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ν'. Concerning the vision of God and of divine things and of the wondrous energy of the Holy Spirit; and concerning the properties of the Holy and Consubstantial Trinity; and that he who has not succeeded in entering into the kingdom of heaven will profit nothing, even if he be outside the torments of Hades.

να'. That when the Holy Spirit shines in us all the passions are put to flight as darkness by the light; but when it withdraws its rays, we are assailed by these and by evil thoughts.

νβ'. Concerning theology; and that for one who has not been changed by participation in the Holy Spirit and become by grace a god in knowledge it is not permitted to teach men divine things.

νγ'. A discourse in the form of a dialogue between God and the father of these discourses; and how this divine father, illumined by the Holy Spirit, spoke with God, and was initiated by Him into things divine and human.

νδ'. That to each person God has given the gift through the Holy Spirit fittingly and for his benefit to be active, not as he himself wishes, but as he was predestined by Him, so that he may not be useless in the midst of His church.

νε'. That for those who have kept holy baptism pure (31) the Holy Spirit remains; but from those who have defiled it, It departs.

νστ'. A prayer to God for what has happened to him, at once supplicatory and eucharistic.

νζ'. That he who has desired God with all his soul hates the world. νη'. A common teaching with a reproof for all: kings, high priests, priests,

monks, laypeople, spoken and said from the mouth of God.

A mystical prayer of our father among the saints, Symeon, by which he invokes the Holy Spirit, he who foresees it. (33)

Come, the true light, come, the eternal life, come, the hidden

mystery, come, the unnameable treasure, come, the unutterable thing, come, the incomprehensible person, come, the everlasting exultation, come, the unwaning light, come, the true expectation of all who are to be saved, come, the raising of the fallen, come, the resurrection of the dead, come, the powerful one, who ever makes and remakes and changes all things by Your will alone! Come, the invisible and intangible, altogether impalpable one, come, the one who ever remains unmoved and at every hour is wholly moved and comes to us who lie in Hades, You who are above all the heavens, come, the much-desired and celebrated name, yet what you are, or to know what you are like or of what kind, is utterly impossible for us to speak of. Come, the eternal joy, come, the unfading crown, come, the purple robe of our great God and king, come, the belt, crystal-like and studded with precious stones, come, the unapproachable sandal, come, the royal crimson and truly imperial right hand! Come, you whom my wretched soul has desired and desires, come, the alone to the alone, for I am alone, as you see! Come, you who have separated me from all things and made me alone upon the earth, come, you who have become yourself desire (34) in me and made me desire you, the altogether unapproachable one! Come, my breath and my life, come, the consolation of my humble soul, come, my joy and my glory and my perpetual delight!

I thank you, that you have become one spirit with me; without confusion, without change, without alteration, O God over all, and you yourself have become all things in all for me, food

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ν'. Περί θεωρίας Θεοῦ καί θείων πραγμάτων καί Ἁγίου Πνεύματος παραδόξου ἐνεργείας˙ καί περί τῶν ἰδίων τῆς Ἁγίας καί Ὁμοουσίου Τριάδος˙ καί ὅτι ὁ μή φθάσας εἰσελθεῖν εἰς τήν βασιλείαν τῶν οὐρανῶν οὐδέν ὠφεληθήσεται, κἄν ἐκτός γένηται τῶν τοῦ ᾅδου κολάσεων.

να'. 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.

νβ'. Περί θεολογίας˙ καί ὅτι τῷ μή ἀλλοιωθέντι τῇ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος μετουσίᾳ καί γεγονότι θέσει ἐν γνώσει Θεῷ διδάσκειν τά θεῖα τούς ἀνθρώπους οὐκ ἔξεστιν.

νγ'. 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.

νδ'. 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.

νε'. Ὅτι τοῖς τό ἅγιον φυλάξασι βάπτισμα καθαρόν (31) παραμένει τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον˙ ἀπό δέ τῶν μολυνάντων αὐτό ἀπανίσταται.

νστ'. Εὐχή πρός Θεόν ἐπί τοῖς γεγονόσιν εἰς αὐτόν, ἱκετήριός τε ὁμοῦ καί εὐχαριστήριος.

νζ'. Ὅτι ὁ τόν Θεόν ἐξ ὅλης ποθήσας ψυχῆς μισεῖ τόν κόσμον. νη'. ∆ιδασκαλία κοινή σύν ἐλέγχῳ πρός πάντας˙ βασιλεῖς, ἀρχιερεῖς, ἱερεῖς,

μονάζοντας, λαϊκούς, ὑπό στόματος λαληθεῖσα καί λεγομένη Θεοῦ.

Τοῦ ἐν ἁγίοις πατρός ἡμῶν Συμεών εὐχή μυστική, δι᾿ ἧς ἐπικαλεῖται τό Πνεῦμα τό Ἅγιον ὁ αὐτό προορῶν. (33)

Ἐλθέ τό φῶς τό ἀληθινόν, ἐλθέ ἡ αἰώνιος ζωή, ἐλθέ τό ἀποκεκρυμμένον

μυστήριον, ἐλθέ ὁ ἀκατονόμαστος θησαυρός, ἐλθέ τό ἀνεκφώνητον πρᾶγμα, ἐλθέ τό ἀκατανόητον πρόσωπον, ἐλθέ ἡ ἀΐδιος ἀγαλλίασις, ἐλθέ τό ἀνέσπερον φῶς, ἐλθέ πάντων τῶν μελλόντων σωθῆναι ἡ ἀληθινή προσδοκία, ἐλθέ τῶν κειμένων ἡ ἔγερσις, ἐλθέ τῶν νεκρῶν ἡ ἀνάστασις, ἐλθέ ὁ δυνατός, ὁ πάντα ἀεί ποιῶν καί μεταποιῶν καί ἀλλοιῶν μόνῳ τῷ βούλεσθαι! Ἐλθέ ὁ ἀόρατος καί ἀναφής πάντῃ ἀψηλάφητος, ἐλθέ ὁ ἀεί μένων ἀμετακίνητος καί καθ᾿ ὥραν ὅλος μετακινούμενος καί ἐρχόμενος πρός ἡμᾶς τούς ἐν τῷ ᾅδη κειμένους, ὁ ὑπεράνω πάντων τῶν οὐρανῶν, ἐλθέ τό περιπόθητον ὄνομα καί θρυλούμενον, λαληθῆναι δέ παρ᾿ ἡμῶν, ὅπερ εἷς, ἤ γνωσθῆναι, ὁποῖος ἤ ποταπός, ὅλως ἡμῖν ἀνεπίδεκτον. Ἐλθέ ἡ αἰώνιος χαρά, ἐλθέ τό στέφος τό ἀμαράντινον, ἐλθέ ἡ πορφύρα τοῦ μεγάλου Θεοῦ καί βασιλέως ἡμῶν, ἐλθέ ἡ ζώνη ἡ κρυσταλλοειδής καί διάλιθος, ἐλθέ τό ὑπόδημα τό ἀπρόσιτον, ἐλθέ ἡ βασίλειος ἁλουργίς καί αὐτοκρατορική ὄντως δεξιά! Ἐλθέ, ὅν ἐπόθησε καί ποθεῖ ἡ ταλαίπωρός μου ψυχή, ἐλθέ ὁ μόνος πρός μόνον, ὅτι μόνος εἰμί, καθάπερ ὁρᾷς! Ἐλθέ ὁ χωρίσας ἐκ πάντων καί ποιήσας με μόνον ἐπί τῆς γῆς, ἐλθέ ὁ γενόμενος πόθος (34) αὐτός ἐν ἐμοί καί ποθεῖν σε ποιήσας με, τόν ἀπρόσιτον παντελῶς! Ἐλθέ ἡ πνοή μου καί ἡ ζωή, ἐλθέ ἡ παραμυθία τῆς ταπεινῆς μου ψυχῆς, ἐλθέ ἡ χαρά καί ἡ δόξα καί ἡ διηνεκής μου τρυφή!

Εὐχαριστῶ σοι, ὅτι ἕν πνεῦμα ἐγένου μετ᾿ ἐμοῦ˙ ἀσυγχύτως, ἀτρέπτως, ἀναλλοιώτως ὁ ἐπί πάντων Θεός, καί αὐτός μοι τά πάντα ἐν πᾶσι γεγένησαι, τροφή