Dial.1 rem mid: Horeb mediator type; the prophet like Moses; Son speaks the Father’s words
From Deuteronomy at Horeb on the day of the assembly Israel asked not to hear the Lord’s voice or see the great fire again, lest they die. The Lord said they spoke rightly, and promised: I will raise up a prophet for them from among their brothers, like you, and put my word in his mouth. In Moses’ shadows, A argues, human weakness already showed how needed a mediator is.
Israel said to Moses, . The Creator accepted that request and, shaping the truth beforehand in types, promised Christ’s mediation. The Son himself cries, I have not spoken from myself; the Father who sent me has given me commandment what to say, and the words I speak are not mine but his who sent me. John seals it: the one God sent speaks the words of God. Hermias will not deny the point; A offers to stay on this path of the Son’s mediation rather than dart down another road.
Greek
ὅσα ᾐτήσω παρὰ Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ σου ἐν Χωρήβ, τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, λέγοντες· Οὐ προσθήσομεν ἀκοῦσαι τῆς φωνῆς Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ ἡμῶν, καὶ τὸ πῦρ τὸ μέγα τοῦτο οὐκ ὀψόμεθα ἔτι, οὐδὲ μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν. Καὶ εἶπε Κύριος πρός με· Ὀρθῶς πάντα ὅσα ἐλάλησαν. Προφήτην ἀναστήσω αὐτοῖς ἐκ μέσου τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν ὥσπερ σέ· καὶ δώσω τὸ ῥῆμά μου ἐν τῷ στόματι αὐτοῦ, καὶ λα λήσει αὐτοῖς καθότι ἂν ἐντείλωμαι αὐτῷ. Καὶ ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος ὃς ἐὰν μὴ ἀκούσῃ τῶν λόγων αὐτοῦ, ὅσα ἐὰν λαλήσει ὁ προφήτης ἐπὶ τῷ ὀνόματί μου, ἐγὼ ἐκδικήσω ἐξ αὐτοῦ." Ἆρ' οὐκ ἐμφανῶς, ὡς ἐν τύποις ἔτι καὶ σκιαῖς, ἔν γε τοῖς κατὰ Μωσέα, τὴν τοῦ μεσιτεύοντος χρείαν ἀναγκαιοτάτην ἀπέδειξε τὸ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος ἀσθενές; Πλὴν ἐκεῖνο διασκεπτέον. {Β.} Τὸ ποῖόν τι φῄς; {Α.} Μωσῇ μὲν γὰρ προσιόντες· "Λάλει σὺ πρὸς ἡμᾶς, καὶ μὴ λαλείτω πρὸς ἡμᾶς ὁ Θεός, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνωμεν," ἔφασκεν ὁ Ἰσραήλ· καὶ τοῦτο ἐζήτουν ἐν Χωρὴβ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ὅτε Θεὸς ἦν ἐν εἴδει πυρὸς ἐπὶ τὸ ὄρος Σινᾶ. Ἀλλ' ὡς ἄριστα τουτὶ λέγοντάς τε καὶ διεσκεμμένους ἀπεδέχετο μὲν ὁ ∆ημιουργός, προαναπλάττων δὲ ὥσπερ καὶ αὐτὴν ἡμῖν ἐν τύποις τὴν ἀλήθειαν, τὴν διὰ Χριστοῦ μεσιτείαν ὑπισχνεῖτο λέγων· "Ὀρθῶς πάντα ὅσα ἐλάλησαν. Προφήτην αὐτοῖς ἀναστήσω ἐκ μέσου τῶν ἀδελφῶν αὐτῶν, ὥσπερ σέ·" μεσίτην δηλονότι, καὶ τοὺς ἄνωθέν τε καὶ θείους διαπορθμεύοντα λόγους, καὶ κατασημαίνοντα τῷ λαῷ τὸ τῇ ἀφράστῳ τε καὶ ἀρρήτῳ φύσει δοκοῦν, ὃ καὶ ἀταλαίπωρον κομιδῇ καὶ δι' αὐτοῦ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τετελεσμένον ἰδεῖν. Ἀνεκεκράγει γὰρ ἐναργῶς ὅτι "Ἐγὼ ἐξ ἐμαυτοῦ οὐκ ἐλάλησα, ἀλλ' ὁ πέμψας με Πατήρ, αὐτός μοι ἐντολὴν δέδωκε τί εἴπω καὶ τί λαλήσω." Καὶ πάλιν· "Τὰ ῥήματα ἃ ἐγὼ λαλῶ οὐκ ἔστιν ἐ
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Cyril of Alexandria, Dialogue 1 on the Holy and Consubstantial Trinity (Greek). Complete on this page: prologue + opening + rem CLOSEOUT.
English follows PG 75 Greek (CPG 5216). Durand SC French and modern English syncs were not used as wording. Dialogue 1 CLOSEOUT.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 75 — De sancta et consubstantiali Trinitate dialogi (Greek · Dialogue 1 prologue + opening)
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