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having hastened to enter into the kingdom of heaven he will be profited nothing, even if he should be outside of the punishments of Hades. (358) ........................................................... 240

ΝΑ'. ............................................................................................................................ 248 That when the Holy Spirit shines in us, all things of the passions

are put to flight as darkness by the light; but when he withdraws his rays, we are assailed by these and by evil thoughts. (370) ................................... 248

ΝΒ'. ............................................................................................................................ 252 Concerning theology; and that to one who has not been changed by participation in the Holy Spirit

and become a god by adoption in knowledge, it is not permitted to teach divine things to men. (376).................................................................................................................................. 252

ΝΓ'. ............................................................................................................................ 256 The discourse according to the dialect of God and of the father of the discourses; and how by the

Holy Spirit this divine father, being illuminated, communed with God and was initiated by him into things both divine and human. (382) ....................................................... 256

ΝΔ'. ............................................................................................................................ 262 That to each of men God has given fittingly and for his benefit

the gift through the Holy Spirit for its operation, not as he himself wills, but as it was predestined by him, so that there should not be a void in the midst of his church. (393).. 262

ΝΕ'. ............................................................................................................................ 267 That for those who have kept holy baptism pure the Spirit the

Holy remains; but from those who have defiled it he departs. (399)....................................... 267

ΝΣΤ'. .......................................................................................................................... 272 A prayer to God concerning the things that have happened to him, both suppliant and

of thanksgiving. (406) ...................................................................................................... 272

ΝΖ'. ............................................................................................................................ 273 That he who has desired God with his whole soul hates the world. (408) .................... 273

ΝΗ'............................................................................................................................. 273 A common teaching with reproof to all: kings, high priests, priests,

monks, laypeople, spoken and said from the mouth of God. (409) .......... 273

EPISTLES. .................................................................................................................. 283

EPISTLE 1. Concerning confession. (423) .......................................................... 283

EPISTLE 2. To Stephen of Nicomedia (440).............................................. 290

EPISTLE 3. Another to Stephen of Nicomedia. (441) ................................. 291

EPISTLE 4. To Niketas Stethatos. (442)....................................................... 291

Of Niketas, monk and presbyter of the monastery of Stoudios, Stethatos, on the book of the divine hymns of our holy father Symeon. (11)

1. The exceedingly sublime and elevated and that which is beyond perception of the

things written herein, and the height of the theology and the depth of the direct knowledge of these, is not, I think, comprehensible and accessible to all; for, being illumined by the divine manifestations of the unapproachable light, being beyond all human understanding, it accordingly requires for the comprehension of its contents those whose faculties of the soul are strengthened by the good condition of the word and whose mind is winged to the heights by the breeze of the spirit and who clearly have their thought penetrating wholly towards the heavens and the depths of God. Wherefore to me, while reasonably dedicating reverence to the teacher, it also seemed very timely, beneficial, and fitting

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φθάσας εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν οὐδέν ὠφεληθήσεται, κἄν ἐκτός γένηται τῶν τοῦ ᾅδυο κολάσεων. (358) ........................................................... 240

ΝΑ'. ............................................................................................................................ 248 Ὅτι τοῦ Πνεύματος λάμποντος ἐν ἡμῖν τοῦ Ἁγίου πάντα τά τῶν παθῶν

φυγαδεύονται ὡς ὑπό τοῦ φωτός τό σκότος˙ συστέλλοντος δέ αὐτοῦ τάς ἀκτῖνας, ὑπό τούτων καί τῶν πονηρῶν βαλλόμεθα λογισμῶν. (370) ................................... 248

ΝΒ'. ............................................................................................................................ 252 Περί θεολογίας˙ καί ὅτι τῷ μή ἀλλοιωθέντι τῇ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος μετουσίᾳ

καί γεγονότι θέσει ἐν γνώσει Θεῷ διδάσκειν τά θεῖα τούς ἀνθρώπους οὐκ ἔξεστι. (376).................................................................................................................................. 252

ΝΓ'. ............................................................................................................................ 256 Κατά διάλεκτον Θεοῦ καί τοῦ πατρός τῶν λόγων ὁ λόγος˙ καί ὅπως ὑπό τοῦ

Ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἐλλαμπόμενος ὁ θεῖος οὗτος πατήρ ὡμίλει Θεῷ καί ὑπ᾿ ἐκείνου ἐμυσταγωγεῖτο τά θεῖά τε καί ἀνθρώπινα. (382) ....................................................... 256

Ν∆'. ............................................................................................................................ 262 Ὅτι ἑκάστῳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων δέδωκεν ὁ Θεός προσφυῶς καί πρός τό συμφέρον

τό χάρισμα διά Πνεύματος Ἁγίου εἰς τό ἐνεργεῖν, οὐχ ὥσπερ αὐτός θέλει, ἀλλ᾿ ὡς ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ προωρίσθη, εἰς τό μή κενόν εἶναι μέσον τῆς ἐκκλησίας αὐτοῦ. (393).. 262

ΝΕ'. ............................................................................................................................ 267 Ὅτι τοῖς τό ἅγιον φυλάξασι βάπτισμα καθαρόν παραμένει τό Πνεῦμα τό

Ἅγιον˙ ἀπό δέ τῶν μολυνάντων αὐτό ἀπανίσταται. (399)....................................... 267 ΝΣΤ'. .......................................................................................................................... 272 Εὐχή πρός Θεόν ἐπί τοῖς γεγονόσιν εἰς αὐτόν, ἱκετήριός τε ὁμοῦ καί

εὐχαριστήριος. (406) ...................................................................................................... 272 ΝΖ'. ............................................................................................................................ 273 Ὅτι ὁ τόν Θεόν ἐξ ὅλης ποθήσας ψυχῆς μισεῖ τόν κόσμον. (408) .................... 273 ΝΗ'............................................................................................................................. 273 ∆ιδασκαλία κοινήν σύν ἐλέγχῳ πρός πάντας˙ βασιλεῖς, ἀρχιερεῖς, ἱερεῖς,

μονάζοντας, λαϊκούς, ὑπό στόματος λαληθεῖσα καί λεγομένη Θεοῦ. (409) .......... 273 ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΕΣ. .................................................................................................................. 283 ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Α'. Περί ἐξομολογήσεως. (423) .......................................................... 283 ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Β'. Πρός Στέφανον Νικομηδείας (440).............................................. 290 ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ Γ'. Ἑτέρα πρός Στέφανον Νικομηδείας. (441) ................................. 291 ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗ ∆'. Πρός Νικήτα Σταθᾶτον. (442)....................................................... 291

Νικήτα μονάζοντος καί πρεσβυτέρου μονῆς τῶν Στουδίου τοῦ Στηθάτου εἰς τήν βίβλον τῶν θείων ὕμνων τοῦ ὁσίου πατρός ἡμῶν Συμεών. (11)

1. Τό λίαν ἀνατατικόν τε καί διηρμένον αὐτό τε τό ὑπέρ αἴσθησιν τῶν

ἐγγεγραμμένων ἐνταῦθα καί τό ὕψος τῆς θεολογίας καί τό βάθος τῆς τούτων ἄντικρυς γνώσεως οὐ πᾶσιν, οἶμαι, καταληπτόν τε καί εὐεπίβατον ἐστι˙ ταῖς γάρ θείαις ἐμφάσεσι περιαυγαζόμενον τοῦ ἀπροσίτου φωτός, ὑπεράνω πάσης ἀνθρωπίνης συνέσεως ὄν, ἐκείνων ἄρα πρός τήν τῶν ἐγκειμένων κατάληψιν δέεται τῶν τά αἰσθητήρια τῆς ψυχῆς ἐρρωμένων τῇ εὐεξίᾳ τοῦ λόγου καί τόν νοῦν ἐς ὕψος ἐπτερωμένων τῇ τοῦ πνεύματος αὔρᾳ καί ὅλην ὅλως πρός οὐρανούς καί τά βάθη Θεοῦ ἐμβαθύνουσαν ἐχόντων σαφῶς τήν διάνοιαν. Ὅθεν μοι καί ἄγαν εὔκαιρον ἐπωφελές τε καί ἁρμόδιον ἔδοξε τό σέβας εἰκότως ἀφοσιοῦντι τῷ διδασκάλῳ