Fragment on Proverbs

Fragmentum in Proverbia

Cyril of Alexandria · c. 412–444 AD · PG 69

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'Created me' means appointed, not made in essence§1

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The Lord created me (Proverbs 8:22) — Cyril: if you take this of the Godhead, it stands for He appointed me, as in Create a clean heart in me, O God (Psalm 51:10), and that he might create the two in himself (Ephesians 2:15). Not that he would create in essence those already generated, but that he would appoint. So he appointed me a beginning of his providential and making works. And he says to David: I was appointed king by him (Psalm 2:6).

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Fragmentum in Proverbia ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΛΛΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΑΣ ΠΑΡΟΙΜΙΑΣ Κύριος ἔκτισέ με. {Κυρίλλου.} Τὸ ἔκτισέ με, ἂν περὶ θεότητος ἐκλάβῃς, ἀντὶ τοῦ Κατέστησέ με· ὡς τὸ, Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοὶ, ὁ Θεός. Καὶ,Ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν ἑαυτῷ. Οὐ γὰρ οὐσιωδῶς, ἵνα κτίσῃ τοὺς ἤδη γεγενημένους, ἀλλ' ἵνα καταστήσῃ. Κατέστησεν οὖν με ἀρχὴν τῶν προνοητικῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιητικῶν ἔργων. Καὶ τῷ ∆αβὶδ γὰρ λέγει· Ἐγὼ κατεστάθην βασιλεὺς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ.

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Επιτρέπεται η ελεύθερη χρή

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ση του υλικού µε αναφορά στ

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ην πηγή προέλευσής του. 1

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