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and being corruptible, is dissolved; but the soul, being immortal, goes where the Creator commands, or rather as it prepared a dwelling for itself while still with the flesh. For as one lives his life here, he is to receive his due from there. 108 Then after very many years Christ our God will come to judge the world in a terrible and ineffable glory, by fear of whom the powers of the heavens will be shaken, and all the hosts of angels stand with trembling before him. Then at the voice of an archangel and the trumpet of God the dead will be raised, and will be presented at his terrible throne. And the resurrection is a reunion again of both soul and body. Therefore this very body, the one that is corrupted and dissolved, this will be raised incorruptible. And may a thought of unbelief concerning this in no way come to you; for it is not impossible for the one who from the beginning formed it from the earth, then for it to return to the earth from which it was taken, according to the Creator’s decree, to raise it again. For if you consider how many things God made from things that were not, this will be a sufficient proof for you. For indeed, taking earth he made man, earth that did not exist before; how then did earth become man? and how was it, not existing, brought forth? and what foundation does it have? and how from it were produced the countless kinds of irrational creatures, of seeds, of plants? But even now consider our own birth; is not a small seed sent into the womb which receives it? whence then is the so great formation of the living being? Therefore, for the one who created all these things from non-being and still creates, it is not impossible to raise from the earth the dead and corrupted bodies, so that each may receive according to his works; For the present time, he says, is for work, but 110 the future is for recompense. For where would the justice of God be, if there were no resurrection? For many, being just, having been mistreated and punished in many ways in the present life, were violently killed; while some, being impious and lawless, spent the present life in luxury and prosperity; but God, since he is good and just, has appointed a day of resurrection and examination, so that, each soul having received its own body, the evil man, having received good things here, may there be punished for his sins, while the good man, having been punished here for his sins, may there become an heir of good things; For they will hear, says the Lord, who are in the tombs the voice of the Son of God, and they will come forth, those who have done good to a resurrection of life, and those who have practiced evil to a resurrection of judgment, when also thrones will be set, and the Ancient of Days and Creator of all will preside, and books will be opened, having inscribed the deeds, the words, the thoughts of all of us, and a river of fire is drawn out, and all hidden things are revealed. There no advocate, or persuasiveness of words, or false defense, or dominion of wealth, or prestige of honors, or abundant giving of gifts, is able to steal the right judgment; but that incorruptible and true judge will judge all things with the scales of justice, both deed and word and thought. and those who have done good will go into eternal life, into the inexpressible light, rejoicing with angels, enjoying the secret good things, and 112 presenting themselves purely to the holy Trinity; but those who have practiced evil and all the impious and sinners will go into eternal punishment, which is called Gehenna and outer darkness, and the unsleeping worm, and gnashing of teeth, and countless other torments, or rather, the hardest of all, to be alienated from God and cast away from his sweetest face, and to be deprived of that ineffable glory, and to be made a public example before all creation, and to be shamed with a shame that has no end. For after that terrible decree is given, all things will remain unchangeable and

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καὶ φθειρόμενον διαλύεται· ἡ δὲ ψυχή, ἀθάνατος οὖσα, πορεύεται ἔνθα κελεύει ὁ ∆ημιουργός, μᾶλλον δὲ καθὼς αὐτὴ προητοίμασεν ἑαυτῇ κατάλυμα ἔτι τῷ σαρκίῳ συνοῦσα. καθὼς γάρ τις πολιτεύσηται ἐνταῦθα, μέλλει ἀπολαμβάνειν ἐκεῖθεν. 108 Εἶτα μετὰ πλείστους χρόνους ἐλεύσεται Χριστὸς ὁ Θεὸς ἡμῶν κρῖναι τὸν κόσμον ἐν δόξῃ φοβερᾷ καὶ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ, οὗ τῷ φόβῳ αἱ δυνάμεις τῶν οὐρανῶν σαλευθήσονται, καὶ πᾶσαι αἱ στρατιαὶ τῶν ἀγγέλων τρόμῳ παρίστανται ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ. τότε ἐν φωνῇ ἀρχαγγέλου καὶ ἐν σάλπιγγι Θεοῦ ἀναστήσονται οἱ νεκροί, καὶ παραστήσονται τῷ φοβερῷ αὐτοῦ θρόνῳ. ἔστι δὲ ἡ ἀνάστασις συνάφεια πάλιν ψυχῆς τε καὶ σώματος. αὐτὸ οὖν τὸ σῶμα, τὸ φθειρόμενον καὶ διαλυόμενον, αὐτὸ ἀναστήσεται ἄφθαρτον. καὶ μηδαμῶς σοι ἀπιστίας λογισμὸς περὶ τούτου ἐπέλθοι· οὐκ ἀδυνατεῖ γὰρ τῷ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐκ τῆς γῆς διαπλάσαντι αὐτό, εἶτα ἀποστραφὲν εἰς γῆν ἐξ ἧς ἐλήφθη, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ ∆ημιουργοῦ ἀπόφασιν, αὖθις ἀναστῆσαι. εἰ γὰρ ἐννοήσεις πόσα ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων ἐποίησεν ὁ Θεός, ἱκανή σοι ἔσται αὕτη ἀπόδειξις. καὶ γὰρ γῆν λαβὼν ἐποίησεν ἄνθρωπον, γῆν οὐκ οὖσαν πρότερον· πῶς οὖν ἡ γῆ γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος; πῶς δὲ αὕτη οὐκ οὖσα παρήγετο; ποίαν δὲ ὑποβάθραν ἔχει; πῶς δὲ ἐξ αὐτῆς παρήχθησαν τὰ τῶν ἀλόγων ἄπειρα γένη, τὰ τῶν σπερμάτων, τὰ τῶν φυτῶν; ἀλλὰ καὶ νῦν κατανόησον ἐπὶ τῆς γεννήσεως τῆς ἡμετέρας· οὐ σπέρμα βραχὺ ἐνίεται εἰς τὴν ὑποδεχομένην μήτραν αὐτό; πόθεν οὖν ἡ τοσαύτη τοῦ ζώου διάπλασις; Τῷ οὖν ταῦτα πάντα δημιουργήσαντι ἐκ μὴ ὄντων καὶ ἔτι δημιουργοῦντι οὐκ ἀδύνατον ἐκ γῆς τὰ νενεκρωμένα καὶ διαφθαρέντα σώματα ἀναστῆσαι, ἵνα ἕκαστος ἀπολάβῃ κατὰ τὰ ἔργα αὐτοῦ· Ἐργασίας γάρ, φησίν, ὁ παρὼν καιρός, ὁ 110 δὲ μέλλων ἀνταποδόσεως. ἐπεὶ ποῦ τὸ δίκαιον τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰ μὴ ἀνάστασις ἦν; πολλοὶ γάρ, δίκαιοι ὄντες, πολλὰ ἐν τῷ παρόντι βίῳ κακουχηθέντες καὶ τιμωρηθέντες βιαίως ἀνῃρέθησαν· ἔνιοι δέ, ἀσεβεῖς ὄντες καὶ παράνομοι, ἐν τρυφῇ καὶ εὐημερίᾳ τὴν παροῦσαν ζωὴν ἀνήλωσαν· ὁ δὲ Θεός, ἐπειδὴ ἀγαθός ἐστι καὶ δίκαιος, ὥρισεν ἡμέραν ἀναστάσεως καὶ ἐτάσεως, ἵνα, ἀπολαβοῦσα ἑκάστη ψυχὴ τὸ ἴδιον σῶμα, ὁ μὲν κακός, ἐνταῦθα τὰ ἀγαθὰ ἀπολαβών, ἐκεῖ περὶ ὧν ἥμαρτε κολασθῇ, ὁ δὲ ἀγαθός, ἐνταῦθα τιμωρηθεὶς περὶ ὧν ἥμαρτεν, ἐκεῖ τῶν ἀγαθῶν κληρονόμος γένηται· Ἀκούσονται γάρ, φησὶν ὁ Κύριος, οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἐξελεύσονται οἱ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ποιήσαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν ζωῆς, οἱ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα πράξαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως, ἡνίκα καὶ θρόνοι τεθήσονται, καὶ ὁ Παλαῖος τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ πάντων ∆ημιουργὸς προκαθίσει, καὶ βίβλοι ἀνοιγήσονται πάντων ἡμῶν τὰς πράξεις, τοὺς λόγους, τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις ἐγγεγραμμένας ἔχουσαι, καὶ ποταμὸς πυρὸς ἕλκεται, καὶ πάντα τὰ κεκρυμμένα ἀνακαλύπτονται. οὐδεὶς ἐκεῖ συνήγορος, ἢ πιθανότης ῥημάτων, ἢ ψευδὴς ἀπολογία, ἢ πλούτου δυναστεία, ἢ ἀξιωμάτων ὄγκος, ἢ δώρων ἄφθονοι δόσεις, κλέψαι τὴν ὀρθὴν κρίσιν ἰσχύουσιν· ἀλλ' ὁ ἀδέκαστος ἐκεῖνος καὶ ἀληθινὸς δικαστὴς ζυγοῖς δικαιοσύνης πάντα διακρινεῖ, καὶ πρᾶξιν καὶ λόγον καὶ διανόημα. καὶ πορεύσονται οἱ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ποιήσαντες εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, εἰς τὸ φῶς τὸ ἀνεκφράστου, μετὰ ἀγγέλων εὐφραινόμενοι, τῶν ἀπορρήτων ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύοντες, καὶ τῇ 112 ἁγίᾳ Τριάδι καθαρῶς παριστάμενοι· οἱ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα πράξαντες καὶ πάντες οἱ ἀσεβεῖς καὶ ἁμαρτωλοὶ εἰς κόλασιν αἰώνιον, ἥτις γέεννα λέγεται καὶ σκότος ἐξώτερον, καὶ σκώληξ ἀκοίμητος, καὶ βρυγμὸς ὀδόντων, καὶ ἄλλα μυρία κολαστήρια, μᾶλλον δέ, τὸ πάντων χαλεπώτατον, τὸ ἀλλοτριωθῆναι ἀπὸ Θεοῦ καὶ ἀπερρῖφθαι τοῦ γλυκυτάτου προσώπου αὐτοῦ, καὶ τῆς δόξης ἐκείνης στερηθῆναι τῆς ἀνεκδιηγήτου, καὶ τὸ παραδειγματισθῆναι ἐπὶ πάσης τῆς κτίσεως, καὶ τὸ αἰσχυνθῆναι αἰσχύνην πέρας οὐκ ἔχουσαν. μετὰ γὰρ τὸ δοθῆναι τὴν φρικτὴν ἐκείνην ἀπόφασιν, πάντα ἄτρεπτα μενεῖ καὶ