Fragmentum in Proverbia

FROM THE COMMENTARY OF SAINT CYRIL ON THE PROVERBS

The Lord created me. {Cyril.} The phrase "he created me," if you should take it concerning the Godhead, means "He established me;" as in, "Create in me a clean heart, O God." And, "that he might create the two in himself." For not essentially, that he might create those who have already come into being, but that he might establish them. He established me, therefore, as the beginning of his providential and creative works. For to David he also says: "I was established as king by him."

Fragmentum in Proverbia

ΕΚ ΤΗΣ ΕΡΜΗΝΕΙΑΣ ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΚΥΡΙΛΛΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΑΣ ΠΑΡΟΙΜΙΑΣ

Κύριος ἔκτισέ με. {Κυρίλλου.} Τὸ ἔκτισέ με, ἂν περὶ θεότητος ἐκλάβῃς, ἀντὶ τοῦ Κατέστησέ με· ὡς τὸ, Καρδίαν καθαρὰν κτίσον ἐν ἐμοὶ, ὁ Θεός. Καὶ,Ἵνα τοὺς δύο κτίσῃ ἐν ἑαυτῷ. Οὐ γὰρ οὐσιωδῶς, ἵνα κτίσῃ τοὺς ἤδη γεγενημένους, ἀλλ' ἵνα καταστήσῃ. Κατέστησεν οὖν με ἀρχὴν τῶν προνοητικῶν αὐτοῦ καὶ ποιητικῶν ἔργων. Καὶ τῷ ∆αβὶδ γὰρ λέγει· Ἐγὼ κατεστάθην βασιλεὺς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ.