# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 22.3

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/22.3

κἂν γὰρ καταλαβεῖν ὅ, τί ποτέ ἐστιν ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ οὐσία, μὴ ᾖ δυνατόν, ἀλλὰ μόνον νοοῦντες εἶναι τὸν θεὸν καὶ τῆς γραφῆς ἐν τούτοις αὐτὸν σημαινούσης οὐκ ἄλλον τινὰ καὶ ἡμεῖς ἢ αὐτὸν σημᾶναι θέλοντες λέγομεν θεὸν καὶ πατέρα καὶ κύριον. ὅταν γοῦν λέγῃ· ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ὤν , καὶ τὸ ἐγώ εἰμι κύριος ὁ θεός , καὶ ὅπου ποτὲ λέγει ἡ γραφὴ ὁ θεός, ἡμεῖς ἀναγινώσκοντες οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ αὐτὴν τὴν ἀκατάληπτον αὐτοῦ οὐσίαν σημαινομένην νοοῦμεν καὶ ὅτι ἔστιν ὅνπερ λέγουσιν.

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