Commentary on a Psalm · §4 · Eustathius of Antioch

One person, not one nature

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Eustathius is closing his interpretation of Psalm 15 by quoting Galatians 4:4 and explaining that the singular 'born' points to Christ's one person, not one nature.

From Eustathius of Antioch, from his interpretation of Psalm 15: “God sent his Son, born of a woman” (Galatians 4:4). I did not say “born ones,” but “born,” for the person is singular. I did not say the nature is singular—away with it, may it not be! Nor did I say that flesh and divinity have the same substance. Rather, I said one Lord Jesus Christ, through whom are all things, known in all things in the difference of the natures.

Greek

Εὐσταθίου Ἀντιοχείας ἐξ ἑρμηνείας τοῦ ιεʹ ψαλμοῦ· Ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ γενόμενον ἐκ γυναικός· οὐ γενομένους, ἀλλὰ γενόμενον· μοναδικὸν γὰρ τὸ πρόσωπον· οὐκ εἶπον μοναδικὴν τὴν φύσιν·

ἄπαγε, μὴ γένοιτο· οὐδὲ τὴν αὐτὴν οὐσίαν σαρκὸς καὶ θεότητος, ἀλλ' εἶπον ἕνα Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν, δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα, ἐν τῷ διαφόρῳ τῶν φύσεων, γνωριζόμενον κατὰ πάντα.

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