Philo Judaeus Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis 77

ed. Paul Wendland

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[77] 17 διὰ τοῦτο ἐν ἑτέροις εἴρηται· „ποτήριον ἐν χειρὶ κυρίου, οἴνου ἀκράτου πλῆρες κεράσματος“ (Psalm. 74, 9)· καίτοι τό γε κεκραμένον οὐκ ἄκρατον. ἀλλ’ ἔχει λόγον ταῦτα φυσικώτατον καὶ τοῖς προειρημένοις ἀκόλουθον·
ὁ γὰρ θεὸς ταῖς δυνάμεσι πρὸς μὲν ἑαυτὸν ἀκράτοις χρῆται, κεκραμέναις δὲ πρὸς γένεσιν· τὰς γὰρ ἀμιγεῖς θνητὴν ἀμήχανον φύσιν χωρῆσαι.

Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis. Philo Judaeus. ed. Paul Wendland. Germany. 2014.

Funding provided by European Social Fund Saxony.

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Quod Deus Sit Immutabilis (Greek) (Philo Judaeus. Opera quae supersunt, Volume 2. Wendland, Paul, editor. Berlin: Reimer, 1897.)

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On the Unchangeableness of God First1KGreek (The works of Philo Judaeus, the contemporary of Josephus, volume 1. Yonge, C. D., translator. London: Henry G. Bohn, 1854.) — 77 focus

On which account he says in another passage, "The cup is in the hand of the Lord; full of the mixture of unmixed wine;" ¹ and yet that which is mixed is not unmixed; but these words are spoken in a sense in the strictest accordance with natural philosophy and in one perfectly consistent with what has been said before; for God exerts his power in an untempered degree towards himself, but in a mixed character towards his creatures; for it is impossible for a mortal nature to endure his power unmitigated.

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