All the Bishops said; ‘Anathema.’
Palladius said; ‘The Son is subject to the Father; the Son keeps the commands of the Father.’
Ambrose, Bishop, said; ‘He is subject in respect of His Incarnation. But even you yourself remember that you have read; S. John vi. 44. No man can come unto me, except the Father draw him.’
Sabinus, Bishop, said; ‘Let him say whether the Son is subject to the Father in respect of His Godhead, or in respect of His Incarnation.’
40. PALLADIUS said; ‘Then the Father is greater.’
Ambrose, Bishop, said; ‘In another place also it is written; 1 Cor. i. 8. God is faithful, by Whom ye were called unto the fellowship of His Son. I say that the Father is greater in respect of the assumption of the flesh, which the Son of God took upon Him, not in respect of the Son’s Godhead.’
Palladius said; ‘What then is the comparison of the Son of God? And can flesh say, God is greater than I? Did the flesh speak or the Godhead because the flesh was there?’
Ambrose, Bishop, said; ‘The flesh does not speak without the soul.’
Eusebius, Bishop, said; ‘God in the flesh spoke according to the flesh, when He said, S. John viii. 40. Why do ye persecute[30] me, a man? Who said this?’
Palladius said; ‘The Son of God.’