THE CREEDS OF NICEA; CONSTANTINOPLE; ATHANASIUS; WITH EXTRACTS AND REMARKS BEARING ON THE "WARNING CLAUSES" AND THE "PROCESSION." BY WILLIAM SELWYN, D.D., CANON OF ELY CATHEDRAL, LADY MARGARET'S READER IN THEOLOGY, CAMBRIDGE. NOTICE. HAVING ventured to make two proposals in Convocation respecting the Athanasian Creed, I am unwilling to put them forth again, without indicating more fully the grounds on which they rest. The following pages contain the Creeds of Nicæa, Constantinople, Athanasius, with extracts from Eastern and Western documents and writers, bearing on the "Warning Clauses," and on the "Procession" of the HOLY SPIRIT. These are printed as far as possible from original sources; in an inquiry like this, Dr Routh's maxim, "Verify quotations," is especially needful. In other cases, from Pearson, Waterland, Routh, Suicer's Thesaurus. Heurtley, de Fide et Symbolo, has been my greatest help. I could have wished to make the extracts more full: but enough, I trust, is given to illustrate and confirm the proposals made in the speech which follows them; the subject is coming on again in Convocation: and time presses. The Conclusions to which these documents and the facts of history seem to lead are presented for consideration in the closing pages. DEVS ECCLESIÆ SVÆ PACEM ET VNITATEM CONCEDAT: AVGVSTISSIMAM REGINAM NOSTRAM VICTORIAM CONSERVET: PACEM VNIVERSO REGNO ET OMNIBVS CHRISTIANIS LARGIATVR. Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί· δι ̓ οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο, τά τε ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ καὶ τὰ ἐν τῇ γῇ· 3. Τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα, καὶ σαρκωθέντα, ἐνανθρωπήσαντα, 4. Παθόντα, 5. Καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, 6. Ανελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς, 7. Ἐρχόμενον κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς· 8. Καὶ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ̔́Αγιον. ΤΟΥΣ δὲ λέγοντας, Ην ποτὲ ὅτε οὐκ ἦν, καὶ πρὶν γεννηθῆναι οὐκ ἦν, καὶ ὅτι ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ἐγένετο, ἢ ἐξ ἑτέρας ὑποστάσεως ἢ οὐσίας φάσκοντας εἶναι, ἢ κτιστὸν, ἢ τρεπτὸν ἢ ἀλλοιωτὸν τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, τούτους ἀναθεματίζει ἡ καθολικὴ καὶ ἀποστολικὴ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐκκλησία. Apud Concil. Chalced. Act. ii. Edit. Harduin, p. 286: edit. Labbe et Cossart, p. 339. Socrates, Hist. Eccl., I. 8: Routh, Opusc. p. 351: Heurtley, de Fide et Symbolo, p. 5. 1. 2. SYMBOLVM CONSTANTINOPOLITANVM ΠΙΣΤΕΥΟΜΕΝ εἰς ἕνα Θεὸν Πατέρα παντοκράτορα, ποιητὴν οὐρανοῦ καὶ γῆς, ὁρατῶν τε πάντων καὶ ἀοράτων· τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸν μονογενῆ, τὸν ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς γεννηθέντα πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων, Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ ἀληθινοῦ, γεννηθέντα οὐ ποιηθέντα, ὁμοούσιον τῷ Πατρί δι ̓ οὗ τὰ πάντα ἐγένετο· 3. Τὸν δι ̓ ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἀνθρώπους καὶ διὰ τὴν ἡμετέραν σωτηρίαν κατελθόντα ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, καὶ σαρκωθέντα ἐκ Πνεύματος ἁγίου καὶ Μαρίας τῆς Παρθένου, καὶ ἐνανθρωπησάντα· 4. Σταυρωθέντα τε ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἐπὶ Ποντίου Πιλάτου, καὶ παθόντα, καὶ ταφέντα· 5. Καὶ ἀναστάντα τῇ τρίτῃ ἡμέρᾳ, κατὰ τὰς γραφάς· 6. Καὶ ἀνελθόντα εἰς τοὺς οὐρανοὺς καὶ καθεζόμενον ἐκ δεξιῶν τοῦ Πατρὸς, 7. Καὶ πάλιν ἐρχόμενον μετὰ δόξης κρῖναι ζῶντας καὶ νεκρούς· οὗ τῆς βασιλείας οὐκ ἔσται τέλος· 8. Καὶ εἰς τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ̔́Αγιον, τὸ Κύριον, καὶ τὸ ζωοποιόν, τὸ ἐκ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐκπορευόμενον, τὸ σὺν Πατρὶ καὶ Υἱῷ συμπροσκυνούμενον καὶ συνδοξαζόμενον, τὸ λαλῆσαν διὰ τῶν προφητῶν· 9. Εἰς μίαν ἁγίαν καθολικὴν καὶ ἀποστολικὴν Ἐκκλησίαν· 10. Ομολογούμεν εν βάπτισμα εἰς ἄφεσιν ἁμαρτιῶν· 11. Προσδοκώμεν ἀνάστασιν νεκρῶν· 12. Καὶ ζωὴν τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος. Apud Concil. Chalced. Act. ii. Edit. Harduin, p. 288: edit. Labbe, p. 382. Socr. H. E. v. 8: Routh, Opusc. p. 382: Heurtley, p. 17. |