Fragment on Hebrews
Fragmentum in Hebraeos
The Superior Nature of Christ§1
1If all created nature worships Christ—for through the angels' designation he signifies a nature superior in reason, just as it was once said in some passage concerning the angels: 'Sit at my right hand' (Ps 110:1); and he is above this—and the scriptures speak of worship through creation, not looking up, saying, 'looking into heaven, and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars and all the cosmos of heaven, having gone astray, you will worship them' (Jer 51:41). Since worshiping these is forbidden, so also for the other creatures, even if any should happen to be highly ascended. As has been said before, it is fitting to be confirmed that it is not a creature but the Creator who is Christ, even if through us he united to himself the created flesh having received a rational and spiritual soul, and thus he is worshiped as God by all the creation (Heb 1:6).
To all belongs time, and an opportune time to every single thing under the heaven.
Greek · §1
Fragmentum in epistulam ad Hebraeos 1,6 Εἰ πᾶσα ἡ γενητὴ φύσις προσκυνεῖ τῷ Χριστῷ–διὰ γὰρ τῆς τῶν ἀγγέλων προσηγορίας τὴν ὑπέρτερον λογικὴν σημαίνει φύσιν, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τῷ τίνι γὰρ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἴρηκέν ποτε· κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου; καὶ ὑπεράνω ταύτης ἐστὶν αὐτός–καὶ προσκυνεῖν ὁ λόγος τῶν γραφῶν κτίσματι ἀπεῖπεν, μὴ ἀναβλέψας, λέγων, εἰς τὸν οὐρανόν, καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην καὶ τοὺς 45 ἀστέρας καὶ πάντα τὸν κόσμον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πλανηθεὶς προσκυνήσῃς αὐτοῖς. ὡς δὲ τούτοις προσκυνεῖν κεκώλυται, οὕτω καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις κτίσμασι, κἄν τινα ὑπεραναβεβηκότα τυγχάνῃ. ὡς καὶ ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται, διαβεβαιοῦσθαι προσήκει οὐ κτίσμα ἀλλὰ κτίστην εἶναι τὸν Χριστόν, εἰ καὶ δι' ἡμᾶς ἥνωσεν ἑαυτῷ τὴν κτιστὴν σάρκα ἐτυχωμένην ψυχῇ λογικῇ τε καὶ νοερᾷ, καὶ οὕτω δὲ προσκυνούμενος ὡς θεὸς ὑπὸ πάσης τῆς κτίσεως. 65lem τοῖς πᾶσιν χρόνος, καὶ καιρὸς τῷ παν-τὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν. 1
The Worship of All Creation§2
2If all created nature worships Christ (Hebrews 1:6)—for through the recognition of the angels, it signifies a nature superior in reason, just as it was once said in the Psalm regarding the angels: 'Sit at my right hand' (Psalm 110:1); and he is above this—and the word of the scriptures said to worship by means of the creature, without looking back, saying, into the...
Greek · §2
Fragmentum in epistulam ad Hebraeos 1,6 Εἰ πᾶσα ἡ γενητὴ φύσις προσκυνεῖ τῷ Χριστῷ–διὰ γὰρ τῆς τῶν ἀγγέλων προσηγορίας τὴν ὑπέρτερον λογικὴν σημαίνει φύσιν, ὥσπερ καὶ ἐν τῷ τίνι γὰρ τῶν ἀγγέλων εἴρηκέν ποτε· κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου; καὶ ὑπεράνω ταύτης ἐστὶν αὐτός–καὶ προσκυνεῖν ὁ λόγος τῶν γραφῶν κτίσματι ἀπεῖπεν, μὴ ἀναβλέψας, λέγων, εἰς τὸν
The Creator vs the Created§3
3heaven, and seeing the sun and the moon and the stars and all the world of heaven, having been led astray, you will worship them. But as he is forbidden to worship these, so also to the other creatures, even if one should happen to be highly exalted. As also has been said before, it is proper to confirm that it is not the creature but the Creator who is to be worshipped.
Greek · §3
οὐρανόν, καὶ ἰδὼν τὸν ἥλιον καὶ τὴν σελήνην καὶ τοὺς 45 ἀστέρας καὶ πάντα τὸν κόσμον τοῦ οὐρανοῦ πλανηθεὶς προσκυνήσῃς αὐτοῖς. ὡς δὲ τούτοις προσκυνεῖν κεκώλυται, οὕτω καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις κτίσμασι, κἄν τινα ὑπεραναβεβηκότα τυγχάνῃ. ὡς καὶ ἔμπροσθεν εἴρηται, διαβεβαιοῦσθαι προσήκει οὐ κτίσμα ἀλλὰ κτίστην εἶναι τὸν
Christ's Union with the Created Flesh§4
4Christ, even if through us he united to himself the created flesh, having been granted a soul both rational and spiritual, and thus being worshiped as God by all of creation.
Time for all things, and an opportune time for every single thing under the heaven (Ecclesiastes 3:1).
Greek · §4
Χριστόν, εἰ καὶ δι' ἡμᾶς ἥνωσεν ἑαυτῷ τὴν κτιστὴν σάρκα ἐτυχωμένην ψυχῇ λογικῇ τε καὶ νοερᾷ, καὶ οὕτω δὲ προσκυνούμενος ὡς θεὸς ὑπὸ πάσης τῆς κτίσεως. 65lem τοῖς πᾶσιν χρόνος, καὶ καιρὸς τῷ παν-τὶ πράγματι ὑπὸ τὸν οὐρανόν. 1