James: every good gift; submit to God; Peter greeting and blood sprinkling
Then who will say Emmanuel is not true God, when blessed Paul speaks of him as “our great God and Savior Jesus Christ” (Titus 2:13)?
From the catholic letters — James — that Christ is God: “Do not be deceived, my beloved brothers. Every good gift and every perfect present is from above, coming down from the Father of lights.” (James 1:16–17) Every gift is good; and the good gift is the Holy Spirit, and the power to work the signs of God in him. So if Christ grants the Spirit to the saints, and also the power to work wonders, how would Christ not be true God?
“Submit therefore to God; resist the devil, and he will flee from you.” (James 4:7) Clearly here he said we must submit to God. But Christ says: “Take my yoke upon you.” (Matthew 11:29) So when those who take his yoke are not submitting to someone other than God, how would he not be God?
From Peter’s letter: “Peter, an apostle of Jesus Christ, to the elect sojourners of the Dispersion in Pontus, Galatia, Cappadocia, Asia, and Bithynia, according to the foreknowledge of God the Father, in sanctification of the Spirit, for obedience and sprinkling of the blood of Jesus Christ: grace to you and peace be multiplied.” (1 Peter 1:1–2)
Greek
εἶτα τίς ὁ λέγων οὐκ εἶναι Θεὸν ἀληθῆ τὸν Ἐμμανουήλ, τοῦ μακαρίου Παύλου περὶ αὐτοῦ λέγοντος «Τοῦ μεγάλου Θεοῦ καὶ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ»;
Ἐκ τῶν καθολικῶν. Τῆς Ἰακώβου ἐπιστολῆς. Ὅτι Θεὸς ὁ Χριστός. «Μὴ πλανᾶσθε, ἀδελφοί μου ἀγαπητοί. πᾶσα δόσις ἀγαθὴ καὶ πᾶν δώρημα τέλειον ἄνωθέν ἐστι καταβαῖνον ἀπὸ τοῦ πατρὸς τῶν φώτων.» πᾶσα δόσις ἐστὶν ἀγαθή· ἀγαθὴ δὲ δόσις τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον, καὶ τὸ δύνασθαι πληροῦν ἐν αὐτῷ τὰς θεοσημίας. εἶτα εἰ τοῖς ἁγίοις χαρίζεται τὸ Πνεῦμα Χριστός, καὶ μὴν καὶ τὸ δύνασθαι πληροῦν τὰ παράδοξα, πῶς οὐκ ἂν εἴη Θεὸς ἀληθινὸς ὁ Χριστός;
«Ὑποτάγητε οὖν τῷ Θεῷ· ἀντίστητε τῷ διαβόλῳ καὶ φεύξεται ἀφ’ ὑμῶν.» ἰδοὺ σαφῶς ἐν τούτοις ὑποτάσσεσθαι δεῖν ἡμᾶς ἔφη τῷ Θεῷ. φησὶ δὲ Χριστός· «Ἄρατε τὸν ζυγόν μου ἐφ’ ὑμᾶς.» ὅτε τοίνυν οἱ τὸν ζυγὸν αἴροντες τὸν αὐτοῦ οὐχ ἑτέρῳ τινὶ παρὰ τὸν Θεὸν ὑποτάττονται, πῶς οὐκ ἂν εἴη Θεός;
Ἐκ τῆς Πέτρου ἐπιστολῆς. «Πέτρος ἀπόστολος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κλητοῖς παρεπιδήμοις διασπορᾶς Πόντου, Γαλατίας, Καππαδοκίας, Ἀσίας καὶ Βιθυνίας, κατὰ πρόγνωσιν Θεοῦ πατρὸς ἐν ἁγιασμῷ πνεύματος εἰς ὑπακοὴν καὶ ῥαντισμὸν αἵματος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· χάρις ὑμῖν καὶ εἰρήνη πληθυνθείη.»
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.