2. He once in Cana of Galilee, turned the
water into wine, akin to blood οἰκεῖον
αἵματι. Cod. Scirlet.
(Grodecq), Mesm. (Morel), Vindob.; Ben. Ed. οἰκείῳ
νεύματι, Codd. Monac. 1, 2,
Genovef. Vatt. (Prevot.). Rupp. The whole passage is omitted in
Codd. Coisl. R. Casaub. owing to the repetition of αἷμα
The reading οἰκείῳ
νεύματι, “by His own
will,” introduces a superfluous thought, and destroys the very
point of Cyril’s argument, in which the previous change of water
into an element so different as wine is regarded as giving an a
fortiori probability to the change of that which is already
“akin to blood” into blood itself.
If Cyril thus seems to teach a physical
change of the wine, it must be remembered that we are not bound to
accept his view, but only to state it accurately. See however the
section of the Introduction on his Eucharistic doctrine., and is it
incredible that He should have turned wine into blood? When
called to a bodily marriage, He miraculously wrought ἐθαυματούργησε
τὴν
παραδοξοποιίαν.
Cf. Chrysost. Epist. I. ad Olympiad. de Deo, § 1,
c.: τότε
θαυματουργεῖ
καὶ
παραδοξοποιεῖ. that wonderful work; and on the children
of the bride-chamber Matt. ix. 15., shall He not much
rather be acknowledged to have bestowed the fruition of His Body and
Blood Ben. Ed.:
“That the force of Cyril’s argument may be the better
understood, we must observe that in Baptism is celebrated the marriage
of Christ with the Christian soul; and that the consummation of this
marriage is perfected through the union of bodies in the mystery of the
Eucharist. Read Chrysostom’s Hom. xx. in
Ephes.” Chrysostom’s words are: “In
like manner therefore we become one flesh with Christ by participation
(μετουσίας).”
But the participation expressed by μετουσία does not
necessarily refer to the Eucharist. From the use of the word in
Cat. xxiii. 11, and in Athanasius (Contra Arianos, Or. i.; de
Synodis. 19, 22, 25) the meaning rather seems to be that we are one
flesh with Christ not by nature but by His gift.?