Homilia in illud: Ego vado ad patrem meum

Of Cyril, bishop of Jerusalem, on "I go to my Father; and whatever you ask in my name, this I will do, that the Father may be glorified in the Son." He applies the 'I' to statements concerning both the divinity and the humanity, so that the meaning of the words is apparent from the context, but the distinction of the natures from the difference of the things being said. And by speaking in both as if concerning one person, He signifies the union of the person.

Homilia in illud: Ego vado ad patrem meum

Κυρίλλου ἐπισκόπου Ἱεροσολύμων εἰς τὸ "Ἐγὼ πορεύομαι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα μου· καὶ ὃ ἐὰν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, τοῦτο ποιήσω, ἵνα δοξασθῇ ὁ πατὴρ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ". Ἐπ' ἀμφοτέρων τῶν περὶ τῆς θεότητος καὶ τῆς ἀνθρωπότητος λεγομένων τίθησιν τὸ ἐγώ, ὡς τὴν μὲν διάνοιαν τῶν ῥημάτων ἐκ τῆς ἀκολουθίας φαίνεσθαι, τὴν δὲ διάγνωσιν τῶν φύσεων ἐκ τῆς διαφορᾶς τῶν λεγομένων. ἐκ δὲ τοῦ διαλέγεσθαι ἐν ἀμφοτέραις ὡσὰν περὶ ἑνός τινος τὴν τοῦ προσώπου συνάφειαν σημαίνει.