Orth. -It therefore needs no transition for it is everywhere.
Eran. -True.
Orth. -And that which needs no transition needs not to travel.
Eran. -That is clear.
Orth. -And that which does not travel does not grow weary.
Eran. -No.
Orth. -It follows then that the divine nature, which is uncircumscribed, and needs not to travel, was not weary.
Eran. -But the divine Scripture says that Jesus was weary, and Jesus is God; "And our Lord Jesus Christ, by whom are all things."
Orth. -But the exact expression of the divine Scripture is that Jesus "was wearied" not "is wearied." We must consider how one and the other can be applied to the sameperson.
Eran. -Well; try to point this out, for you are always for forcing on us the distinctionof terms.
Orth. -I think that even a barbarian might easily make this distinction. The union of unlike natures being conceded, the person of Christ on account of the union receives both; to each nature its own properties are attributed; to the uncircumscribed immunity from weariness, to that which is capable of transition and travel weariness. For travelling is the function of the feet; of the muscles to be strained by over exercise.
Eran. -There is no controversy about these being bodily affections.
Orth. -Well then; the prediction which I made, and you scoffed at, has come true; for look; you have shewn us what belongs to manhood, and what belongs to Godhead.
Eran. -But I have not divided one son into two.
Orth. -Nor do we, my friend; but giving heed to the difference of the natures, we consider what befits godhead, and what is proper to a body.
Eran. -This distinction is not the teaching of the divine Scripture; it says that the Son of God died. So the Apostle;-"For if when we were enemies we were reconciled to God by the death of His Son." And he says that the Lord was raised from the dead for "God" he says "raised the Lord from the dead."
Orth. -And when the divine Scripture says "And devout men carried Stephen to his burial and made great lamentation over him" would any one say that his soul was committed to the grave as well as his body?
Eran. -Of course not.
Orth. -And when you hear the Patriarch Jacob saying "Bury me with my Fathers." do you suppose this refers to the body or to the soul?
Eran. -To the body; without question.
Orth. -Now read what follows.
Eran. -"There they buried Abraham and Sarah his wife. There they buried Isaac and Rebekah his wife and there I buried Leah."
Orth. -Now, in the passages which you have just read, the divine Scripture makes no mention of the body, but as far as the words used go, signifies soul as well as body. We however make the proper distinction and say that the souls of the patriarchs were immortal, and that only their bodies were buried in the double cave.
Eran. -True.
Orth. -And when we read in the Acts how Herod slew James the brother of John with a sword, we are not likely to hold that his soul died.