[B-Greek] Anarthrous in Theophilus of Antioch?

Ken Penner pennerkm at mcmaster.ca
Wed Oct 26 20:50:10 EDT 2005


In Theophilus ad Autolycum 2.22, neither QEOS has the article. It's 
QEOS OUN WN O LOGOS KAI EK QEOU PEFUKWS

Ken Penner
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>  I don´t have the Greek of this passage , due to it i am 
> going to quote it :
>  Theophilus of Antioch:
>  "But when God wished to make all that He determined on, He 
> begot this Word,
> uttered, the first-born of all creation, not Himself being 
> emptied of the
> Word [Reason], but having begotten Reason, and always 
> conversing with His
> Reason. And hence the holy writings teach us, and all the 
> spirit-bearing
> [inspired] men, one of whom, John, says, "In the beginning 
> was the Word, and
> the Word was with God," showing that at first God was alone, 
> and the Word in
> Him. Then he says, "The Word was God; all things came into 
> existence through
> Him; and apart from Him not one thing came into existence." 
> The Word, then,
> being God, and being naturally produced from God, whenever 
> the Father of the
> universe wills, He sends Him to any place; and He, coming, is 
> both heard and
> seen, being sent by Him, and is found in a place." (Autolicus 
> book II,22)
>  My question is :
>   When Theophilus say " the Word , then, being God , and 
> being naturally
> produced from God" . How did he write the Greek of this 
> sentence?. Did he
> use the first QEOS without the article , and the second QEOS 
> with it ?.
>  In my view , when he said " the Word, then , being God ", 
> this QEOS could
> be qualitative as "QEOS ESTIN" and the second noun for God : 
> "hO QEOS".
>  Best Regards
> Octavio Rodriguez
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