77. Beloved, after explaining in a faithful
and godly manner the meaning of the phrases one substance, in
Greek ὁμοούσιον,
and similar substance or ὁμοιούσιον,
and shewing very completely the faults which may arise from a deceitful
brevity or dangerous simplicity of language, it only remains for me to
address myself to the holy bishops of the East. We have no longer
any mutual suspicions about our faith, and those which before now have
been due to mere misunderstanding are being cleared away. They
will pardon me if I proceed to speak somewhat freely with them on the
basis of our common faith.