Theodoret of Cyrrhus, The Collector 92.20-27
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Context
Theodoret served as bishop of Cyrrhus in northwestern Syria in 423-457
C.E. Following his wide education in both the Christian and the Greek traditions and a
brief monastic devotion, he became a vigorous leader of his diocese, distinguished by
his philanthropy, and a prominent theologian, particularly in opposition to Cyril of
Alexandria as a persistent defender of Nestorius. He was a prolific writer, and his many
extant works include exegesis, ecclesiastical history, and Christological treatises. The
most developed and elaborate theological work, The Collector (Ἐρανίστης)
is composed as a disputatious dialog between the Orthodox Man, the voice of Theodoret on
the divine and human natures of Christ following incarnation, and the Collector, who
expresses an amalgam of heresies. In this passage the Orthodox Man quotes from the
teachings of Gelasius, bishop of Caesarea during the late 4th century.
Text
ΟΡΘ. Εἰ δὲ καὶ τῶν παλαιῶν Παλαιστινῶν ἀκοῦσαι ποθεῖς, ὑπόσχες Γελασίῳ
τῷ θαυμασίῳ τὰς ἀκοάς, ὃς τὴν Καισαρέων ἐπιμελῶς ἐγεώργησε, Λέγει
δὲ καὶ ταῦτα εἰς τὴν τῆς δεσποτικῆς ἐπιφανείας πανήγυριν· Μάθε τὴν ἀλήθειαν παρὰ Ἰωάννου
τοῦ ἁλιέως λέγοντος, “Καὶ ὁ λόγος σὰρξ ἐγένετο,” οὐκ αὐτὸς μεταβληθείς, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἡμῖν
σκηνώσας. Ἕτερον σκηνή, καὶ ἕτερον ὁ λόγος· ἕτερον ὁ ναός, καὶ ἕτερον ὁ ἐνοικῶν ἐν αὐτῷ
θεός.1
Textual Note
Ed. Ettlinger 1975Translation
Orthodox Man: If you desire to listen to the ancient Palestinians,
pay attention to Gelasius the admirable, who carefully cultivated the Church of
Caesarea. He says these things in his homily on the Lord’s
manifestation: “Learn the truth from John the fisherman, who says ‘And the Word became
flesh,’ not because (the Word) himself had changed, but because he dwelt among us. A
tent is one thing, the Word is another; the temple is one thing, and the God who dwells
in it another.”2
Translation Note
Revised from Ettlinger 2003Discussion Note
Gelasius in his homily quotes from John 1:14.Works Cited
- 1 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Theodoret of Cyrus: Eranistes, ed. Gerald H. Ettlinger (Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975), p: 92.20-27.
- 2 Theodoret of Cyrrhus, Theodoret of Cyrus: Eranistes, trans. Gerald H. Ettlinger, The Fathers of the Church (Washington, D.C.: Catholic University Press of America, 2003), p: 64.
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Joseph L. Rife, “Theodoret of Cyrrhus, The Collector 92.20-27,” in Caesarea Maritima: A Collection of Testimonia, entry published June 30, 2023, https://caesarea-maritima.org/testimonia/497.
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