152 HERMES TRISMEGISTUS. 



" For as to Mind out of Mind I opine he speaks of the 

 Son, and so Light out of Light. He mentions also the 

 Spirit as encompassing all things, and he says that neither 

 Angel nor demon, nor verily any other nature or Essence, 

 lies without the Divine Supremacy, therefore power; but 

 under Him are all things and by It are determined." 



" And again the same in the same third discourse of those 

 to Asclepius, as if some one enquiring concerning The 

 Divine Spirit he speaks thus : ' Unless there were some 

 providence of the Lord of all things that I should reveal 

 this discourse, neither had such kind of desire now taken 

 hold of you that you should have made enquiry concerning 

 this. But now hear the remainder of the discourse. Of this 

 Spirit of which I have often previously spoken all things 

 are in want. For supporting according to worth He vivi- 

 fies all things and nourishes and is dependent (a) from the 

 Holy Source, assisting with Spirit and ever originating (b) 

 life to all, being the One generative (c). He knew It then 

 both originating in its own subsistence (d) and all things 

 vivifying and nourishing, and as dependent from a Holy 

 Source of The God and Father ; for it proceeds from Him 

 according to Nature, and through The Son is made instru- 

 mental in Creation.' " (e) 1 



Cyrillus, ibid., Lib. ii. 52#. 



" I will also add to these what formerly the Trismegistus 

 Hermes wrote to his own Mind, for thus the book is named: 

 * Dost thou say then God is invisible,' &c." 2 



Cyrillus, ibid., 566. 



"I will mention the words of Hermes thrice greatest 

 only which he uses in that dialogue which is to Asclepius : 



(a) s^tjpr^roif. (6) vireip%ov. (c) 



(d) fiioav<na.Ti)$. (e) xopyytirott TV) xriret. 



1 As Menard has remarked (Preface, i.), this passage states the 

 doctrine of the Trinity as held by the Greek Church, viz., The Holy 

 Ghost proceeding from the Father through the Son. See Poem- 

 andres, ch. xiii. 4, 19, 21. 



2 See the passage, Poemandres, ch. xi. 22. 



