The Pronoun 'I' in the Divine Nature
Homily on 'I go': By Cyril, Bishop of Jerusalem, on the words 'I go to my Father; and whatever you ask in my name, I will do it, so that the Father may be glorified in the Son' (John 14:14).
Concerning both that which is said about the divinity and that which is said about the humanity, he sets forth the 'I', so as to show the intention of the words from their sequence, and the distinction of the natures from the difference of the things said. And from the debating in both ways, he signifies the connection of the person regarding one single thing.
Greek
Homilia in illud: Ego vado ad patrem meum Κυρίλλου ἐπισκόπου Ἱεροσολύμων εἰς τὸ "Ἐγὼ πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου· καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, τοῦτο ποιήσω, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ". Ἐπ' ἀμφοτέρων τῶν περὶ τῆς θεότητος καὶ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος λεγομένων τίθησιν τὸ ἐγώ, ὡς τὴν μὲν διάνοιαν τῶν ῥημάτων ἐκ τῆς ἀκολουθίας φαίνεσθαι, τὴν δὲ διάγνωσιν τῶν φύσεων ἐκ τῆς διαφορᾶς τῶν λεγομένων. ἐκ δὲ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι ἐν ἀμφοτέραις ὡσὰν περὶ ἑνός τινος τὴν τοῦ προσώπου συνάφειαν σημαίνει.
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Cyril of Jerusalem on John 14:28.
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