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Of what, specifically for each individual, is the reading of the holy Gospel a symbol, and the mystical things after it. ........................................................................... 256

CHAP. 14. ..................................................................................................................... 257 Of what is it a symbol and the thing generally signified, the divine of the holy Gospel

reading. ............................................................................................................................ 257 CHAP. 15. ..................................................................................................................... 257 Of what is the closing of the doors of the holy church a symbol, which after the holy

Gospel happens......................................................................................................... 257 CHAP. 16. .................................................................................................................. 258 What does the entrance of the holy things and mysteries signify. ................................................... 258 CHAP. 17. ..................................................................................................................... 258 Of what is the divine kiss a symbol. .................................................................... 258 CHAP. 18...................................................................................................................... 258 What does the divine Symbol of the faith signify............................................................. 258 CHAP. 19...................................................................................................................... 258 What does the doxology of the Trisagion signify. ................................................................... 258 CHAP. 20. ...................................................................................................................... 259 Of what is the holy prayer, "Our Father who art in heaven," a symbol. .. 259 CHAP. 21..................................................................................................................... 259 What does the end of the mystical liturgy of the proclaimed hymns signify;

that is, " One is Holy, one is Lord, " and the rest. ............................................................ 259 CHAP. 22. .................................................................................................................... 259 How, and in what manner also of the soul, conceived in itself, for each individual

the deifying and perfecting state is specifically considered through the things that have been said. ......... 259 CHAP. 23. .................................................................................................................... 260 That the first entrance of the holy is a symbol of the virtues according to the soul

synaxis. .............................................................................................................................. 260 CHAP. 24..................................................................................................................... 261 Of what mysteries is it both operative and effective, through the rites performed

according to the ordinances of the holy synaxis among the faithful and those faithfully gathered, the abiding grace of the Holy Spirit. ...................................................................... 261

OF ABBA MAXIMUS .............................................................................................................. 267

THEOLOGICAL CHAPTERS PAGE...722 ................................................................................. 267

OF SAINT EPHRAIM, ..................................................................................................... 267 How one ought to read, or pay attention to one reading. ............................................ 267 DISCOURSE 1......................................................................................................................... 267 Concerning a life of virtue and vice........................................................................................ 267 DISCOURSE 2. (732) .............................................................................................................. 271 Concerning prudence and counsel........................................................................................ 271 DISCOURSE 3. ........................................................................................................................ 273 Concerning purity and self-control. ................................................................................... 273 DISCOURSE 4. ........................................................................................................................ 276 Concerning courage and strength. ............................................................................................ 276 DISCOURSE 5. ......................................................................................................................... 279

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Τίνος ἰδικῶς ἐπί τοῦ καθ' ἕκαστον σύμβολόν ἐστιν ἡ ἀνάγνωσις τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου, καί τά μετ' αὐτήν μυστικά. ........................................................................... 256

ΚΕΦΑΛ. Ι∆´. ..................................................................................................................... 257 Τίνος ἐστί σύμβολον καί τό γενικῶς σημαινόμενον, ἡ θεία τοῦ ἁγίου Εὐαγγελίου

ἀνάγνωσις. ............................................................................................................................ 257 ΚΕΦΑΛ. ΙΕ´. ..................................................................................................................... 257 Τίνος σύμβολόν ἐστι ἡ κλεῖσις τῶν θυρῶν τῆς ἁγίας ἐκκλησίας, ἡ μετά τό ἅγιον

Εὐαγγέλιον γιγνομένη......................................................................................................... 257 ΚΕΦΑΛ´. Ιστ´. .................................................................................................................. 258 Τί σημαίνει ἡ τῶν ἁγίων καί μυστηρίων εἴσοδος. ................................................... 258 ΚΕΦΑΛ. ΙΖ´. ..................................................................................................................... 258 Τίνος ἐστί σύμβολον ὁ θεῖος ἀσπασμός. .................................................................... 258 ΚΕΦΑΛ. ΙΗ´...................................................................................................................... 258 Τί σημαίνει τό θεῖον τῆς πίστεως Σύμβολον............................................................. 258 ΚΕΦΑΛ. ΙΘ´...................................................................................................................... 258 Τί σημαίνει ἡ τοῦ Τρισαγίου δοξολογία. ................................................................... 258 ΚΕΦΑΛ. Κ´. ...................................................................................................................... 259 Τίνος ἐστί σύμβολον ἡ ἁγία προσευχή τοῦ, "Πάτερ ἡμῶν ὁ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς." .. 259 ΚΕΦΑΛ. ΚΑ´..................................................................................................................... 259 Τί σημαίνει τό τέλος τῆς μυστικῆς ἱερουργίας τῶν ἐκφωνουμένων ὕμνων·

τουτέστιν, " Εἷς Ἅγιος, εἷς Κύριος, " καί τά ἑξῆς. ............................................................ 259 ΚΕΦΑΛ. ΚΒ´. .................................................................................................................... 259 Πῶς, καί τίνι τρόπῳ καί ἡ τῆς ψυχῆς καθ' ἑαυτήν νοουμένης ἐπί τοῦ καθ' ἕκαστον

ἰδικῶς ἐκθεωτική καί τελειοποιός διά τῶν εἰρημένων θεωρεῖται κατάστασις. ......... 259 ΚΕΦΑΛ. ΚΓ´. .................................................................................................................... 260 Ὅτι σύμβολον τῶν κατά ψυχήν ἀρετῶν ἐστιν ἡ πρώτη εἴσοδος τῆς ἁγίας

συνάξεως. .............................................................................................................................. 260 ΚΕΦΑΛ. Κ∆´..................................................................................................................... 261 Τίνων ἐστίν ἐνεργητική τε καί ἀποτελιστική μυστηρίων, διά τῶν τελουμένων

κατά τήν ἁγίαν σύναξιν θεσμῶν ἐν τοῖς πιστοῖς καί πιστῶς συναγομένοις, ἡ παραμένουσα τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος χάρις. ...................................................................... 261

ΑΒΒΑ ΜΑΞΙΜΟΥ .............................................................................................................. 267

ΚΕΦΑΛΑΙΑ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΙΚΑ ΣΕΛ...722 ................................................................................. 267

ΤΟΥ ΑΓΙΟΥ ΕΦΡΑΙΜ, ..................................................................................................... 267 Πῶς χρή ἀναγινώσκειν, ἤ ἀναγινώσκοντι προσέχειν. ............................................ 267 ΛΟΓΟΣ Α´......................................................................................................................... 267 Περί βίου ἀρετῆς καί κακίας........................................................................................ 267 ΛΟΓΟΣ Β´. (732) .............................................................................................................. 271 Περί φρονήσεως καί βουλῆς........................................................................................ 271 ΛΟΓΟΣ Γ´. ........................................................................................................................ 273 Περί ἁγνείας καί σωφροσύνης. ................................................................................... 273 ΛΟΓΟΣ ∆´. ........................................................................................................................ 276 Περί ἀνδρείας καί ἰσχύος. ............................................................................................ 276 ΛΟΓΟΣ Ε. ......................................................................................................................... 279