Fragments on the first epistle of saint paul to the corinthians of the same saint cyril, archbishop of alexandria

 Christ has called his own in peace. and that he himself is one, and is not divided therefore we are all one in christ, and have been perfected for th

 Turtledoves and pigeons, and saying, do not make my father's house a house of trade, they opposed him, saying, what sign do you show us that you

 Of speech, and as it were concealing the inelegance in them but a bare and simple word, witnessed as in the power of god, is sufficient for the divin

 A mind that has believed, that it might appear also fruitful? and what is the increase from christ, or the strengthening through the spirit and the as

 To those who have sinned? or, having approached in a spirit of gentleness and as in love, should i pass by in silence? but the rebuke was better for t

 We have also partaken of his holy flesh, and we have been sanctified in a twofold manner and he has dwelt 264 in us as life and life-giver, so that h

 Of glory but if it is defiled, it is deprived of such glory. do you not know that your body is a temple of the holy spirit in you. for the spirit of

 That some make freewill offerings, that is, to bring something to god and these freewill offerings were: those things beyond the law, as fruits from

 Are you perfected? it was necessary, therefore, with a clear and most manifest preaching of the truth to open the way for them, and that circumcision

 They pour out their venom into the souls of the more simple, and persuade them to observe days and months, and they practice so-called will-worship, a

 Leaping upon them, and not rather making it a matter of earnest care to strengthen their weak conscience?

 From his own side his own blood gushed forth for them mixed with water, when the soldiers of pilate pierced him with a spear. he brings forward the wh

 The begotten word but we say that he is named the head of every man as an archetype, as i said, but since he has appeared as a man in the last times

 Jesus christ promised that when he had departed, he would send us the paraclete and he added to this, he will glorify me. and we understand quite r

 Inasmuch then as i am an apostle to the gentiles, i glorify my ministry. therefore, the son distributes the ministries, but the holy spirit effects

 And to those from the middle of the inhabited world of rivers, both cappadocians and egyptians, they spoke in their own tongues. and the matter was ac

 To be able to speak in the tongue of the medes, and another again in that of the elamites, and then if those of whom we speak were to address the syna

 It was a sound and the voice was unfamiliar, he has acted in vain, striking with some empty noise only the hearing of the learner.

 Of christ himself, of course for it is truly a proclamation of every good thing to those who have received the faith and in it, he says, they stand

 We have been united with him in the likeness of his death, we shall be also in the likeness of his resurrection. therefore if some agree that chris

 The psalmist said, you have favored, lord, your land, you have forgiven the iniquities of your people, you have covered all their sins and again,

 By the law of life which is praised and still holds sway but better are those in christ, for they have been justified through faith, and have become

 Son, and for the age to come the preeminence of authority over all things.

 For 309 incorruption man was made, but also that of the resurrection for god does not bring about the resurrection for punishment, but on account of

 To what is sown corruption and weakness and ugliness, and the soulish mind, which we say is the same as the carnal and more earthly but since it was

 Of irreproachable passions. therefore, the first man adam became a living soul but the second, and from heaven, that is christ, not so much a soul, b

 Distributor of good things he himself will transform the creation, and renew the universe, and will deliver it from bondage into the freedom of the

 But without law, sin is dead. who then is the provider to us of all these things, the author of righteousness, the giver of freedom, and the source an

Jesus Christ promised that when He had departed, He would send us the Paraclete; and He added to this, "He will glorify me." And we understand quite rightly that His Spirit glorifies Christ, both by making wise those in whom He comes to be, and by causing Him to dwell in the saints through Himself; for He is in us through the Holy Spirit; and He glorifies in another way, for He works things for His glory through the hands of the saints; but if His Spirit glorifies the Son, how could someone speaking in the Spirit blaspheme against Him? For he will rather say that Jesus is Lord. Therefore, those who rank with creation Him through whom all things were brought into being, would be entirely without a share in the Holy Spirit; for they clearly say, "Jesus is anathema"; but those who confess that Jesus is God and Lord will be piously testified to by the very fact, that they have been initiated into the knowledge of the vision of God in Him through the Spirit; "for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God." And the Spirit, knowing the hidden things in God, conveys them to the souls of the saints, and imparts to them an unerring and blameless knowledge. And of this 286 the divine Paul himself is a witness, adding and saying: Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of ministries, and the same Lord; and there are varieties of activities, but it is the same God who activates all of them in everyone. For just as those who rule over earthly affairs, and are pre-eminent on the thrones of the kingdom, crown the more genuine of their own attendants with various honors, so the holy and consubstantial Trinity distributes abundantly the possession of the good things from above to those who love it from a sound heart and a perfect mind, through the one Spirit as through Christ from the Father; for all things are from the Father through the Son in the Spirit. To each is given the manifestation of the Spirit for the common good; for to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom, etc.

For he knows, he knows the times fitting for each of the things done by him, "in whom are hidden all the treasures of wisdom and knowledge," as it is written; what gifts indeed and what distributions, and certainly also the workings of powers, he clarifies saying, For to one is given through the Spirit the utterance of wisdom; an utterance of wisdom, at least as it seems to me, is that "in opening the mouth," that which is ready and fluent and as if coming from a very well-turned tongue. and to another the utterance of knowledge; for there are some among us who, though not having readiness in words, and not possessing the boldness to be able to speak easily, are yet exceedingly deep in understanding, approaching the sacred words most intelligently and very simply, and are able to initiate others and easily to lay bare the matters of theore 287 mata. But both the utterance of wisdom and certainly that of knowledge are supplied through the one Spirit to those worthy to receive it from the Father through the Son; an utterance of knowledge is when someone knows the mind of the divine oracles and is capable of unfolding thoughts, but is not able to teach these things eloquently. And this and that are supplied through the one Spirit to the worthy from the Father through the Son, who is said to apportion the ministries; for some of the holy apostles he commanded to proclaim the word of faith to those of the blood of Israel; but others again he has assigned to the regions of the Gentiles. And this too He worked through the Holy Spirit; and so in the acts of the holy apostles we will find it written that "While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, 'Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them';" and the divine Paul was appointed for the apostolate to the Gentiles, and he obtained this ministry by lot; and he himself will confirm it in writing

Ἰησοῦς ὁ Χριστὸς ἐπηγγέλλετο μὲν ἀπελθὼν πέμψειν ἡμῖν τὸν παράκλητον· προσετίθει δὲ τούτοις τό "Ἐκεῖνος ἐμὲ δοξάσει." συνίεμεν δὲ ἡμεῖς καὶ μάλα ὀρθῶς ὅτι δοξάζει Χριστὸν τὸ Πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ, καὶ σοφοὺς ἀποτελοῦν τοὺς ἐν οἷς ἂν γένοιτο, καὶ αὐτὸν τοῖς ἁγίοις ἐνοικίζον δι' ἑαυτοῦ· ἔστι γὰρ ἐν ἡμῖν διὰ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος· δοξάζει δὲ καὶ ἑτέρως, ἐνεργεῖ γὰρ τὰ εἰς δόξαν αὐτοῦ διὰ χειρὸς ἁγίων· εἰ δὲ δοξάζει τὸν Υἱὸν τὸ Πνεῦμα αὐτοῦ, πῶς ἂν εἰς αὐτὸν δυσφημήσειέν τις λαλῶν ἐν Πνεύματι; ἐρεῖ γὰρ μᾶλλον ὅτι Κύριος Ἰησοῦς. οὐκοῦν οἱ τῇ κτίσει συντάττοντες τὸν δι' οὗ τὰ πάντα παρῆκται πρὸς γένεσιν, ἀμέτοχοι παντελῶς εἶεν ἂν τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος· λέγουσι γὰρ ἐναργῶς Ἀνάθεμα Ἰησοῦς· οἱ δὲ ὁμολογοῦντες ὅτι Θεὸς καὶ Κύριος Ἰησοῦς, εὐσεβῶς ἐξ αὐτοῦ μαρτυρηθήσονται τοῦ πράγματος, ὅτι τῆς ἐπ' αὐτῷ θεοπτίας τὴν γνῶσιν μεμυσταγώγηνται διὰ Πνεύματος· "τὸ γὰρ πνεῦμα πάντα ἐρευνᾷ, "καὶ τὰ βάθη τοῦ Θεοῦ." εἰδὼς δὲ τὸ Πνεῦμα τὰ ἐν Θεῷ κεκρυμμένα, ταῖς τῶν ἁγίων αὐτὰ διαπορθμεύει ψυχαῖς, καὶ ἀπλανῆ καὶ ἀμώμητον αὐταῖς ἐνίησι γνῶσιν. καὶ τούτου 286 μάρτυς αὐτὸς ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος προστιθείς τε καὶ λέγων ∆ιαιρέσεις δὲ χαρισμάτων εἰσὶ, τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ Πνεῦμα· καὶ διαιρέσεις διακονιῶν εἰσιν, καὶ ὁ αὐτὸς Κύριος· καὶ διαιρέσεις ἐνεργημάτων εἰσὶν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Θεὸς ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσιν. ὥσπερ γὰρ οἱ τῶν ἐπὶ γῆς κρατοῦντες πραγμάτων, καὶ τοῖς τῆς βασιλείας ἐμπρέποντες θρόνοις, διαφόροις τιμαῖς τοὺς τῶν ἰδίων ὑπασπιστῶν στεφανοῦσι γνησιωτέρους, οὕτως ἡ ἁγία τε καὶ ὁμοούσιος Τριὰς τοῖς ἐξ ὑγιοῦς καρδίας καὶ φρενὸς ὁλοτελοῦς ἀγαπῶσιν αὐτὴν, ἀμφιλαφῆ διανέμει τῶν ἄνωθεν ἀγαθῶν τὴν κτῆσιν, δι' ἑνὸς τοῦ Πνεύματος ὡς διὰ Χριστοῦ παρὰ τοῦ Πατρός· πάντα γὰρ παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς δι' Υἱοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι. Ἑκάστῳ δίδοται ἡ φανέρωσις τοῦ Πνεύματος πρὸς τὸ συμφέρον· ᾧ μὲν γὰρ διὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος δίδοται λόγος σοφίας κ.τ.λ.

Οἶδεν γὰρ οἶδεν καιροὺς τοὺς ἑκάστῳ πρέποντας τῶν παρ' αὐτοῦ δρωμένων, "ἐν ᾧ πάντες εἰσὶν οἱ θησαυροὶ τῆς "σοφίας καὶ τῆς γνώσεως ἀπόκρυφοι," κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον· ποῖα γεμὴν χαρίσματα καὶ ποῖαί τινες αἱ διανομαὶ, καὶ μὴν καὶ τὰ τῶν δυνάμεων ἐνεργήματα, διαλευκαίνει λέγων Ὧι μὲν γὰρ διὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος δίδοται λόγος σοφίας· σοφίας δὲ λόγος, κατά γε τὸ αὐτῷ μοι δοκοῦν, ὁ "ἐν ἀνοίξει "τοῦ στόματος," ὁ πρόχειρός τε καὶ εὔρους καὶ ὡς ἀπὸ γλώσσης ἰὼν τῆς ἄγαν εὐτροχωτάτης. ἄλλῳ δὲ λόγος γνώσεως· εἰσὶ γὰρ τῶν ἐν ἡμῖν τινες, οἱ τὸ πρόχειρον μὲν εἰς λόγους οὐκ ἔχοντες, καὶ τοῦ φράζειν εὐκόλως δύνασθαι τὴν παῤῥησίαν οὐ κεκτημένοι, βαθεῖς γεμὴν ἄγαν εἰς σύνεσιν, νουνεχέστατά τε καὶ λίαν ἴσχνως τοῖς ἱεροῖς προσβάλλοντες λόγοις, καὶ μυσταγωγεῖν ἑτέρους οἷοί τε καὶ τὰ τῶν θεωρημά 287 των ἀντικαταψιλοῦντες εὐκόλως. ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς σοφίας ὁ λόγος καὶ μέντοι τῆς γνώσεως δι' ἑνὸς τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῖς ἑλεῖν ἀξίοις χορηγεῖται παρὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς δι' Υἱοῦ· λόγος γνώσεώς ἐστιν ὅταν τις οἶδε τὸν νοῦν τῶν θείων λογίων καὶ ἱκανὸς ἀναπτῦξαι νοήματα, εὐφραδῶς δὲ ταῦτα διδάξαι οὐ δυνάμενος. καὶ τοῦτο δὲ κἀκεῖνο δι' ἑνὸς τοῦ Πνεύματος τοῖς ἀξίοις χορηγεῖται παρὰ Πατρὸς δι' Υἱοῦ, ὃς διαιρεῖν λέγεται τὰς διακονίας· οὓς μὲν γὰρ τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων διακηρύττειν ἐκέλευσε τοῖς ἐξ αἵματος Ἰσραὴλ τὸν τῆς πίστεως λόγον· ἑτέρους δ' αὖ ταῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν ἀπονενέμηκε χώραις. ἐνήργηκε δὲ καὶ τοῦτο διὰ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος· καὶ γοῦν ἐν ταῖς πράξεσι τῶν ἁγίων ἀποστόλων γεγραμμένον εὑρήσομεν ὅτι "Λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευ"όντων εἶπεν τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ Ἅγιον Ἀφορίσατε δή μοι τὸν "Βαρνάβαν καὶ τὸν Σαῦλον εἰς τὸ ἔργον ὃ προσκέκλημαι "αὐτούς·" τέθειται δὲ ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος εἰς ἀποστολὴν ἐθνῶν, καὶ ταύτην ἔλαχεν τὴν διακονίαν· καὶ πιστώσεται γράφων αὐτός