A fragment of a letter of priest George to Alexander of Alexandria
Reference numbers | Urk. 12 Doc. 6 CPG 3555 |
Incipit | μὴ μέμφου τοῖς περὶ Ἄρειον |
Date | c. 322 |
Ancient source | Athanasius, On the Synods 17.5 |
Modern edition used | H-G. Opitz, Athanasius Werke, band 2 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1940) |
And George who now is in Laodicea, but was at that time a priest of Alexandria, and was spending time in Antioch, wrote to Bishop Alexander:
Don’t find fault with Arius and his followers for saying, “There was a time when the Son of God did not exist.” For Isaiah became the son of Amos, and, since Amos existed before Isaiah came to be, Isaiah did not exist prior, but afterwards came into being.
Translation from NPNF2 vol. 4, p. 459, adapted by AJW
Other translation in Hanson, p. 44
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