Marcellus of Ancyra Fragment 6

Fragment number Klost. 53 --  Rettb. 48 --  Vinz. 6
Ancient source Eusebius, Against Marcellus 1.2;  GCS: Eusebius vol. 4 (3rd ed.), pp. 9-10.
Modern edition M. Vinzent, Markell von Ankyra: Die Fragmente (Leiden, 1997).




So you are hearing the harmonious music of the Holy Spirit which testifies through many varied persons to the eternity of the Word. For this reason, the Apostle John begins with the eternity of the Word, saying, “In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God” (John 1.1). He wants to show the eternity of the Word by using these three phrases testifying one after another.

Translated by Daniel Noonan under the supervision of Prof. Glen L. Thompson

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