[B-Greek] Athenagoras chapter 24

Ken Penner pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Thu Nov 10 07:49:41 EST 2005


>  I don´t have the Greek of this passage of Athenagoras:
>  Athenagoras "Plea to the Christians" Chapter 24 :
>  "For, as we acknowledge a God, and a Son his Logos, and a 
> Holy Spirit,
> united in essence,the Father, the Son, the Spirit, because 
> the Son is the
> Intelligence, Reason, Wisdom of the Father, and the Spirit an 
> effluence, as
> light from fire; "

W(S GA\R QEO/N FAMEN KAI\ UI(O\N
TO\N LO/GON AU)TOU= KAI\ PNEU=MA A(/GION, E(NOU/MENA ME\N KATA\ DU/NAMIN
<DIAIROU/MENA DE\ KATA\ TA/CIN EI)S> TO\N PATE/RA, TO\N UI(O/N, TO\ PNEU=MA,
O(/TI NOU=S, LO/GOS, SOFI/A O( UI(O\S TOU= PATRO\S KAI\ A)PO/RROIA W(S FW=S A)PO\
PURO\S TO\ PNEU=MA,

ὡς γὰρ θεόν φαμεν καὶ υἱὸν
τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ καὶ πνεῦμα ἅγιον, ἑνούμενα μὲν κατὰ δύναμιν
<διαιρούμενα δὲ κατὰ τάξιν εἰς> τὸν πατέρα, τὸν υἱόν, τὸ πνεῦμα,
ὅτι νοῦς, λόγος, σοφία ὁ υἱὸς τοῦ πατρὸς καὶ ἀπόρροια ὡς φῶς ἀπὸ
πυρὸς τὸ πνεῦμα, 

>  What is the Greek word for esscence and effluence in this case?.

DUNAMIS (!) and APORROIA. 

> I don´t know if he used OUSIA or hUPOSTASIS.
> What is the meaning of effluence (regarding the greek word) 
> in this context?

Emanation? 

Ken Penner, M.C.S. (Biblical Languages, Greek Focus), M.A. (Hebrew Poetry)
Ph.D. (cand.), McMaster University
pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
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