§1## Τῷ τιμιωτάτῳ καὶ ἀγαπητῷ συλλειτουργῷ Φλακίλλῳ Εὐσέβιος ἐν κυρίῳ χαίρειν.
## To the most honorable and beloved fellow-minister Flacillus, Eusebius sends greeting in the Lord.
Εἰ πρὸς τὴν ἀδόλεσχον καὶ πολυεπῆ Μαρκέλλου γραφὴν τὰ παρ’ ἡμῶν ἐν βραχέσιν ἤρκεσεν, οὐ χρὴ θαυμάζειν· οὐ γὰρ δὴ πολλῶν ἔδει λόγων πρὸς ἀνατροπὴν τῶν αὐτόθεν καὶ τοῖς τυχοῦσιν κατεγνωσμένων.
If our brief response was sufficient against the wordy and loquacious writing of Marcellus, one ought not to wonder; for indeed many words were not needed for the overthrow of things which are self-evident and condemned even by ordinary people.
διὸ δὴ ἐν δυσὶ τοῖς πρώτοις μόνῃ τῇ παραθέσει τῶν τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ῥημάτων χρησάμενος δίχα πάσης ἀντιρρήσεως ἐξ αὐτῶν τὸν κατ’ αὐτῶν ἔλεγχον φανερὸν ἐποιούμην.
Therefore, in the first two [books], employing only the juxtaposition of the man's words, without any refutation, I made the exposure against them manifest from [the words] themselves.
νυνὶ δὲ πρὸς ἐκείνῃ τῇ φώρᾳ καὶ τὴν ἀνατροπὴν τῶν αὐτῶν διὰ τριῶν τῶν μετὰ χεῖρας προσήγαγον.
But now, in addition to that exposure, I have also brought forward the overthrow of those same [doctrines] through the three [books] now in hand.
ὁ μὲν γὰρ ἕν τι διωλύγιον καὶ πολυπλανὲς σύγγραμμα συντάξας τοῦτό φησιν πεποιηκέναι
"(Nr. 115) διὰ τὸ ἕνα γνωρίζειν θεόν,"
μή πη λάθῃ τῷ υἱῷ τοῦ θεοῦ χώραν διδοὺς ὑποστάσεως διελὼν τὴν γραφήν.
For he, having composed a certain single immense and highly misleading treatise, says that he has done this "(Nr. 115) in order to acknowledge one God," lest he should inadvertently give place to a hypostasis for the Son of God by dividing the Scripture.
ἡμεῖς δὲ τὴν παναγίαν καὶ τρισμακαρίαν τιμῶντες τριάδα ἐν τοσούτοις τὴν πᾶσαν ὑπόθεσιν συνειλήφαμεν, φεισάμενοι μὲν πολυλογίας, ἐν ἐπιτόμοις δὲ καὶ βραχέσιν τὴν ἀληθῆ παραστήσαντες θεολογίαν.
But we, honoring the all-holy and thrice-blessed Trinity, have encompassed the entire subject within this many [books], avoiding wordiness, but presenting the true theology in concise and brief summaries.
εἰ μὲν οὖν αὐταρκῶς ἔχει τὰ γραφέντα, κρίνειας ἂν αὐτὸς ἐντυγχάνων· εἰ δέ τινα λείποι, καὶ ταῦτα 〈ἂν〉 ἀναπληρώσειας, δηλαδὴ [ἃ δὴ] ἀδελφὸς ἀδελφοῦ τὰ ὑστερήματα, εἴ που καὶ θεραπείας δέοιτο, δι’ ἐπανορθώσεως ἐξιώμενος.
Therefore, whether what has been written is sufficient, you yourself will judge as you read; but if anything should be lacking, you would also supply these, clearly as a brother healing a brother's deficiencies, if indeed they should need any remedy, through correction.
Ἔρρωσθαί σε καὶ μνημονεύειν μου τῷ κυρίῳ διὰ παντὸς εὔχομαι.
I pray that you are well and that you always remember me in the Lord.