A Source Book for Ancient Church History - Mirrors

150 A Source Book for Ancient Church Historyof his works. Fragments attributed to him are of verydoubtful authenticity. The date of the third book must besubsequent to the death of Marcus Aurelius, March 17, 180,which is mentioned. The first and second books may besomewhat earlier. The distinction made in the followingbetween the Logos endiathetos and the Logos prophorikoswas subsequently dropped by theologians.Ch. 10. God, then, having His own Logos internal [endiatheton]within His own bowels, begat Him, emitting Him along with Hisown wisdom before all things.Ch. 22. What else is this voice but the Word of God, who isalso His Son? Not as the poets and writers of myths talk of thesons of the gods begotten from intercourse with women, but asthe Truth expounds, the Word that always exists, residing within[endiatheton] the heart of God. For before anything came intoexistence He had Him for His counsellor, being His own mindand thought. But when God wished to make all that He had determinedon, He begat this Word proceeding forth [prophorikon],the first-born of all creation, not being Himself emptied of theWord [i.e., being without reason], but having begotten Reasonand always conversing with His reason.(B) The Doctrine of the Trinity[133]The doctrine of the Trinity followed naturally from the doctrineof the Logos. The fuller discussion belongs to the Monarchiancontroversies. It is considered here as a position resulting fromthe general position taken by the apologists. (V. infra, § 40.)(a) Theophilus, Ad Autolycum, II, 15. (MSG, 6:1078.)The following passage is probably the earliest in which theword Trinity, or Trias, is applied to the relation of Father,