Gregory of Nazianzus De Filio (Orat. 29) 17

ed. Arthur James Mason

De Filio (Orat. 29). Gregory of Nazianzus. ed. Arthur James Mason. Germany. 2014.

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De Filio (Orat. 29) (Greek) (Gregory of Nazianzus. The Five Theological Orations. Mason, Arthur James, translator. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1899.)

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De Filio (Orat. 29)

1. 17. 4 καὶ κατειλ.] om καὶ e ΙΙ 16 om ο πατὴρ ce
2. 2. δέξη κἀντ’. πείθειν] ‘if from that quarter you can find means to persuade tis?
3. 17. The titles given to the Son in Scripture clearly shew His Godhead.
4. 5. τῆς θεός] sc. φωνῆς.
5. 6. ἐν ἀρχῇ ἢν] John i 1.
6. 7. μετὰ σοῦ ἡ ἁ.] Ps. cix (ex) 3 where Swete reads μ. σοῦ ἀρχή. As the Ps. addresses Christ, the statement agrees with Gr.'s allusion to the passage just above; for if the ἀρχή (sc. the Father) is with Him, He is with the ἀρχή. In the Ps. the word ἀρχή was prob. intended to mean ‘rule.’ ‘authority,’ not (as Gr. seems to think) ‘beginning.’
7. 8. ὁ καλῶν αὐτήν] Is. xli 4 where the true text is ἀπὸ γενεῶν ἀρχῆς, the αὐτήν prob. being repeated from the δικαιοσύνην of the previous vs. I cannot find that any other father uses the text in the same manner as Gr.
8. ib. ἐπειδὴ υἱὸς μ.] gives a justification for the text just used, — or perhaps for the orig. statement τὴν θεότητα...κηρύσσομεν. The verb ἐστίν, or καλεῖται, must be supplied: ’for He is the only begotten Son.’
9. 9. ὁ μονογ. υἱός] John i 18. Hort Two Dissertations p. 20 mentions that the phrase μονογενὴς θεός is once used by Gr. (Ep. 202 p. 168 C). It seems, however, from our present passage that Gr. considered υἱός to be the right reading in St John.
10. 10. ἐγώ εἰμι ἢ ὁδ.] John xiv 6.
11. 11. τὸ φῶς τ. κόσμου] John viii 12.
12. 12. X. θεοῦ δύν.] 1 Cor. i 24.
13. 14. ὃς ὢν ἀπαύγασμα] Hob. i 3.
14. 15. εἰκὼν τῆς ἂγ.] Wisd. vii 26.
15. ib. τοῦτον γὰρ b π. ἐσφρ.] John vi 27.
16. 17. ἔβρεξε κύριος] Gen. xix 24.