Eusebius of Caesarea · a new plain-English translation from the Greek
1| Eusebius to his most honored and beloved fellow minister Flacillus, greetings in the Lord. If a brief reply from me has sufficed against Marcellus' prattling and wordy writing, there is no need to wonder; for no great number of words was needed to overthrow what stands condemned on its face even by ordinary readers. That is why in the first two books I used only the citation of the man's own words, without any rebuttal, and made the case against them plain from the words themselves. Now, in addition to that exposure, I have also brought forward the overthrow of the same views in the three books in hand. For he, having composed one vast and much-wandering treatise, says that he did so (No. 115) "in order to make known one God, lest by dividing the writing he should unwittingly give the Son of God room for a subsistence." But we, honoring the all-holy and thrice-blessed Triad, have taken in the whole subject in just so many books, sparing many words and setting out the true theology in concise and brief form. Whether what has been written is sufficient, you will judge for yourself on reading it; and if anything is wanting, you would supply that too, as a brother remedies a brother's shortcomings, healing them by correction wherever they may need treatment. I pray that you are well and that you remember me in the Lord always.
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