Cyril of Alexandria: Fragments on Matthew · §20

Matthew 3:9

Just as he turned Lot’s wife to stone, so he can also make humans from stones, as he earlier made Adam from earth.

Greek

Φαίη δ' ἄν τις καρποὺς μετανοίας εἶναι προηγουμένως μὲν τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν πίστιν, πρὸς δὲ ταύτῃ καὶ τὴν εὐαγγελικὴν πολιτείαν τὴν "ἐν καινότητι" οὖσαν "ζωῆς" καὶ ἀπηλλαγμένην τῆς τοῦ γράμματος παχύ τητος. μὴ τοίνυν, φησίν, τὰς εἰωθυίας προβάλλεσθε προφάσεις ὅτι δύνα ται ὁ θεὸς ἐκ τῶν λίθων τούτων ἐγεῖραι τέκνα τοῦ Ἀβραάμ, ἐπήγαγεν.

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Catena fragments on Matthew (CPG 5206). Contents follow Matthew chapter and verse. Edition fragment numbers stay in About this text and under each passage.

English follows the named copy-text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.

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