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And according to those extracts from the writings of St. Amphilochius, which were preserved by ancient teachers, or in ancient manuscripts, it is clear that St. Amphilochius left behind him a lot of works and various compositions. He wrote books, poems, letters, words. Unfortunately, very little has reached us. His book about the Holy Spirit, which the blessed one read. Jerome 740, as well as the book against the Euchites 741, are completely lost. In the book about the birth of the Lord according to the flesh, which was read at the Ecumenical Councils, St. Amphilochius wrote: “the truth was recognized, grace came, the life of God appeared, the Word and the Son of God became incarnate for us. The Creator of all things, the Immortal One, who existed with the Father and the Holy Spirit before all creation, visible and invisible, is now born of the Virgin, without any sin, without any assistance from a man.... Christ exhausted himself for this purpose, so that we might be enriched from His fullness. His death of the flock is immortality for you, the suffering of the Lord has become glory for the servant. And you turn a good deed into a reason for blasphemy” 742. Damascus cites only a few words from the book of Isaiah 743. An extensive letter in verse has reached us to Seleucus 744, the nephew of St. Olympiad and the grandson of the military leader Trajan. The essay is pedagogical, for a young rich man. 333 verses were written in honor of the Holy Trinity, as the author himself says. The end of the iambics to Seleucus, where the canonical books of St. Scripture, the Council of Trulla ranked it among the canonical works of the fathers, calling the iambics the epistle of St. Amphilochia 745. These verses are attributed to St. Amphilochius Cosmas Indian navigator of the 6th century 746, St. Damascene, St. Kosma Maiumsky and others 747. In one ancient list of iambics it is noted: “It seems to me that this is the fruit of the mind of the Theologian, and only written in the name of Amphilochius.” But this private opinion of a late person does not mean anything in comparison with the given evidence of antiquity, especially since the content of the iambics to Seleucus could not be the fruit of St. Gregory: in the poem of St. Gregory, “the authentic books of the inspired Scripture” 748 are not listed in the same way as in iambics. Gregory's number includes St. there are seven books of the Council Epistles and the Apocalypse and Esther are not mentioned; The Council Epistles and the Apocalypse and Esther are set in iambics in the canon, but with the addition of doubt. So there is no doubt that the iambics are the work of Amphilochius. They offer instructions to Seleucus to combine success in the sciences with success in a pure, holy life. Seleucus warns against addiction to wealth, from relationships with thin people, from visiting the theater and other secular shows. Then they convince him to study “poetry books, historical works, elegant works of history and subtle reasonings of philosophers,” but at the same time to act with caution, to reject from the soul what is harmful in pagan writers. Most of all, the mentor teaches, one must find pleasure in those books and sciences that are capable of teaching everything useful for eternity, study the inspired Scriptures, where the lofty teaching about the Holy Trinity is offered; Finally, the most inspired books of the Old and New Testaments are listed. From the extracts of the ancients, the “epistle of St. Amphilochius to Seleucus, grandson of the military leader Trajan." It speaks of the Holy Trinity and the incarnation of the Son of God. Here is St. Amphilochius teaches about the procession of the Holy Spirit differently than Westerners. “I say” that the true God is one, writes St. teacher, and run away from the many gods of paganism. And because God is known in three persons, Judaism is destroyed.... I call the Son born without time, without beginning; as God coexists with the Father always. I believe that the Holy Spirit comes from God the Father eternally. I do not call the birth of the Son a procession" 749. The surviving extracts from the “letter of Amphilochius to the Sudarians about the Holy Trinity” 750 are quite significant. The conciliar letter of 394, which also discusses the Holy Trinity and in particular the Holy Spirit, has been preserved in its entirety 751. Very little is known from the “dogmatic epistle to Pancharius the deacon of Side,” written, of course, against the Euchites 752; and the message to Flavian about the same thing is completely lost 753. According to surviving extracts from the Words of St. Amphilochy one word begins like this: “Let us now touch upon adversarial words (certativos attingamus sermones) 754; another extract with the following inscription: “from the first word to the words: about that day and hour; he has two essays about that” 755; the third extract is inscribed as follows: “blzh. Amphilochia from word to word: The Lord created me; fourth word" 756. From this it is already clear that St. Amphilochius, out of duty as a shepherd, spoke a lot of words and they were dogmatic and polemical, although not all of them. We see the same thing in the content of each passage of his words. Extracts from seven words on the words of the Gospel of John are all directed against the Eunomians 757. Word on words: My Father is sick; otherwise it is directly called the Word against the Arians 758. The same is true for the Word preserved intact at the Nativity of Christ 759. In the word for the words: he will receive from Mine (John 15:4.), St. the teacher taught: “You foretold that He would receive from You and in the clearest way presented to the disciples the teaching of all Your instructions. This is the grace of the Paraclete and the Chief of life. He, I say, is the Spirit of truth, about whom you said that he proceeds from the Father without time” 760. Here is another experience of how St. taught. Amphilochius on the procession of the Holy Spirit. In a word on the words: the Son cannot do anything for himself, it was proven that the flesh of Jesus Christ was not brought from heaven 761. This is against Apollinaris. The explanation of the words deserves attention: Jesus excelled in wisdom 762. The surviving word for the day of Holy Saturday is an example of a word in terms of the elegance of the syllable and the power of thoughts 763. The same is the whole Word on the paralytic, where among other things we read: “One Son is the Word of the Father and one Holy Spirit is the Spirit of the Father 764. The words are unpleasant for Westerners. As for the life of St. Basil, known by the name Amphilochia: it was written without a doubt not by St. Amphilochius, and, in all likelihood, Amphilochius of Cysis, a friend of P. Photius 765. ) De vir. illustr. § 133. Photia Bibl. cod. 52. Theodorit East. 4, 11. Haeret, fab. 4, 11. Excerpts collected and published by Combefis: Opera S. Amphilochii. Paris. 1644. Moreover, published by Min Patr. T. 39. r. 99–102. Iambics with Latin translation published by Zaener, Schleusingae 1609. Combefis: Op. Amphilochii r. 117–135. Trull. Rule 2. Book of rules. Sub. 1843. p. 347. Topographia Christ. r. 292, in Montfauconii vet. auct. St. Cosmas in the scholia on St. Gregory: “This Olympias’s nephew was that Seleucus to whom Amphilochius wrote a letter in iambic.” Maii Specil. rom. 2, 107. Poem. Gregory V, 49. Book of rules p. 345. U Min Patr. 39, 111–114. Zernicav. Tractat. de S. Spiritu. 1, 69. It is from Combefis (Op. S. Methodil. Amfilochii, graec. lat. Paris. 1644). At the end of the 9th century. Ursius translated it into Latin. Sl. Lambecii Comm. Vind. 8, 475–787. You might be interested in: