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Emmanuel - St.Cyril of Alexandria |
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Written by Ehab Roufail
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  Unless the Son was God by Nature, He would not have been called, "God With Us,"which took place when He was born through a woman, assuming likeness with us. Not at all of an angel or of any other generate being is the word, Emmanuel, the invention but the Father thus named the Son. And the holy prophet will be our witness, saying of the Divine Offspring, "And they shall call His name that new Name which the Lord shall give Him" [IS. 62:2]. For a new name verily to the Son is Emmanuel, that is, "God with us." For before His Presence in the world with flesh, He was and was called merely God; after the Birth from the Virgin, no longer merely God, but, with us, i.e. Godmade man. Since therefore the Father calls His own Son God, let them blush who impiousl and unlearnedly say that He was made. For what is by Nature God, is not a creature.
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Comparative Theology 1