Against the Impious Grammarian and Homilies

Indeed, the meaning of the words contained in this statement

This, however, which he said: that He has life in Himself, just as the Father has life in Himself; thus He has also given to the Son that He should have life in Himself.

Let them hear it and live in life. But listen to Him from the Savior: The time is coming, and even now it is here, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of God, and those who hear shall live. Even in what He said, He has the meaning of the dead spiritually, those severed from the divine life who live through sin. But He confirms this from the resurrection of those who are in the graves. But one among them is the Son, and the Son makes one live. Just as also the prophet said: I will revive your dead, and your corpses shall arise, and they shall awaken and praise those who dwell in the dust, because the dew is from Your light for their sake, and the land of the wicked shall fall. And those who rise shall live the life of eternity, and those who do not rise shall live for shame and everlasting contempt, as Daniel said. And the bodies of all flesh shall be, as Isaiah said. And those who the Savior said would hear the voice of the Son of God and live, they are the life of eternity. And those who rise for shame and everlasting contempt, He did not say they shall live, because they are dead, and of His life they do not partake. But the Son is righteous and the partaker of God, that He might live and also make live, that He gave life to those whom He willed. And those who rise shall live the life of eternity, as the Savior said. Even now, which is the time of the resurrection of the dead, as the Savior said, that those who rise are the righteous who rise from the graves of sin, and the resurrection from the righteous is the resurrection of their own life. But the Son is the living One and the life-giver who partakes: just as the Father has life in Himself, thus He has also given to the Son, that He should have life in Himself. And those who rise and live. The Son, however, because He has life in Himself like the Father, just as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, thus also the Father has given the Son authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of man. And He said: Do not marvel at this, for the time is coming when those who are in the graves shall hear His voice, and they shall come forth: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. And those who rise to the life of eternity, as the Savior said, they are the ones who live. As the Savior said, that those who hear live. And those who rise to judgment and everlasting contempt, He did not say that they live, because they are dead, and a partaker of life they do not have. The Savior, however, said that He has life in Himself, just as the Father has life in Himself, just as also the prophet confirms this word, and said that He has life in Himself. And those who rise shall live the life of eternity, as the Savior said, that those who hear live. But He has life in Himself, and He lives and makes live like the Father. In this very thing, He has life in Himself, just as the Father raises the dead and makes them live, and has given the Son authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of man. As the Savior said, that those who are in the graves shall hear His voice, and they shall come forth: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. But He has life in Himself, and those who rise to the life of eternity have a partaker of life, and those who rise to judgment, He did not say that they live, because they are dead, and a partaker of life they do not have. The Savior, however, said that He has life in Himself, just as the Father has life in Himself, and those who rise shall live the life of eternity, as the Savior said, that those who hear live. And He has given the Son authority to execute judgment, because He is the Son of man, as the Savior said, that those who are in the graves shall hear His voice, and they shall come forth: those who have done good to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil to the resurrection of judgment. But He has life in Himself, and those who rise to the life of eternity have a partaker of life, and those who rise to judgment, He did not say that they live, and a partaker of life they do not have... The text continues in repetitive cycles, iterating the same theological points regarding the nature of the Son’s life and the resurrection of the dead.