August/September
2009
- Vol. 32
The
Foundation Stone of the Soul
From
a sermon by Cyril of Jerusalem, 4th
century
Let the truth of God
sink into your soul
to be its foundation stone. God is One,
without beginning and without change.
There was no one before him who caused him
to be, and he will not have
anyone after him. He has not had a beginning
and he will not ever have
an end. He is good and just.
God is One and he has
created souls and
bodies, heaven and earth.
He is the maker of
everything, yet the Father
of an only Son before time began: our Lord
Jesus Christ through whom he
has made all things visible and
invisible.God the Father of our Lord Jesus
Christ is not restricted to any one place:
not even the heavens can contain
him. On the contrary, the heavens are the
work of his fingers and it is
he who holds the universe in his hands. He
is in everything and yet also
beyond everything.
Do not imagine that the
sun can shine more
brightly than he or be as great as he. It
was God who created the sun and
therefore he is proportionately more
magnificent and more brilliant.
He knows what will
happen in the future.
He is more powerful than anyone. He knows
everything and does everything
in accordance with his own will. He is not
subject to the vicissitudes
of time; he does not depend on others; he is
not the victim of destiny.
He is perfect in everything and possesses
all the virtues in their fullness.
He it is who has prepared a crown for the
righteous.
Introduction
Commentary
on God the Father
»
I
believe in God the Father,
by Augustine of Hippo
»
God
is
Father, by Cyril of
Jerusalem
»
The
Foundation
Stone of the Soul, by
Cyril of Jerusalem
»
The
Privilege
and Responsibility of
Calling God Father, by
Cyril of Alexandria
Commentary
on the Lord's Prayer
»
Our
Father, by Gregory of
Nyssa
»
Who
art
in Heaven, by Gregory of
Nyssa
»
Hallowed
by
thy Name, by Origen
»
Thy
Kingdom
Come, by Origen
»
Thy
will
be done, by Origen
»
Give
us
our daily bread, by
Gregory of Nyssa
»
Forgive
us
our trespasses, by
Cassian
»
And
lead
us not into temptation,
by Origen
»
But
deliver
us from evil, by Cyprian
of Carthage
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