Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'He who is silent wishes to reserve his judgement.' And he added, 'When he says that the Father alone is good, did he confess the Son or deny Him?'
Palladius said; ' We read, I am the good Shepherd, and do we deny it? Who would not say that the Son of God is good?'
Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'Then is Christ good?'
Palladius said; 'He is good.'
Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'Arius then was wrong in asserting it of the Father alone, since the Son of God also is a good God.' |44
Palladius said; 'He who says that Christ is not good, says ill.'
29. EUSEBIUS, Bishop, said; ' Do you confess that Christ is a good God? For I also am good. He has said to me; Well done, thou good servant; and, A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good?
Palladius said; 'I have already said, I do not answer you until there is a full Council.'
Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'The Jews said He is a good man; and Arius denies that the Son of God is good.'
Palladius said; 'Who can deny it?'
Eusebius, Bishop, said; 'Then the Son of God is a good God.'
Palladius said; 'The good Father begat a good Son.'
30. AMBROSE, Bishop said; 'We also are begotten of Him and are good, but not in respect of Godhead. Do you call the Son of God a good God?'
Palladius said; 'The Son of God is good.' Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'You see then that you call him a good Christ, a good Son, not a good God; which is what is asked of you.' And he added; 'He who does not confess that the Son of God is a good God, Anathema to him.' All the Bishops said; 'Anathema.'
31. The reader likewise continued; "Alone mighty." Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'Is the Son of God mighty or not?'
Palladius said; 'He Who made all things, is He not mighty? He Who made all things, is He deficient in might?'
Ambrose, Bishop, said: 'Then Arius said ill.' And he added; 'Do you even in this condemn Arius?'
Palladius said; ' How do I know who he is? I answer you for myself.'
Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'Is the Son of God the mighty God?'
Palladius said; 'He is mighty.'
Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'Is the Son of God the mighty God?'
Palladius said; 'I have already said that the only-begotten Son of God is mighty.'
Ambrose, Bishop, said; 'The mighty Lord.' |45
Palladius said; 'The mighty Son of God.'
32. AMBROSE, Bishop, said; 'Men also are mighty; for it is written, Why boastest thou thyself in mischief, thou mighty man? and in another place, When I am weak, then am I strong. I ask you to confess that Christ the Son of God is the mighty Lord; or if you deny it, support your denial. For I speak of one Power of the Father and of the Son, and I call the Son of God mighty in the same way as the Father. Do you hesitate then to confess that the Son of God is the mighty Lord?'