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Lead is inferior to gold, but nevertheless it needs lead to solder it together; so the soul also needs the body; or just as a noble child needs a tutor, so also the soul needs the body. And do not be surprised, if I have introduced such examples. For just as we speak of childish things, not disparaging the age, but the things belonging to it; so also concerning the body. But it is possible not to be in the flesh, if we wish, just as not on the earth, but in heaven and in spirit. For to be somewhere is not said so much by position in a place, as by disposition. At least, we say that many who are somewhere, are not, saying, ‘You were not here.’ And why do I say these things? Often we say, ‘You are not in yourself,’ ‘I am not in myself;’ and yet what is more bodily than this, when one is near to oneself? but nevertheless we do not say he is in himself. Let us become, therefore, in ourselves, in heaven, in the spirit; let us remain in the peace and the grace of God, that having been delivered from all fleshly things, we may be able to attain the promised good things in Christ Jesus our Lord, with whom to the Father, together with the Holy Spirit, be glory, dominion, honor, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

HOMILY 6. And He came and preached peace to you who were far off, and to those who were near; for through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow-citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Himself being the cornerstone; in whom the whole structure, being joined together, grows into a holy temple in the Lord; in whom you also are being built together into a dwelling place for God in the Spirit. Not through another, he says, did He send, nor through some other did He announce these things to us, but He Himself through Himself. He did not send an angel, nor an archangel, since to correct such great evils was the work of none other, but of His own presence, and to announce what had come to pass. The Master undertook the rank of a servant and almost of a deacon, and came, and preached peace. To you, he says, who were far off, and to those who were near. To the Jews, he says, near, as compared to us; but far off, hinting at those from the Gentiles, as being strangers to the covenants. For through Him we both have access in one Spirit to the Father. He means peace with God; for indeed He has reconciled us. And in another way He Himself says, 'Peace I leave with you, My peace I give to you'; and again, 'Be of good cheer, I have overcome the world'; and, 'Whatever you ask in My name, you will receive'; and again, 'For the Father Himself loves you.' These are proofs of peace, both for these and for those. For these, how? Because through Him we both have had access in one Spirit, you not less, and they not more, but by one grace. For He loosed wrath by His death, and made us objects of love to the Father through the Spirit. Behold again, 'in' is 'through'; through Himself and the Spirit He brought us to Him. So then you are no longer strangers and sojourners, but you are fellow-citizens with the saints. Do you see that not simply of the Jews, but of those holy and great men around Abraham and Moses and Elijah we have been enrolled into the same city, to that one we are manifested? For those who say such things, he says, make it clear that they are seeking a homeland. No longer strangers to the saints, nor sojourners. For those who are not going to obtain heavenly things are sojourners. For the Son, he says, abides forever. And members of the household, he says, of God. That which they had from the beginning through so many labors, this has been accomplished for you through the grace of God. Built upon the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Behold the hope of the calling. See how he mixes all things, the Greeks, the Jews, the apostles, the prophets, Christ; and at one time from the body, at another from the

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ἥττων ὁ μόλυβδος χρυσοῦ, ἀλλ' ὅμως δεῖται καὶ τοῦ μολίβδου τοῦ συγκολλῶντος· οὕτω δεῖ καὶ τοῦ σώματος τῇ ψυχῇ· ἢ ὥσπερ παιδίον ἐστὶν εὐγενὲς παιδαγωγοῦ δεόμενον, οὕτω καὶ ἡ ψυχὴ δεῖται τοῦ σώματος. Καὶ μὴ θαυμάσῃς, εἰ τοιαῦτα παρήγαγον παραδείγματα. Ὥσπερ γὰρ παιδικὰ πράγματα λέγομεν, οὐ τὴν ἡλικίαν διαβάλλοντες, ἀλλὰ τὰ κατ' αὐτήν· οὕτω καὶ περὶ τοῦ σώματος. Ἀλλ' ἔνεστι μὴ εἶναι ἐν σαρκὶ, ἂν θέλωμεν, ὥσπερ οὐδὲ ἐν τῇ γῇ, ἀλλ' ἐν οὐρανοῖς καὶ ἐν πνεύματι. Τὸ γὰρ εἶναί που, οὐχ οὕτω τῇ θέσει τῇ ἐν τῷ τόπῳ λέγεται, ὡς τῇ διαθέσει. Πολλοὺς γοῦν ὄντας που, λέγομεν μὴ εἶναι, λέγοντες, Οὐκ ἦσθα ἐνταῦθα. Καὶ τί λέγω ταῦτα; Πολλάκις λέγομεν, Οὐκ εἶ ἐν σεαυτῷ, Οὐκ εἰμὶ ἐν ἐμαυτῷ· καίτοι τί σωματικώτερον τούτου, ὅταν αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ πλησιάζῃ; ἀλλ' ὅμως οὐ φαμὲν αὐτὸν εἶναι ἐν ἑαυτῷ. Γενώμεθα τοίνυν ἐν ἑαυτοῖς, ἐν τῷ οὐρανῷ, ἐν τῷ πνεύματι· μένωμεν ἐπὶ τῆς εἰρήνης καὶ τῆς χάριτος τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα πάντων τῶν σαρκικῶν ἀπαλλαγέντες, δυνηθῶμεν ἐπιτυχεῖν τῶν ἐπηγγελμένων ἀγαθῶν ἐν Χριστῷ Ἰησοῦ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, μεθ' οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ, ἅμα τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι, δόξα, κράτος, τιμὴ, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ʹ. Καὶ ἐλθὼν εὐηγγελίσατο εἰρήνην ὑμῖν τοῖς μα κρὰν, καὶ τοῖς ἐγγύς· ὅτι δι'

αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν τὴν προσαγωγὴν ἀμφότεροι ἐν ἑνὶ Πνεύματι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα. Ἆρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι, ἀλλὰ συμπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων καὶ οἰκεῖοι τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ἐποικοδομηθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωνιαίου λίθου αὐτοῦ Χριστοῦ· ἐν ᾧ πᾶσα ἡ οἰκοδομὴ συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον ἐν Κυρίῳ· ἐν ᾧ καὶ ὑμεῖς συνοικοδο μεῖσθε εἰς κατοικητήριον τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν Πνεύματι. Οὐ δι' ἑτέρου, φησὶν, ἔπεμψεν, οὐδὲ δι' ἄλλου τινὸς ταῦτα ἐμήνυσεν ἡμῖν, ἀλλ' αὐτὸς δι' ἑαυτοῦ. Οὐκ ἄγγελον, οὐκ ἀρχάγγελον ἀπέστειλεν, ἐπειδὴ τὸ διορθῶσαι τὰ τοσαῦτα κακὰ οὐδενὸς ἑτέρου ἦν, ἀλλὰ τῆς αὐτοῦ παρουσίας, καὶ τὸ ἀπαγγεῖλαι τὰ γενόμενα. Ὑπηρέτου καὶ σχεδὸν διακόνου τάξιν ἀνεδέξατο ὁ ∆εσπότης, καὶ ἦλθε, καὶ εὐηγγελίσατο εἰρήνην Ὑμῖν, φησὶ, τοῖς μακρὰν, καὶ τοῖς ἐγγύς. Τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις, φησὶν, ἐγγὺς, ὡς πρὸς ἡμᾶς· μακρὰν δὲ, τοὺς ἐξ ἐθνῶν αἰνιττόμενος, ὡς ξένους τῶν διαθηκῶν ὄντας. Ὅτι δι' αὐτοῦ ἔχομεν τὴν προσαγωγὴν ἀμφότεροι ἐν ἑνὶ Πνεύματι πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα. Εἰρήνην τὴν πρὸς τὸν Θεόν φησι· καὶ γὰρ κατήλλαξεν ἡμᾶς. Ἄλλως δὲ καὶ αὐτός φησιν, Εἰρήνην ἀφίημι ὑμῖν, εἰρήνην τὴν ἐμὴν δίδωμι ὑμῖν· καὶ πάλιν, Θαρσεῖτε, ἐγὼ νενίκηκα τὸν κόσμον· καὶ, Ὅσα ἂν αἰτήσητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματί μου, λήψεσθε· καὶ πάλιν, Ὅτι ὁ Πατὴρ ὑμᾶς φιλεῖ. Ταῦτα τῆς εἰρήνης τεκμήρια, καὶ πρὸς τούτους καὶ πρὸς ἐκείνους. Πρὸς τούτους πῶς; Ὅτι δι' αὐτοῦ τὴν προσαγωγὴν ἐσχήκαμεν ἀμφότεροι ἐν ἑνὶ Πνεύματι, οὐχ ὑμεῖς ἔλαττον, ἐκεῖνοι δὲ πλέον, ἀλλὰ μιᾷ χάριτι. Τὴν μὲν γὰρ ὀργὴν ἔλυσε τῷ θανάτῳ, ἐπεράστους δὲ ἡμᾶς ἐποίησε τῷ Πατρὶ διὰ τοῦ Πνεύματος. Ἰδοὺ πάλιν τὸ, ἐν, διά ἐστι· δι' ἑαυτοῦ καὶ Πνεύματος προσήγαγεν αὐτῷ. Ἄρα οὖν οὐκέτι ἐστὲ ξένοι καὶ πάροικοι, ἀλλὰ συμπολῖται τῶν ἁγίων. Ὁρᾷς ὅτι οὐχ ἁπλῶς τῶν Ἰουδαίων, ἀλλὰ τῶν ἁγίων καὶ μεγάλων ἐκείνων ἀνδρῶν τῶν περὶ Ἀβραὰμ καὶ Μωϋσῆν καὶ Ἠλίαν εἰς τὴν αὐτὴν πόλιν ἀπεγράφημεν, εἰς ἐκείνην ἐμφανιζόμεθα; Οἱ γὰρ τοιαῦτα λέγοντες, φησὶν, ἐμφανίζουσιν ὅτι πατρίδα ζητοῦσιν. Οὐκέτι ξένοι τῶν ἁγίων, οὐδὲ πάροικοι. Οἱ γὰρ μὴ μέλλοντες ἐπιτεύξεσθαι τῶν οὐρανίων, πάροικοί εἰσιν. Ὁ γὰρ Υἱὸς, φησὶ, μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα. Καὶ οἰκεῖοι, φησὶ, τοῦ Θεοῦ. Ὅπερ ἔσχον ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἐκεῖνοι διὰ τοσούτων πόνων, τοῦτο ὑμῖν διὰ τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ χάριτος κατωρθώθη. Ἐποικοδομηθέντες ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων καὶ προφητῶν. Ἰδοὺ ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς κλήσεως. Ὅρα πῶς πάντα φύρει, τοὺς Ἕλληνας, τοὺς Ἰουδαίους, τοὺς ἀποστόλους, τοὺς προφήτας, τὸν Χριστόν· καὶ ποτὲ μὲν ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος, ποτὲ δὲ ἀπὸ τῆς