27. Christ as the
Truth.
Further, the Only-begotten is the truth, because He
embraces in Himself according to the Father’s will the whole
reason of all things, and that with perfect clearness, and being the
truth communicates to each creature in proportion to its
worthiness. And should any one enquire whether all that the
Father knows, according to the depth of His riches and His wisdom and
His knowledge, is known to our Saviour also, and should he, imagining
that he will thereby glorify the Father, show that some things known to
the Father are unknown to the Son, although He might have had an equal
share of the apprehensions of the unbegotten God, we must remind him
that it is from His being the truth that He is Saviour, and add that if
He is the truth complete, then there is nothing true which He does not
know; truth must not limp for the want of the things which, according
to those persons, are known to the Father only. Or else let it be
shown that some things are known to which the name of truth does not
apply, but which are above the truth.