Gregory Thaumaturgus

“ There is one God, the Father of the living Word, who is His subsistent Wisdom and Power and Eternal Image: [2] perfect Begetter of the perfect Begotten, Father of the only-begotten Son. There is one Lord, Only of the Only, [3] God of God, Image and Likeness of Deity, Efficient Word, [4] Wisdom comprehensive [5] of the constitution of all things, and Power formative [6] of the whole creation, true Son of true Father, Invisible of Invisible, and Incorruptible of Incorruptible, and Immortal of Immortal and Eternal of Eternal. ”

“ Οὐδὲν τῆς Τριάδος δοῦλον, οὐδὲ κτιστον, οὐδὲ ἐπείσακτον, ἤκουσα τῶν σοφῶν τινος λέγοντος—In the Trinity there is nothing either in servitude or created, or superinduced, as I heard one of the learned say.↑ ἐπείσακτον.↑ In one codex we find the following addition here: οὔτε αὔξεται μονὰς εἰς δυάδα, οὐδὲ δυὰς εἰς τριάδα—Neither again does the unity grow into duality, nor the duality into trinity ”