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30. To one of the disciples, that the divine fire of the Spirit, having touched the souls purified through tears and repentance, grasps them and purifies them more, illuminating the parts of them darkened by sin, and healing the wounds brings them to a complete healing, so that they outshine with divine beauty. 31. Concerning theology; and that the divine nature is unsearchable and in every way

incomprehensible to men. 32. That the glorious of the earth and the pompous with wealth wander about the shadow

of things seen, but those who have despised present things come to be in unerring participation of the Divine Spirit. 33. Concerning theology; and that those who have guarded what is according to the image trample upon the

evil powers of the ruler of darkness, but the others, whose life is subject to passion, are held and ruled by him. 34. That the union of the All-Holy Spirit with purified

souls occurs in clear perception, that is, in full knowledge and, in those in whom it occurs, it makes them luminous, similar to itself, and light. 35. That all the saints, being illumined, are enlightened and the glory of

God they behold, as it is permitted for human nature to see God. 36. Thanksgiving for the exile and the tribulations, which he underwent in the

persecution against him. 37. (29) Supplication and prayer of the same to God for His

sake of help. 38. Concerning theology; and that the intellect, having been purified from the matter of the passions,

immaterially beholds the immaterial and invisible One. 39. That the longing and love for God surpasses every

love and every human longing; and the intellect of those being purified, having been dipped in the light of God, is wholly deified and is thenceforth called the intellect of Christ. 40. Confession of the grace of the gifts of God; and how the father writing these things

was energized by the Holy Spirit; and teaching from God, as to what one must do to attain the salvation of those who are being saved. 41. Thanksgiving to God for the benefactions that have come from him

and a request to learn, for what reason those who have become perfect are permitted to be tempted by demons; and teaching and an outline concerning those renouncing the world, spoken by God. 42. That those who from this point on have already been united to God through participation in the Holy Spirit,

when they depart from this life, will be with him thenceforth for ages; but if not, then the opposite will happen then to those who are otherwise disposed here.

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λ'. Πρός ἕνα τῶν μαθητῶν, ὅτι ταῖς καθαρθείσαις ψυχαῖς διά δακρύων καί μετανοίας προσψαῦσαν τό θεῖον τοῦ Πνεύματος πῦρ δράσσεται αὐτῶν καί πλέον καθαίρει, φωτίζον τά ὑπό τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἐσκοτισμένα μέρη αὐτῶν, καί τά τραύματα ἐξιώμενον εἰς τελείαν φέρει συνούλωσιν, ὡς τῷ θείῳ κάλλει ὑπεραστράπτειν αὐτάς. λα'. Περί θεολογίας˙ καί ὅτι ἀνεξερεύνητος ἡ θεία φύσις καί πάντῃ

τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ἀκατανόητος. λβ'. Ὅτι οἱ ἔνδοξοι τῆς γῆς καί σοβαροί τῶν πλούτῳ περί τήν σκιάν

τῶν ὁρωμένων πλανῶνται, οἱ δέ γε τῶν παρόντων καταφρονήσαντες ἐν ἀπλανεῖ μεθέξει τοῦ Θείου γίνονται Πνεύματος. λγ'. Περί θεολογίας˙ καί ὅτι οἱ τό κατ᾿ εἰκόνα φυλάξαντες τάς

πονηράς δυνάμεις τοῦ ἄρχοντος τοῦ σκότους καταπατοῦσιν, οἱ δ᾿ ἄλλοι, οἷς ἐμπαθής ὁ βίος, ὑπ᾿ αὐτοῦ κρατοῦνται καί βασιλεύονται. λδ'. Ὅτι ἡ τοῦ Παναγίου Πνεύματος ἕνωσις πρός κεκαθαρμένας

ψυχάς ἐν αἰσθήσει τρανεῖ, ἤγουν ἐν ἐπιγνώσει γίνεται καί, ἐν αἷς ἄν γένηται, φωτοειδεῖς ὁμοίας ἑαυτοῦ καί φῶς αὐτάς ἀπεργάζεται. λε'. Ὅτι πάντες οἱ ἅγιοι ἐλλαμπόμενοι αὐγάζονται καί τήν δόξαν τοῦ

Θεοῦ καθορῶσιν, ὡς θεμιτόν ἀνθρωπίνῃ φύσει Θεόν ὁρᾶν. λστ'. Εὐχαριστία ὑπέρ τῆς ἐξορίας καί τῶν θλίψεων, ὧν ὑπέστη ἐν τῷ

κατ᾿ αὐτόν διωγμῷ. λζ'. (29) ∆έησις καί προσευχή τοῦ αὐτοῦ πρός τόν Θεόν τῆς ἐκείνου

ἕνεκα βοηθείας. λη'. Περί θεολογίας˙ καί ὅτι ὁ νοῦς τῆς ὕλης τῶν παθῶν καθαρθείς

ἀΰλως τόν ἄϋλον καί ἀόρατον καθορᾷ. λθ'. Ὅτι ὁ πόθος καί ἡ πρός τόν Θεόν ἀγάπη ὑπερβαίνει πᾶσαν

ἀγάπην καί πάντα πόθον ἀνθρώπινον˙ βαφείς δέ ὁ νοῦς τῶν καθαιρομένων ἐν τῷ φωτί τοῦ Θεοῦ ὅλος θεοῦται καί νοῦς ἐκεῖθεν χρηματίζει Χριστοῦ. μ'. Ὁμολογία τῆς χάριτος τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ δωρεῶν˙ καί ὅπως ὁ ταῦτα

γράφων πατήρ ὑπό τοῦ Ἁγίου ἐνηργεῖτο Πνεύματος˙ καί διδασκαλία ὑπό Θεοῦ, τοῦ τί δεῖ ποιοῦντα τινά, τῆς τῶν σῳζομένων σωτηρίας τυχεῖν. μα'. Εὐχαριστία πρός Θεόν ὑπέρ τῶν παρ᾿ αὐτοῦ γεγονότων

εὐεργεσιῶν καί αἴτησις τοῦ μαθεῖν, τίνος χάριν οἱ τέλειοι γεγονότες ὑπό τῶν δαιμόνων παραχωροῦνται πειράζεσθαι˙ καί περί τῶν ἀποτασσομένων τῷ κόσμῳ διασκαλία καί ὑποτύπωσις ῥηθεῖσα παρά Θεοῦ. μβ'. Ὅτι οἱ τῷ Θεῷ ἀπ᾿ ἐντεῦθεν ἤδη διά τῆς τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος

μετουσίας ἑνωθέντες, ἐκδημοῦντες τοῦ βίου εἰς αἰῶνας αὐτῷ ἐκεῖθεν συνέσονται˙ εἰ δ᾿ οὖν, ἀλλά τό ἀνάπαλιν τοῖς ἄλλως ἔχουσιν ἐνταῦθα τότε γενήσεται.