Fragments on Matthew · §125 · Cyril of Alexandria

Matthew 11:27

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Knowledge of God comes under different aspects: as Creator, by which he created; as Judge, by which he judged — and the rest. All these become clear to anyone to whom the Son reveals them, and only if that person is God’s Son in no other sense. So the one who has received authority to become a child, when he has it and has not yet come to know, does not yet have the Father; but when he becomes such, once Jesus has revealed it, he will know as a brother (Matthew 11:27).

Greek

Κατὰ διαφόρους ἐπινοίας ἡ θεοῦ γνῶσις· κτίστου, ᾗ ἔκτισεν, κριτοῦ <ᾗ ἔκρινε καὶ τὰ ἄλλα. ταῦτα δὲ πάντα φανερά, ᾧ ἂν ὁ υἱὸς> ἀποκαλύψῃ, οὐχ ἑτέρως ὄντι υἱῷ θεοῦ. <τοιγαροῦν> ὃς λαβὼν ἐξουσίαν τέκνον γενέ σθαι ὅτε μὲν ἔχει οὐκ ἔγνω, οὐκ ἔχει τὸν πατέρα· ὅτε δὲ γίνεται ἀπο καλύψαντος Ἰησοῦ ὡς ἀδελφῷ γνώσεται.

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