De Decr.（尼西亞信經護衛文） 14
the Word was made flesh, not only to offer up this body for all, but that we partaking of his Spirit, might be deified, a gift which we could not otherwise have gained than by his clothing himself in our created body; for hence we derive our name of 'man of God' and 'man of Christ'. And as we by receiving the Spirit, do not lose our own proper substance, so the Lord when made man for us, and bearing a body, was no less God; for he was not lessened by the envelopment of the body, but rather deified it and rendered it immortal.
“道成肉身”（約翰1：14）的目的乃是要叫他為所有的人所獻（為祭），好叫我們這些領受祂（聖）靈（Spirit）的人能夠被神化（divinized）。除非藉由祂穿上我們受造的身體，我們無法得到這個恩典。所以，我們得以被稱為“（屬）神的子民”和“在基督里的人”。正如我們接受（聖）靈（Spirit）的人，並沒有失去我們本身的性質（idian ousian，指人性），所以主為了我們的緣故成為一個人，披上了一個身體，並不比神（God，大寫，獨一的真神）小一樣。祂（He, 大寫，指神的兒子）並不因為被身體遮藏而降卑，反而使它神化（deified）並使它不朽。
