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Τοῦτο ‹τò› ὄν ‹οὐ› κτίζεται, ἀλλὰ τò κτίζο‹ν› μέν ἐστι· τὰ λογικὰ δὲ μετὰ τò οὐσιωθῆναι καὶ εἶναι δέχονται τ‹ò› κτισθῆναι· αὐτòς γὰρ εἶπεν, φησίν, καὶ 263v ἐγεν‹ν›ήθησαν, αὐτòς ἐνετείλατο καὶ | ἐκτίσθησαν. κτίζεται γάρ τις ἐπὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς, πρò τούτου ὢν θεοῦ ποίημα ‹εἰ›ς καρδίαν καθαράν. καὶ οὐκ αὐτòς οὗτος ὁ πατὴρ ἐκτ‹ή›σατóσε καὶ ἐποίησέν σε καὶ ἔπλασέν σε, ‹ἀλλὰ τοῦτ᾽ ἐποίησεν ὁ υἱòς ὅπερ ὁ πατὴρ ὑποστῆναι ἠθέλησεν›. σημειωτέον‹,› ὡς τὰ κτίσματα τῷ θελήματι τοῦ θεοῦ γεγονέναι φησίν· ὅθεν οὐκ ἐξαπτέον τὴν ὕπαρξιν τοῦ σωτῆρος τῆς θελήσεως τοῦ πατρóς· οὐ γὰρ κτίσμα τυγχάνει· τò γὰρ ἑξῆς δηλοῖ τοῦτο σαφῶς.

Scholion XXVI

This being is not a created one, but the one who creates. By contrast, rational creatures receive their actual creation subsequent to their initial substantiation and coming-to-being. For scripture says, He spake, and they were made; he commanded, and they stood fast. Anyone is indeed created unto good works, while before this [creation] one is something made by God towards a clean heart. Moreover, is it not thy Father Himself that hath bought thee? Hath he not made thee, and established thee [but it was the Son who brought into being all the things which the Father willed him to]. It should be particularly noticed that he says that creatures were made by God’s will. Therefore, one should not regard the being of the Saviour as dependent upon the will of the Father. For he [sc. the Saviour] is not a creature, which is infact clearly declared through the text that follows.