And in defence of the point to be established, I shall adduce another consideration of the greatest weight. The Spirit calls the Lord Himself a child, thus prophesying by Esaias: "Lo, to us a child has been born, to us a son has been given, on whose own shoulder the government shall be; and His name has been called the Angel of great Counsel." Who, then, is this infant child? He according to whose image we are made little children. By the same prophet is declared His greatness: "Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace; that He might fulfil His discipline: and of His peace there shall be no end." O the great God! O the perfect child! The Son in the Father, and the Father in the Son. And how shall not the discipline of this child be perfect, which extends to all, leading as a schoolmaster us as children who are His little ones? He has stretched forth to us those hands of His that are conspicuously worthy of trust. To this child additional testimony is borne by John, "the greatest prophet among those born of women: " Behold the Lamb of God!" For since Scripture calls the infant children lambs, it has also called Him - God the Word - who became man for our sakes, and who wished in all points to be made like to us" - "the Lamb of God" - Him, namely, that is the Son of God, the child of the Father.

Μέγιστον δὲ εἰς συνηγορίαν καὶ ἄλλο παραθήσομαι τοῦ προκειμένου. Τὸν κύριον αὐτὸν ὀνομάζει παιδίον͵ τοῦτο διὰ Ἡσαΐου θεσπίζον͵ τὸ πνεῦμα· ἰδοὺ παιδίον ἐγεννήθη ἡμῖν͵ υἱὸς καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν͵ οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ͵ καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος. Τί οὖν τὸ παιδίον τὸ νήπιον͵ οὗ κατ΄ εἰκόνα ἡμεῖς οἱ νήπιοι; Διὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ προφήτου διηγεῖται τὸ μέγεθος αὐτοῦ· θαυμαστὸς σύμβουλος͵ θεὸς δυνάστης͵ πατὴρ αἰώνιος͵ ἄρχων εἰρήνης τῷ πληθύνειν τὴν παιδείαν· καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστι πέρας. Ὢ τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ͵ ὢ τοῦ τελείου παιδίου· υἱὸς ἐν πατρί͵ καὶ πατὴρ ἐν υἱῷ· καὶ πῶς οὐ τέλειος ἡ παιδεία τοῦ παιδίου ἐκείνου͵ ἣ ἐπὶ πάντας διήκει τοὺς παῖδας ἡμᾶς παιδαγωγοῦσα τοὺς νηπίους αὐτοῦ; Οὗτος εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐξεπέτασε τὰς χεῖρας τὰς ἐναργῶς πεπιστευμένας. Τούτῳ προσμαρτυρεῖ τῷ παιδίῳ καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ μείζων ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν προφήτης· ἰδοὺ ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. Ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἄρνας ὀνομάζει ἡ γραφὴ τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς νηπίους͵ τὸν θεὸν τὸν λόγον τὸν δι΄ ἡμᾶς ἄνθρωπον γενόμενον͵ κατὰ πάντα ἡμῖν ἀπεικάζεσθαι βουλόμενον͵ ἀμνὸν κέκληκεν τοῦ θεοῦ͵ τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ͵ τὸν νήπιον τοῦ πατρός. 

Cf. BASIL THE GREAT : Glorifying the greatness of His deity ||| GREGORY OF NYSSA : Christ is always born in our soul ||| GREGORY PALAMAS : Calling everything near Him