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to those who have been reminded by the paraclete, but for those hearing it for a second time such a promise is fitting; for it is not he who is just now learning for the first time who is reminded, but he who is hearing for a second time those things which he has already learned before. It is therefore impossible for these things to have been said concerning Montanus and Priscilla and Maximilla, who had neither seen the Lord nor heard anything from him, <so that> having heard they might seem to be reminded. 272 Jo 14 , 26 No one is able to come to remembrance, except of things he has already heard, which is what the Spirit promises to do. How then is it possible to say that Montanus and Priscilla, having neither seen Christ nor heard anything from him, were the first to receive the Spirit? For of what could the Spirit have reminded them, when they had heard absolutely nothing? 273 Jo 14, 27 My peace I give to you. This joins to the Father those who come to be in possession of it, and it works one mind among the saints. And not only does it join all together with one another, but also it makes each one individually harmonious with himself; for since, I think, human nature was formerly set against itself by the plot of the adversary and, as it were, received a civil war into itself when the evil one raised up the worse against the better and fortified the flesh against the spirit, it needed the peace from the Lord, so that the soul, receiving back the flesh as well-reined and the body as obedient, might be able to be delivered from the civil strife. 274 Jo 14, 27 Having made them at peace with the Father, he firmly teaches them to guard this. And through what he adds, he shows that there is another, exceptional peace from him, besides that of the world, being firm and true and leading the faithful to one harmony and to one mind. And not only does the peace from divine grace persuade us to be at peace with those outside, but also with ourselves; for nature, having been thrown into confusion against itself by the devil from the beginning, was at war, but the peace of the Lord makes the flesh obedient to the soul, through which the civil wars are put to rest. 275 Jo 14, 28 It was necessary then, if they had perfect love, not to overlook what was exceedingly beneficial, but to rejoice, if indeed he was separated from them; but since, he says, you greatly thirst for my bodily presence, yet at least because you have heard that I am going to the Father, you ought to rejoice. And he says the Father is greater economically, since not even the disciples yet had the proper opinion concerning him, having been previously catechized from the law to worship only one God and Father. 276 Jo 14, 28 Having been separated from them for a short time, the time of the passion, and being about to manifest himself to them after the resurrection, he fulfilled the promise concerning this. 277 Jo 14, 29 By experience the Lord confirmed his own truthfulness. 278 Jo 14, 30-31 Since the plotter was near, the time no longer permitted him to say more. And he calls the devil the ruler of the world, as one who through deceit ruled the world for a little while by God's permission. But he found nothing in him, since Christ sinned in nothing, neither in word nor in deed. Nevertheless, he says, because of obedience to the Father I endure those things which sinners do, so that I might become a ransom for the world according to the commandments of the Father. 280 Jo 14, 31 Hurrying to the passion, he urged them to depart to that place where Judas, having come, was about to betray him.

281 Jo 15, 1-2 He called himself a vine as having in himself and from himself the

branches, that is the faithful, who he says in due season render their fruits by the care of the Spirit. 282 Jo 15, 2 Here he calls the continuous care of divine providence the pruning of the rational branches, through which they are cleansed both in struggles and in the rest of their life according to piety. 283 Jo 15, 3 Since, he says, a right life and faith cleanse, and you have followed my commandments, therefore you are clean, having been tested in tribulations like gold in a furnace. 284 Jo 15, 4 From what has been said, he shows how each of those wishing to live reasonably by his own choice remains in the vine, being united to it and cleaving to it through love, or on the contrary departs

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παρακλήτου ὑπομνησθεῖσιν, ἐκεῖνα δὲ ἐκ δευτέρου εἰπόντος ἁρμόζει ἡ τοιαύτη ἐπαγγελία· ὑπομιμνῄσκεται γὰρ οὐχ ὁ ἄρτι πρῶτον μανθάνων, ἀλλ' ὁ ἐκ δευτέρου ἐκεῖνα ἀκούων, ἅπερ πρότερον ἤδη ἔμαθεν. ἀδύνατον οὖν ἐστι περὶ Μοντανοῦ καὶ Πρισκίλλης καὶ Μαξιμίλλης ταῦτα εἰρῆσθαι μήτε τὸν κύριον ἑωρακότων μήτε ἀκουσάντων τι παρ' αὐτοῦ, <ἵνα> ἀκούσαντες ἀναμιμνῄσκεσθαι δόξωσιν. 272 Jo 14 , 26 Οὐδεὶς δύναται εἰς ὑπόμνησιν ἐλθεῖν, εἰ μὴ ὧν ἤδη ἤκουσεν, ὅπερ ἐπαγγέλ λεται ποιήσειν τὸ πνεῦμα. πῶς οὖν δυνατὸν εἰπεῖν, ὅτι Μοντανὸς καὶ Πρισκίλλα μήτε τὸν Χριστὸν ἑωρακότες μήτε ἀκούσαντές τι παρ' αὐτοῦ πρῶτοι ἔτυχον τοῦ πνεύματος; τί γὰρ εἶχεν αὐτοὺς ἀναμνῆσαι τὸ πνεῦμα, ὧν ὅλως οὐδὲν ἤκουσαν; 273 Jo 14, 27 Εἰρήνην τὴν ἐμὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν. αὕτη συνάπτει μὲν τοὺς ἐν ἕξει αὐτῆς γινομένους τῷ πατρί, τῶν δὲ ἁγίων ἓν τὸ φρόνημα ἀπεργάζεται. οὐ μόνον δὲ πάντας κοινῇ πρὸς ἀλλήλους συνάπτει, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἕκαστον ἑαυτῷ σύμφωνον ἀποτελεῖ· ἐπειδὴ γὰρ οἶμαι ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη φύσις ἐξ ἐπιβουλῆς τοῦ ἐναντίου πρὸς ἑαυτὴν διέστη τὸ πρὶν καὶ ὥσπερ ἐμφύλιον πόλεμον εἰς αὐτὴν ἐδέξατο τοῦ πονηροῦ ἐπαναστήσαντος τὸ χεῖρον τῷ κρείττονι καὶ ἐπιτειχίσαντος τὴν σάρκα τῷ πνεύματι, ἐδεῖτο τῆς παρὰ τοῦ κυρίου εἰρήνης, ὅπως ἡ ψυχὴ εὐήνιον πάλιν τὴν σάρκα καὶ πειθήνιον τὸ σῶμα ἀπολαβοῦσα τῆς ἐμφυλίου στάσεως ἀπαλ λαγῆναι δυνηθῇ. 274 Jo 14, 27 Εἰρηνοποιήσας αὐτοὺς τῷ πατρὶ βεβαίως παιδεύει τοῦτο φυλάξαι. δι' ὧν δὲ ἐπάγει, δείκνυσιν, ὅτι ἄλλη τίς ἐστιν ἐξαίρετος εἰρήνη ἡ παρ' αὐτοῦ παρὰ τὴν τοῦ κόσμου βεβαία οὖσα καὶ ἀληθὴς καὶ εἰς μίαν συμφωνίαν καὶ εἰς ἓν φρόνημα ἄγουσα τοὺς πιστούς. καὶ οὐ μόνον ἡ ἐκ θείας χάριτος εἰρήνη πείθει ἡμᾶς τοῖς ἔξωθεν εἰρηνεύειν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἑαυτοῖς· ἡ γὰρ φύσις πρὸς ἑαυτὴν ὑπὸ τοῦ διαβόλου ἐκταραχθεῖσα τὴν ἀρχὴν ἐπολέμει, ἡ δὲ τοῦ κυρίου εἰρήνη ποιεῖ εὐπειθῆ τὴν σάρκα τῇ ψυχῇ, δι' οὗ οἱ ἐμφύλιοι πόλεμοι κατευνάζονται. 275 Jo 14, 28 Ἔδει μὲν οὖν, εἰ τελείαν εἶχον ἀγάπην, μὴ παρορᾶν τὰ σφόδρα λυσιτελῆ, ἀλλὰ χαίρειν, εἴγε ἐχωρίσθη αὐτῶν· ἀλλ' ἐπειδή, φησίν, τῆς σωματικῆς μου παρουσίας πάνυ διψᾶτε, ἀλλ' οὖν κἂν ὅτι ἠκούσατε, ὅτι πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἄπειμι, χρὴ χαρῆναι. μείζονα δὲ λέγει οἰκονομικῶς τὸν πατέρα, ἐπείπερ οὔπω τὴν δέουσαν εἶχον περὶ αὐτοῦ δόξαν οὐδὲ οἱ μαθηταὶ ἕνα μόνον ἐκ τοῦ νόμου σέβειν θεὸν καὶ πατέρα προκατηχηθέντες. 276 Jo 14, 28 Ὀλίγον αὐτῶν χωρισθεὶς καιρὸν τὸν τοῦ πάθους καὶ μέλλων αὐτοῖς ἐμφανίζεσθαι μετὰ τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἐπλήρωσε τὴν περὶ τούτου ὑπόσχεσιν. 277 Jo 14, 29 Τῇ πείρᾳ ἐβεβαίωσεν ὁ κύριος τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀψευδίαν. 278 Jo 14, 30-31 Ἐγγὺς ὄντος τοῦ ἐπιβουλεύοντος οὐκέτι ὁ καιρὸς ἐπέτρεπε λαλεῖν πλείονα. ἄρχοντα δὲ τοῦ κόσμου τὸν διάβολον λέγει ὡς διὰ ἀπάτης ἄρξαντα πρὸς ὀλίγον τοῦ κόσμου κατὰ θεοῦ συγχώρησιν. οὐδὲν δὲ εὗρεν ἐν αὐτῷ, ἐπειδὴ οὔτε λόγῳ οὔτε ἔργῳ ἥμαρτέ τι ὁ Χριστός. ὅμως φησὶ διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ὑπακοὴν ὑπομένω ἐκεῖνα, ἅπερ οἱ ἁμαρτήσαντες, ἵνα γένωμαι λύτρον τοῦ κόσμου κατὰ τὰς ἐντολὰς τοῦ πατρός. 280 Jo 14, 31 Σπεύδων ἐπὶ τὸ πάθος ἐκεῖ αὐτοὺς κατέπειγεν ἀπελθεῖν, ὅπου ἐλθὼν ὁ Ἰούδας ἤμελλεν αὐτὸν παραδώσειν.

281 Jo 15, 1-2 Ἄμπελον ἑαυτὸν ὠνόμασεν ὡς ἔχων ἐν ἑαυτῷ καὶ ἐξ αὐτοῦ τὰ

κλήματα, ὅ ἐστιν οἱ πιστοί, οὓς κατὰ καιρὸν λέγει τοὺς καρποὺς ἀποδιδόναι ἐπιμελείᾳ τοῦ πνεύματος. 282 Jo 15, 2 Κάθαρσιν ὧδε λέγει τῶν λογικῶν κλημάτων τὴν συνεχῆ τῆς θείας προ νοίας ἐπιμέλειαν, δι' ἧς ἔν τε τοῖς ἀγῶσι καὶ ἐν τῇ ἄλλῃ κατ' εὐσέβειαν πολιτείᾳ καθαίρονται. 283 Jo 15, 3 Ἐπειδή, φησίν, βίος ὀρθὸς καὶ πίστις καθαίρει, ὑμεῖς δὲ ταῖς ἐμαῖς ἠκο λουθήσατε ἐντολαῖς, οὐκοῦν καθαροί ἐστε ἐν ταῖς θλίψεσι δοκιμασθέντες ὡς χρυσὸς ἐν καμίνῳ. 284 Jo 15, 4 ∆είκνυσιν ἐκ τῶν εἰρημένων ὡς ἕκαστος τῶν ἐπιεικῶς ζῆν βουλομένων προαιρέσει οἰκείᾳ μένει ἐν τῇ ἀμπέλῳ ἑνούμενός τε αὐτῇ διὰ τῆς ἀγάπης κολλώμενος ἢ τοὐναντίον ἀφίσταται