Letter 604

To Kolasios the Deacon. The blessed Peter says that God made the crucified Jesus both Lord and Christ [Acts 2:36], meaning that he was made so not according to the substance of the Word, but according to his humanity. For what was it that was crucified, except the body? And how could he have signified the bodily aspect of the Word, except by saying that He "made" him?

Φησὶν ὁ μακάριος Πέτρος, ὅτι καὶ Κύριον καὶ Χριστὸν ὁ Θεὸς ἐποίησε τὸν σταυρωθέντα Ἰησοῦν, οὐχὶ τὴν οὐσίαν τοῦ Λόγου, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸ ἀνθρώπι- νον πεποιῆσθαι αὐτὸν λέγων. Τί γὰρ ἦν τὸ σταυρού- μενον, ἢ τὸ σῶμα; Τὸ δὲ σωματικὸν τοῦ Λόγου πῶς εἶχε σημᾶναι, ἢ διὰ τοῦ εἰπεῖν, ὅτι Ἐποίησεν;