Homilies of Uncertain Attribution · §six-rem-early

Section IX rem early

Rem early: Section IX; historia and theoria toward Christ.

Greek

ἐπιλαμβάνεται σπέρματος ̔Αβραάμ· σῶμα γὰρ ου τω λαβὼν εμψυχόν τε καὶ εννουν ἐκ τῆς ἁγίας καὶ θεοτόκου Μαρίας, ὡμοιώθη τοῖς ἀδελφοῖς κατὰ πάντα, τουτέστιν ἡμῖν· τότε γέγονεν ἐφ' ἡμᾶς ἀρχιερεὺς ἐλεήμων, καὶ πρός γε τούτῳ πιστός. πῶς ουν γέγονεν, ἀκόλουθον ἰδεῖν· οὐ γὰρ ην ἐλεήμων καὶ πρὶν γένηται καθ' ἡμᾶς; οὐκ ην ἀγαθὸς ὡς ἐξ ἀγαθοῦ Πατρὸς, ἀλλ' οτε γέγονεν ανθρωπος, τότε καὶ ἐλεήμων; προέκοψεν ουν ὁ ἐκ Θεοῦ Πατρὸς Λόγος, καὶ κρείττων ἑαυτοῦ γέγονεν, οτε σπέρματος ̔Αβραὰμ ἐπελάβετο· οὐκοῦν οπερ οὐκ ην ἐγένετο, καὶ ὠφέληται μᾶλλον γενόμενος ανθρωπος· πῶς ουν ατρεπτος ετι κατὰ φύσιν, εἰ γέγονεν οπερ οὐκ ην; πῶς μεμένηκεν ὁ αὐτός; ποῦ δὲ κεκένωκε καὶ καθῆκεν ἑαυτὸν εἰς ταπείνωσιν, εἰ γέγονεν

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Cyril of Alexandria, Homiliarum incertarum fragmenta (Greek). SERIES CLOSEOUT on this page.

Original English Translation of Cyril’s Homiliarum incertarum fragmenta — new OET from PG 77 Greek.

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  • Copy-text PG 77 (Greek)

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