The Title Of Child

Τὸν Κύριον αὐτὸν ὀνομάζει παιδίον, τοῦτο διὰ Ἡσαΐου θεσπίζον, τὸ πνεῦμα· ἰδοὺ παιδίον ἐγεννήθη ἡμῖν, υἱὸς καὶ ἐδόθη ἡμῖν, οὗ ἡ ἀρχὴ ἐπὶ τοῦ ὤμου αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐκλήθη τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ μεγάλης βουλῆς ἄγγελος. Τί οὖν τὸ παιδίον τὸ νήπιον, οὗ κατ' εἰκόνα ἡμεῖς οἱ νήπιοι; ∆ιὰ τοῦ αὐτοῦ προφήτου διηγεῖται τὸ μέγεθος αὐτοῦ· θαυμαστὸς σύμβουλος, θεὸς δυνάστης, πατὴρ αἰώνιος, ἄρχων εἰρήνης τῷ πληθύνειν τὴν παιδείαν· καὶ τῆς εἰρήνης αὐτοῦ οὐκ ἔστι πέρας. Ὢ τοῦ μεγάλου θεοῦ, ὢ τοῦ τελείου παιδίου· Υἱὸς ἐν Πατρί, καὶ Πατὴρ ἐν Υἱῷ· καὶ πῶς οὐ τέλειος ἡ παιδεία τοῦ παιδίου ἐκείνου, ἣ ἐπὶ πάντας διήκει τοὺς παῖδας ἡμᾶς παιδαγωγοῦσα τοὺς νηπίους αὐτοῦ; Οὗτος εἰς ἡμᾶς ἐξεπέτασε τὰς χεῖρας τὰς ἐναργῶς πεπιστευμένας. Τούτῳ προσμαρτυρεῖ τῷ παιδίῳ καὶ Ἰωάννης ὁ μείζων ἐν γεννητοῖς γυναικῶν προφήτης· ἰδοὺ ὁ ἀμνὸς τοῦ θεοῦ. Ἐπεὶ γὰρ ἄρνας ὀνομάζει ἡ γραφὴ τοὺς παῖδας τοὺς νηπίους, τὸν Θεὸν τὸν λόγον τὸν δι' ἡμᾶς ἄνθρωπον γενόμενον, κατὰ πάντα ἡμῖν ἀπεικάζεσθαι βουλόμενον, ἀμνὸν κέκληκεν τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, τὸν νήπιον τοῦ Πατρός. Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξανδρεύς, Ὁ Παιδαγωγός, Λογὸς Α' Καεφαλ Ε' Source: Migne PG 8.277c-280a

The Spirit calls the Lord Himself a child, prophesying by Isaiah: 'Behold, a child has been born to us, and a son has been given to us, on whose own shoulder is the rule; and His name has been called the Angel of great Counsel.' 1 Who, then, is this infant child? He according to whose image we are made little children. 2 By the same Prophet is declared His greatness: 'Wonderful, Counsellor, Mighty God, Eternal Father, Prince of Peace; that He might fulfil His discipline: and of His peace there shall be no end.' 1 O the great God! O the perfect child! The Son in the Father, and the Father in the Son. 3 And how shall not the discipline of this child be perfect, which reaches to all, leading as a schoolmaster the children who are his little ones? This one has stretched forth to us those hands of His that are distinctly worthy of trust. To this child additional witness is given by John, 'the greatest Prophet among those born of women:' 4 Behold the Lamb of God! 5 For since Scripture calls the infant children lambs, God the Word, who became man for us, and who wished in all parts to be made like to us, it has called 'the Lamb of God', the Son of God, the child of the Father. Clement of Alexandria, from The Instructor, Book 1, Chap 5 1 Isaiah 9.6 LXX 2 Mt 18.3 3 Jn 14.10-11 4 Luke 7.28 5 Jn 1.29