Logos 14 rem close CLOSEOUT
Rem CLOSEOUT: likeness continued. LOGOS XIV CLOSEOUT.
Greek
α Λόγον ἀποῤῥήτως συνδούμενος. ΑΛΛΟ. Ὅσα προσεῖναι λέγεται τῷ Πατρὶ φυσικῶς τε καὶ οὐσιωδῶς, ταῦτα πάντα ἐστὶν ὁ Υἱός. Μόνος ἀληθινὸς λέγεται Θεὸς ὁ Πατὴρ, ἐπειδὴ μόνος ἔχει τὸν Υἱὸν τὸν λέγοντα· Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ἀλήθεια. Σοφὸς καὶ δυνατὸς ὁμοίως, ἐπεὶ Χριστὸς Θεοῦ δύναμις, καὶ Θεοῦ σοφία. Μόνος λέγεται φῶς οἰκεῖν ἀπρόσιτον· ἔχει γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸν λέγοντα· Ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ φῶς. Μόνος ἔχειν ἀθανασίαν λέγεται· ἔχει γὰρ ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸν λέγοντα Υἱόν· Ἐγώ εἰμι ἡ ζωή. Εἰ τοίνυν σύμπαν τὸ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἴδιον, τοῦτό ἐστιν ὁ Υἱὸς, ὅταν λέγηται ζωὴν ἔχειν ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν ἑαυτῷ, τὸν Υἱὸν σημαίνει, καὶ οὐχ ἕτερόν τι παρ' αὐτόν. Ὑπάρχων δὲ καὶ αὐτὸς ἐν Υἱῷ κατὰ τὸ τῆς οὐσίας ἀπαράλλακτον, καὶ ζωὴ κατὰ φύσιν ὢν, δέδωκεν ἑαυτὸν αὐτῷ. ΑΛΛΟ. Ζωὴ κατὰ φύσιν ὑπάρχων ὁ Υἱὸς, δέχεσθαι παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς ταύτην φησὶν, οὐχ ᾗ Λόγος ἐστὶν ἢ ἀπαύγασμα φυσικῶς ἔχει τὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἴδια, ἀλλὰ καθὸ γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος, ᾧ πάντα θεόσδοτα. Καταστήσει δὲ τοῦτο σαφὲς ἐν τοῖς ἐφεξῆς, τοῦ δεδόσθαι τὴν αἰτίαν ἐξηγούμενος. Ἐξουσίαν γὰρ, φησὶν, ἔδωκεν αὐτῷ κρίσιν ποιεῖν, ὅτι Υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐστίν. Εἰ δὲ ἐπειδήπερ Υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου ἐστὶ, τὴν ἐπὶ τῷ κρίνειν ἐξουσίαν εἰληφέναι λέγεται, τὸν αὐτὸν ἀνακυκλώσαντες λόγον ἐροῦμεν· Ἐπειδὴ Υἱὸς ἀνθρώπου γέγονε, τὴν ὁμοιότητα φορέσας τῶν παρὰ Θεοῦ δέχεσθαι τὰ πάντα πεφυκότων, καὶ ζωὴν εἰληφέναι λέγεται, μόνῃ καὶ γυμνῇ τῇ θείᾳ φύσει τηρῶν, καὶ τὸ μετοχῆς τινος ἀνεπίδεκτον καὶ τὸ δύνασθαι τοῖς πᾶσι τὰ πάντα χορηγεῖν
About this text
Cyril of Alexandria, Thesaurus on the Holy and Consubstantial Trinity (Greek). SERIES on this page: prologue + Logos I–XXXV CLOSEOUT.
English follows PG 75 Greek (CPG 5215). Greystone / Durand SC / modern English syncs were not used as wording. Thesaurus SERIES CLOSEOUT prologue + Logos I–XXXV.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 75 — Thesaurus de sancta et consubstantiali Trinitate (Greek)
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.