Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Ephrem's Diatessaron Clearly Ended With an Enthronement (as in Mark 16:19, 20)

"Believe that the Father is the first one! Hold firm that the Son is the second! And do not doubt that the Holy Spirit is also the third! The First Born has never commanded the Father for He [the Father] is it who commands. The Spirit has never sent out the Son, for he [the Son] is it who sends her. The Son who is seated at the right hand does not seize the place of the Father. Neither does the Spirit, who is being sent by him, seize the rank of the Son. [On the contrary] the Son is glad that He who gave birth to Him is greater, and the Holy Spirit is glad that his [the Father 's] beloved one is greater than her. There is happiness and harmony there [among them]." [Ephrem Commentary on the Diatessaron, IV. 173 - 187 see also I.33 - 40]

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