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eating the bread, according to the decree of the history, they eat in the sweat of their face. .......................................................................................................................... 82

QUESTION 6. ............................................................................................................ 83 If according to Saint John, "He who is born of God, does not sin

because His seed remains in him, and he cannot sin;" but he who is born of water and the Spirit, this one is born of God; how can we who are born of God through baptism be able to sin? .......... 83

QUESTION 7. ............................................................................................................. 84 What is, "For to this end was the gospel preached even to the dead, that they might be judged indeed according to

man in the flesh, but live according to God in the spirit;" How are the dead judged in the flesh? . 84 QUESTION 8. ............................................................................................................. 85 Since again Saint John says: "God is light;" and after a little

again: "If we walk in the light, as he is in the light;" how is the same one said to be both light and in the light, as one thing in another? ........................................ 85

QUESTION 9. ............................................................................................................ 86 What does Saint John say again: "Brethren, now we are children of God, and it has not yet

appeared what we shall be?" How does Saint Paul say: "But God has revealed it to us through the Spirit; for the Spirit searches all things, even the depths of God." How then does he also philosophize such things about what we shall be?.......................................................... 86

QUESTION 10................................................................................................................ 86 If he who fears is not made perfect in love, how is there no lack for those who

fear him. If there is no lack, it is clear that he is made perfect; how then is he who fears not made perfect? .......................................................................................... 86

QUESTION 11. ............................................................................................................ 88 What is the domain of the angels who did not keep it, and what is the dwelling which

they abandoned? and what are the eternal bonds? and what is the gloom under which they are kept? and what will they suffer in the judgment of the great day? ..................................................................... 88

QUESTION 12. ............................................................................................................ 89 What is the tunic spotted by the flesh. ............................................................ 89 QUESTION 13............................................................................................................. 89 What is, "For his invisible attributes from the creation of the world are understood through his works

and are clearly seen; both his eternal power and divinity?" What are the invisible attributes of God, and what is his eternal power and divinity? ....................................................................... 89

QUESTION 14. ........................................................................................................... 90 What is, "And they revered and served the creature rather than the Creator?" What

is reverence, and what is worship?....................................................................................... 90 QUESTION 15. ............................................................................................................. 90 What is, "For your incorruptible Spirit is in all things; wherefore those who fall away,

you convict little by little." If he speaks of the Holy Spirit, how will wisdom not enter into a foolish heart, nor dwell in a body indebted to sins? We (Fr. I) have noted this, because of his saying simply, "In all things." 90

QUESTION 16. .......................................................................................................... 91 What is the molten calf, and why does he say calf in the singular; but, "These are the gods

of yours, Israel" in the plural. And what is it, to be ground down and scattered upon the water; and what are the earrings, and the other ornaments?........................................................................ 91

QUESTION 17. ........................................................................................................... 93 If God sent Moses to Egypt, for what reason did the

angel of God seek to kill the one sent by God, and would have killed him, if his wife had not hastened to circumcise the child, and through herself the angel's attack

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τόν ἄρτον ἐσθίοντες, κατά τήν ἀπόφασιν τῆς ἱστορίας, ἐν ἱδρῶτι τοῦ προσώπου ἐσθίουσιν. .......................................................................................................................... 82

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Στ΄. ............................................................................................................ 83 Εἰ κατά τόν ἅγιον Ἰωάννην, " Ὁ γεγεννημένος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἁμαρτίαν οὐ

ποιεῖ, ὅτι σπέρμα αὐτοῦ ἐν αὐτῷ μένει, καί οὐ δύναται ἁμαρτάνειν·" ὁ δέ γεγεννημένος ἐξ ὕδατος καί Πνεύματος, οὗτος ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ γεγέννηται· πῶς οἱ ἐκ τοῦ Θεοῦ διά τοῦ βαπτίσματος γεγεννημένοι ἡμεῖς δυνάμεθα ἁμαρτάνειν; .......... 83

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Ζ ΄. ............................................................................................................. 84 Τί ἐστίν, "Εἰς τοῦτο γάρ καί νεκροῖς εὐηγγελίσθη, ἵνα κριθῶσι μέν κατά

ἄνθρωπον σαρκί, ζῶσι δέ κατά θεόν πνεύματι·" Πῶς οἱ νεκροί σαρκί κρίνονται; . 84 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Η΄. ............................................................................................................. 85 Ἐπειδή πάλιν λέγει ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης· " Ὁ Θεός φῶς ἐστι·" καί μετ᾿ ὀλίγα

πάλιν· " Ἐάν ἐν τῷ φωτί περιπατῶμεν, ὡς αὐτός ἐστιν ἐν τῷ φωτί· " πῶς καί φῶς ὁ αὐτός λέγεται καί ἐν τῷ φωτί εἶναι, ὡς ἄλλος ἐν ἄλλῳ; ........................................ 85

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Θ΄ . ............................................................................................................ 86 Τί λέγει πάλιν ὁ ἅγιος Ἰωάννης· "Ἀδελφοί, νῦν τέκνα Θεοῦ ἐσμεν, καί οὔπω

ἐφανερώθη τί ἐσόμεθα;" Πῶς ὁ ἅγιος Παῦλος λέγει· " Ἡμῖν δέ ἀπεκάλυψεν ὁ Θεός διά τοῦ Πνεύματος· τό γάρ Πνεῦμα πάντα ἐρευνᾷ, καί τά βάθη τοῦ Θεοῦ." Πῶς δέ καί τά τοιαῦτα φιλοσοφεῖ περί τοῦ, τί ἐσόμεθα;.......................................................... 86

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Ι΄................................................................................................................ 86 Εἰ ὁ φοβούμενος οὐ τετελείωται ἐν τῇ ἀγάπῃ, πῶς οὐκ ἔστιν ὑστέρημα τοῖς

φοβουμένοις αὐτόν. Ἐάν οὐκ ἔστιν ὑστέρημα, δῆλον ὅτι τετελείωται· πῶς οὖν ὁ φοβούμενος οὐ τετελείωται; .......................................................................................... 86

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΙΑ΄. ............................................................................................................ 88 Τίς ἡ ἀρχή τῶν μή τηρησάντων αὐτήν ἀγγέλων, καί τί τό οἰκητήριον ὅ

ἀπέλιπον; καί τίνες οἱ ἀΐδιοι δεσμοί; καί τίς ὁ ζόφος, ὑφ᾿ ὅν τετήρηνται; καί τί ἐν τῇ κρίσει τῆς μεγάλης ἡμέρας πείσονται; ..................................................................... 88

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΙΒ΄. ............................................................................................................ 89 Τίς ὁ ἀπό τῆς σαρκός ἐσπιλωμένος χιτών. ............................................................ 89 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΙΓ ΄............................................................................................................. 89 Τί ἐστι, "Τά γάρ ἀόρατα αὐτοῦ ἀπό κτίσεως κόσμου τοῖς ποιήμασι νοούμενα

καθορᾶται· ἥ τε ἀΐδιος αὐτοῦ δύναμις καί θειότης; "Τίνα τά ἀόρατα τοῦ Θεοῦ, καί τίς ἡ ἀΐδιος αὐτοῦ δύναμις καί θειότης; ....................................................................... 89

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Ι∆΄ . ........................................................................................................... 90 Τί ἐστι, "Καί ἐσεβάσθησαν καί ἐλάτρευσαν τῇ κτίσει παρά τόν Κτίσαντα;" Τί

ἐστι σέβας, καί τί ἐστι λατρεία;....................................................................................... 90 ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΙΕ΄ ............................................................................................................. 90 Τί ἐστι, "Τό γάρ ἄφθαρτόν σου Πνεῦμα ἐστιν ἐν πᾶσι· διό τούς παραπίπτοντας,

κατά μικρόν ἐλέγχεις." Εἰ περί τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος λέγει, πῶς εἰς ἀσύνετον καρδίαν σοφία οὐκ εἰσελεύσεται, οὐδέ κατοικήσει ἐν σώματι κατάχρεῳ ἁμαρτίαις; ἐσημειωσάμεθα (Fr. ἐσημειωσάμην) δέ τοῦτο, διά τό ἁπλῶς εἰπεῖν, " Ἐν πᾶσιν." 90

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Ιστ΄ . .......................................................................................................... 91 Τίς ὁ χωνευτός μόσχος, καί διά τί μόσχον ἑνικός λέγει· τό δέ, "Οὗτοι οἱ θεοί

σου, Ἰσραήλ" πληθυντικῶς. Καί τί τό, λεπτυνθῆναι καί διασπαρῆναι ὑπό τό ὕδωρ· καί τίνα τά ἐνώτια, καί τά ἑξῆς κόσμια;........................................................................ 91

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ ΙΖ΄ . ........................................................................................................... 93 Εἰ ὁ Θεός τόν Μωϋσῆν ἀπέστειλεν εἰς Αἴγυπτον, τίνι τῷ λόγῳ τόν ὑπό τοῦ

Θεοῦ ἀπεσταλμένον ὁ τοῦ Θεοῦ ἄγγελος ἀποκτεῖναι ἐζήτει, καί ἄν ἀπέκτεινεν, εἰ μή σπεύσασα ἡ γυνή τό παιδίον περιέτεμεν, καί δι᾿ ἑαυτῆς τήν τοῦ ἀγγέλου ὁρμήν