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he confused all things, and shook the Church, he was called Saul, for this very reason of shaking the Church, having taken his name from the deed; but when he departed from that madness and put aside the disturbance, and ended the war, and ceased from persecuting, again he was renamed Paul from ceasing 51.127; But this account is stale and not true, and for this reason I have set it forth, so that you may not be deceived by mere etymologies. For in the first place, his parents gave him this name, not being prophets of any kind, and foreseeing the future. Then, if he was called Saul for this reason, because he was shaking and troubling the Church, he should have, upon ceasing to shake the Church, immediately put aside the name as well; but now we see that he has desisted from the shaking of the Church, but has not put aside the name, but is still called Saul. And so that you may not think that I say these things to deceive you, I will enumerate this for you from the beginning. They cast out Stephen, it says, and stoned him, and the witnesses laid down their garments at the feet of a young man called Saul; and again, And Saul was consenting to his death; and elsewhere, But Saul was ravaging the Church, entering house after house, and dragging off men and women; and again, But Saul, still breathing threats and murder against the disciples of the Lord; and again, He heard a voice saying to him, Saul, Saul, why do you persecute me? Therefore, from this point he should have put aside the name, for he had ceased from persecuting. What then? Did he put it aside immediately? By no means, and this is clear from what follows; but consider: Saul arose from the ground, and when his eyes were opened, he saw no one; and again; And the Lord said to Ananias: Go into the street called Straight, you will find in the house of Judas a man named Saul; and again, Ananias entered and said, Brother Saul, the Lord has sent me, he who appeared to you on the road, so that you might regain your sight. Then he began to preach and confounded the Jews, and not even so did he put aside the name, but was still called Saul. For their plot, it says, became known to Saul. Therefore only here? By no means, but, There was a famine, it says, and the disciples determined to send relief to the saints in Jerusalem. And they sent it by the hand of Barnabas and Saul. Behold, he is ministering to the saints, and is still called Saul. And after these things Barnabas went to Antioch, and seeing the grace of God, and that there was a great multitude there, he went out to Tarsus to look for Saul. Behold, he is also converting many, and is called Saul; and again; Now there were, it says, in Antioch in the church that was there, prophets and teachers, Symeon who was called Niger, and Lucius the Cyrenian, and Manaen a member of the court of Herod the tetrarch, and Saul. Behold, he became both a teacher and a prophet, and was still called Saul. And again, While they were ministering to the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said: Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul. 3. Behold, he is also set apart by the Spirit, and not yet does he put aside the name, but when he came to Salamis, when he found the magician, then Luke says concerning him: But Saul, who is also Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, said. From this point the beginning of the re- 51.128 naming took place. Let us not therefore grow weary in seeking this account concerning names. For the discovery of names has great power even in the affairs of life. For it has often brought about recognition after a long time, and the discovery of names has revealed a hidden relationship, and it has resolved disputes in court, and has put down battles, and the discovery of names has extinguished war, and has often been the basis of peace. And if in the affairs of life the power of the discovery of names is so great, much more so in spiritual matters. But before

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συνέχεεν ἅπαντα, καὶ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν ἐσάλευε, Σαῦλος ἐλέγετο, δι' αὐτὸ τοῦτο τὸ σαλεύειν τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν, ἀπὸ τοῦ πράγματος λαβὼν τὴν προσηγορίαν· ἐπειδὴ δὲ ἀπέστη τῆς μανίας ἐκείνης καὶ τὴν ταραχὴν ἀπέθετο, καὶ τὸν πόλεμον κατέλυσε, καὶ τοῦ διώκειν ἐπαύσατο, πάλιν Παῦλος ἀπὸ τοῦ παύσασθαι 51.127 μετωνομάσθη· ἀλλ' ἕωλος οὗτος ὁ λόγος καὶ οὐκ ἀληθὴς, καὶ διὰ τοῦτο αὐτὸν τέθεικα εἰς μέσον, ἵνα μὴ παρακρούησθε ταῖς ψιλαῖς αἰτιολογίαις. Πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ οἱ γονεῖς αὐτῷ τοῦτο τεθείκασι τοὔνομα οὐχὶ προφῆταί τινες ὄντες, καὶ τὸ μέλλον προορῶντες. Ἔπειτα εἰ διὰ τοῦτο Σαῦλος ἐλέγετο, ἐπειδὴ τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν ἐσάλευε καὶ ἐτάραττεν, ἔδει παυσάμενον αὐτὸν τοῦ σαλεύειν τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν εὐθέως καὶ τὸ ὄνομα ἀποθέσθαι· νῦν δὲ ὁρῶμεν αὐτὸν τοῦ μὲν σάλου τῶν κατὰ τῆς Ἐκκλησίας ἀποστάντα, τὸ ὄνομα δὲ οὐκ ἀποθέμενον, ἀλλ' ἔτι Σαῦλον λεγόμενον. Καὶ ἵνα μὴ νομίσητε ὅτι παρακρουόμενος ὑμᾶς ταῦτα λέγω, ἄνωθεν ὑμῖν τοῦτο ἀπαριθμήσομαι. Ἐξέβαλον τὸν Στέφανον, φησὶ, καὶ ἐλιθοβόλουν αὐτὸν, καὶ οἱ μάρτυρες ἀπέθεντο τὰ ἱμάτια αὐτῶν παρὰ τοὺς πόδας νεανίου καλουμένου Σαύλου· καὶ πάλιν, Σαῦλος δὲ ἦν συνευδοκῶν τῇ ἀναιρέσει αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἀλλαχοῦ, Σαῦλος δὲ ἐλυμαίνετο τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν κατὰ τοὺς οἴκους εἰσπορευόμενος, σύρων τε ἄνδρας καὶ γυναῖκας· καὶ πάλιν, Σαῦλος δὲ ἔτι ἐμπνέων ἀπειλῆς καὶ φόνου εἰς τοὺς μαθητὰς τοῦ Κυρίου· καὶ πάλιν, Ἤκουσε φωνὴν λέγουσαν αὐτῷ, Σαοὺλ, Σαοὺλ, τί με διώκεις; Οὐκοῦν ἐντεῦθεν αὐτὸν ἔδει λοιπὸν ἀποθέσθαι τὸ ὄνομα, καὶ γὰρ ἀπέστη τοῦ διώκειν. Τί οὖν; εὐθέως ἀπέθετο; Οὐδαμῶς, καὶ τοῦτο ἐκ τῶν ἑξῆς δῆλον· σκοπεῖτε δέ· Ἠγέρθη Σαῦλος ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἀνεῳγμένων τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ οὐδένα ἔβλεπε· καὶ πάλιν· Εἶπε δὲ Κύριος τῷ Ἀνανίᾳ· Πορεύθητι εἰς τὴν ῥύμην καλουμένην Εὐθεῖαν, εὑρήσεις ἐν οἰκίᾳ Ἰούδα Σαῦλον ὀνόματι· καὶ πάλιν, Εἰσελθὼν ὁ Ἀνανίας εἶπε, Σαοὺλ ἀδελφὲ, ἀπέσταλκέ με ὁ Κύριος, ὁ ὀφθείς σοι ἐν τῇ ὁδῷ, ἵνα ἀναβλέψῃς. Εἶτα ἤρξατο κηρύσσειν καὶ συνέχεε τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, καὶ οὐδὲ οὕτως τὸ ὄνομα ἀπέθετο, ἀλλ' ἔτι Σαῦλος ἐλέγετο. Ἐγνώσθη γὰρ, φησὶ, τῷ Σαύλῳ ἡ ἐπιβουλὴ τῶν Ἰουδαίων. Ἆρ' οὖν ἐνταῦθα μόνον; Οὐδαμῶς, ἀλλ', Ἐγένετο λιμὸς, φησὶ, καὶ ὥρισαν οἱ μαθηταὶ πέμψαι εἰς Ἱεροσόλυμα τοῖς ἁγίοις εἰς διακονίαν. Ἔπεμψαν δὲ διὰ χειρὸς Βαρνάβα καὶ Σαύλου. Ἰδοὺ διακονεῖ τοῖς ἁγίοις, καὶ ἔτι Σαῦλος λέγεται. Εἰσῆλθε καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα Βαρνάβας εἰς Ἀντιόχειαν, καὶ ἰδὼν τὴν χάριν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ὅτι πλῆθος ἦν ἐκεῖ πολὺ, ἐξῆλθεν εἰς Ταρσὸν ἀναζητῆσαι Σαῦλον. Ἰδοὺ καὶ ἐπιστρέφει πολλοὺς, καὶ Σαῦλος λέγεται· καὶ πάλιν· Ἦσαν, φησὶν, ἐν Ἀντιοχείᾳ κατὰ τὴν οὖσαν Ἐκκλησίαν προφῆται καὶ διδάσκαλοι, Συμεὼν ὁ καλούμενος Νίγερ, καὶ Λούκιος ὁ Κυρηναῖος, Μαναήν τε Ἡρώδου τοῦ τετράρχου σύντροφος, καὶ Σαῦλος. Ἰδοὺ καὶ διδάσκαλος ἐγένετο καὶ προφήτης, καὶ ἔτι Σαῦλος ἐλέγετο. Καὶ πάλιν, Λειτουργούντων δὲ αὐτῶν τῷ Κυρίῳ καὶ νηστευόντων, εἶπε τὸ Πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον· Ἀφορίσατέ μοι τὸν Βαρνάβαν καὶ τὸν Σαῦλον. γʹ. Ἰδοὺ καὶ ἀφορίζεται ὑπὸ τοῦ Πνεύματος, καὶ οὐδέπω τὸ ὄνομα ἀποτίθεται, ἀλλ' ὅτε ἦλθεν εἰς Σαλαμῖνα, ὅτε τὸν μάγον εὗρε, τότε φησὶν ὁ Λουκᾶς περὶ αὐτοῦ· Σαῦλος δὲ, ὁ καὶ Παῦλος, πλησθεὶς Πνεύματος ἁγίου, εἶπεν. Ἐντεῦθεν ἡ ἀρχὴ τῆς μετονο 51.128 μασίας ἐγίνετο. Μὴ τοίνυν ἀποκάμωμεν τὸν περὶ τῶν ὀνομάτων τοῦτον ζητοῦντες λόγον. Ὀνομάτων γὰρ εὕρεσις καὶ ἐν τοῖς βιωτικοῖς πράγμασι πολλὴν ἔχει τὴν ἰσχύν. Καὶ γὰρ ἀναγνωρισμὸν διὰ πολλοῦ χρόνου πολλάκις εἰργάσατο, καὶ συγγένειαν λανθάνουσαν ἐφανέρωσεν ὀνομάτων εὕρεσις, καὶ ἀμφισβητήσεις ἐν δικαστηρίῳ ἔλυσε, καὶ μάχας καθεῖλε, καὶ πόλεμον ἔσβεσεν ὀνομάτων εὕρεσις, καὶ πολλάκις ὑπόθεσις εἰρήνης γέγονεν. Εἰ δὲ ἐν τοῖς βιωτικοῖς πράγμασι τοσαύτη ἡ δύναμις τῆς τῶν ὀνομάτων εὑρέσεως, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐν τοῖς πνευματικοῖς. Πρότερον δὲ