Taken up in glory; believers in God believe Christ; faith into his name
…seen by angels, going up into the heavens, proclaimed also among the nations through the holy apostles, and believed also in the world (1 Timothy 3:16). And we do not say at all that he is simply a human as we are, but that he is God in flesh and become as we are. And he was also taken up in glory, that he might hear God and Father saying: “Sit at my right until I put your enemies as a footstool of your feet.” (Psalm 110:1)
From Titus. “Faithful is the word, and about these things I want you to insist, that those who have believed God may be careful to devote themselves to good works.” (Titus 3:8) Do those who believe God then not also believe into Christ? And yet blessed John is clearly seen saying about him: “But as many as received him, he gave them authority to become children of God, to those who believe into his name,” (John 1:12) and blessed Paul himself also: “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 in him.” (Galatians 2:16) When therefore those who bring the faith to Christ believe God, how would he not be true God?
That the faith is into Christ. From the Gospel according to John. “But as many as received him, he gave them authority to become children of God, to those who believe into his name.” (John 1:12) He sets down two God-befitting things at once: for Christ is received by us in no other way than that the faith is also into him.
Greek
ὤφθη ἀγγέλοις, ἀναβαίνων εἰς οὐρανούς, ἐκηρύχθη καὶ ἐν ἔθνεσι διὰ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων, ἐπιστεύθη δὲ καὶ ἐν κόσμῳ. καὶ οὔτι που φαμὲν ὅτι καθ’ ἡμᾶς ἄνθρωπος ἁπλῶς, ἀλλ’ ὡς Θεὸς ἐν σαρκὶ καὶ καθ’ ἡμᾶς γεγονώς. ἀνελήφθη δὲ καὶ ἐν δόξῃ, ἵνα λέγοντος ἀκούσῃ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρός· «Κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου.»
Ἐκ τῆς πρὸς Τίτον. «Πιστὸς ὁ λόγος, καὶ περὶ τούτων βούλομαί σε διαβεβαιοῦσθαι, ἵνα φροντίζωσι καλῶν ἔργων προΐστασθαι οἱ πεπιστευκότες Θεῷ.» ἆρα οὖν οἱ Θεῷ πιστεύοντες οὐκ εἰς Χριστὸν πεπιστεύκασι; καίτοι λέγων ὁρᾶται σαφῶς ὁ μακάριος Ἰωάννης περὶ αὐτοῦ· «Ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ,» καὶ μὴν καὶ αὐτὸς ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος· «Εἰδότες δὲ ὅτι οὐ δικαιοῦται ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ἔργων νόμου ἐὰν μὴ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡμεῖς εἰς Χριστὸν Ἰησοῦν ἐπιστεύσαμεν, ἵνα δικαιωθῶμεν ἐν αὐτῷ.» ὅτε τοίνυν Θεῷ πιστεύουσιν οἱ Χριστῷ τὴν πίστιν προσάγοντες, πῶς οὐκ ἂν εἴη Θεὸς ἀληθής;
Ὅτι εἰς Χριστὸν ἡ πίστις. Ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ Ἰωάννην εὐαγγελίου. «Ὅσοι δὲ ἔλαβον αὐτόν, ἔδωκεν αὐτοῖς ἐξουσίαν τέκνα Θεοῦ γενέσθαι, τοῖς πιστεύουσιν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ.» δύο κατὰ ταὐτὸν τίθησι θεοπρεπῆ· παραλαμβάνεται γὰρ οὐχ ἑτέρως παρ’ ἡμῶν ὁ Χριστός, πλὴν ὅτι καὶ εἰς αὐτὸν ἡ πίστις.
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. 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.