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which genuine philosophy bestows, and to become above the material dyad through the unity conceived in the Trinity.".................................................................................. 424

How the flesh is a cloud and a veil. .................................................................. 426 How pleasure comes to be. ....................................................................................................... 426 How and how many are the movements of the soul. ........................................................................... 427 (1117) Contemplation on the crossing of the sea through Moses. .............................. 428 Contemplation on the ascent of Moses to the mountain. .................................................... 428 Contemplation on the leadership of Joshua, and the crossing of the Jordan, and the second

circumcision by him with knives of rock. .................................................................... 429 Contemplation on Jericho and the seven circuits, and the ark and the trumpets

and the anathema. ............................................................................................................ 429 Contemplation on Tyre and her king, and her capture.......................... 429 (1121) Contemplation on, "The heavens declare the glory of God." ................................. 430 Contemplation on, " My father and my mother have forsaken me. " ........................ 430 Contemplation on the vision of Elijah in the cave of Horeb. ................................ 430 Contemplation on Elisha, his disciple. ...................................................... 431 Contemplation on Hannah and Samuel................................................................... 431 Contemplation on the one who marks off the unclean house. ................................................ 432 Contemplation on the holy Elijah, and on the widow of Zarephath. ................................. 432 Contemplation on the transfiguration of the Lord. .............................................................. 432 Contemplation on both the natural and the written law, and of their alternating concurrence with

one another........................................................................................................... 433 A brief explanation concerning the five modes of natural contemplation. ...................... 434 Contemplation on Melchizedek. ........................................................................................ 436 Exegesis on the Lord, concerning the things said of Melchizedek..................... 438 Another contemplation on Melchizedek. .............................................................................. 438 Contemplation on having neither a beginning of days, nor an end of life. ................................... 439 Contemplation on, " He remains a priest forever. " ......................................................... 439 Contemplation on Abraham. ............................................................................................... 439 Contemplation on Moses............................................................................................... 440 Another brief contemplation on the same....................................................................... 441 Contemplation concerning, How one is able to imitate the saints before the law and after the law,

and what is the identity of the natural law and the written law according to their mutual interchange........................................................................................................ 441

That the saints according to the law also, receiving the law spiritually, foresaw the grace signified through it. ........................................................................................ 442

That he who genuinely follows Christ through the virtues according to his disposition becomes above both the written and the natural law. .................................................... 442

(1153) Contemplation of the manner in which he who through all things has become obedient to God becomes above the natural and the written law. ........................................................ 442

Contemplation on the saying of the Gospel concerning the one who fell among thieves. ...... 443 Contemplation of the manner in which the transgression of Adam came to be. .................................... 443 That from the unstable course of the present life the saints were taught that the true and

divine life which is likewise constant is another. ........................................... 444

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ἥν τό γνησίως φιλοσοφῆσαι χαρίζεσθαι, καί τό ὑπέρ τήν ὑλικήν δυάδα γενέσθαι διά τήν ἐν Τριάδι νοουμένην ἑνότητα.".................................................................................. 424

Πῶς ἐστι νέφος καί προκάλυμμα ἡ σάρξ. .................................................................. 426 Πῶς ἡδονή γίνεται. ....................................................................................................... 426 Πῶς καί πόσαι κινήσεις εἰσί ψυχῆς. ........................................................................... 427 (1117) Θεωρία τῆς διά τῆς θαλάσσης διαβάσεως διά Μωσέως. .............................. 428 Θεωρία τῆς εἰς τό ὄρος ἀναβάσεως τοῦ Μωσέως. .................................................... 428 Θεωρία τῆς Ἰησοῦ ἡγεμονίας, καί τῆς διαβάσεως τοῦ Ἰορδάνου, καί τῆς δευτέρας

δι᾿ αὐτοῦ περιτομῆς τοῖς ἐκ πέτρας ξίφεσιν. .................................................................... 429 Θεωρία τῆς Ἱεριχοῦς καί τῶν ἑπτά περιόδων, καί τῆς κιβωτοῦ καί τῶν σαλπίγγων

καί τοῦ ἀναθέματος. ............................................................................................................ 429 Θεωρία Τύρου καί τοῦ αὐτῆς βασιλέως, καί τῆς ἁλώσεως αὐτῆς.......................... 429 (1121) Θεωρία εἰς τό, "Οἱ οὐρανοί διηγοῦνται δόξαν Θεοῦ." ................................. 430 Θεωρία εἰς τό, " Ὁ πατήρ μου καί ἡ μήτηρ μου ἐγκατέλιπόν με. " ........................ 430 Θεωρία εἰς τήν ὀπτασίαν Ἠλίου τήν ἐν τῷ σπηλαίῳ Χωρήβ. ................................ 430 Θεωρία εἰς τόν Ἐλισσαῖον, τόν αὐτοῦ μαθητήν. ...................................................... 431 Θεωρία εἰς τήν Ἄνναν καί τόν Σαμουήλ................................................................... 431 Θεωρία εἰς τόν ἀφορίζοντα τήν ἀκάθαρτον οἰκίαν. ................................................ 432 Θεωρία εἰς τόν ἅγιον Ἠλίαν, καί εἰς τήν Σαραφθίαν χήραν. ................................. 432 Θεωρία εἰς τήν μεταμόρφωσιν τοῦ Κυρίου. .............................................................. 432 Θεωρία τοῦ τε φυσικοῦ καί τοῦ γραπτοῦ νόμου, καί τῆς αὐτῶν κατ᾿ ἐπαλλαγήν εἰς

ἀλλήλους συνδρομῆς........................................................................................................... 433 Περί τῶν πέντε τρόπων τῆς φυσικῆς θεωρίας σύντομος ἐξήγησις. ...................... 434 Θεωρία εἰς τόν Μελχισεδέκ. ........................................................................................ 436 Ἐξήγησις εἰς τόν Κύριον, περί τῶν λεγομένων εἰς τόν Μελχισεδέκ..................... 438 Θεωρία ἄλλη εἰς τόν Μελχισεδέκ. .............................................................................. 438 Θεωρία εἰς τό μήτε ἀρχήν ἡμερῶν ἔχειν, μήτε τέλος ζωῆς. ................................... 439 Θεωρία εἰς τό, " Μένει ἱερεύς εἰς τόν αἰῶνα. " ......................................................... 439 Θεωρία εἰς τόν Ἀβραάμ. ............................................................................................... 439 Θεωρία εἰς τόν Μωϋσῆν............................................................................................... 440 Ἄλλη θεωρία εἰς τόν αὐτόν σύντομος....................................................................... 441 Θεωρία περί τοῦ, Πῶς τούς πρό νόμου καί μετά νόμον ἁγίους τις μιμήσασθαι

δύνατι, καί τίς ἡ τοῦ φυσικοῦ νόμου καί τοῦ γραπτοῦ κατά τήν εἰς ἀλλήλους μεταχώρησιν ταυτότης........................................................................................................ 441

Ὅτι καί οἱ κατά νόμον ἅγιοι πνευματικῶς τόν νόμον ἐκδεχόμενοι τήν δι' αὐτοῦ μηνυομένην χάριν προέβλεπον. ........................................................................................ 442

Ὅτι καί ὑπέρ τόν γραπτόν καί ὑπέρ τόν φυσικόν νόμον γίνεται ὁ τῷ Χριστῷ γνησίως διά τῶν ἀρετῶν κατά διάθεσιν ἀκολουθῶν. .................................................... 442

(1153) Θεωρία τοῦ τρόπου καθ᾿ ὅν ὑπέρ τόν φυσικόν καί τόν γραπτόν νόμον γίνεται ὁ διά πάντων τῷ θεῷ γενόμενος εὐπειθής. ........................................................ 442

Θεωρία εἰς τό περί τοῦ ἐμπεσόντος εἰς τούς λῃστάς ῥητόν τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου. ...... 443 Θεωρία τοῦ τρόπου καθ᾿ ὅν γέγονεν τοῦ Ἀδάμ παράβασις. .................................... 443 Ὅτι ἐκ τῆς ἀστάτου περιφορᾶς τῆς παρούσης ζωῆς ἄλλην εἶναι τήν ἀληθῆ καί

θείαν καί ὡσαύτως ἔχουσαν ζωήν ἐπαιδεύθησαν οἱ ἅγιοι. ........................................... 444