God in flesh; knows hearts; salvation from the Jews; ask in my name
Who is doing these things? Is it not God? For God was in flesh, and the creation was in a way angered together with him when he was insulted.
From John’s Gospel: “But Jesus himself did not entrust himself to them, because he knew all people, and because he had no need that anyone should testify about the human; for he himself knew what was in the human.” (John 2:24–25) Of God it is written that “he who alone forms their hearts” (Psalm 33:15); and he himself says something similar. So if he knows all things and knows what is in the human, how would he not be God as the one who searches hearts and kidneys (Jeremiah 17:10)?
“You worship what you do not know; we worship what we know, for salvation is from the Jews.” (John 4:22) Do you hear that he says salvation is from the Jews? Yet we have enrolled God as Savior. For he has saved us “not an elder, not an angel, but the Lord himself,” (Isaiah 63:9) according to the Scriptures. He is named Christ Jesus, having come to be from the Jews according to the flesh; and Jesus is interpreted “salvation.” So he himself is the salvation from the Jews. Therefore even if the Word has become flesh and has taken hold of Abraham’s seed, he is God also with the flesh (Hebrews 2:16).
“Truly, truly I say to you, the one who believes in me will also do the works that I do, and greater works than these he will do, because I am going to my Father. And whatever you ask in my name, I will do.” (John 14:12–14) He says he is going to the Father, though the Son exists as God by nature and is himself the one who fills all things. So he goes in a human way…
Greek
τίνος ταῦτα ποιοῦντος; ἆρα οὐχὶ Θεοῦ; Θεὸς γὰρ ἦν ἐν σαρκί, ᾧ καὶ ἡ κτίσις ὑβριζομένῳ τρόπον τινὰ συνωργίζετο.
Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγελίου. «Αὐτὸς δὲ ὁ Ἰησοῦς οὐκ ἐπίστευεν αὑτὸν αὐτοῖς, διὰ τὸ αὐτὸν γινώσκειν πάντα, καὶ ὅτι οὐ χρείαν εἶχεν ἵνα τις μαρτυρήσῃ περὶ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου· αὐτὸς γὰρ ἐγίνωσκε τί ἦν ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ.» περὶ Θεοῦ γέγραπται ὅτι «ὁ πλάσας κατὰ μόνας τὰς καρδίας αὐτῶν»· καὶ αὐτὸς δέ που φησίν. εἰ οὖν πάντα γινώσκει, καὶ οἶδε τὰ ἐν τῷ ἀνθρώπῳ, πῶς οὐκ ἂν εἴη Θεὸς ὡς καρδίας ἐτάζων καὶ νεφρούς;
«Ὑμεῖς προσκυνεῖτε ὃ οὐκ οἴδατε· ἡμεῖς προσκυνοῦμεν ὃ οἴδαμεν, ὅτι ἡ σωτηρία ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων ἐστίν.» ἀκούεις ὅτι τὴν σωτηρίαν ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων εἶναί φησι; καίτοι σωτῆρα Θεὸν ἐπεγραψάμεθα. σέσωκε γὰρ ἡμᾶς «οὐ πρέσβυς, οὐκ ἄγγελος, ἀλλ’ αὐτὸς ὁ Κύριος,» κατὰ τὰς γραφάς. ὠνόμασται γὰρ Χριστὸς Ἰησοῦς, γεγονὼς ἐξ Ἰουδαίων κατὰ τὴν σάρκα· Ἰησοῦς γε μὴν ἑρμηνεύεται σωτηρία. αὐτὸς οὖν ἄρα ἐστὶν ἡ ἐκ τῶν Ἰουδαίων σωτηρία. ὥστε κἂν εἰ γέγονε σὰρξ ὁ Λόγος, καὶ ἐπελάβετο σπέρματος Ἀβραάμ, Θεός ἐστι καὶ μετὰ σαρκός.
«Ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ὁ πιστεύων εἰς ἐμέ, τὰ ἔργα ἃ ἐγὼ ποιῶ κἀκεῖνος ποιήσει, καὶ μείζονα τούτων ποιήσει, ὅτι ἐγὼ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου πορεύομαι. καὶ ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, τοῦτο ποιήσω.» πορεύεται, φησί, πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα, καίτοι φύσει Θεὸς ὑπάρχων ὁ Υἱός, καὶ αὐτὸς ὢν ὁ πάντα πληρῶν. πορεύεται τοίνυν ἀνθρωπίνως…
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.