Gregory Thaumaturgus

“ Moreover, the capital element of our salvation is the incarnation of the Word. We believe, therefore, that it was without any change in the Divinity that the incarnation of the Word took place with a view to the renewal of humanity. ”

“ Impious, therefore, is the man who introduces the passibility [5] into the energy. For the Lord of glory appeared in fashion as a man when He undertook the economy [6] upon the earth; and He fulfilled the law for men by His deeds, and by His sufferings He did away with man’s sufferings, and by His death He abolished death, and by his resurrection He brought life to light ”