Dialogue with Trypho 128.1
Summary: Christ appeared as man, angel, and fire before his incarnation.
Greek text · Archambault 2:254–256
Καὶ ὅτι κύριος ὢν ὁ Χριστός, καὶ θεὸς θεοῦ υἱὸς ὑπάρχων, καὶ δυνάμει φαινόμενος πρότερον ὡς ἀνὴρ καὶ ἄγγελος, καὶ ἐν πυρὸς δόξῃ, ὡς ἐν τῇ βάτῳ, πέφανται καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς κρίσεως τῆς γεγενημένης ἐπὶ Σόδομα, ἀποδέδεικται ἐν πολλοῖς τοῖς εἰρημένοις. Ἀνιστόρουν δὲ πάλιν ἃ καὶ προέγραψα ἀπὸ τῆς Ἐξόδου πάντα, περί τε τῆς ὀπτασίας τῆς ἐπὶ τῆς βάτου καὶ τῆς ἐπικλήσεως τοῦ Ἰησοῦ ὀνόματος, καὶ ἐπέλεγον·
English · Claude translation
“And that Christ, being Lord and God, the Son of God, and appearing formerly by his power as a man and an angel, and in the glory of fire, as in the bush, appeared also at the judgment on Sodom, has been proved by much that has been said.” And I recounted again all that I have written above from Exodus, about the vision at the bush and the naming with the name of Jesus, and added:
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- Digital text corrected (digitization slip against Archambault's printed text (wrong accent)): πάλιν ἅ καὶ προέγραψα → πάλιν ἃ καὶ προέγραψα.
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Justin, Dial. 128.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/128/1/).
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Justin, Dial. 128.1 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/justin-dialogue/128/1/).
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