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being celebrated, as if forgetting his own declaration, places the day of the dedication festival above it, saying, "Highly higher, and wonderfully more wonderful," so that from this it might be thought that the teacher contradicts himself. .......................................... 532

Another contemplation on the same.......................................................................................... 532

Another contemplation on the same.......................................................................................... 532

From the same discourse, on the phrase: "I also hate familiarity through the air." ..................... 533

Of the same [author], from the discourse on the holy Pentecost, on the phrase: "Of one being needed

day, which we have received beforehand from the age to come, being both the eighth and the first, or rather one and indissoluble. For there must end the sabbath-rest of souls here. " ................................................................................................ 533

(1393) Another contemplation on the same. ............................................................................. 534

Another contemplation on the same. ............................................................................................ 534

From the same discourse, how the teacher, having taken the [phrase], "Do it a second and a third time,"

says regarding the mystery of the seventh [day]: "As also the seventh turning back of Elijah the prophet, breathing life into the son of the woman of Zarephath, and of the same [prophet] the like-numbered pouring upon the pieces of wood." ..................................................................... 534

Another contemplation on the same.......................................................................................... 535

From the same discourse, on the phrase: Jesus himself, pure perfection, indeed knows how

to feed five thousand in the wilderness with five loaves, and knows again [how to feed] four thousand with seven; and the remnants from the satisfaction there are twelve baskets, but here, seven large baskets. Neither, I think, is without reason, nor unworthy of the Spirit. ......................... 535

Contemplation on the number 12. ........................................................................................... 535

Another contemplation on the same.......................................................................................... 535

Another contemplation. ................................................................................................................ 536

Another contemplation. ................................................................................................................ 536

Another contemplation. ................................................................................................................ 536

(1400) Another contemplation. .................................................................................................... 536

Another contemplation. ................................................................................................................ 536

Another contemplation. ................................................................................................................ 537

Contemplation on the baskets............................................................................................ 537

Contemplation of the 7 loaves. ................................................................................................... 538

Another contemplation concerning the three days....................................................................... 538

Contemplation of the number of the four thousand men.................................................. 538

Another contemplation on the number 7. ................................................................................. 538

From the same discourse, on the phrase: "And there is a diversity of gifts, requiring another

gift for the discernment of the better." .................................................................... 539

Of the same [author], from the discourse on Hero the philosopher, on the phrase: "Events and

co-events. " ................................................................................................................ 539

Of the same [author], from the funeral oration on Saint Basil, on the phrase: "Therefore, on no one of

all things is there not that in which there is not [something] of all things." ........................................................... 539

Of the same [author], from the epic poems, on the phrase: "For a lofty word plays in all kinds of forms,

arranging, as it wishes, its own order here and there. ................................................................ 540

Another contemplation on the same. ............................................................................................ 541

Another contemplation on the same. ............................................................................................ 543

Another contemplation on the same. ............................................................................................ 543

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τελουμένας, ὥσπερ ἐπιλαθόμενος τῆς ἰδίας ἀποφάσεως, τήν τῶν ἐγκαινίων ἡμέραν ταύτης ὑπερτίθησιν εἰπών, " Ὑψηλῶς ὑψηλοτέρα, καί θαυμασίας θαυμασιοτέρα," ὡς ἐκ τούτου νομισθῆναι ἑαυτῷ περιπίπτειν τόν διδάσκαλον. .......................................... 532

Ἄλλο θεώρημα εἰς τό αὐτό.......................................................................................... 532 Ἄλλο θεώρημα εἰς τό αὐτό.......................................................................................... 532 Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό· " Μισῶ καί τήν δι' ἀέρος συνήθειαν. " ..................... 533 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τήν ἁγίαν Πεντηκοστήν λόγου, εἰς τό· " Μιᾶς δεούσης

ἡμέρας, ἥν ἐκ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος προσειλήφαμεν, ὀγδόην τε οὖσαν τήν αὐτήν καί πρώτην, μᾶλλον δέ μίαν καί ἀκατάλυτον. ∆εῖ γάρ ἐκεῖσε καταλήξαι τόν ἐνταῦθα σαββατισμόν τῶν ψυχῶν. " ................................................................................................ 533

(1393) Ἄλλο εἰς τό αὐτό θεώρημα. ............................................................................. 534 Ἄλλη εἰς τό αὐτό θεωρία. ............................................................................................ 534 Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, πῶς τό· "∆ισσώσατε καί τρισσώσατε, " λαβών ὁ διδάσκαλος

εἰς τό περί τῆς ἑβδόμης μυστήριον φησιν· " Ὡς δέ καί τήν ἑβδόμην ἀναστροφήν Ἠλίου τοῦ προφήτου, τῷ τῆς Σαραφθίας υἱῷ, τό ζῇν ἐμπνεύσασαν, καί τοῦ αὐτοῦ τήν ἰσάριθμον κατά τῶν σχιδάκων ἐπίκλυσιν." ..................................................................... 534

Ἄλλο θεώρημα εἰς τό αὐτό.......................................................................................... 535 Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό· Ἰησοῦς δέ αὐτός, ἡ καθαρά τελειότης, οἶδε μέν

τρέφειν ἐν ἐρημίᾳ καί πέντε ἄρτοις πεντακισχιλίους, οἶδε δέ πάλιν καί ἑπτά τετρακισχιλίους· καί τά τοῦ κόρου λείψανα ἐκεῖ μέν δώδεκα κόφινοι, ἐνταῦθα δέ σπυρίδες ζ´. Οὐθέτερον ἀλόγως οἶμαι, οὐδέ ἀναξίως τοῦ Πνεύματος. ......................... 535

Θεωρία εἰς τό ιβ´ ἀριθμόν. ........................................................................................... 535 Ἄλλο θεώρημα εἰς τό αὐτό.......................................................................................... 535 Ἄλλη θεωρία. ................................................................................................................ 536 Ἄλλη θεωρία. ................................................................................................................ 536 Ἄλλη θεωρία. ................................................................................................................ 536 (1400) Ἄλλη θεωρία. .................................................................................................... 536 Ἄλλη θεωρία. ................................................................................................................ 536 Ἄλλη θεωρία. ................................................................................................................ 537 Θεωρία εἰς τούς κοφίνους............................................................................................ 537 Θεωρία τῶν ζ´ ἄρτων. ................................................................................................... 538 Ἄλλη θεωρία περί τῶν τριῶν ἡμερῶν....................................................................... 538 Θεωρία τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ τῶν τετρακισχιλίων ἀνδρῶν.................................................. 538 Ἄλλη θεωρία εἰς τόν ζ´ἀριθμόν. ................................................................................. 538 Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ λόγου, εἰς τό· " Καί ἔστι διαφορά χαρισμάτων, ἄλλου δεομένη

χαρίσματος πρός διάκρισιν τοῦ βελτίονος." .................................................................... 539 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ, ἐκ τοῦ εἰς Ἤρωνα τόν φιλόσοφον λόγου εἰς τό· " Συμβάματα καί

παρασυμβάματα. " ................................................................................................................ 539 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τόν ἅγιον Βασίλειον ἐπιταφίου, εἰς τό· "Ἐπ' οὐδενός οὖν τῶν

ἁπάντων οὐκ ἔστιν ἐφ' ὅτῳ οὐχί τῶν ἁπάντων." ........................................................... 539 Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐκ τῶν ἐπῶν, εἰς τό· "Παίζει γάρ λόγος αἰπύς ἐν εἴδεσι παντοδαποῖσι,

κρίνας, ὡς ἐθέλοι, κόσμον ἑόν ἔνθα καί ἔνθα. ................................................................ 540 Ἄλλη θεωρία εἰς τό αὐτό. ............................................................................................ 541 Ἄλλη θεωρία εἰς τό αὐτό. ............................................................................................ 543 Ἄλλη θεωρία εἰς τό αὐτό. ............................................................................................ 543