On the True Faith, to the Princesses Arcadia and Marina · §1

Address to the most pious ladies

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An address to the most pious ladies.

I would call you an honor for the whole world, and the pride of the holy churches of Christ our common Savior — his brides, most pious and God-loved queens. The many-colored beauty of virtue flashes on you, a beauty sweet and plain to the eyes of the Godhead. Study and zeal have already brought it to pass. What remains is to shine by a right faith that nothing shakes.

Somewhere the wise Paul writes — truly learned in the law, and the one who served as priest of Christ’s mystery among the nations — “Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast, immovable, always abounding in the work of the Lord.” (1 Corinthians 15:58)

For where right and spotless faith keeps step with the boasts that come from good works, and the two enter on equal footing,

Greek

ΠΡΟΣΦΩΝΗΤΙΚΟΣ ΤΑΙ͂Σ EYZEBEZTATAIZS AEZIIOINAIZ,

ZEMNOAOTCHMA μὲν οἰκουμενικὸν, καύχημα δὲ τῶν ἁγίων ἐκκλησιῶν τοῦ πάντων ἡμῶν Σωτῆρος Χριστοῦ φαίη

αὐτοῦ νύμφας, εὐσεβέσταται καὶ θεοφιλέσταται βασιλίδες, αἷς τὸ παμποίκιλον τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐναστράπτει κάλλος, τὸ τοῖς τῆς θεότητος ὀφθαλμοῖς ἡδύ τε καὶ γνωριμώτατον" μελέτῃ δὲ καὶ σπουδῇ μᾶλλον δὲ ἤδη κατώρθωται, καὶ δεῖν ὦν το πίστει διαπρέπειν ὀρθῇ καὶ κατ᾽ οὐδένα τρόπον σεσαλευμέ. γράφων δέ που φησὶν ὁ σοφώτατος Παῦλος, ὁ νομομαθὴς ἀληθῶς καὶ τὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν ἱερουργῆήσας μυστήριον ““Ὥστε ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοὶ, ἑδραῖοι γίνεσθε, * ἀμετακίνητοι, περισσεύοντες ἐν τῷ ἔργῳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἐς πάντοτε." ὅπου γὰρ πίστις ὀρθὴ καὶ ἀμώμητος τοῖς ἐξ

Concilio Chalcedonensi) sub titulo τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῆς ἐπιστολῆς τῆς Trpós τὰς βασιλίσσας, ἀρκαδίαν δὲ xal μαρίναν. — tit. exhibent C. Comm. ς exhibent C.

3. δεσποίναις] βασιλίσσαις Edd. B. πάντα (sic) C. παντὸς (sic) Comm. ἡμῶν ἀπά, σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Edd. 8. πᾶν ποικίλον C. Comm. ἐναστράπτει C. Comm. ἐναπαστράπτει Cod. Ed. Rom. ἐπαναστράπτει Avb. IO. δεῖν] δὴ Edd. 1I. διαπρέπειν] διαπρέπει Edd. I2. γράφει---φησὺ

About this text

Cyril’s court treatise on right faith for Arcadia and Marina (CPG 5219). One Son, Word made flesh — not two Christs. English from Pusey’s Greek.

English follows Pusey’s 1877 Greek of De recta fide ad Arcadiam et Marinam. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.

Witnesses

Copy-text Pusey, De recta fide ad reginas (Oxford, 1877) (Greek · CPG 5219 §§1–100)

This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.