Gregory Thaumaturgus,
Ante-Nicene Fathers Vol. VI, Dubious or Spurious Writings…
(1885)
“ For perturbation, and grief, and distress, are not the properties either of a flesh void of soul, or of a soul void of understanding; nor are they the sign of the immutable Divinity, nor the index of a mere phantasm, nor do they mark the defect of human weakness; but the Word exhibited in Himself the exercise of the affections and susceptibilities proper to us, having endued Himself with our passibility, even as it is written, that “He hath borne our griefs, and carried our sorrows.” [2] For perturbation, and grief, and distress, are disorders of soul ”
