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the shining one suddenly darkened; the one terrible to demons, set forth as a plaything; the one created free, hiding as a slave; the one glorious and honored, lying down as inglorious and sordid. Therefore, you who love to listen, having recapitulated this history, let us look into the abyss of Scripture, showing the connection of the narrative. And the woman saw that the tree was good for food, and that it was pleasing to the eyes to see, and that it was beautiful to contemplate. And the woman, taking of its fruit, ate, and gave also to her husband. Do you see luxury procuring death? Do you see luxury sending one forth to Hades? Do you see a taste making a stranger of the one partaking of paradise? And let no one of more sound mind bring the blame against the tree, but against the one who partook. For just as if some king, having commanded his soldier that none of the rulers should enter within the royal bedchamber unless he himself should command it, or having announced a mystery of his that no one from without should learn except him alone, but that one going out should make the matter known to whomever he wishes and desires, tell me, will not such a one undergo judgment, because he despised the royal power? Such a thing was also newly wrought in the case of Adam. God gave him all things for food and enjoyment: the plants, the fruits, the waters, the delight of paradise, the sun, the moon, and the stars; but of one tree only did he give him to keep, representing a master's example and a command for obedience to the creator. But he, neither staying within these gifts, nor honoring the excess of his worth, nor keeping the freedom of his power, hearkened to the lawless one and enemy of truth, and touched disobedience, and the immortal became mortal, the ruler of paradise became naked of its dwelling, he who walked the paths of truth became a cause of rejoicing for demons, he who was filled with the Holy Spirit, became filled with wicked spirits, he who was glorified by prophecy, did not even know what sort of being he was. When the deadly disobedience was finally completed, Adam and Eve saw that they were naked because of their transgression; for when they were clothed with the God-adorned garment of immortality, they did not see their own nakedness; but when the transgression came, and the work of disobedience was completed, then they saw their own shame. Then, it says, they heard the voice of the Lord walking in paradise in the afternoon, and both Adam and his wife hid themselves from the face of the Lord God. The occasion for boldness was cut off; the transgression came, and they hide from the Almighty. Such are those who are clothed in sins. For when someone fornicates or commits adultery, and comes out from the door of the prostitute, and meets either a man or a woman relating their own encounters, the one who committed the sin thinks that the encounter is about him, and he blushes and is ashamed, his sin rebuking him from within. This is what Adam and Eve suffered. For many times when God was walking in paradise, they never revered or were ashamed before him; but when the work of sin and of disobedience was completed, then they hide from the face of the God who oversees all things, expecting to gain something; but this way of thinking was in vain for them. Therefore, as they had no defense or boldness before the one who knows secrets, he who tests hearts and reins says to Adam: Adam, where are you? granting them an occasion for a de- 56.533 fense; Where are you? Behold, you both ate of the tree, and did not attain your desire; behold, you also committed the transgression, and fell from deification. Adam, where are you? But he, Of the

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λάμποντα ἐζοφωμένον αἴφνης· τὸν φοβερὸν τοῖς δαίμοσιν, ὡς παίγνιον προκείμενον· τὸν ἐλεύθερον πλασθέντα, ὡς δοῦλον κρυπτόμενον· τὸν ἔνδοξον καὶ ἔντιμον, ὡς ἄδοξον καὶ ῥυποειδῆ κατακείμενον. ∆ιὸ, φιλακροάμονες, ἀνακεφαλαιώσαντες τὴν ἱστορίαν ταύτην, ἴδωμεν τῆς Γραφῆς τὴν ἄβυσσον, τὸν εἱρμὸν τῆς διηγήσεως ἐμφαίνοντες. Καὶ εἶδεν ἡ γυνὴ ὅτι καλὸν τὸ ξύλον εἰς βρῶσιν, καὶ ὅτι ἀρεστὸν τοῖς ὀφθαλμοῖς ἰδεῖν, καὶ ὡραῖόν ἐστι τοῦ κατανοῆσαι. Καὶ λαβοῦσα ἡ γυνὴ τοῦ καρποῦ αὐτοῦ, ἔφαγε, καὶ ἔδωκε καὶ τῷ ἀνδρὶ αὐτῆς. Ὁρᾷς τρυφὴν θάνατον προξενοῦσαν; ὁρᾷς τρυφὴν εἰς ᾅδην ἐκπέμπουσαν; ὁρᾷς γεῦσιν παραδείσου ποιοῦσαν ξένον τὸν μεταλαμβάνοντα; Καὶ μηδεὶς τῶν ἐχόντων ἀκεραιότερον νοῦν τῷ ξύλῳ τὴν μέμψιν προσαγάγοιτο, ἀλλὰ τῷ μεταλαβόντι. Ὥσπερ γάρ τις βασιλεὺς στρατιώτῃ αὐτοῦ παραγγείλας μὴ εἰσελθεῖν τινα τῶν ἀρχόντων ἔνδοθεν τοῦ βασιλικοῦ κοιτῶνος, εἰ μὴ αὐτὸς προστάξει τούτῳ, ἢ μυστήριον αὐτοῦ ἀναγγείλας μηδένα τῶν ἔξωθεν καταμαθεῖν πλὴν αὐτοῦ μόνον, ἐκεῖνος δὲ ἐξελθὼν κατάδηλον ποιήσῃ τὸν λόγον οἷς ἂν θέλῃ καὶ βούληται, εἰπέ μοι, οὐκ ὑποστήσεται δίκην ὁ τοιοῦτος, ὅτι βασιλικοῦ κατεφρόνησε κράτους; Τοιοῦτον καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν Ἀδὰμ ἐκαινουργήθη. Πάντα δέδωκεν αὐτῷ ὁ Θεὸς εἰς βρῶσιν καὶ ἀπόλαυσιν, τὰ φυτὰ, τοὺς καρποὺς, τὰ ὕδατα, τοῦ παραδείσου τὴν τερπνότητα, τὸν ἥλιον, τὴν σελήνην καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας· ἑνὸς δὲ μόνον ξύλου δέδωκεν αὐτῷ φυλάσσειν, ὑπόδειγμα δεσποτικὸν εἰκονίζων καὶ ἐντολὴν πρὸς ὑπακοὴν τοῦ πλάστου. Αὐτὸς δὲ μήτε τούτων τῶν χαρισμάτων ἐντὸς γενόμενος, μήτε τῆς ἀξίας τὴν ὑπερβολὴν τιμήσας, μήτε τοῦ κράτους αὐτοῦ τὴν ἐλευθερίαν φυλάξας, τῷ παρανόμῳ καὶ ἐχθρῷ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐπηκροάσατο, καὶ ἥψατο τῆς παρακοῆς, καὶ γέγονεν ὁ ἀθάνατος θνητὸς, ὁ ἄρχων τοῦ παραδείσου γυμνὸς τῆς τούτου οἰκήσεως, ὁ τρίβους τῆς ἀληθείας ὁδεύων, τῶν δαιμόνων ἐπίχαρμα γενόμενος, ὁ Πνεύματος ἁγίου ἐμπεπλησμένος, πνευμάτων πονηρῶν πεπληρωμένος, ὁ προφητείᾳ ἠγλαϊσμένος, μηδὲ ἑαυτὸν γνωρίζων ὁποῖος ἦν. Ἀπαρτισθείσης τῆς παρακοῆς λοιπὸν τῆς θανατηφόρου, θεασάμενοι Ἀδὰμ καὶ Εὔα, ὅτι γυμνοὶ ὑπῆρχον διὰ τῆς παραβάσεως αὐτῶν· ὅτε γὰρ θεοκόσμητον στολὴν τῆς ἀθανασίας ἦσαν περιβεβλημένοι, τὴν ἑαυτῶν γύμνωσιν οὐχ ἑώρων· ὅτε δὲ ἦλθεν ἡ παράβασις, καὶ ἀπηρτίσθη τὸ ἔργον τῆς παρακοῆς, τότε ἐθεάσαντο τὴν ἀσχημοσύνην αὐτῶν. Εἶτα Ἤκουσαν, φησὶ, τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ Κυρίου περιπατοῦντος ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ τὸ δειλινὸν, καὶ ἐκρύβησαν ὅ τε Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ γυνὴ αὐτοῦ ἀπὸ προσώπου Κυρίου τοῦ Θεοῦ. Περιεκόπη τῆς παῤῥησίας ἡ πρόφασις· ἦλθεν ἡ παράβασις, καὶ κρύπτονται ἀπὸ τοῦ Παντοκράτορος. Τοιοῦτοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐν ἁμαρτίαις περιβεβλημένοι. Ὅταν γάρ τις πορνεύσῃ ἢ μοιχεύσῃ, καὶ ἐξέλθῃ ἐκ τῆς θύρας τῆς πόρνης, καὶ ἀπαντήσῃ κἂν ἄνδρα κἂν γυναῖκα, συντυχίας ἰδίας ἑαυτῶν διηγουμένους, ὁ ποιήσας τὴν ἁμαρτίαν νομίζει ὅτι ἡ συντυχία δι' αὐτὸν καθίσταται, καὶ ἐρυθριᾷ καὶ ἐντρέπεται, τῆς ἁμαρτίας αὐτὸν ἔνδοθεν διελεγχούσης. Τοῦτο πέπονθεν ὁ Ἀδὰμ καὶ ἡ Εὔα. Πολλάκις γὰρ τοῦ Θεοῦ περιπατοῦντος ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ, οὐδέποτε αὐτὸν ᾐδέσθησαν ἢ ἐνετράπησαν· ἀλλ' ὅτε ἀπετελέσθη τὸ ἔργον τῆς ἁμαρτίας καὶ τῆς παρακοῆς, τότε κρύπτονται ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ Θεοῦ τοῦ πάντα ἐφορῶντος, κερδᾶναί τι προσδοκῶντες· ἀλλὰ μάτην αὐτοῖς καθέστηκε ἡ φρόνησις αὕτη. ∆ιὸ ὡς μὴ ἔχοντες ἀπολογίαν ἢ παῤῥησίαν πρὸς τὸν κρυφιογνώστην, αὐτὸς ὁ ἐτάζων καρδίας καὶ νεφρούς φησι πρὸς τὸν Ἀδάμ· Ἀδὰμ, ποῦ εἶ; πρόφασιν ἀπο 56.533 λογίας αὐτοῖς χαριζόμενος· Ποῦ εἶ; Ἰδοὺ καὶ τοῦ ξύλου ἔφαγες, καὶ τῆς ἐπιθυμίας οὐκ ἐπέτυχες· ἰδοὺ καὶ τὴν παράβασιν ἐποίησας, καὶ τῆς θεώσεως ἐξέπεσες. Ἀδὰμ, ποῦ εἶ; Ὁ δὲ, Τῆς