Homilies on Isaiah, Homilia VII
Behold I and the children God gave me§1
1Give a wise man occasion and he will be wiser. Paul reads Behold, I and the children God has given me as Hebrews 2:13-14: the children shared flesh and blood, so the Savior shared them to destroy the one who holds death’s power.
Latin · §1
Da sapienti occasionem et sapientior erit. Apostolus recordans: ecce ego et pueri quos Deus dedit mihi — quia pueri communicaverunt sanguini atque carni, et ipse proximo factus est, ut per mortem destruat eum qui imperium habet mortis.
He shared flesh to make us his own§2
2Flesh and blood were alien to his divinity; he took what was not his so that we who were estranged by sin might become his household.
Latin · §2
Alienus erat a natura divina sanguinem et carnem suscipere; propter nos ea suscepit ut domesticos nos faceret qui alieni eramus per peccatum.
Not mediums; the Word made flesh§3
3If they say seek mediums and wizards, answer: this word is not like that. The church holds the Word became flesh and dwelt among us; we have seen his glory — glory as of the only Son, not Moses’ veiled face. Amen.
Latin · §3
Si dixerint quaerite ventriloquos — non est ut verbum istud. Ecclesia dicit: verbum caro factum habitavit in nobis; vidimus gloriam unigeniti. Verbum in principio erat apud Deum; cui gloria. Amen.