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Fragment number Vinzent 86
Klostermann 64
Ancient source used Eusebius, Ecclesiastical Theology 2.19
Modern edition M. Vinzent, Markell von Ankyra: Die Fragmente (Leiden, 1997).

Therefore, if he [Asterius] says that the Father had told Moses this to make a distinction between himself and the Son, then he would be confessing that the Son was not God. Of course, he who says “I am the one who is” (Exodus 3:14) means that he himself “is,” in contrast to one who “is not”. But on the other hand, if he claims that it is the Son who says “I am he who is,” as one divided in essence (hypostasis) [from the Father], then he in turn will seem to say this of the Father [that he is not God]. Both of these things are irreverent.

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

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