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From the same discourse, on the text, " Where there is purification, there is illumination, and illumination is the fulfillment of longing, for those who aspire to the greatest things, or the greatest thing, or that which is beyond the great." ............. 499

From the same discourse, on the text, " Natures are renewed, and God becomes man. " ................................................................................................................................ 500

Another contemplation on the same difficult point. .............................................................................. 503

From the same [author], from the second discourse on baptism, on the text "The Word knows for us a threefold birth:

that from bodies, that from baptism, that from the resurrection;” then, after saying certain things about these, and interpreting the births, to have said, “My Christ is seen to have honored all these births from Himself, the one by the first and life-giving in-breathing, the other by the incarnation and by the baptism with which He Himself was baptized, and the other by the resurrection of which He Himself was the first-fruits, just as He became the firstborn among many brethren, so also deigning to become the firstborn from the dead.” .......................... 503

A contemplation on the text, “The Word knows a threefold birth for us.”......................................... 505

Another contemplation on the same. ............................................................................................ 506

A brief contemplation against those who say that souls pre-exist or post-exist

bodies. ............................................................................................................................. 506

Against those who say that souls pre-exist bodies. ................................ 508

Against those who say that bodies pre-exist souls. .................................... 511

Concerning how renewal occurs of things being renewed while remaining

unchanged according to their nature................................................................................................... 513

That every nature always has its end in its proper principle. .................................... 514

Why the teacher joined the birth from baptism to the incarnation. ........... 515

From the same author, from the same discourse, on the text, “What medicines do you seek, that will not help

at all? Why a critical sweat, when perhaps the hour of departure is at hand? ” .................................. 516

From the same discourse, on the text, " For Christ does not love to be stolen often, even if

He is exceedingly philanthropic." .................................................................................................... 517

From the same author, from the discourse on Pascha, on the text, " Naked in simplicity and artless life,

and without any covering or veil. For such was it fitting for the one from the beginning to be."............................................................................................................ 517

Another contemplation on this. ............................................................................................ 518

Another contemplation on this. ............................................................................................ 518

From the same discourse, on the text: " Of one year, as the sun of righteousness, either originating from there,

or circumscribed by what is seen." ...................................................................... 519

From the same discourse, on the text: " It is no wonder if the sheep is sought

especially according to each house."................................................................................................... 520

From the same discourse, on the text: " Whatever of the word is fleshly and nourishing, with

the entrails and the hidden things of the mind, will be eaten and will be given over to spiritual digestion."..................................................................................................................... 521

From the same discourse, on the text: "Having put to death the members that are on the earth, and imitating the girdle of John, of the desert-dweller and forerunner and great herald of the truth."............................................................................................................................... 523

(1368) From the same discourse, on the text: " And if any disciple is sent for the Gospel, philosophically and without superfluity; who must, in addition to being without copper and without staff and with a single tunic, also go barefoot, so that the feet of those who proclaim the good news of peace may appear beautiful." ............................................................................................................................... 523

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Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό, " Οὗ δέ κάθαρσις, ἔλλαμψις, ἔλλαμψις δέ πόθου πλήρωσις, τοῖς τῶν μεγίστων, ἤ τοῦ μεγίστου, ἤ ὑπέρ τό μέγα ἐφιεμένοις." ............. 499

Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό, " Καινοτομοῦνται φύσεις, καί Θεός ἄνθρωπος γίνεται. " ................................................................................................................................ 500

Ἄλλη εἰς τό αὐτό ἄπορον θεωρία. .............................................................................. 503 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τό βάπτισμα β´ λόγου, εἰς τό "Τρισσήν γέννησιν ἡμῖν οἶδεν

ὁ Λόγος, τήν ἐκ σωμάτων, τήν ἐκ βαπτίσματος, τήν ἐξ ἀναστάσεως·" εἶτα ἐπειπόντος τούτοις τινά, καί τά γεννήσεις ἑρμηνεύοντος, φῆσαι, " Ταύτας δέ τάς γεννήσεις ἁπάσας παρ' ἑαυτοῦ τιμήσας ὁ ἑμός Χριστός φαίνεται, τήν μέν τῷ ἐμφυσήματι τῷ πρώτῳ καί ζωτικῷ, τήν δέ τῇ σαρκώσει καί τῷ βαπτίσματι ὅπερ αὐτός ἐβαπτίσατο, τήν δέ τῇ ἀναστάσει ἧς αὐτός ἀπήρξατο, ὡς ἐγένετο πρωτότοκος ἐν πολλοις ἀδελφοῖς, οὕτω καί πρωτότοκος ἐκ νεκρῶν γενέσθαι καταξιώσας." .......................... 503

Θεωρία εἰς τό, "Τρισσήν γέννησιν ἡμῖν οἶδεν ὁ Λόγος."......................................... 505 Ἄλλη εἰς τό αὐτό θεωρία. ............................................................................................ 506 Θεωρία σύντομος πρός τούς λέγοντας προϋπάρχειν ἤ μεθυπάρχειν τῶν σωμάτων

τάς ψυχάς. ............................................................................................................................. 506 Πρός τούς λέγοντας προϋπάρχειν τῶν σωμάτων τάς ψυχάς. ................................ 508 Πρός τούς λέγοντας τῶν ψυχῶν προϋπάρχειν τά σώματα. .................................... 511 Περί τοῦ πῶς καινοτομία γένεται τῶν καινοτομουμένων πραγμάτων μενόντων

ἀτρέπτων κατά τήν φύσιν................................................................................................... 513 Ὅτι πᾶσα φύσις τῷ οἰκείῳ λόγῳ διαπαντός ἔχει τό τέλος. .................................... 514 ∆ιά τί συνῆψε τῇ σαρκώσει τήν ἐκ βαπτίσματος γέννησιν ὁ διδάσκαλος. ........... 515 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό, "Τί φάρμακα ἐπιζητεῖς, τά μηδέν

ὀνήσοντα; τί κριτικόν ἱδρῶτα, ἴσως παρεστῶτος τοῦ ἐξοδίου; " .................................. 516 Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό, " Οὐ γάρ πολλάκις Χριστός φιλεῖ κλεπτόμενος, καί εἰ

λίαν ἐστί φιλάνθρωπος." .................................................................................................... 517 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τό Πάσχα λόγου, εἰς τό, " Γυμνόν τῇ ἁπλότητι καί ζωῇ

ἀτέχνῳ, καί δίχα παντός ἐπικαλύμματος καί προβλήματος. Τοιοῦτον γάρ ἔπρεπεν εἶναι τόν ἀπ' ἀρχῆς."............................................................................................................ 517

Ἄλλη περί αὐτοῦ θεωρία. ............................................................................................ 518 Ἄλλη περί αὐτοῦ θεωρία. ............................................................................................ 518 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου εἰς τό· " Ἐνιαύσιον δέ, ὡς ἥλιον δικαιοσύνης, ἤ ἐκεῖθεν

ὁρμώμενον, ἤ τῷ ὁρωμένῳ περιγραπτόν." ...................................................................... 519 Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου εἰς τό· " Θαυμαστόν οὐδέν εἰ μάλιστα κατ᾿ οἶκον ἕκαστον

ἐπιζητεῖται τό πρόβατον."................................................................................................... 520 Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου εἰς τό· " Ὅσον μέν σαρκῶδες τοῦ λόγου καί τρόφιμον, μετά

τῶν ἐνδοσθίων καί τῶν κρυφίων τοῦ νοῦ βρωθήσεται καί εἰς πέψιν πνευματικήν ἀναδοθήσεται."..................................................................................................................... 521

Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό· "Νεκρώσας τά μέλη τά ἐπί τῆς γῆς, καί τήν ζώνην Ἰωάννου μιμούμενος, τοῦ ἐρημικοῦ καί προδρόμου καί μεγάλου τῆς ἀληθείας κήρυκος."............................................................................................................................... 523

(1368) Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό· " Καί εἴ τις μαθητής ἐπί τό Εὐαγγέλιον πέμπεται, φιλοσόφως καί ἀπερίττως· ὅν δεῖ πρός τῷ ἀχάλκῳ καί ἀράβδῳ καί μονοχίτωνι, ἔτι καί γυμνοποδεῖν, ἵνα φανῶσιν οἱ πόδες ὡραῖοι τῶν εὐαγγελιζομένων εἰρήνην." ............................................................................................................................... 523