On the Resurrection, Fragments

The word of truth is free and carries its own authority, refusing to fall under any skillful argument or endure the logical scrutiny of its listeners. It should be believed for its own nobility and the trust owed to Him who sends it. The word of truth is sent from God, so the freedom claimed by the truth is not arrogant. Since it is sent with authority, it is not appropriate to demand proof of what is said, as there is no proof beyond itself, which is God.

Every proof is stronger and more trustworthy than that which it proves; what is doubted until proven gains credibility when such proof is presented and is recognized as what it was claimed to be. Nothing is more powerful or trustworthy than truth, so requiring proof is like demanding an explanation of why things appear as they do to the senses. The test for things received through reason is sense, but sense itself has no test beyond itself. Just as we use sense to judge whether the things reason seeks are true or false and no longer question its judgment, accepting its decision entirely, so we refer what is said about people and the world to the truth and judge its worth by it.

However, we do not judge the utterances of truth by any separate test, accepting it completely on its own authority. God, the Father of the universe, who is perfect intelligence, is the truth. The Word, His Son, came to us in flesh, revealing both Himself and the Father, granting us resurrection from the dead and eternal life afterward. This is Jesus Christ, our Savior and Lord. He is both the faith and the proof of Himself and all things.

Therefore, those who follow and know Him, having faith in Him as their proof, will find rest in Him.

But since the adversary continues to resist many and employs various strategies to trap them and lead the faithful away from their faith, and to prevent the faithless from believing, it seems necessary for us, armed with the invulnerable doctrines of faith, to battle against him on behalf of the weak.