Epistle rem mid
Rem mid: Epistle; lemma continues; spiritual reading with the letter.
Greek
τέτακται ἑπτάκις ἀποπληρῶσαι τὴν δίκην τῶν ἡμαρτημένων τὸν Καΐν, παραλύσει , φησὶν, τούτῳ τῷ ὑπὸ τῆς θείας κρίσεως ἐπ' αὐτῷ δεδογμένον, ὁ ἀποκτείνας αὐτόν. Οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ νοῦς ὁ ἐντεῦθεν ἀπὸ τῆς πρώτης ἀναγνώσεως ὑποπίπτων. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἐρευνᾷν πέφυκε τὰ βάθη τῶν φιλοπονωτέρων ἡ διάνοια, ἐπιζητεῖ τὸ δίκαιον, πῶς ἐν τῷ ἑπτάκις πληροῦται καὶ τὰ ἐκδικούμενα; πότερον τὰ ἁμαρτηθέντα ἑπτά ἐστιν, ἓν μὲν τὸ ἁμάρτημα, ἑπτὰ δὲ ἐπὶ τῷ ἑνὶ αἱ κολάσεις; Ἀεὶ μὲν οὖν ἡ Γραφὴ τὸν τῆς ἀφέσεως τῶν ἁμαρτιῶν ἀριθμὸν ἐν τοῖς ἑπτὰ περιορίζει. Ποσάκις, φησὶ, ἁμαρτήσει εἰς ἐμὲ ὁ ἀδελφός μου, καὶ ἀφήσω αὐτῷ (ὁ Πέτρος ἐστὶ λέγων τῷ Κυρίῳ); ἕως ἑπτάκις; Εἶτα ἀπόκρισις τοῦ Κυρίου· Οὐ λέγω σοι ἕως ἑπτάκις, ἀλλ' ἕως ἑβδομηκοντάκις ἑπτά· οὐ γὰρ ἐπ' ἄλλον ἀριθμὸν μετέβη ὁ Κύριος, ἀλλὰ τὸν
About this text
Cyril of Alexandria, Ad Optimum episcopum (Greek). SERIES CLOSEOUT on this page.
Original English Translation of Cyril’s Ad Optimum episcopum — new OET from PG 77 Greek.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 77 (Greek)
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.