Divine will with human hand; Lord of David from David’s seed
“I will; be cleansed.” (Luke 5:13) You will marvel in these at Christ working both divinely and bodily together: divine, then, is the willing, but human the stretching out of the hand; so there is one Son from both. For even if the Word became flesh, yet as God he works with his own flesh, which has the power through him (John 1:14).
“And he said to them: How do they say the Christ is David’s son? For David himself says in the book of Psalms: The Lord said to my Lord: Sit at my right until I put your enemies as a footstool of your feet. David therefore calls him Lord, and how is he his son?” (Luke 20:41–44) (Psalm 110:1) You hear how in these Christ himself tries to show that even if the Word became from David’s seed according to the flesh, yet even so he is by nature Lord, as Son and God. For if, he says, he is David’s son, how does David name him Lord? But he neither denies in these the birth from David’s seed according to flesh, nor dismisses being Lord by nature himself; rather he says both are present, even if from both he wills the one to be shown. So there is truly one Christ and Son.
Greek
«Θέλω, καθαρίσθητι.» θαυμάσεις ἐν τούτοις θεϊκῶς τε ἅμα καὶ σωματικῶς ἐνεργοῦντα Χριστόν· θεϊκὸν μὲν οὖν τὸ θέλειν, ἀνθρώπινον δὲ τὸ ἐκτεῖναι τὴν χεῖρα· εἷς οὖν ἐξ ἀμφοῖν Υἱός. εἰ γὰρ καὶ γέγονε σὰρξ ὁ Λόγος, ἀλλ’ ὡς Θεὸς ἐνεργεῖ μετὰ τῆς ἰδίας σαρκός, ἐχούσης αὐτῆς δι’ αὐτὸν τὴν δύναμιν.
«Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτούς· Πῶς λέγουσι τὸν Χριστὸν εἶναι υἱὸν Δαυίδ; αὐτὸς γὰρ Δαυὶδ λέγει ἐν βιβλίῳ ψαλμῶν· Εἶπεν ὁ κύριος τῷ κυρίῳ μου· Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου. Δαυὶδ οὖν κύριον καλεῖ αὐτόν, καὶ πῶς υἱὸς αὐτοῦ ἐστιν;» ἀκούεις ὅπως ἐν τούτοις πειρᾶται δεικνύειν αὐτὸς ὁ Χριστὸς ὅτι κἂν εἰ γέγονεν ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ ὁ Λόγος κατὰ τὴν σάρκα, ἀλλ’ οὖν ἔστι καὶ οὕτω κατὰ φύσιν Κύριος, ὡς Υἱὸς καὶ Θεός; εἰ γὰρ δή, φησίν, υἱός ἐστι τοῦ Δαυίδ, πῶς αὐτὸν Δαυὶδ κύριον ὀνομάζει; ἀλλ’ οὔτε τὴν ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ γέννησιν κατὰ σάρκα ἐν τούτοις ἀρνεῖται, οὔτε μὴν ἀποπέμπει τοῦ εἶναι κατὰ φύσιν Κύριον ἑαυτόν· προσεῖναι δέ φησιν ἀμφότερα, εἰ καὶ ἐξ ἀμφοῖν βούλεται τὸν ἕνα δηλοῦσθαι. εἷς οὖν ἄρα Χριστὸς καὶ Υἱὸς ἀληθῶς.
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.