Can one know God and not know the Father? Same Creator is Christ’s Father
Next ask whether someone can know God and not know the Father. If “Father” and “God” are different aspects, perhaps one may know him as God without knowing him as Father.
Yet we have clearly learned that the Creator and God of the prophets, Father of Christ, is also God and Father of us — as Paul writes concerning his Son, who was descended from David according to the flesh.
Greek
Μετὰ ταῦτα ζητήσεις εἰ ἔστιν γινώσκοντά τινα τὸν θεὸν μὴ γινώσκειν τὸν πατέρα· εἰ γὰρ ἑτέρα αὐτοῦ ἐπίνοιά ἐστιν καθὸ πατήρ, καὶ ἑτέρα καθὸ θεός, τάχα ἔστιν τινὰ γινώσκειν μὲν τὸν θεόν, μὴ γινώσκειν δὲ τὸν πατέρα.
σαφῶς δὲ μεμαθήκαμεν ὅτι ὁ δημιουργὸς καὶ θεὸς τῶν προφητῶν καὶ πατὴρ τοῦ Χριστοῦ θεός τε καὶ πατὴρ ἡμῶν ἐστιν, ὡς καὶ Παῦλος· περὶ τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ τοῦ γενομένου ἐκ σπέρματος Δαυὶδ κατὰ σάρκα.
About this text
Origen’s Commentary on John, Book 19 (later tomoi). Complete on this page: §§1–23.
English follows Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV (GCS 10, 1903). Heine FOTC was not used as wording. This page is Book 19 §§1–23 of the later books (13, 19, 20, 28, 32).
Witnesses
- Copy-text Preuschen, Origenes Werke IV = GCS 10 (1903) (Greek · Book 19 §§1–23)
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.