Some Other Fragments of the Same Methodius.

 Some Other Fragments of the Same Methodius.

 Observe that the Lord was not wont from the beginning to speak with man but after that the soul was prepared, and exercised in many ways, and had asc

 Many have descended into the deep, not so as to walk on it, but so as to be by its bonds restrained. Jesus alone walked on the deep, where there are n

 Seest thou how, at the end of the contest, with a loud proclamation he declares the praises of the combatant, and discovers that which was in his affl

 But Methodius: The Holy Spirit, who of God is given to all men, and of whom Solomon said, “For Thine incorruptible Spirit is in all things,” He receiv

 I account it a greater good to be reproved than to reprove, inasmuch as it is more excellent to free oneself from evil than to free another.

 Human nature cannot clearly perceive pure justice in the soul, since, as to many of its thoughts, it is but dim-sighted.

 VIII. The Same Methodius.

 IX. The Same Methodius.

III.4 Ex Nicetæ Catena on Job, p. 547.

Many have descended into the deep, not so as to walk on it, but so as to be by its bonds restrained. Jesus alone walked on the deep, where there are no traces of walkers, as a free man. For He chose death, to which He was not subject, that He might deliver those who were the bondslaves of death; saying to the prisoners, “Go forth; and to them that are in darkness, show yourselves.”5 Isa. xlix. 9. With which, also, the things which follow are consistent.