Belong to the Lord in life and death; incarnation for lordship
“For none of us lives to himself, and none dies to himself; if we live, we live to the Lord, and if we die, we die to the Lord; so whether we live or die, we are the Lord’s. For to this end Christ died and lived, so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living.” (Romans 14:7–9) The blessed Paul has somewhere addressed those from the nations: “But now knowing God — rather being known by God — how do you turn back to the weak and poor elements…?” (Galatians 4:9) So through the faith toward Christ we have been redeemed from slavery to the elements, and have been brought to serve the living and true God. And if Christ also died so that he might be Lord of both the dead and the living, and we live to him as to the living and true God, how is the economy of becoming-flesh not necessary for the Word from God?
Greek
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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.