The Instructor 1.8.73
Summary: The Father to whom Jesus prays is the Creator of the heavens, whom all admit to be just; so the Lord is the Son of the just God, as Paul also teaches.
Textual problem in this passage: the printed text is uncertain or disputed here. See the notes.
Greek text · Stählin 1:132–133
καὶ καθὸ μὲν βρέχει, δημιουργὸς ὑδάτων ἐστὶ καὶ νεφῶν, καθὸ δὲ ἐπὶ πάντας, δικαίως ἰσοστατεῖ καὶ † ἀρετῆς, ὡς δὲ ἀγαθός, ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους ὁμοίως. σαφέστατα τοίνυν ἕνα καὶ τὸν αὐτὸν εἶναι θεὸν συλλογιζόμεθα ὧδέ πως, ὅτι »ὄψομαι τοὺς οὐρανούς, ἔργα τῶν δακτύλων σου« καὶ »ὁ κτίσας τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς κατοικεῖ« καὶ »ὁ οὐρανὸς θρόνος σου« τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα ἔψαλλεν· ὁ δὲ κύριός φησιν ἐν τῇ προσευχῇ »πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς«· οὐρανοὶ δὲ τοῦ κτίσαντος τὸν κόσμον εἰσίν· ἀναντίρρητον ἄρα μὴ οὐχὶ καὶ υἱὸν εἶναι τὸν κύριον τοῦ δημιουργοῦ. εἰ δὲ ὁ κτίστης πρὸς πάντων ὁμολογεῖται δίκαιος, υἱὸς δὲ τοῦ δημιουργοῦ ὁ κύριος, υἱὸς ἄρα τοῦ δικαίου ὁ κύριος. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ Παῦλός φησι »νυνὶ δὲ χωρὶς νόμου δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ πεφανέρωται« καὶ πάλιν, ἵνα μᾶλλον ὑπολάβῃς θεόν, »δικαιοσύνη δὲ θεοῦ διὰ πίστεως Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, εἰς πάντας τοὺς πιστεύοντας· οὐ γάρ ἐστι διαστολή« καὶ προσέτι μαρτυρῶν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ μετʼ ὀλίγα ἐπιφέρει »ἐν τῇ ἀνοχῇ τοῦ θεοῦ, πρὸς τὴν ἔνδειξιν τοῦ εἶναι αὐτὸν δίκαιον καὶ δικαιοῦντα τὸν ἐκ πίστεως Ἰησοῦν«.
English · Claude translation
Insofar as he sends rain, he is the Creator of waters and clouds; insofar as it is on all, he holds the balance justly and † of virtue; and as good, on the just and the unjust alike. Most clearly, then, we conclude that God is one and the same, as follows. The Holy Spirit sang, “I will see the heavens, the works of your fingers,” and “He who created the heavens dwells in the heavens,” and “Heaven is your throne”; and the Lord says in the prayer, “Our Father who are in the heavens.” But the heavens belong to him who created the world. It is beyond dispute, then, that the Lord is the Son of the Creator. And if the Creator is admitted by all to be just, and the Lord is the Son of the Creator, then the Lord is the Son of the Just. That is why Paul says, “But now apart from the law the righteousness of God has been manifested,” and again, so that you may better understand God, “the righteousness of God through faith in Jesus Christ, for all who believe; for there is no distinction”; and, bearing further witness to the truth, he adds a little later: “in the forbearance of God, to show that he is just and justifies the one who has faith in Jesus.”
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Notes
Translation notes
- The dagger marks a corruption in the text. The quotations are Ps 8:3 (8:4 LXX), a psalm phrase (compare Ps 2:4; 123:1), Isa 66:1 (Ps 11:4), Matt 6:9, and Rom 3:21–22, 26.
Notes on the original text
- Digital text corrected (misplaced space at the opening quotation mark; misplaced spaces at the quotation marks): δακτύλων σου«καὶ» ὁ κτίσας → δακτύλων σου« καὶ »ὁ κτίσας; προσευχῇ » πάτερ → προσευχῇ »πάτερ.
Cite this passage
Clement of Alexandria, Paed. 1.8.73 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-paedagogus/1/8/73/).
Plain text
Clement of Alexandria, Paed. 1.8.73 (trans. Sophia Scriptura, https://sophiascriptura.com/fathers/clement-paedagogus/1/8/73/).
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