[He Is] St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem writes about the Lord Christ

 [He Is]

St. Cyril, Archbishop of Jerusalem
writes about the Lord Christ

There are many vindictive people who think that time brought greatness to Christ, and how, in the early centuries of Christianity, the Lord was not thought of as highly as He was thought of in later times. Nothing is easier than to squelch this untruth.

Here is the way St. Cyril of Jerusalem writes about the Lord Christ, "This is He Who is and He Who was, 

[He Is] consubstantial with the Father, 

[He Is] the Only-Begotten, 

[He Is] equally enthroned, 

[He Is] equal in power, 

[He Is] Almighty, 

[He Is] without beginning, 

[He Is] uncreated, 

[He Is] unchangeable, 

[He Is] indescribable, 

[He Is] invisible, 

[He Is] inexpressible, 

[He Is] incomprehensible, 

[He Is] immeasurable, 

[He Is] unfathomable, 

[He Is] uncircumscribed (unconfinable). 

He is the "brightness of His [Father's] Glory"(Hebrews 1:13). He is the Creator [Author] of the substance of all things created. He is the Light of Light, shining from the bosom of the Father. He is God of gods "that such is God, Our God forever and ever" (Psalm 48:15),and God of God who gives us knowledge of Himself. He is the Fountain of Life "For with you is the Fountain of our life" (Psalm 36:9), flowing from the Father's Fountain of life. He is the River of God; "There is a river whose streams shall make glad the city of God" (Psalm 46:4), "The river of God is full of water" (Psalm 65:9) Who comes forth from the infinity of God but is not separated from Him. He is the Treasury of the Father's good gifts and endless blessings. He is the Living Water that gives life to the world. "But whoever drinks the water I shall give you will never thirst; the water I shall give you will become in him a spring of water welling up to eternal life" (St. John 4:14). He is the uncreated light that is begotten but not separated from the First Sun. He is God the Word [Logos]; "In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God" (St. John 1:1), Who with one word [He] brought forth all things from non-existence into being.  "All things came to be through Him, and without Him nothing came to be" (St. John 1:3). This is He Who created us in the image of God and has now made Himself man in our image, but at the same time God. 

Even today, after sixteen centuries since this Confession of Faith was written, the Orthodox Church adheres to this same Faith, word for word and letter for letter.