Final exhortation and blessing
You will find prophetic testimonies written down; of these, O Lord, I entreat you to attend with more intensive study, because of the following account of those things written on the spot, which were pre-announced by our Savior, requesting much reverence in their observation, so as not to suffer harm from any opposing activity.
7 These, the firstfruits of our words, I offer to you, most God-beloved king; these voices I first utter from Jerusalem to you, the most genuine and most pious one who hunts for Christ with us, the only-begotten Son of God and our Savior, who completed the salvation in Jerusalem according to the divine writings, having struck down death there, and having wiped out the sins of men with precious blood belonging to those near to Him, and having granted life and incorruption and heavenly spiritual grace to all who believe.
May the All-King God, the provider of all goodness, keep you in every way through many peaceful cycles of years, by whose power and grace guarding you, and enriching you with more brilliant and greater works worthy of piety, and nourishing you with the shoots of genuine royal sons, the boast of Christians and the glory of the whole cosmos.
Strengthening you and adorning you with every virtue, demonstrating the philanthropy of the custom of both the holy churches and the Roman rule, and nourishing you with the rewards of greater piety, may the God of all ours grant to you many peaceful cycles of years, Augustus king, most God-beloved.
Greek
προαγγελτικὰς μαρτυρίας ἐγγράφως εὑρήσεις· ὧν μαλιστά σε, δέσποτα, πυκνοτέρᾳ τῇ μελέτῃ προσέχειν παρακαλῶ, διὰ τὰ λοιπὰ τῶν κατὰ τὴν αὐτόθι γεγραμμένων ἀκολουθίαν, τῶν ὑπὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν προαναφωνηθέντων, πολλῆς μετ' εὐλαβείας δεομένων τῆς παρατηρήσεως, πρὸς τὸ μηδεμίαν ἐξ ἀντικειμένης ἐνεργείας ὑπομεῖναι τὴν βλάβην. 7 Ταύτας σοὶ τῶν ἡμετέρων λόγων, βασιλεῦ θεοφιλέστατε, προσφέρω τὰς ἀπαρχάς· ταύτας ἐξ Ἱεροσολύμων πρώτας ἀποφθέγγομαι τὰς φωνάς, σοὶ τῷ γνησιωτάτῳ καὶ πανευσεβεῖ μεθ' ἡμῶν Χριστοῦ προσ κυνητῇ, τοῦ μονογενοῦς υἱοῦ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν, τοῦ τὴν οἰκουομικὴν κατὰ τὰς θείας γραφὰς ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις τελέσαντος σωτηρίαν, τοῦ πατήσαντος μὲν ἐνταῦθα τὸν θάνατον, οἰκείοις δὲ τιμίοις αἵμασι τὰς ἀνθρώπων ἁμαρτίας ἐξαλείψαντος, ζωὴν δὲ καὶ ἀφθαρσίαν καὶ πνευματικὴν ἐπουράνιον χάριν τοῖς πιστεύουσιν ἅπασιν παρασχόντος. Οὗ τῇ τε δυνάμει καὶ τῇ χάριτί σε φρουρούμενον, λαμπροτέροις τε καὶ μείζοσιν εὐσεβείας ἐμπρέποντα κατορθώμασιν, υἱῶν τε γνησίων βασιλικοῖς ἐναβρυνόμενον βλαστήμασιν, αὐτὸς ὁ παμβασιλεὺς θεός, ὁ πάσης ἀγαθωσύνης πάροχος, πολλαῖς ἐτῶν εἰρηνικαῖς περιόδοις, καύχημα χριστιανῶν καὶ κόσμῳ σύμπαντι φυλάξειε πανέστιον. 8 ἐρρωμένον σε καὶ πάσῃ κεκοσμημένον ἀρετῇ καὶ τὴν συνήθη τῶν τε ἁγίων ἐκκλησιῶν καὶ τῆς ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν ἐνδεικνύμενον καὶ μείζοσιν εὐσεβείας βραβείοις ἐναβρυνόμενον, πολλαῖς εἰρηνικαῖς ἐτῶν περιόδοις ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεὸς ἡμῖν χαρίσηται πανέστιον, Αὔγουστε βασιλεῦ θεοφιλέστατε.
About this text
Cyril of Jerusalem’s letter to Constantius on the vision of the cross.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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