Name Christ after flesh; one Lord; rational soul
—“for without any dispute the lesser is blessed by the greater.” (Hebrews 7:7) And since being made holy and being anointed fit the measures of humanity, the Word from God must somehow be named Christ — not when he was still bare and not yet enfleshed, but when he had become as we are, that is, human, and was anointed according to the human.
So the name Christ would not fit in any way the Word sprung from God the Father before he had become as we are. If he is named Christ somewhere, think of him as having become human. If you hear “Word” (1 Corinthians 8:6) after the becoming-human has already happened, do not forget the flesh united to him. To think the voice fits both parts at once, separately, is wholly senseless — or rather unholy — either to think or to say.
For there is one Lord, Jesus Christ, and he has not been divided, as the wisest Paul himself shows, who has Christ in himself speaking the divine mystery to him.
When you hit the heads that follow, you will find my word straight and polished toward the truth. I think it good to testify this beforehand too: just as the Word from God the Father is perfect in deity, so he is also perfect in humanity, at least according to what humanity is — not taking a soulless body, but one ensouled with a rational soul.
And may the God of all, who distributes the goods from heaven to those who love him, fill your holy souls with the gifts from himself, so that
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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.