Cyril is here in full accord with
Athanasius: in his Creed he found “Son of God,” and
in his exposition he states that the Father is “by nature and in
truth Father of One only, the Only-begotten Son Cat. vii. § 5.:” “One they are because of
the dignity pertaining to the Godhead, since God begat God Ib. xi. § 16.:” “The Son then is
Very God, having the Father in Himself, not
changed into the Father Ib. § 17..” When he
says that the Son is in all things like (ὅμοιος
ἐν πᾶσιν) to Him who begat
Him; begotten Life of Life, and Light of Light, Power of Power, God of
God, and the characteristics of the Godhead are unchangeable
(ἀπαράλλακτοι
) in the Son Ib. § 18.,” he is using
in all good faith the very words of the orthodox Bishops at Nicæa,
“ὅμοιόν τε καὶ
ἀπαράλλακτον
αὐτὸν κατὰ
πὰντα τῷ
Πατρί Athan. De
Decretis, c. 20..”