Against Eunomius, Book VIII

Book VIII

• Against Eunomius VIII.1 — §1. The eighth book very notably overthrows the blasphemy of the heretics who say that the Only-begotten came from nothing, and that there was a time when He was not, and shows the Son to be no new being, but from…vatican.va
• Against Eunomius VIII.2 — §2. He then discusses the “willing” of the Father concerning the generation of the Son, and shows that the object of that good will is from eternity, which is the Son, existing in the Father, and being closely…vatican.va
• Against Eunomius VIII.3 — §3. Then, thus passing over what relates to the essence of the Son as having been already discussed, he treats of the sense involved in “generation,” saying that there are diverse generations, those effected by…vatican.va
• Against Eunomius VIII.4 — §4. He further shows the operations of God to be expressed by human illustrations; for what hands and feet and the other parts of the body with which men work are, that, in the case of God, the will alone is, in…vatican.va
• Against Eunomius VIII.5 — §5. Then, after showing that the Person of the Only-begotten and Maker of things has no beginning, as have the things that were made by Him, as Eunomius says, but that the Only-begotten is without beginning and…vatican.va