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Fragment number Vinzent 47
Klostermann 66
Retb. 60
Source Eusebius, On Ecclesiastical Theology 3.4
Modern edition M. Vinzent, Markell von Ankyra: Die Fragmente (Leiden, 1997).

For it is impossible for three natures (hypostaseis) (if they do exist) to be united into a single being (monad), unless the three had previously originated from that single being (monad).  For Saint Paul said that those things which did not belong to the unity (henotēs) of God are “gathered up” (Eph. 1.10) in the single being (monad).  For the Logos and the Spirit alone belong to his unity (henotēs).

Translated by Daniel Noonan under the supervision of Prof. Glen L. Thompson

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