Ask in my name; Father and Son give as one God
…for he was taken up into heaven. But as God he promises to fulfill the requests of those who pray, if they make their petitions in his name. Then: to whom would it be more fitting to fulfill the prayers of the saints and grant their requests, except to the one who alone is by nature and truly God?
“You did not choose me, but I chose you, that you should go and bear fruit, and that your fruit should remain, so that whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.” (John 15:16) See how everywhere he shows that he works the same things with authority as God the Father. For he had said, “If you ask in my name, I will do it” (John 14:13–14); but now he says, “Whatever you ask the Father in my name he will give you.” (John 16:23–26) So then — does the Father give on his own apart from the Son, and the Son separately give his share apart from the Father? Would the saints’ prayer-requests then come from two gods? Not so — God forbid. For there is one God, the Father, and one Lord Jesus Christ (1 Corinthians 8:6). The Father distributes the good things in the Son, in the Spirit. Yet the asking in prayer is in Christ Jesus, and the Lord Jesus who became human is understood as the one who is also named Word.
“And on that day you will ask me nothing. Truly, truly I say to you, if you ask my Father anything, he will give it to you in my name. Ask and you will receive, that your joy may be full.” This too will sit briefly in the same sense as what is above, and what follows likewise. It runs thus: “On that day you will ask in my name, and I do not say to you that I will ask the Father…”
Greek
…ἀνελήφθη γὰρ εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν. ἀλλὰ ὡς Θεὸς ἐπαγγέλλεται πληροῦν τὰ αἰτήματα τῶν προσευχομένων, εἰ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι αὐτοῦ ποιοῖντο τὰς λιτάς. εἶτα, τίνι ἂν πρέποι μᾶλλον τὸ πληροῦν εὐχὰς ἁγίων καὶ χαρίζεσθαι τὰ αἰτήματα, πλὴν ὅτι μόνῳ τῷ κατὰ φύσιν καὶ ἀληθῶς Θεῷ;
«Οὐχ ὑμεῖς με ἐξελέξασθε, ἀλλ’ ἐγὼ ἐξελεξάμην ὑμᾶς, ἵνα ὑμεῖς ὑπάγητε καὶ καρπὸν φέρητε, καὶ ὁ καρπὸς ὑμῶν μένῃ, ἵνα ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δώσει ὑμῖν.» ἰδοὺ πανταχοῦ δείκνυσιν, ὅτι τὰ ἴσα μετ’ ἐξουσίας ἐνεργεῖ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρί. ἔφασκε γὰρ ὅτι «ἐὰν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ποιήσω»· νυνὶ δὲ φησιν «ὅ τι ἂν αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου δώσει ὑμῖν.» ἆρα οὖν ἰδίᾳ μὲν δίδωσιν ὁ Πατὴρ δίχα τοῦ Υἱοῦ, ἰδίᾳ δὲ καὶ ἀνὰ μέρος ὁ Υἱὸς δίχα τοῦ Πατρός; οὐκοῦν παρὰ δύο θεῶν τοῖς ἁγίοις τὰ ἐν εὐχαῖς αἰτήματα; ἀλλ’ οὐχ οὕτως ἔχει ταῦτα, μὴ γένοιτο. εἷς γὰρ Θεὸς ὁ Πατήρ, καὶ εἷς κύριος Ἰησοῦς Χριστός. διανέμει γὰρ ὁ Πατὴρ ἐν Υἱῷ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἐν Πνεύματι. πλὴν ἡ αἴτησις ἡ ἐν προσευχαῖς ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ, καὶ κύριος Ἰησοῦς ὁ ἐνανθρωπήσας νοεῖται ὁ καὶ ὀνομάζεται Λόγος.
«Καὶ ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐμὲ οὐκ ἐρωτήσετε οὐδέν. ἀμὴν ἀμὴν λέγω ὑμῖν, ἂν τι αἰτήσητε τὸν πατέρα μου, δώσει ὑμῖν ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου. αἰτεῖτε καὶ λήψεσθε, ἵνα ἡ χαρὰ ὑμῶν ᾖ πεπληρωμένη.» ἐν ἴσῃ καὶ τοῦτο τοῖς ἀνωτέρω βραχὺ διανοίᾳ κείσεται, καὶ τὸ ἐφεξῆς ὁμοίως. ἔχει δὲ οὕτως· «Ἐν ἐκείνῃ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου αἰτήσεσθε, καὶ οὐ λέγω ὑμῖν ὅτι ἐγὼ ἐρωτήσω τὸν πατέρα»…
About this text
Cyril’s court treatise on right faith for Arcadia and Marina (CPG 5219). One Son, Word made flesh — not two Christs. English from Pusey’s Greek.
English follows Pusey’s 1877 Greek of De recta fide ad Arcadiam et Marinam. OCR of that print was cleaned section by section before Pass A/B. This is a reading translation for study, not a new critical edition.
Witnesses
- Copy-text Pusey, De recta fide ad reginas (Oxford, 1877) (Greek · CPG 5219 §§1–100)
This is an AI-assisted study translation. Source fidelity and completeness have not been independently certified. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.