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Jesus Christ who died for us. Of the same. -Children of the light of truth, flee division and evil doctrines. But where the shepherd is, there follow as sheep. Of the same. -My witness, in whom I am bound, is that I did not know this from human flesh; but the Spirit proclaimed these things: Do nothing without the bishop. Keep your flesh as a temple of God, love unity, flee divisions; become imitators of Jesus Christ, as He is of His Father. From Saint Cyril, from the 17th book of "Against Julian." -It is necessary for the one who presides to study and practice a blameless life, and to have nothing unpracticed of the things that please God. From the same. -For those who have been allotted to lead, and are as it were set in the midst, and are more conspicuous than others, it is altogether necessary to be adorned with the beauty of a good life, and to practice a truly select life, so that they become a model for those placed under their hand, doing nothing for show or ambition, but striving to do their own things for the sake of profit and as an example for others. For the life of those in the midst and of note is always judged by all, and if it is tested and found blameless, this is not unprofitable to those who know him. But if he should be carried away from what is proper, and fall into things that are not lawful, it will not be for the good of some, but rather for loss and harm. For if the instructor does not know how to walk uprightly and live gracefully, what [benefit] will there be from him for those being instructed? From Saint Athanasius, from "On Courage." -It is necessary for the minister of the church to be above all without anger, and not to rebuke, but to exhort. Of Saint Dionysius of Alexandria. -Indeed, towards the disobedient and profane, we make the arguments of our discourse from external and common concepts and reasonings; but we try to establish ourselves and those who are of one mind from the divine oracles. From Didymus, from "On the Incorporeal." -Instructions and exhortations from a teacher accomplish the benefit of the hearers, not when the instructor teaches by word alone, but also by action that is suitable and consistent with what is professed. Again, it is necessary for the genuine teacher to have a life suitable to the things legislated by him, so that his work may be in harmony with his word. 96.525 From the twelfth chapter on Isaiah. - "The Lord will give a word to those who preach the gospel with great power." And they preach the gospel with great power who offer not only syllables, but also demonstrate their power by a practical and contemplative life. From Saint Justin, the philosopher and martyr, from the "Hortatory Address to the Greeks." - It is impossible for those who have not first learned from those who know to either know truly great and divine things themselves, or to be able to teach others correctly. ELEMENT Z. TITLE 1. -Concerning seeking God. From Theotimus, bishop of Scythopolis, from "If you bring your gift." -It is necessary to know nothing besides God. Of the same. -One approaches God fittingly in this way, if he assigns everything to Him, from whom he has received everything, and the cares themselves, and for what they happen to be. From the same [Saint Cyril] from "On Virginity." -It is necessary to seek God with the whole heart; and to seek is to worship Him, and to accomplish what seems good to Him is to be sought. For those who thus seek God, many are the fruits of piety, and the light from the Holy Spirit dawns. ELEMENT H. TITLE 4. -Concerning the last day, and the Antichrist. From Saint Irenaeus, on the coming beast. -A recapitulation of all iniquity takes place, etc. From Hippolytus, bishop of Rome, concerning Christ and the Antichrist. -But these things having been said in the preface for the glory of God, etc. to parade for Dionysus. ELEMENT TH. TITLE 7. -Concerning the divine oracles. From Theophilus, bishop of Alexandria. -It belongs to very few of those who have dedicated their entire life to the examination of the divine Scriptures to be able to follow the contained doctrines more rationally, and the deeper meaning of the Scriptures. TITLE 8. -Concerning the divine mysteries and those according to Christ. From Irenaeus, from

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Ἰησοῦν Χριστὸν δι' ἡμᾶς ἀποθανόντα. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. -Τέκνα φωτὸς ἀληθείας, φεύγετε τὸν μερισμὸν καὶ τὰς κακοδιδασκαλίας. Ὅπου δὲ ὁ ποιμήν ἐστι, ἐκεῖ ὡς πρόβατα ἀκολουθεῖτε. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. -Μάρτυς μου ἐν ᾧ δέδεμαι, ὅτι ἀπὸ σαρκὸς ἀνθρωπίνης οὐκ ἔγνων· τὸ δὲ πνεῦμα ἐκήρυσσε τάδε· Χωρὶς ἐπισκόπου μηδὲν Ποιεῖτε. Τὴν σάρκα ὑμῶν ὡς ναὸν Θεοῦ τηρεῖτε, τὴν ἕνωσιν ἀγαπᾶτε, τοὺς μερισμοὺς φεύγετε· μιμηταὶ γίνεσθε Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὡς αὐτὸς τοῦ Πατρὸς αὐτοῦ. Τοῦ ἁγίου Κυρίλλου, ἐκ τοῦ ιζʹ βιβλίου τῶν κατὰ Ἰουλιανοῦ. -Χρὴ τῶν προεστηκότα ἀνεπίπληκτον ἐκμελετᾷν καὶ ἀσκεῖσθαι βίον, καὶ μηδὲν ἔχειν ἀνεπιτήδευτον τῶν ἀρεσκόντων Θεῷ. Ἐκ τοῦ αὐτοῦ. -Τοῖς ἡγεῖσθαι λαχοῦσι, καὶ οἷον ἐν μέσῳ κειμένοις, καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπιφανεστέροις, πᾶσά πως ἀνάγκη τῷ τῆς εὐζωΐας καταφαιδρύνεσθαι κάλλει, καὶ ἀπόλεκτον ὡς ἀληθῶς ἐξασκῆσαι βίον, ὥστε καὶ ὑποτύπωσιν αὐτοὺς γενέσθαι τοῖς ὑπὸ χεῖρα κειμένοις, δρῶντας μὲν ἐπιδεικτικῶς ἢ φιλοδόξως οὐδὲν, ὠφελείας δὲ χάριν καὶ ἑτέρος πρόφασιν τὰ καθ' ἑαυτοὺς ποιεῖσθαι σπουδάζοντας. Ἀεὶ γάρ πως τῶν ἐν μέσῳ καὶ ἐπισήμων ὁ βίος ὑπὸ πάντων κρίνεται, καὶ δοκιμάζεται κἂν ἔχοι τὸ ἀνεπίληπτον, οὐκ ἀνόνητόν ἐστι τὸ χρῆμα τοῖς εἰδόσιν αὐτόν. Εἰ δὲ ἀποφέροιτο τοῦ εἰκότος, καὶ διαπίπτοι πρὸς ἃ μὴ θέμις, οὐ πρὸς καλὸν μὲν ἔσται τισὶ, πρὸς ζημίαν δὲ μᾶλλον καὶ βλάβας. Εἰ γὰρ οὐκ οἶδεν ὀρθοποδεῖν καὶ διαβιοῦν ἀστείως ὁ παιδαγωγὸς, ποία ἔσται παρ' αὐτοῦ τοῖς παιδαγωγουμένοις [ὠφέλεια]; Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἀθανασίου, ἐκ τοῦ περὶ ἀνδρείας. - ∆εῖ τὸν λειτουργὸν τῆς ἐκκλησίας πρὸ πάντων ἐκτὸς ὀργῆς εἶναι, καὶ μὴ ἐπιπλήττειν, ἀλλὰ παρακαλεῖν. Τοῦ ἁγίου ∆ιονυσίου Ἀλεξανδρείας. -Πρὸς μὲν τοὺς ἀπειθεῖς καὶ βεβήλους, ἀπὸ τῶν ἔξωθεν καὶ τῶν κοινῶν ἐννοιῶν καὶ λογισμῶν τὰς τῶν λόγων ἐπιχειρήσεις ποιούμεθα· ἡμᾶς δὲ αὐτοὺς καὶ ὁμόφρονας ἐκ τῶν θείων λογίων ἐπιστηρίζειν πειρώμεθα. ∆ιδύμου, ἐκ τοῦ Περὶ ἀσωμάτου. -Ἀνύουσι παρὰ διδασκάλου παιδεύσεις τε καὶ προτροπαὶ πρὸς ὠφέλειαν τῶν ἀκροωμένων, οὐχ ὅταν λόγῳ μόνῳ διδάσκῃ ὁ παιδευτὴς, ἀλλὰ καὶ πράξει καταλλήλῳ καὶ συναφεῖ τοῖς ἐπαγγελλομένοις. Πάλιν δεῖ τὸν γνήσιον διδάσκαλον βίον κατάλληλον ἔχειν τοῖς ὑπ' αὐτοῦ νομοθετουμένοις, ἵνα ᾖ τὸ ἔργον αὐτοῦ συνηρμοσμένον τῷ λόγῳ. 96.525 Ἐκ τοῦ εἰς τὸν Ἡσαΐαν ιβʹ κεφαλαίου. - «Κύριος δώσει ῥῆμα τοῖς εὐαγγελιζομένοις δυνάμει πολλῇ.» Εὐαγγελίζονται δὲ δυνάμει πολλῇ, οἱ μὴ συλλαβὰς μόνας προσφέροντες, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὴν δύναμιν αὐτῶν ἐπιδεικνυόμενοι πρακτικῷ καὶ θεωρητικῷ βίῳ. Τοῦ ἁγίου Ἰουστίνου τοῦ φιλοσόφου καὶ μάρτυρος, ἐκ τοῦ πρὸς Ἕλληνας παραινετικοῦ. - Ἀδύνατον τὰ ὄντως μεγάλα καὶ θεῖα τοὺς μὴ πρότερον παρὰ τῶν εἰδότων μεμαθηκότας, ἢ αὐτοὺς εἰδέναι, ἢ ἑτέρους δύνασθαι διδάσκειν ὀρθῶς. ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ Ζ. ΤΙΤΛ. Αʹ. -Περὶ τοῦ ζητεῖν τὸν Θεόν. Θεοτίμου ἐπισκόπου Σκυθοπόλεως, ἐκ τοῦ Ἐὰν προσφέρῃς τὸ δῶρόν σου. -Παρὰ Θεὸν οὐδὲν ἐπίστασθαι δεῖ. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ. -∆εόντως οὕτω τις πρόσεισι τῷ Θεῷ, εἰ τὸ πᾶν αὐτῷ νέμει, παρ' οὗπερ ἔχει τὸ πᾶν λαβὼν, καὶ αὐτὰς τὰς φροντίδας, καὶ ὑπὲρ ὧν αὐταὶ τυγχάνουσιν. Τοῦ αὐτοῦ [ἁγίου Κυρίλλου] ἐκ τοῦ Εἰς παρθενίαν. -∆εῖ ἐξ ὅλης καρδίας ἐπιζητεῖν τὸν Θεόν· τὸ δὲ ἐπιζητεῖν ἐστι τὸ αὐτῷ λατρεύειν, καὶ τὰ αὐτῷ δοκοῦντα κατορθοῦν ἐπιζητεῖσθαι. Τοῖς οὕτω ζητοῦσι τὸν Θεὸν πολλοὶ γίνονται τῆς εὐσεβείας καρποὶ, καὶ τὸ ἐκ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος ἀνατέλλει φῶς. ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ Η. ΤΙΤΛ. ∆ʹ. -Περὶ ἡμέρας ἐσχάτης, καὶ τοῦ Ἀντιχρίστου. Τοῦ ἁγίου Εἰρηναίου, εἰς τὸ θηρίον τὸ ἐρχόμενον. - ̓Ανακεφαλαίωσις γίνεται πάσης ἀδικίας, κ. τ. ἑ. Ἱππολύτου ἐπισκόπου Ῥώμης περὶ Χριστοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἀντιχρίστου. -Ἀλλὰ τούτων ἐν προοιμίᾳ εἰς δόξαν Θεοῦ εἰρημένων, κ. τ. ἑ. πομπεύειν τῷ ∆ιονύσῳ. ΣΤΟΙΧΕΙΟΝ Θ. ΤΙΤΛ. Ζʹ. -Περὶ θείων λογίων. Θεοφίλου ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας. -Σφόδρα ὀλίγων τυγχάνει τῶν πάντα τὸν ἑαυτῶν βίον ἀνατεθεικότων τῇ περὶ τὰς θείας Γραφὰς ἐξετάσει, τὸ δύνασθαι λογικώτερον παρακολουθεῖν τοῖς περιεχομένοις δόγμασι, καὶ τῇ βαθυτέρᾳ τῶν Γραφῶν διανοίᾳ. ΤΙΤΛ. Ηʹ. -Περὶ θείων καὶ κατὰ Χριστὸν μυστηρίων. Εἰρηναίου, ἐκ