Son revealed in Paul; justified by faith of Christ; sealed in him
Paul goes so far as to anathematize even angels, if they should pervert the gospel of Christ (Galatians 1:8). “But when God, who set me apart from my mother’s womb and called me through his grace, was pleased to reveal his Son in me, that I might proclaim him among the nations, immediately I did not consult with flesh and blood, nor did I go up to Jerusalem to those who were apostles before me.” (Galatians 1:15–17) For the one who has once obtained the initiation and revelation from God did not need the tutoring that comes from humans. Yet we ask this: whom did the Father reveal to blessed Paul? Or whom did he command him to proclaim among the nations? Was it God the Word and Only-begotten Son, not united to flesh and become human economically? Then how is that true? For he proclaimed the same one both human and God together, saying one Son and Lord, Jesus Christ.
“But knowing that a human is not justified from works of law except through faith of Jesus Christ, we also believed into Christ Jesus, that we might be justified from faith of Christ and not from works of law.” (Galatians 2:16) If believing God had justification as its wage—for those before us were also justified thus; for it is written that Abraham believed God and the faith was reckoned to him unto righteousness—how is Emmanuel not God, if indeed it is true that believing into him we are justified (Genesis 15:6)?
From Ephesians. “In whom you also, having heard the word of truth, the gospel of your salvation, in whom also having believed you were sealed with the Holy Spirit of promise, who is a pledge of our inheritance unto redemption of the acquisition, unto praise of his glory.” (Ephesians 1:13–14)
Greek
Παῦλος, ὡς καὶ ἀγγέλους ἀναθεματίζειν, εἰ δὴ μεταστρέφοιεν τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τοῦ Χριστοῦ. «Ὅτε δὲ εὐδόκησεν ὁ Θεὸς ὁ ἀφορίσας με ἐκ κοιλίας μητρός μου καὶ καλέσας διὰ τῆς χάριτος αὐτοῦ ἀποκαλύψαι τὸν υἱὸν αὐτοῦ ἐν ἐμοί, ἵνα εὐαγγελίζωμαι αὐτὸν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, εὐθέως οὐ προσανεθέμην σαρκὶ καὶ αἵματι, οὐδὲ ἀνῆλθον εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα πρὸς τοὺς πρὸ ἐμοῦ ἀποστόλους.» τῷ γὰρ ἅπαξ τὴν ἐκ Θεοῦ λαχόντι μυσταγωγίαν καὶ ἀποκάλυψιν οὐκ ἔδει τῆς ἐξ ἀνθρώπων παιδαγωγίας. πλὴν ἐκεῖνο φαμέν· τίνα ἀπεκάλυψεν ὁ Πατὴρ τῷ μακαρίῳ Παύλῳ; ἢ τίνα προστέταχεν ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσιν εὐαγγελίσασθαι; ἆρα Θεὸν Λόγον καὶ Υἱὸν Μονογενῆ, οὐχ ἑνωθέντα σαρκὶ καὶ γενόμενον ἄνθρωπον οἰκονομικῶς; εἶτα πῶς τοῦτό ἐστιν ἀληθές; διεκήρυξε γὰρ ἄνθρωπόν τε ὁμοῦ καὶ Θεὸν τὸν αὐτὸν καὶ ἕνα λέγων Υἱὸν καὶ Κύριον Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν.
«Εἰδότες δὲ ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐκ πίστεως Χριστοῦ καὶ οὐκ ἐξ ἔργων νόμου.» εἰ τὸ πιστεῦσαι Θεῷ μισθὸν ἔσχε τὴν δικαίωσιν—δεδικαίωνται γὰρ οὕτω καὶ οἱ πρὸ ἡμῶν· γέγραπται γὰρ ὅτι ἐπίστευσεν Ἀβραὰμ τῷ Θεῷ καὶ ἐλογίσθη αὐτῷ εἰς δικαιοσύνην ἡ πίστις—πῶς οὐ Θεὸς ὁ Ἐμμανουήλ, εἴπερ ἐστὶν ἀληθὲς ὡς εἰς αὐτὸν πιστεύοντες δικαιούμεθα;
Ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Ἐφεσίους. «Ἐν ᾧ ἀκούσαντες καὶ ὑμεῖς τὸν λόγον τῆς ἀληθείας, τὸ εὐαγγέλιον τῆς σωτηρίας ὑμῶν, ἐν ᾧ καὶ πιστεύσαντες ἐσφραγίσθητε τῷ πνεύματι τῆς ἐπαγγελίας τῷ ἁγίῳ, ὅς ἐστιν ἀρραβὼν τῆς κληρονομίας ἡμῶν εἰς ἀπολύτρωσιν τῆς περιποιήσεως, εἰς ἔπαινον δόξης αὐτοῦ.»
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)
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