Letter 166
To Telesphorus the Leading Citizen [proteuon, the chief magistrate or foremost man of a city].
Scripture exhibits a common person of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, and one image, and the same likeness. For by saying "Let us make man according to image and likeness" [Genesis 1:26], it makes this clear.
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Latin / Greek Original
Κοινὸν πρόσωπον δείκνυσιν ἡ Γραφὴ τοῦ Πατρός,
καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος, καὶ εἰκόνα
μίαν, καὶ ὁμοίωσιν τὴν αὐτήν. Τῷ γὰρ εἰπεῖν
« Ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον κατ’ εἰκόνα καὶ ὁμοίωσιν, »
τοῦτο δηλοῖ.
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