Expositio in Psalmos Prologue opening
Prologue.
Sacred words; labor on the Psalter for the Church’s hearing.
Greek
Expositio in Psalmos ΤΟΥ ΕΝ ΑΓΙΟΙΣ ΠΑΤΡΟΣ ΗΜΩΝ ΚΥΡΙΛΛΟΥ ΑΡΧΙΕΠΙΣΚΟΠΟΥ ΑΛΕΞΑΝ∆ΡΕΙΑΣ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΥΣ ΨΑΛΜΟΥΣ. ΠΡΟΟΙΜΙΟΝ. 69.717 Ἱεροὶ μὲν λόγοι καὶ θείων ἄθροισις μαθημάτων, εὐκλεᾶ τοῖς εἰρηκόσιν περιποιοῦσι τὴν ὄνησιν· "Κρεῖσσον γὰρ σοφία λίθων πολυτελῶν, πᾶν δὲ τίμιον οὐκ ἄξιον αὐτῆς ἐστιν." Χρῆναι δὲ οἶμαι πονεῖν, καὶ μάλα προθύμως, ἔν γε δὴ τοῖς οὕτως ὀνησιφόροις, ὄκνου τε εἶναι καὶ ῥᾳθυμίας κρείττονα τῶν ἀξιαγά στων ἐρῶντα πραγμάτων· οὐ γὰρ τοῖς εἰωθόσιν ἀναπίπτειν εἰς ῥᾳθυμίαν, ἁλώσιμα γένοιτ' ἂν τὰ ἐξαίρετα τῶν κατορθωμάτων, ἀλλὰ τοῖς ἱδροῦν ἐθέ λουσιν περὶ αὐτῶν. Ἔνθεν τοι κἀγὼ παρατέθηγμαι καὶ νῦν ἐπί γε τὸ δεῖν ὀλίγα ἄττα κατὰ δύναμιν καὶ εἰς τὴν τῶν ψαλμῶν ἀφηγήσασθαι βίβλον. Σφόδρα γὰρ αὐτῇ ἐν Ἐκκλησίᾳ Κυρίου ταῦτα ψάλλουσιν εἰς ὑπακοὴν τοῦ λαοῦ· δύνανται δὲ οἱ περὶ τὸν Ἀσὰφ προφῆται
About this text
Cyril of Alexandria, Exposition on the Psalms (Greek catena fragments). SERIES on this page: Prologue + extract units through Psalm ΡΙΘʹ CLOSEOUT.
English follows PG 69 Greek (CPG 5202). Pusey / modern English syncs were not used as wording. Psalms SERIES CLOSEOUT prologue + extract units.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 69 — Expositio in Psalmos (Greek)
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