Solutiones Kephalaion 9 opening
Kephalaion 9.
Lemma-led open — Οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει αὐτῷ πᾶν ῥῆμα.
Greek
Εἰ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς τὰ γινόμενα ἤδη καὶ πραχθέντα δύναται ποιῆσαι μὴ γενέσθαι ποτὲ, κατὰ τό "Οὐκ ἀδυνατήσει αὐτῷ πᾶν ῥῆμα." οὐ γὰρ λέγομεν ὡς μὴ γενόμενα, ἀλλὰ μὴ γεγενῆσθαι τὴν ἀρχήν· οἷον, εἰ τὴν πόρνην δύναται παρθένον ἐκ κοιλίας μητρὸς ποιῆσαι, ἵνα μὴ πόρνη ᾖ ἡ πορνεύσασα, ὅτι "τὰ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις ἀδύνατα δυνατὰ "παρὰ τῷ Θεῷ." ΕΠΙΛΥΣΙΣ. Ζητεῖσθαι χρὴ παρ' ἡμῶν τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ δύναμιν, εἰ μεγάλη καὶ ἀξιάγαστος, ὅτε τὸ δρώμενόν ἐστιν οὐκ ἀπεοικὸς τῇ θείᾳ δόξῃ. οὐ γὰρ ὅτι πάντα δύναται, διὰ τοῦτο καὶ τῶν ἀτόπων ἐργάτην αὐτὸν ὁρᾶσθαι προσήκει. ἐννοῶμεν γὰρ
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Cyril of Alexandria, Solutions (Greek). SERIES on this page: Kephalaia 1–9 CLOSEOUT.
Original English Translation of Cyril’s Solutiones — new OET from PG 77 Greek.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 77 (Greek)
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