1.  O man of God,2    Josh. xiv. 6. and faithful servant,3    Numb. xii. 7. and steward of the mysteries of God,4    1 Cor. iv. 1. and man of desires5    Dan. ix. 23 (LXX.). of the Spirit:6    The first words are addressed to S. Basil, who was present.  for thus Scripture speaks of men advanced and lofty, superior to visible things.  I will call you also a God to Pharaoh7    Exod. vii. 1. and all the Egyptian and hostile power, and pillar and ground of the Church8    1 Tim. vii. 15. and will of God9    Isai. lxii. 4. (LXX.). and light in the world, holding forth the word of life,10    Phil. ii. 16. and prop of the faith and resting place of the Spirit.  But why should I enumerate all the titles which your virtue, in its varied forms, has won for and applied to you as your own?

Αʹ. Ἄνθρωπε τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ πιστὲ θεράπον, καὶ οἰκονόμε τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ μυστηρίων, καὶ ἄνερ ἐπιθυμιῶν τῶν τοῦ Πνεύματος: οὕτω γὰρ ἡ Γραφὴ καλεῖ τοὺς διαβεβηκότας καὶ ὑψηλοὺς, καὶ ὑπεράνω τῶν ὁρωμένων. Καλῶ δέ σε καὶ Θεὸν Φαραὼ πάσης Αἰγυπτιακῆς καὶ ἀντικειμένης δυνάμεως, καὶ στύλον, καὶ ἑδραίωμα τῆς Ἐκκλησίας, καὶ θέλημα Κυρίου, καὶ φωστῆρα ἐν κόσμῳ λόγον ζωῆς ἐπέχοντα, καὶ πίστεως ἔρεισμα, καὶ Πνεύματος καταγώγιον. Καὶ τί ἂν πάσας ἀπαριθμοίμην τὰς προσηγορίας, ὅσας ἡ ἀρετή σοι πεποίηκεν, ἄλλη τις ἄλλην οἰκειοῦσά τε καὶ προσάγουσα;