Euthymius Zigabenus, Panoplia Dogmatica; Theodoretus, Historia Religiosa

defined according to the irrational, it is of all necessity to mix in the confession of divinity to dissolve the wandering imagination about the multitude of gods. For if the good and the just; and the wise; and the powerful be said likewise; and the incorruptibility and the eternity; and every pious thought; were admitted in the same way; for all difference being removed in everything, the multitude of gods is necessarily removed together from the dogma; the identity through all things, providing faith in the one. But since the logic of piety knows how to hint at some distinction, to see in the unity of nature; so that our discourse might not be brought down into the conflict with the Jews in the fight against the Greeks, it is again fitting with some technical distinction, to also correct the error about this. For it is not supposed by those outside of our dogma that the divine is irrational; and this, being confessed by all, will sufficiently correct our discourse; for the one confessing that God is not without share, will entirely agree that he has the Word that is not irrational. But indeed, also man anthropos is called word homonymously; therefore, if he might say that by similarity of the one among us, and thinking of the word of God, he might thus use it toward the higher supposition; all holy things are necessary; for indeed some power and life; for all, it persuades to be appropriate to the nature the word, as near and wisdom; is seen about the human; but not even if someone, from such homonymy, would suppose life; or power; or wisdom in the case of God; but toward the measure of our nature, the emphases of such names are also humbled; because since our nature is corruptible and weak, for this reason life is short-lived; power is unsubstantial; speech is fragile; but in the case of the superior nature, by the majesty of the thing observed, everything said about it is lifted up together; therefore, even if it is called the Word of God, it would not be in the impulse