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Fragment number Vinzent 85
Klostermann 63
Ancient source used Eusebius, Ecclesiastical Theology 2.19, 2.21 (partial)
Modern edition M. Vinzent, Markell von Ankyra: Die Fragmente (Leiden, 1997).

Therefore, who does Asterius think that the “I am the one who is” (Exodus 3:14), is?  The Son or the Father? For he says, “there are indeed two essences (hypostases), father and son,” with reference to the human flesh which the Logos of God took on, through (or: on account of?) which he manifested himself. In this way he divides the Son of God from the Father, just as someone might separate a human son from his natural father.

Translated by Brandon Rogers under the supervision of Prof. Glen L. Thompson

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