Logos 27 rem mid
Rem mid: solutions against creaturely readings.
Greek
μόνον ἑαυτὸν Θεὸν ἀληθινὸν εἰπεῖν τὸν Πατέρα; Ἐπειδὴ δὲ τοῦτο ἄτοπον, ἔρχεται μᾶλλον ἡ τοῦ ῥήματος δύναμις κατὰ τῶν ψευδωνύμων θεῶν, κἂν οἱ χριστομάχοι μὴ βούλωνται. ΑΛΛΟ, ἐξ ὑποθέσεως. Ὑποκείσθω νῦν ἡμῖν ὅτι πλανώμενοί τινες τῶν ὅσοι τῆς ἀληθινῆς ἀμοιροῦσι σοφίας, εἰκόνα στήσαντες, καί τινα τυχὸν μορφὴν ἀνθρώπου ἢ ἑτέρου ζώου καταγράψαντες ἐν αὐτῇ, τοῦτο κεκλήκασι φῶς, ἐκεῖθεν ὄντως οἰόμενοι γεννᾶσθαι τοῦτο αὐτοῖς· φωνὴν δὲ εἴ τις ἡλίῳ περιθείη, εἶτα λέγοι πρὸς αὐτούς· Ἄνθρωποι, πλανᾶσθε, ἐγὼ μόνος εἰμὶ τὸ φῶς, οὐκ ἔστιν ἄλλος πλὴν ἐμοῦ, ἆρ' ἐκβάλλει τοῦ εἶναι φῶς τὸ ἴδιον ἀπαύγασμα, πρὸς ἀναίρεσιν τοῦ ψευδωνύμου φωτὸς ἐκεῖνο βοῶν; Ἀλλ' οὐκ ἔχει λόγον τὸ οὕτω νοεῖν. Οὐκοῦν ὅτε φησὶ καὶ ὁ Πατήρ· Ἐγώ εἰμι Θεὸς μόνος, καὶ πλὴν ἐμοῦ οὐκ ἔστιν, οὐκ ἐκβάλλει τῆς θεότητος τὸ ἴδιον τῆς ἑαυτοῦ οὐσί
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.