# Fragmenta in sancti Pauli epistulam ad Hebraeos 385

Cyrillus, Fragmenta in sancti Pauli epistulam ad Hebraeos, Page 385. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cyrillus-theol/fragmenta-in-sancti-pauli-epistulam-ad-hebraeos/385

Πῶς ἠλάττωται παρὰ τοὺς ἀγγέλους ὁ παρ' αὐτῶν προσκυνούμενος; ἢ ὅτι καθίκετο ἐν τοῖς τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος μέτροις, καὶ τὸ ἀποθνήσκειν πεφυκὸς σῶμα λαβὼν ἐν αὐτῷ πέπονθεν ἑκὼν, καὶ ταῖς ἀνωτάτω δόξαις στεφανοῦται διὰ τὸ πάθος, ὡς δι' αὐτοῦ καταργήσας τὸν θάνατον, καὶ ἄπρακτον ἀποφήνας τὴν φθορὰν, ἅτε ἀφθαρσία ὢν καὶ ζωή. τὰ δὲ τῆς ὑπεροχῆς τοῖς ἀγγέλοις, ὅτι καὶ ἔξω σαρκὸς καὶ τοῦ τεθνάναι κρείττους εἰσὶ, γεγονότος ἐν τούτοις τοῦ Υἱοῦ διὰ τὴν ἑκούσιον κένωσιν. ἀλλ' ὁ βραχὺ παρ' ἀγγέλους ἠλαττωμένος διὰ τὸ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος μέτρον, ἐν ὑπεροχῇ θεότητος ὢν προσκυνεῖται παρ' αὐτῶν, καὶ ἐνίδρυται θώκοις οὓς περιεστᾶσιν ἐκεῖνοι δοξολογοῦντες ἀεὶ, καὶ τῶν δυνάμεων αὐτὸν ὀνομάζοντες κύριον.

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Cyrillus Theol., Fragmenta in sancti Pauli epistulam ad Hebraeos. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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