Annotation XCII

”And on the third day he shall rise again.” — Matthew 20:19

On the Son of God.

The author of the Opus imperfectum, homily 35, seems to embrace the dogma and expressions of Arius, calling the Son of God “unbegotten God from unbegotten God.” His words are these: “But also, after three days he shall rise again in the souls of those believing in him, when three days have been completed in them. The first day [is] the Father, the second day the Son — according to what is said in the prophet: ‘Announce from day to day his salvation.’ But what is [meant by ‘one] day from [another] day,’ except unbegotten God from unbegotten God? Consequently the Holy Spirit too is the third day; since by these three the hearts of believers are illuminated.”