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Faith Q&A › Catechism › 4. The Holy Trinity

Does the Father command us to heed the Son?

The answer

St. Cyril of Jerusalem says, “For the Father is indignant when the Only-begotten Son is ignored. For it is grievous to a king that merely his soldier should be dishonoured; and when one of his nobler officers or friends is dishonoured, then his anger is greatly increased: but if any should despise the king’s only-begotten son himself, who shall appease the father’s indignation on behalf of his only-begotten son?”406

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty

Notes

406 St. Cyril of Jerusalem, Catechetical Lectures 10.1 (NPNF II/7:57) amended.

Fr. Tadros Yacoub Malaty, Catechism of the Coptic Orthodox Church, Volume 1, Books 1–3. First English Edition, 2023. Published by St. George Coptic Orthodox Church, Sporting, Alexandria, and Queen St. Mary & Prince Tadros Coptic Orthodox Church, South Brunswick, NJ. Copyright © 2023. Translation and Editing: Youth of the Coptic Orthodox Church in the USA, Canada, Europe, Australia, Arabian Gulf, and Egypt.