Sermon on the Three Youths · §2 · Cyril of Alexandria

Providence of the Trinity for the three royal children

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Cyril is addressing the congregation about the three young men, Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, and now states that the providence of the holy Trinity worked for their sake through the prophecy just read.

For the sake of the royal children of the same race, Ananias, Azarias, and Misael, the providence of the undefiled Trinity worked through the prophecy just now read. About these I wish to explain their way of life, their advocacy, their alliance, and their perfection for the Church of God—how these good noble branches, the children proved their courage and were brought to perfection, and so on.

Greek

γεγονότας· περὶ τούτων ἡ πρόνοια τῆς ἀχράντου Τριάδος διὰ τῆς ἀρτίως ἀναγνωσθείσης προφητείας, ἕνεκεν τῶν βασιλικῶν ὁμοφύλων παίδων, Ἀνανίου, Ἀζαρίου, καὶ Μισαήλ· περὶ τούτων βούλομαι τὴν πολιτείαν καὶ συνηγορικὴν ἐπιστήμην καὶ συμμαχίαν καὶ τελείωσιν ἐξηγήσασθαι τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ Ἐκκλησίαν, τὸ πῶς ἀνδραγαθήσαντες ἐτελειώσθησαν οἱ καλοὶ κλάδοι παῖδες, κ.τ.λ.