Fragments on Daniel · §4 · Cyril of Alexandria

The Son reached the Father's glory

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Cyril is answering his own question about how the Son's coming to the Ancient of Days is not spatial, by showing from Daniel and the Psalm that the Son entered the Father's glory.

Did he reach it? Clearly the Son reached into the glory of the Father. And how can we see this? He himself said next: “To him was given the honor and the kingdom” (Daniel 7:14). For he heard the Father saying, “Sit at my right hand until I make your enemies a footstool for your feet” (Psalm 110:1).

Greek

ἔφθασεν; Εἰς τὴν δόξαν τοῦ Πατρὸς δηλονότι ἔφθασεν ὁ Υἱός. Καὶ πόθεν τοῦτο ἔστιν ἰδεῖν, ἔφη πάλιν αὐτὸς ἐφεξῆς· Αὐτῷ ἐδόθη ἡ τιμὴ καὶ βασιλεία. Ἤκουσε γὰρ τοῦ Πατρὸς λέγοντος· Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.