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Mark, not Luke; but the blessed Paul places his name at the beginning of all his epistles. Why is that? Because they were writing to those who were present, and it was superfluous for them, being present, to make themselves known; but he sent his letters from a long distance, and in the form of an epistle; therefore the addition of his name was necessary. But if in the Epistle to the Hebrews he does not do this, this too was according to his wisdom. For since they were hostile toward him, so that upon hearing his name from the very beginning they might not shut the door to his discourse, he wisely secured a hearing from them by concealing his name. But if prophets and Solomon have set down their own names, this I leave for you to investigate further, for what reason some did and some did not; for it is not right that you learn everything from me, but you must also labor and inquire for yourselves, so that you do not become more sluggish. Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ. For what reason did God change his name, and call him Paul who was Saul? So that not even in this respect might he be inferior to the apostles, but what the chief of the disciples had as a distinction, this he too might possess, and receive an occasion for greater intimacy. He did not simply call himself a servant of Christ; for there are many ways of servitude; one is according to creation, in which sense he says, For all things are thy servants, and in which sense he says, My servant Nebuchadnezzar; for the work is the servant of the maker; another is from faith, about which he says, But thanks be to God, that you were the servants of sin, but you have obeyed from the heart that form of doctrine which was delivered you, and being then made free from sin, you became the servants of righteousness; another is from one's way of life, in which sense he says, Moses my servant is dead; and yet all the Jews were servants, but Moses was pre-eminently so, shining in his way of life. Since therefore Paul was a servant in all the ways of servitude, he puts this down as the greatest dignity, saying; A servant of Jesus Christ; and he sets forth the names of the economy, ascending from below to above. For the angel came from heaven bringing the name Jesus, when He was being born of the Virgin; and He is called Christ from being anointed, which itself also pertained to the flesh. And with what oil, he says, was He anointed? He was not anointed with oil, but with the Spirit; and Scripture knows to call such ones christs (anointed ones). For the principal thing in the anointing is the Spirit; wherefore also the oil is used. And where does it call those christs who have not been anointed with oil? Where it says, Touch not my christs (anointed ones), and do my prophets no harm. For at that time the preparation of the anointing oil did not even exist. Called to be an apostle. Everywhere he calls himself 'called,' showing his own gratitude, and that he did not find it by seeking, but when called he came and obeyed. And he names the faithful thus, 'called to be saints'. For they were called only so far as to believe, but he was entrusted with another thing besides, 60.396 the apostleship, a matter full of countless good things, and greater than and containing all the spiritual gifts. And what more need I say, but that what Christ did when He came, this He entrusted to them and departed? Which Paul also cries out, saying and exalting the dignity of the apostles: We are ambassadors for Christ, as though God did beseech you by us, that is, in Christ's stead. Separated unto the gospel of God. Just as in a household each is set apart for different tasks, so also in the Church the distributions of ministries are different. But here he seems to me to allude not only to his being set apart by lot, but that he had long and from of old been appointed to this. Which Jeremiah also says God had spoken concerning him: Before thou camest forth out of the womb I sanctified thee, I ordained thee a prophet unto the nations. For since he was writing to an arrogant city, and puffed up on every side, he shows through all this that his appointment was of God; for He Himself called, and He Himself set him apart. And he does this, to make the epistle trustworthy and readily received. Unto the gospel of God. Not then is Matthew alone an evangelist

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Μάρκος, οὐ Λουκᾶς· ὁ δὲ μακάριος Παῦλος πανταχοῦ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν αὐτοῦ τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ προτίθησι. Τί δήποτε; Ὅτι ἐκεῖνοι μὲν παροῦσιν ἔγραφον, καὶ περιττὸν ἦν ἑαυτοὺς δηλοῦν παρόντας· οὗτος δὲ διὰ μακροῦ τὰ γράμματα διεπέμπετο, καὶ ἐν ἐπιστολῆς σχήματι· διὸ καὶ ἀναγκαία ἦν ἡ τοῦ ὀνόματος προσθήκη. Εἰ δὲ ἐν τῇ πρὸς Ἑβραίους Ἐπιστολῇ οὐ ποιεῖ τοῦτο, καὶ τοῦτο κατὰ τὴν αὐτοῦ σύνεσιν. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἀπεχθῶς εἶχον πρὸς αὐτὸν, ἵνα μὴ ἐκ προοιμίων ἀκούσαντες τοῦ ὀνόματος, ἀποκλείσωσι τῷ λόγῳ τὴν εἴσοδον, ἐσοφίσατο διὰ τοῦ κρύψαι τὸ ὄνομα τὴν ἀκρόασιν τὴν ἐκείνων. Εἰ δὲ προφῆται τὰ ὀνόματα τὰ ἑαυτῶν τεθείκασι καὶ Σολομῶν, τοῦτο ὑμῖν καταλιμπάνω λοιπὸν ἐπιζητεῖν, τίνος ἕνεκεν οἱ μὲν ἔθεσαν, οἱ δὲ οὐκ ἔθεσαν· οὐδὲ γὰρ ἅπαντα παρ' ἐμοῦ χρὴ μανθάνειν ὑμᾶς, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτοὺς πονεῖν καὶ ἐπιζητεῖν, ἵνα μὴ νωθρότεροι γίνησθε. Παῦλος δοῦλος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Τίνος ἕνεκεν μετέθηκε τὸ ὄνομα αὐτοῦ ὁ Θεὸς, καὶ Σαῦλον ὄντα Παῦλον ἐκάλεσεν; Ἵνα μηδὲ ταύτῃ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἔλαττον ἔχῃ, ἀλλ' ὅπερ ἔσχεν ἐξαίρετον ὁ κορυφαῖος τῶν μαθητῶν, τοῦτο καὶ αὐτὸς κτήσηται, καὶ πλείονος οἰκειώσεως ὑπόθεσιν λάβῃ. ∆οῦλον δὲ ἑαυτὸν οὐχ ἁπλῶς εἶπε τοῦ Χριστοῦ· καὶ γὰρ πολλοὶ δουλείας τρόποι· εἷς μὲν ὁ κατὰ τὴν δημιουργίαν, καθ' ὅν φησιν, ὅτι Τὰ σύμπαντα δοῦλα σὰ, καὶ καθ' ὅν φησιν· Ὁ δοῦλός μου Ναβουχοδονόσορ· τὸ γὰρ ἔργον τοῦ ποιήσαντος δοῦλον· ἕτερος δὲ ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς πίστεως, περὶ ἧς φησιν· Χάρις δὲ τῷ Θεῷ, ὅτι δοῦλοι ἦτε τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ὑπηκούσατε δὲ ἐκ καρδίας, εἰς ὃν παρεδόθητε τύπον διδαχῆς, καὶ ἐλευθερωθέντες ἀπὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας, ἐδουλώθητε τῇ δικαιοσύνῃ· ἕτερος ὁ ἀπὸ τῆς πολιτείας, καθ' ὅν φησι· Μωϋσῆς ὁ θεράπων μου τετελεύτηκε· καίτοι καὶ Ἰουδαῖοι πάντες θεράποντες ἦσαν, ἀλλ' ἐξαιρέτως ὁ Μωϋσῆς πολιτείᾳ διαλάμπων. Ἐπεὶ οὖν κατὰ πάντας τοὺς τρόπους τῆς δουλείας δοῦλος ἦν ὁ Παῦλος, ἀντὶ μεγίστου ἀξιώματος τοῦτο τίθησι λέγων· ∆οῦλος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ· καὶ τὰ τῆς οἰκονομίας ὀνόματα προβάλλεται, κάτωθεν ἀναβαίνων ἄνω. Καὶ γὰρ τὸ Ἰησοῦς ὄνομα φέρων ὁ ἄγγελος ἦλθεν ἐκ τῶν οὐρανῶν, ὅτε ἐτίκτετο ἐκ τῆς Παρθένου· καὶ Χριστὸς δὲ ἀπὸ τοῦ χρισθῆναι λέγεται, ὃ καὶ αὐτὸ τῆς σαρκὸς ἦν. Καὶ ποίῳ, φησὶν, ἐλαίῳ ἐχρίσθη; Ἐλαίῳ μὲν οὐκ ἐχρίσθη, Πνεύματι δέ· οἶδε δὲ καὶ τοὺς τοιούτους χριστοὺς ἡ Γραφὴ καλεῖν. Τὸ γὰρ προηγούμενον ἐν τῇ χρίσει, τὸ Πνεῦμά ἐστι· διὸ καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον παραλαμβάνεται. Καὶ ποῦ χριστοὺς καλεῖ τοὺς μὴ χρισθέντας ἐλαίῳ; Ὅπου λέγει, Μὴ ἅπτεσθε τῶν χριστῶν μου, καὶ ἐν τοῖς προφήταις μου μὴ πονηρεύεσθε. Τότε γὰρ οὐδὲ ἡ κατασκευὴ τῆς χρίσεως ἦν τοῦ ἐλαίου. Κλητὸς ἀπόστολος. Πανταχοῦ κλητὸν ἑαυτὸν καλεῖ, δεικνὺς τὴν οἰκείαν εὐγνωμοσύνην, καὶ ὅτι οὐκ αὐτὸς ζητήσας εὗρεν, ἀλλὰ κληθεὶς παρεγένετο καὶ ὑπήκουσε. Καὶ τοὺς πιστοὺς δὲ οὕτως ὀνομάζει, κλητοὺς ἁγίους. Οἱ μὲν γὰρ μέχρι τοῦ πιστεῦσαι ἐκλήθησαν, οὗτος δὲ καὶ ἕτερον ἐνεχει 60.396 ρίσθη, τὴν ἀποστολὴν, πρᾶγμα μυρίων ἀγαθῶν γέμον, καὶ τῶν χαρισμάτων ἁπάντων καὶ μεῖζον καὶ περιεκτικόν. Καὶ τί γὰρ δεῖ πλέον εἰπεῖν, ἀλλ' ἢ ὅτι ὅπερ ὁ Χριστὸς παραγενόμενος ἔπραττε, τοῦτο αὐτοῖς ἐγχειρίσας ἀπῆλθεν; Ὃ καὶ βοᾷ Παῦλος, λέγων, καὶ τὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων ἐπαίρων ἀξίωμα· Ὑπὲρ Χριστοῦ πρεσβεύομεν, ὡς τοῦ Θεοῦ παρακαλοῦντος δι' ἡμῶν, τουτέστιν ἀντὶ Χριστοῦ. Ἀφωρισμένος εἰς Εὐαγγέλιον Θεοῦ. Καθάπερ ἐν οἰκίᾳ πρὸς διάφορα ἕκαστος ἀφώρισται ἔργα, οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας διάφοροι τῶν διακονιῶν εἰσιν αἱ διανομαί. Ἐμοὶ δὲ ἐνταῦθα οὐ τὴν ἀποκλήρωσιν δοκεῖ μόνον αἰνίττεσθαι, ἀλλ' ὅτι πάλαι καὶ ἄνωθεν πρὸς τοῦτο ἦν τεταγμένος. Ὅπερ καὶ Ἱερεμίας φησὶ τὸν Θεὸν εἰρηκέναι περὶ αὐτοῦ· Πρὸ τοῦ σε ἐξελθεῖν ἐκ μήτρας ἡγίακά σε, προφήτην εἰς ἔθνη τέθεικά σε. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ πρὸς πόλιν ἀλαζονικὴν ἔγραφε, καὶ πεφυσιωμένην πάντοθεν, διὰ πάντων δείκνυσι τοῦ Θεοῦ τὴν χειροτονίαν οὖσαν· καὶ γὰρ αὐτὸς ἐκάλεσε, καὶ αὐτὸς ἀφώρισε. Ποιεῖ δὲ τοῦτο, ἵνα ἀξιόπιστον καὶ εὐπαράδεκτον ποιήσῃ τὴν ἐπιστολήν. Εἰς Εὐαγγέλιον Θεοῦ. Οὐκ ἄρα μόνος Ματθαῖος εὐαγγελιστὴς