Dialogue with Trypho 129.1
Summary: Gen 19:24 indicates two in number: the Lord on earth and the Father in heaven, the cause of his being.
Greek text · Archambault 2:260
Καὶ νῦν δὲ ἔτι καὶ οὓς εἶπον λόγους εἰς ἀπόδειξιν τούτου ἐρῶ. Ὅταν λέγῃ· Ἔβρεξε κύριος πῦρ παρὰ κυρίου ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, δύο ὄντας ἀριθμῷ μηνύει ὁ λόγος ὁ προφητικός, τὸν μὲν ἐπὶ γῆς ὄντα, ὅς φησι καταβεβηκέναι ἰδεῖν τὴν κραυγὴν Σοδόμων, τὸν δὲ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ὑπάρχοντα, ὃς καὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς κυρίου κύριός ἐστιν, ὡς πατὴρ καὶ θεός, αἴτιός τε αὐτῷ τοῦ εἶναι καὶ δυνατῷ καὶ κυρίῳ καὶ θεῷ.
English · Claude translation
“And now I will also cite the words I mentioned to prove this. When it says, ‘The Lord rained fire from the Lord out of heaven,’ the prophetic word indicates two in number, one on earth, who, it says, came down to see the cry of Sodom, and the other in the heavens, who is also Lord of the Lord on earth, as Father and God, and the cause of his existence and of his being mighty and Lord and God.
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- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): καὶ οὕς εἶπον λόγους → καὶ οὓς εἶπον λόγους; ὅς καὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς → ὃς καὶ τοῦ ἐπὶ γῆς.
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Justin, Dial. 129.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/129/1/).
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Justin, Dial. 129.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/129/1/).
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