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21.1
Εἰ ὁμοούσιος τῷ πατρὶ καὶ ὁμοούσιος ἡμῖν κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν φύσιν ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστός, καὶ ἡμεῖς ἐκ παντὸς τῷ πατρὶ ὁμοούσιοι· τὰ γὰρ τῷ αὐτῷ κατὰ τὴν αὐτὴν φύσιν ὁμοούσια καὶ ἀλλήλοις ἐστὶν ὁμοούσια. Εἰ δὲ κατὰ τὴν θεότητα τῷ πατρί ἐστιν ὁμοούσιος, ἡμῖν δὲ κατὰ τὴν ἀνθρωπότητα, θεότης, εἴπατε, καὶ ἀνθρωπότης μία φύσις ἐστίν; Ἀλλ' εἰ μὲν οὐ μία, δύο πάντως καὶ δύο φύσεις ἐστὶν ὁ Χριστὸς καὶ ἐν δύο φύσεσιν· εἰ δὲ μία, πῶς διαφέρουσιν; Τὰ γὰρ διαφέροντα ἢ οὐσιωδῶς διαφέρει ἢ ἐπουσιωδῶς· ἀλλ' εἰ μὲν ἐπουσιωδῶς, ὑποστάσεις ἂν εἶεν καὶ οὐ φύσεις· εἰ δὲ οὐσιωδῶς, φύσεις. Τὰ γὰρ διαφέροντα τοὐλάχιστον δύο· τὸ γὰρ ἕν, καθὸ ἕν, οὐ διαφέρει. Συνεισφέρειν γὰρ οἶδεν ἐξ ἀνάγκης τὸν ἀριθμὸν ἡ διαφορά.

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