Dialogue with Trypho 56.4
Summary: Justin will prove there is another God and Lord, under the Creator, called Angel because he announces the Father's will.
Greek text · Archambault 1:248
Κἀγὼ πάλιν· Ἃ λέγω πειράσομαι ὑμᾶς πεῖσαι, νοήσαντας τὰς γραφάς, ὅτι ἐστὶ καὶ λέγεται θεὸς καὶ κύριος ἕτερος ὑπὸ τὸν ποιητὴν τῶν ὅλων, ὃς καὶ ἄγγελος καλεῖται, διὰ τὸ ἀγγέλλειν τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὅσαπερ βούλεται αὐτοῖς ἀγγεῖλαι ὁ τῶν ὅλων ποιητής, ὑπὲρ ὃν ἄλλος θεὸς οὐκ ἔστι. Καὶ ἀνιστορῶν πάλιν τὰ προλεχθέντα ἐπυθόμην τοῦ Τρύφωνος· Δοκεῖ σοι ὀφθῆναι ὑπὸ τὴν δρῦν τὴν Μαμβρῆ ὁ θεὸς τῷ Ἀβραάμ, ὡς ὁ λόγος λέγει; Κἀκεῖνος· Μάλιστα.
English · Claude translation
And I said again, “I will try to persuade you, when you have understood the Scriptures, of what I say: that there is, and is said to be, another God and Lord under the Maker of all things, who is also called Angel, because he announces to men whatever the Maker of all things, above whom there is no other God, wishes to announce to them.” And recalling again what had been said before, I asked Trypho, “Do you think that God appeared to Abraham under the oak of Mamre, as the word says?” And he said, “Certainly.”
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- “Under” (ὑπό) the Maker of all things: Justin's subordinationist language, common before Nicaea.
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Justin, Dial. 56.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/56/4/).
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Justin, Dial. 56.4 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/56/4/).
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