One Lord Jesus Christ; no two sons after the union; closing doxology
And in short, as often as he is named “human” in the God-breathed Scripture, we do not say he is a human privately and by himself as a part, cutting away from him the Word from God the Father. We believe rather that he is also true God, and that he has also become Son of Man for us economically while remaining God, and that there is one Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 8:6). And it is very impious to split him into two sons and two Christs after the inseparable union, which is both beyond and above every mind and word.
And it would perhaps not be very hard for those who wish to examine all the things written about Christ and to set out a comparison of more thoughts. But we know what is written: “Give occasion to a wise man and he will be wiser.” (Proverbs 9:9) For the God of all will guide your God-loving minds through the Holy Spirit unto being able to think rightly; for finding thus in you also the faith unswerving and unprofaned, Christ will crown you richly with the goods from above and will show you all-blessed. For all our hope is in Christ, through whom and with whom be the glory to the Father with the Holy Spirit unto the ages of the ages (Jude 25), amen.
Greek
Καὶ ἁπαξαπλῶς, ὁσάκις ἂν ἄνθρωπος ὀνομάζηται παρὰ τῇ θεοπνεύστῳ γραφῇ, οὐκ ἰδίᾳ καὶ ἀνὰ μέρος ἄνθρωπον εἶναι φαμέν, ἀποδιαιροῦντες αὐτοῦ τὸν ἐκ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς Λόγον· πιστεύομεν δὲ μᾶλλον ὅτι καὶ Θεός ἐστιν ἀληθινός, γέγονε δὲ καὶ υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου δι’ ἡμᾶς οἰκονομικῶς μετὰ τοῦ μεῖναι Θεός, καὶ εἷς ἐστὶ κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. ἀσεβὲς δὲ λίαν τὸ διορίζειν εἰς δύο υἱοὺς καὶ δύο χριστοὺς μετὰ τὴν ἀδιάσπαστον ἕνωσιν, ἣ καὶ νοῦ καὶ λόγου παντὸς ἐπέκεινά τε ἐστὶ καὶ ἀνωτάτω.
Καὶ ἦν μὲν ἴσως οὐ δυσχερὲς ἄγαν τοῖς ἐθέλουσι βασανίζειν ἅπαντα τὰ περὶ Χριστοῦ γεγραμμένα, καὶ πλειόνων ἐννοιῶν ποιήσασθαι τὴν παράθεσιν. ἀλλ’ ἴσμεν τὸ γεγραμμένον· «Δίδου σοφῷ ἀφορμὴν καὶ σοφώτερος ἔσται.» ποδηγήσει γὰρ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς διὰ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος τὰς θεοφιλεστάτας ὑμῶν διανοίας εἴς γε τὸ δύνασθαι ὀρθῶς νοεῖν, εὑρὼν γὰρ οὕτω Χριστὸς καὶ ἐν ὑμῖν τὴν πίστιν ἀκλινῆ καὶ ἀβέβηλον, στεφανώσει πλουσίως τοῖς ἄνωθεν ἀγαθοῖς, καὶ παμμακαρίας ἀποφανεῖ. πᾶσα γὰρ ἡμῶν ἐλπὶς ἐν Χριστῷ, δι’ οὗ καὶ μεθ’ οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἡ δόξα σὺν Ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων, ἀμήν.
About this text
Cyril’s court treatise on right faith for Pulcheria and Eudocia (CPG 5220). One Son who suffers in flesh yet remains impassible as God. English from Pusey’s Greek.
English follows Pusey’s 1877 Greek of De recta fide ad Pulcheriam et Eudociam. 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 5220 §§1–48)
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