοὶ, παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς χρηματίζοι ὁ μονογενὴς Υἱὸς αὐτοῦ, οὐ μὴν ὡς ὑμεῖς πλανώμενοι ἴσως ἂν ὑπολάβοιτε, ἀλλ' Υἱὸς μὲν τοῦ γεννήσαντος Πατρὸς, πατὴρ δὲ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. Δεῖ γὰρ ὑμῶν πάσας τὰς ὑπονοίας περιελεῖν Φησὶ γοῦν διὰ τοῦ προφήτου· Ἐγεννήθη ἡμῖν Υἱὸς, καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ, καὶ καλεῖται τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ Μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος, Θεὸς ἰσχυρὸς, ἐξουσιαστὴς, πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. Οὐκοῦν καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος ὁ Μονογενὴς, καὶ Θεὸς ἰσχυρὸς, καὶ ἐξουσιαστὴς ὁ Υἱὸς ὑπάρχει τοῦ Θεοῦ·","english":"For he who honors the Son honors the Father who sent him, and he who receives the Son receives the Father with him; for he who has seen the Son has seen the Father. Therefore, just as the Father is not a creature, so neither is the Son; and just as it is not possible to say of him, \"There was once when he was not,\" or \"from non-existence,\" so it is not fitting to say the same of the Son either. But rather, as in the Father there is eternity, immortality, perpetuity, non-creatureliness, so it is consistent to think also concerning the Son. For according to what is written, \"As the Father has life in himself, so he gave also to the Son to have life in himself.\" And it says \"gave\" in order to indicate the Father who gives. But as in the Father, so also in the Son is life, in order to teach indivisibility and eternity. For this reason it also says precisely, \"All that the Father has,\" so that, by speaking of the Father here, he might not himself be thought to be the Father. For he did not say, \"I am the Father,\" but, \"All that the Father has.\" For, O Arians, the only-begotten Son is called Father by the Father, not, as you perhaps mistakenly suppose in your error, but he is Son of the Father who begot him, and father of the coming age. For it is necessary to remove all your suspicions. Indeed, he says through the prophet: \"A Son was born to us, and was given to us, whose beginning is upon his shoulder, and his name is called Angel of Great Counsel, Mighty God, Ruler, Father of the coming age.\" Therefore, the Only-begotten is also father of the coming age, and the Son of God exists as Mighty God and Ruler.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"Ὁ γὰρ τιμῶν τὸν Υἱὸν τιμᾷ τὸν Πατέρα","severity":"info","text":"The logic of reciprocal honor between Son and Father is a standard anti-Arian argument: honoring the Son does not diminish the Father but confirms their unity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Καθὼς ὁ Πατὴρ ζωὴν ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ, οὕτως ἔδωκε καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ ζωὴν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ","severity":"info","text":"This is not a direct biblical quotation but a paraphrase of John 5:26 and 6:57, adapted to stress the Father's giving of life to the Son.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος","severity":"info","text":"This phrase, 'father of the coming age,' is unusual for the Son; Athanasius uses it to counter Arian claims that the Son is a creature, asserting his role in the eschatological age.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀρειανοὶ","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius directly addresses 'Arians,' a polemical label for followers of Arius, who denied the Son's co-eternity and consubstantiality with the Father.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐγεννήθη ἡμῖν Υἱὸς, καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ","severity":"info","text":"This citation is from Isaiah 9:6 (LXX), but Athanasius adapts it freely, adding 'Angel of Great Counsel' and 'Father of the coming age,' which are not in the biblical text.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'father of the coming age' is ambiguous: it could mean the Son is progenitor of the future age, but Athanasius may be conflating Christ with a figure from Jewish apocalyptic tradition.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'πατὴρ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος' is ambiguous: it may refer to the Son's role in the eschatological age or be a title borrowed from Jewish angelology. The reading taken is that Athanasius uses it to assert the Son's non-creaturely, eternal status."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":8,"ref":"p8","source":"καὶ σαφῶς δέδεικται, ὅτι πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, αὐτοῦ ἐστι, καὶ καθὼς ζωὴν δίδωσιν ὁ Πατὴρ, καὶ τῷ Υἱῷ ὁμοίως πάρεστιν οὓς θέλει ζωοποιεῖν. Ἀκούσονται γὰρ, φησὶ, τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ Υἱοῦ οἱ νεκροὶ, καὶ ζήσονται. Καὶ ἓν θέλημα Πατρὸς καὶ Υἱοῦ καὶ βούλημα, ἐπεὶ καὶ ἡ φύσις μία καὶ ἀδιαίρετος. Καὶ περισσῶς οἱ Ἀρειανοὶ κόπτουσιν ἑαυτοὺς, μὴ νοοῦντες τὸ εἰρημένον πρὸς τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, τὸ, Πάντα, ὅσα ἔχει ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐμά ἐστιν. Ἐκ γὰρ τούτου, καὶ ἡ Σαβελλίου ἀνατρέπεται παραφροσύνη, καὶ τῶν νῦν Ἰουδαίων ἐλέγξει τὴν ἄνοιαν. Διὰ γὰρ τοῦτο ζωὴν ἔχων ἐν ἑαυτῷ ὁ Μονογενὴς, ὡς ὁ Πατὴρ ἔχει, καὶ μόνος οἶδε τίς ἐστιν ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐν τῷ Πατρὶ ὢν, καὶ ἔχων ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸν Πατέρα. Εἰκὼν γάρ ἐστι, καὶ ἀκολούθως, ὡς ἐν εἰκόνι, πάντα τὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐν αὐτῷ ἐστι. Σφραγὶς γάρ ἐστιν ἰσότυπος ἐν αὐτῷ δεικνὺς τὸν Πατέρα, Λόγος ζῶν, ἀληθινὸς, δύναμις, σοφία, ἁγιασμὸς, καὶ\n\nἀπολύτρωσις ἡμῶν. Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ καὶ ζῶμεν, καὶ κινούμεθα, καί ἐσμεν· καὶ, Οὐδεὶς γινώσκει τίς ἐστιν ὁ Πατὴρ εἰ μὴ ὁ Υἱὸς, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ Υἱὸς εἰ μὴ ὁ Πατήρ. Καὶ πῶς τολμῶσιν οἱ δυσσεβεῖς φλυαρεῖν, ἃ μὴ θέμις, ἄνθρωποι ὄντες, καὶ τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς οὐχ εὑρίσκοντες διηγήσασθαι; Τί δὲ λέγω τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς; τὰ ἑαυτῶν ἡμῖν εἰπάτωσαν, εἰ ἄρα εὑρεῖν δυνήσονται τὴν ἑαυτῶν ἐξιχνιάσαι φύσιν. Τολμηροὶ ὄντως καὶ αὐθάδεις, δόξας οὐ τρέμοντες, ἔνθα ἐπιθυμοῦσιν ἄγγελοι παρακῦψαι, καὶ τοσούτῳ καὶ τὴν φύσιν καὶ τὴν τάξιν ἀνώτεροι. Τί γὰρ ἐγγύτερον τῶν χερουβὶμ ἢ τῶν σεραφίμ;","english":"And it has been clearly shown that all that the Father has belongs to him, and just as the Father gives life, so also the Son is present to give life to whomever he wishes. For they shall hear, it says, the voice of the Son, and the dead shall live. And there is one will and purpose of Father and Son, since the nature is one and indivisible. And the Arians vainly exhaust themselves, not understanding what was said by our Savior: \"All that the Father has is mine.\" For from this, both the madness of Sabellius is overturned and the folly of the present-day Jews will be refuted. For because of this, the Only-begotten, having life in himself as the Father has, and alone knowing who the Father is, being in the Father and having the Father in himself. For he is an image, and consequently, as in an image, all that is the Father's is in him. For he is a seal of identical type, showing the Father in himself, a living Word, true, power, wisdom, sanctification, and our redemption. For in him we live and move and have our being; and, \"No one knows who the Father is except the Son, and who the Son is except the Father.\" And how do the impious dare to prattle what is not lawful, being men, and not finding how to describe things on earth? But why do I speak of things on earth? Let them tell us of themselves, if they can trace out their own nature. Truly they are rash and self-willed, not trembling at opinions where angels desire to peer, and they are so much higher in nature and rank. For what is nearer than the cherubim or the seraphim?","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀκούσονται γὰρ, φησὶ, τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ Υἱοῦ οἱ νεκροὶ, καὶ ζήσονται","severity":"info","text":"An allusion to the resurrection of the dead at the Son's voice, likely echoing Ezekiel 37 or early Christian liturgical tradition; not a direct canonical citation.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"σφραγὶς ἰσότυπος","severity":"info","text":"‘Seal of identical type’ is a key anti-Arian term: the Son is an exact imprint of the Father's essence, not a subordinate copy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"background","lemma":"Σαβελλίου παραφροσύνη","severity":"info","text":"Sabellianism (modalist monarchianism) collapsed Father and Son into one person; Athanasius here distinguishes it from Arianism while rejecting both.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"τῶν νῦν Ἰουδαίων","severity":"info","text":"‘Present-day Jews’ is a polemical trope in Athanasius, not a historical reference; it targets Christian opponents (Arians) by associating them with Jewish rejection of the Son's divinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Καὶ περισσῶς οἱ Ἀρειανοὶ κόπτουσιν ἑαυτοὺς","severity":"info","text":"The passage shifts from positive doctrine to polemic against Arians, then to refutation of Sabellius and Jews, forming a tripartite rhetorical structure.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ καὶ ζῶμεν, καὶ κινούμεθα, καί ἐσμεν","severity":"caution","text":"This phrase echoes a Pauline formula (cf. 1 Cor 8:6?) but is not a direct quotation; the source is uncertain, and the text may be a loose paraphrase.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The phrase 'Ἀκούσονται ... οἱ νεκροὶ' may be a free allusion rather than a specific scriptural citation; the exact referent is unclear.","The clause 'Ἐν αὐτῷ γὰρ καὶ ζῶμεν, καὶ κινούμεθα, καί ἐσμεν' is not a verbatim biblical quote; its source is ambiguous."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":9,"ref":"p9","source":"καὶ ὅμως οὐδὲ ὁρῶντα, ἢ ποσὶν ἑστῶτα, ἀλλ' οὐδὲ γυμνοῖς, κεκαλυμμένοις δὲ ὥσπερ καὶ τοῖς προσώποις τὴν δοξολογίαν προσφέρουσιν, ἀπαύστοις τοῖς χείλεσιν οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ τὴν θείαν καὶ ἄφραστον φύσιν τῇ τρισαγιότητι δοξάζοντα. Καὶ οὐδαμοῦ τις τῶν θεσπεσίων προφητῶν, τῶν μάλιστα καταξιωθέντων τῆς τοιαύτης θέας, ἀπήγγειλεν ἡμῖν, ὅτι ἐν μὲν τῷ ἅπαξ εἰπεῖν τὸ, ἅγιος, μεγάλῃ τῇ φωνῇ, ἐν δὲ τῷ δευτερῶσαι, ἧσσον, ἐν δὲ τῷ τρισσεῦσαι, ὑποβεβηκότως· καὶ μετὰ τοῦτο τὸν πρῶτον ἁγιασμὸν κυριολογοῦντα, τὸν δὲ δεύτερον ὑποτάσσοντα, καὶ τὸν τρίτον κατώτερον τιθέντα. Ἀλλ' ἄπαγε τῆς ἀνοίας τῶν θεοστυγῶν καὶ ἀφρόνων! Ἡ γὰρ πανύμνητος καὶ σεβάσμιος καὶ προσκυνητὴ Τριὰς μία καὶ ἀδιαίρετος καὶ ἀσχημάτιστος. Συνάπτεται δὲ ἀσυγχύτως, ὥσπερ καὶ ἀτμήτως ἡ μονὰς χωρίζεται. Τὸ γὰρ τρίτον τὰ τίμια ζῶα ταῦτα προσφέρειν τὴν δοξολογίαν Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος λέγοντα, τὰς τρεῖς ὑποστάσεις τελείας δεικνύντα ἐστὶν, ὡς καὶ ἐν τῷ λέγειν τὸ, Κύριος, τὴν μίαν οὐσίαν δηλοῦσιν. Οἱ τοίνυν ἐλασσοῦντες τὸν μονογενῆ τοῦ Θεοῦ Υἱὸν εἰς Θεὸν βλασφημοῦσι, τὴν τελειότητα κακοδοξοῦντες, καὶ ἀτελῆ. διαβάλλοντες· καὶ κολάσεως μεγίστης ἑαυτοὺς ὑπευθύνους καθιστῶσιν. Ὁ γὰρ εἰς ὁποτέραν τῶν ὑποστάσεων βλασφημιῶν οὐχ ἕξει ἄφεσιν οὔτε ἐν τῷ αἰῶνι τούτῳ, οὔτε ἐν τῷ μέλλοντι. Δυνατὸς δέ ἐστιν ὁ Θεὸς ἀνοῖξαι τοὺς ὀφθαλμοὺς τῆς καρδίας αὐτῶν πρὸς κατανόησιν τοῦ ἡλίου τῆς δικαιοσύνης·","english":"And yet they do not see, nor do they stand on feet, nor are they bare, but covered as also in their faces they offer the doxology, with unceasing lips glorifying nothing other than the divine and ineffable nature with the thrice-holy. And nowhere has any of the inspired prophets, especially those deemed worthy of such a vision, reported to us that in saying \"holy\" once with a loud voice, in repeating it a second time with less, and in uttering it a third time in a lower tone, and after this they assign the first sanctification as principal, the second as subordinate, and the third as inferior. But away with the folly of the god-hated and senseless! For the all-hymned, venerable, and worshipful Trinity is one, undivided, and unformed. It is united without confusion, just as the monad is separated without division. For the third of these honored living beings offers the doxology, saying \"Holy, holy, holy,\" indicating the three hypostases as perfect, just as in saying \"Lord\" they manifest the one essence. Therefore, those who diminish the only-begotten Son of God blaspheme against God, misbelieving his perfection and slandering him as imperfect, and render themselves liable to the greatest punishment. For whoever blasphemes against any of the hypostases will have no forgiveness either in this age or in the one to come. But God is able to open the eyes of their heart for the understanding of the sun of righteousness.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"text","lemma":"τρισαγιότητι","severity":"info","text":"The term 'thrice-holy' refers to the Trisagion, the liturgical hymn 'Holy, Holy, Holy' (cf. Isaiah 6:3), which Athanasius uses to argue for the equality of the three hypostases.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἅγιος, ἅγιος, ἅγιος","severity":"info","text":"The thrice-repeated 'Holy' echoes the Trisagion from Isaiah 6:3 (LXX), a key text for Trinitarian theology, here interpreted as indicating three perfect hypostases.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"background","kind":"background","basis":"text","lemma":"τὰ τίμια ζῶα","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'honored living beings' likely refers to the seraphim of Isaiah 6:2-3, who in the vision chant the Trisagion. Athanasius uses this to ground the doxology in scriptural theophany.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"Συνάπτεται δὲ ἀσυγχύτως, ὥσπερ καὶ ἀτμήτως ἡ μονὰς χωρίζεται","severity":"info","text":"This chiastic formulation contrasts the unity of the Trinity (united without confusion) with the monad (separated without division), emphasizing both distinction and unity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Οἱ τοίνυν ἐλασσοῦντες τὸν μονογενῆ τοῦ Θεοῦ Υἱὸν","severity":"info","text":"Athanasius condemns those who diminish the Son as blasphemers, a direct polemic against Arian subordinationism, which he argues undermines the perfection of the Trinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"caution","kind":"caution","basis":"text","lemma":"ἀπαύστοις τοῖς χείλεσιν","severity":"caution","text":"The phrase 'with unceasing lips' may be hyperbolic or liturgical; it is unclear whether Athanasius refers to a specific practice or generalizes the seraphic hymn.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the third of these honored living beings' is ambiguous: it may refer to a specific seraph in the vision or be a generic reference to the third in a triad of beings.","The phrase 'they do not see, nor do they stand on feet, nor are they bare' is obscure; it may be a metaphorical critique of the Arians' spiritual blindness or a reference to a ritual posture."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]},{"i":10,"ref":"p10","source":"ἵν', ἐπιγνόντες ὃν πάλαι ἠθέτουν, συντόνῳ τῷ τῆς εὐσεβείας λογισμῷ σὺν ἡμῖν αὐτὸν δοξάσωσιν, ὅτι αὐτοῦ ἐστιν ἡ βασιλεία, τοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.","english":"so that, recognizing the one whom they formerly rejected, with intense reasoning of piety they may glorify him together with us, because the kingdom is his—of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit—now and for all eternity. Amen.","structure":"narrative","commentary":[{"unit":"sense","kind":"sense","basis":"text","lemma":"συντόνῳ τῷ τῆς εὐσεβείας λογισμῷ","severity":"info","text":"The phrase 'with intense reasoning of piety' underscores a rational, disciplined embrace of orthodoxy, contrasting with the earlier rejection.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"term","kind":"term","basis":"glossary","lemma":"βασιλεία","severity":"info","text":"βασιλεία ('kingdom') here denotes both the sovereign rule and the eschatological realm of the Trinity, a key Athanasian concept.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"scripture","kind":"scripture","basis":"text","lemma":"τοῦ Πατρὸς, καὶ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος","severity":"info","text":"The triadic formula echoes the baptismal command in Matthew 28:19 and the doxology in 2 Corinthians 13:14, standard in Nicene orthodoxy.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"structure","kind":"structure","basis":"text","lemma":"νῦν καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας. Ἀμήν.","severity":"info","text":"The closing 'now and for all eternity. Amen.' provides a liturgical conclusion, reinforcing the eternal reign of the Trinity.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]},{"unit":"reception","kind":"reception","basis":"text","lemma":"Ἀμήν","severity":"info","text":"The final 'Amen' signals the passage's use in liturgical or catechetical contexts, common in Athanasius' anti-Arian writings.","cites":[],"named_sources":[],"dropped_cites":[]}],"ambiguities":["The identity of 'the one whom they formerly rejected' is not specified; likely refers to the Son or the full Trinity, consistent with Arian controversy."],"confidence":"high","notes":[]}]}