Fragment of a letter of Eusebius of Nicomedia to Arius
| Reference numbers |
Urk. 2 Doc. 16 CPG 2046 |
|
Incipit |
Καλῶς φρονῶν εὔχου πάντας |
|
Date |
c. 318 |
| Ancient source | Athanasius, On the Synods 17 |
| Modern edition used | H-G. Opitz, Athanasius Werke, band 2 (Berlin: De Gruyter, 1940). |
And Eusebius of Nicomedia in addition wrote thus to Arius:
Since you think properly, pray that everyone will think that way. For it is clear to all that the thing which is made did not exist before it came into being; but rather what came into being has a beginning to its existence.
Translation by GLT
Other translations in Hanson, p. 31; NPNF2 vol.
4, p. 459
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