# Fragmenta in sancti Pauli epistulam ii ad Corinthios 329

Cyrillus, Fragmenta in sancti Pauli epistulam ii ad Corinthios, Page 329. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cyrillus-theol/fragmenta-in-sancti-pauli-epistulam-ii-ad-corinthios/329

ρωμένος· οὐκοῦν κἂν εἰ νοοῖτο μετὰ σαρκὸς, κἂν εἰ τοῦτο μὲν οὐχὶ, καταμόνας δὲ ὥσπερ καὶ οὔπω καθ' ἡμᾶς γεγονὼς, ὁ ἐκ Θεοῦ Λόγος, ὀσμὴ τῆς γνώσεώς ἐστι τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ Πατρὸς, ὡς ἐν ἰδίᾳ φύσει τὸν ἐξ οὗπέρ ἐστιν εὐωδιάζων εἰς ἡμᾶς. καὶ εἴπερ ἐστὶν ἀληθὲς ὅ φημι, πῶς ἂν εἴη γενητὸς καὶ τοῖς ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων λαχοῦσι γένεσιν ἐναρίθμιος; οὐκ ἂν γὰρ γένοιτο τοῦ μὴ κτισμένου ὀσμὴ, μήτε ὑπάρχοντος γενητῶς· οὐ γὰρ ἔν γε τῷ ἀγενήτῳ τὸ γενητὸν ὀψόμεθα, οὐδὲ ἐν τῷ γενητῷ τὸ ἀγένητον. ἀλλὰ μὴν ἔδειξεν ὁ Υἱὸς ἐν ἑαυτῷ τὸν Πατέρα· Θεὸς ἄρα κατὰ φύσιν ἐστὶ διὰ τὸ τῆς οὐσίας ταὐτόν· ἀκουέτω τοίνυν καὶ πρὸς ἡμῶν ὁ Υἱός "Μύρον ἐκκενωθὲν ὄνομά σου·" ἐγνώκαμεν γὰρ δι' αὐτοῦ τε καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ τὸν ἐξ οὗ γεγέννηται Πατέρα καὶ Θεόν. Ὅτι Χριστοῦ εὐωδία ἐσμὲν Θεῷ ἐν τοῖς σωζομένοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις. Εὐωδιάζουσι τῷ Θεῷ καὶ Πατρὶ τὸν Κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν τὸν Χριστὸν, πρῶτον μὲν ὡς αὐτὸν ἔχοντες διὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος ἐνοικοῦντά τε καὶ ἐνηυλισμένον, εἶτα ὅτι τοῖς ἁπανταχοῦ διακηρύττοντές τε καὶ περιφέροντες τὸν ἐπ' αὐτῷ λόγον, καθάπερ τι τῶν εὐοσμοτάτων θυμιαμάτων, προσεκόμιζον τῷ Θεῷ τὴν ἔν γε τούτῳ σπουδήν· κατὰ τρίτον δὲ τρόπον, ὅτι καὶ σύμμορφοι γεγονότες αὐτῷ, διὰ τῶν ἴσων τετελείωνται παθημάτων. εὐωδίαν γεμὴν ἑαυτοὺς εἶναί φασι τοῦ Χριστοῦ ἐν τοῖς σωζομένοις καὶ ἐν τοῖς ἀπολλυμένοις, οἷς μὲν ὀσμὴ ἐκ

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Cyrillus Theol., Fragmenta in sancti Pauli epistulam ii ad Corinthios. 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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4090.tlg005.local001/.