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DISCOURSE VIII. (264)........................................................................................................ 114 On the love of God and faith and how one becomes pregnant with the love of God

And on illumination and the vision of light and the mystical discourse of the Spirit. ...................................................................................................................... 114

DISCOURSE IX. (272)........................................................................................................ 117 On true knowledge and that the knowledge of God comes not from lessons, but from

purity and from the grace from above to the zealous; and that it is difficult to judge; and a refutation of those who think they know the things of the Spirit without the Spirit; in which also on the holiness of the Father; and what a good thing faith is and what its fruit is and how it grows; and that those who have the treasure of the Spirit in themselves also recognize it when it is in others; and what are the signs of the saints and how and by whom they are recognized; and that he who has not been born from above cannot see God who has begotten him, nor recognize the one who has attained to this through the Spirit.117

DISCOURSE X. (290) ........................................................................................................ 125 On the fearsome day of the Lord and the coming judgment, that even before

death it is at work in us who are already being purified here by tears, in whom it may occur in the present life, it does not meet them in the life to come. And what the day of the Lord is and to whom it is suddenly revealed. And that faith in Christ alone cannot save us, unless we also knowingly become partakers of the Holy Spirit and that not all who are baptized receive Christ through baptism. And how one can know if he carries Christ in himself and has become a partaker of the Holy Spirit. And an interpretation, as in passing, of "In the beginning was the Word." And a beatitude for those who through struggles have received the visitation of the Spirit. ......................................................................................... 125

DISCOURSE XI. (322)...................................................................................................... 139 On the life-giving mortification of Jesus and God which ever takes place

perceptibly in the perfect. And that the acquisition of virtues is bought with blood; and what are the lodgings of the virtues and that he who does not ascend in order through the first step into the kingdom of heaven will by no means enter into it. That in the perfect there is joy and exultation, and not tears, and the streams of theology gush forth. And towards the end, that one must leap to positions of authority without the grace that fills our hearts, which calls to the shepherding of the people of God; and what is the work of those in charge, and what is the care concerning the rational sheep, and how they ought to be shepherded by the shepherds. 139

DISCOURSE XII (347)........................................................................................................ 150 On the saying of the Apostle: "Redeeming the time, because the

days are evil." And how one prudently redeems the time of the present life................................................................................................................ 150

DISCOURSE XIII (355) ........................................................................................................ 154 On the saying of the Apostle: "The first man was from the earth, a man of dust; the second

man is the Lord from heaven." And how we put off the man of dust and put on Christ, becoming his kinsmen and brothers. ............... 154

DISCOURSE XIV (365)........................................................................................................ 158 On feasts and how one ought to celebrate and of what things the rites performed on the

feasts are symbols and against those who behave wantonly in them. And concerning those who partake worthily or unworthily and what is the difference between them; and towards the end, how one is united to God through communion and how one is not united. .................................................. 158

DISCOURSE XV (375) ........................................................................................................ 163

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ΛΟΓΟΣ Η΄. (264)........................................................................................................ 114 Περί ἀγάπης Θεοῦ καί πίστεως καί ὅπως τις ἐγκύμων γίνεται τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ

ἀγάπης. Καί περί ἐλλάμψεως καί θεωρίας φωτός καί μυστικῆς ὁμιλίας τοῦ Πνεύματος. ...................................................................................................................... 114

ΛΟΓΟΣ Θ΄. (272)........................................................................................................ 117 Περί γνώσεως ἀληθινῆς καί ὅτι ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ γνῶσις οὐκ ἐκ μαθημάτων, ἀλλ᾿ ἐκ

καθαρότητος καί τῆς ἄνωθεν χάριτος ἐπιγίνεται τῷ σπουδαίῳ· καί ὅτι χαλεπόν τό κρίνειν· καί ἔλεγχος τῶν οἰομένων εἰδέναι τά τοῦ Πνεύματος χωρίς Πνεύματος· ἐν ᾧ καί περί τῆς τοῦ Πατρός ἁγιωσύνης· καί οἷον ἀγαθόν ἐστιν ἡ πίστις καί τίς ὁ ταύτης καρπός καί ὅπως αὐξάνεται· καί ὅτι οἱ τόν θησαυρόν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς ἐσχηκότες τοῦ Πνεύματος καί ἐν ἄλλοις ὄντα γνωρίζουσι· καί τίνα τῶν ἁγίων τά σημεῖα καί πῶς καί τίσι γνωρίζονται· καί ὅτι ὁ μή γεννηθείς ἄνωθεν οὐ δύναται ἰδεῖν τόν γεγεννηκότα Θεόν οὐδέ γνωρίσαι τόν εἰς τοῦτο πεφθακότα διά τοῦ Πνεύματος.117

ΛΟΓΟΣ Ι ΄. (290) ........................................................................................................ 125 Περί τῆς φοβερᾶς τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμέρας καί τῆς μελλούσης κρίσεως, ὅτι καί πρό

τοῦ θανάτου ἐν ἡμῖν ἔνθεν ἤδη καθαιρομένοις διά δακρύων ἐνεργεῖται ἐν οἷς ἄν ἐγγένηται κατά τήν παροῦσαν ζωήν, κατά τήν μέλλουσαν οὐχ ὑπαντᾶ. Καί τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἡμέρα Κυρίου καί τίσιν αἴφνης ἀποκαλύπτεται. Καί ὅτι ἡ εἰς Χριστόν πίστις οὐ δύναται μόνη σῶσαι ἡμᾶς, εἰ μή καί Πνεύματος Ἁγίου γνωστῶς γενώμεθα μέτοχοι καί ὅτι οὐχί πάντες οἱ βαπτιζόμενοι διά τοῦ βαπτίσματος λαμβάνουσι τόν Χριστόν. Καί πῶς δύναταί τις γνῶναι εἰ περιφέρει ἐν αὐτῷ τόν Χριστόν καί Πνεύματος Ἁγίου γέγονε μέτοχος. Καί ἑρμηνεία ὡς ἐν παραδρομῇ εἰς τό « Ἐν ἀρχῇ ἦν ὁ Λόγος». Καί μακαρισμός εἰς τούς ἐξ ἀγώνων τήν ἐπιφοίτησιν δεξαμένους τοῦ Πνεύματος. ......................................................................................... 125

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΑ '. (322)...................................................................................................... 139 Περί τῆς ζωοποιοῦ νεκρώσεως τοῦ Ἰησοῦ καί Θεοῦ τῆς ἀεί γινομένης

εὐαισθήτως ἐν τοῖς τελείοις. Καί ὅτι ἡ κτῆσις τῶν ἀρετῶν αἵματι ἀγοράζεται· καί τίνα τῶν ἀρετῶν τά καταγώγια καί ὅτι ὁ μή διά τῆς πρώτης βαθμίδος κατά τάξιν εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνερχόμενος οὐδαμῶς εἰσελεύσεται εἰς αὐτήν. Ὅτι ἐν τοῖς τελείοις χαρά καί ἀγαλλίασίς ἐστι, καί οὐ δάκρυον, καί βρύουσι τῆς θεολογίας τά ῥεῖθρα. Καί πρός τό τέλος, ὅτι δεῖ ἐπιπηδᾶν ταῖς ἀρχαῖς ἄνευ τῆς πληροφούσης τάς καρδίας ἡμῶν χάριτος, τῆς ἐπί τό ποιμαίνειν καλούσης τόν λαόν τοῦ Θεοῦ· καί τί τό ἔργον τῶν προϊσταμένων, τίς δέ ἡ περί τά λογικά πρόβατα φροντίς, καί πῶς ὀφείλουσι ταῦτα παρά τῶν ποιμένων ποιμαίνεσθαι. 139

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΒ΄ (347)........................................................................................................ 150 Εἰς τό ῥητόν τό λέγον τοῦ Ἀποστόλου· «Ἐξαγοραζόμενοι τόν καιρόν, ὅτι αἱ

ἡμέραι πονηραί εἰσί». Καί πῶς ἐξαγοράζεταί τις φρονίμως τόν καιρόν τῆς παρούσης ζωῆς................................................................................................................ 150

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΓ΄ (355) ........................................................................................................ 154 Εἰς τό ῥητόν τοῦ Ἀποστόλου· «Ὁ πρῶτος ἄνθρωπος ἐκ γῆς χοϊκός, ὁ δεύτερον

ἄνθρωπος ὁ Κύριος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ». Καί πῶς τόν χοϊκόν ἀποτιθέμεθα ἄνθρωπον καί τόν Χριστόν ἐνδυόμεθα, συγγενεῖς αὐτοῦ καί ἀδελφοί χρηματίσαντες. ............... 154

ΛΟΓΟΣ Ι∆΄ (365)........................................................................................................ 158 Περί ἑορτῶν καί ὅπως χρή ἑορτάζειν καί τίνων σύμβολα τά τελούμενα ἐν ταῖς

ἑορταῖς καί κατά τῶν ἐναβρυνομένων ἐν αὐταῖς. Καί περί τῶν ἀξίως ἤ ἀναξίως κοινωνούντων καί τίς ἡ ἐν τούτοις διαφορά· καί πρός τό τέλος, πῶς συνάπτεταί τις διά τῆς κοινωνίας Θεῷ καί πῶς οὐ συνάπτεται. .................................................. 158

ΛΟΓΟΣ ΙΕ΄ (375) ........................................................................................................ 163