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Matthew 5:9
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A peacemaker is the one who shows that the battle others see in the scriptures is agreement: old with new, legal with prophetic, gospel with gospel. Having imitated the Son of God, he will be called a son, receiving in deed the spirit of adoption (Matthew 5:9 ).
Greek Εἰρηνοποιός ἐστιν ὁ τὴν ἄλλοις φαινομένην μάχην τῶν γραφῶν ἀποδεικνὺς συμφωνίαν, παλαιῶν πρὸς καινάς, νομικῶν πρὸς προφητι κάς, εὐαγγελικῶν πρὸς εὐαγγελικάς. διὸ μιμησάμενος τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ υἱὸς κληθήσεται ἔργῳ τὸ "πνεῦμα" τῆς "υἱοθεσίας" λαβών.
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About this text Cyril of Alexandria died in 444 — later than the first three centuries of the church.
Cyril of Alexandria's short notes on Matthew's Gospel, kept in later chains of comments, in the order of Matthew's chapters and verses.
English follows the named base text (Aegean/khazarzar Migne PG 72 extract). Other prints were checked as noted; no silent merge of recensions.
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