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of God? and again: Do you not know that you are the temple of God, and the Spirit of God dwells in you? and again: But you are not in the flesh, but in the Spirit, if indeed the Spirit of God dwells in you. And again it is written: And such were some of you, but you were washed, you were sanctified, but you were justified in the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, and in the Spirit of our God 29.768. And again: For I will not dare to say anything of what Christ has not accomplished through me by word and deed, for the obedience of the nations, in the power of signs and wonders, in the power of the Holy Spirit. And in the beginning of his epistles, Saint Paul remembers the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, writing thus: Paul, a servant of Jesus Christ, a called apostle, set apart for the Gospel of God, which he promised beforehand through his prophets in the holy Scriptures concerning his Son, who was born of the seed of David according to the flesh, who was declared Son of God in power according to the Spirit of holiness; and again: The grace of our Lord Jesus Christ, and the love of God, and the communion of the Holy Spirit; and again: Now there are varieties of gifts, but the same Spirit; and there are varieties of ministries, but the same Lord; and there are varieties of workings, but the same God, who works all things in all; and Job: As the Lord lives, who has thus judged me, and the Almighty, who has embittered my soul, but the divine Spirit which is in my nostrils; and David: Send forth your light and your truth; calling the Spirit 'light', and the Son 'truth'; and in other places: Show us, O Lord, your mercy, and grant us your Salvation. Concerning the Spirit. Let every soul seeking concerning the more divine things be of good cheer, if it has such an eye as to seek these things and to see the things invisible to sense, and if, thus seeking, it is able to dwell with the very One sought, according to what is written. For it is written: If you seek, seek, and dwell with me. And one dwells then, when one seeks with faith. For even if it should happen that one does not find, one does not depart from dwelling in the faith of the One sought, but says according to the blessed David: Your knowledge was made wonderful from me; it was made strong; I shall not be able to attain to it; and according to the father of the lunatic: I believe, Lord; help my unbelief. Having this aim, therefore, let us seek with faith concerning the nature of the Holy Spirit, having sought from the very One who is sought 29.769 knowledge. For it is itself that which is sought, and itself that which provides the knowledge concerning itself. As we have also learned from it through the divine Scriptures, it is that which made the saints, and provides divine life to those who ask God from it. And it is necessary that it be more honorable than those who receive; for they become holy when it comes upon them, and are corrupted when it leaves them. But it is forever, being a fount of eternal life. And what is the manner of its provision, of its being both in all things and in each individual, let the mind consider, having become worthy of considering, freed from deceit and heresy and from the women who bewitch others. Let it approach in a quiet state. And let not only the surrounding body be quiet, and the turbulence of the body, but also everything that surrounds: heaven, earth, sea, and the rational beings in them. And let it conceive of all things being filled, and from all sides the Spirit standing in them, as if flowing and poured in, and entering from all sides, and shining in. For the Spirit of the Lord has filled the world, and that which holds all things together has knowledge of God. And it shines in all who are worthy. For just as the rays of the sun, having illuminated a cloud, make it shine, producing a golden appearance; so also the Holy Spirit, coming upon a human body, gave life, gave immortality, gave sanctification, and raised up what was lying down. And that which was moved with an eternal motion by the Holy Spirit became a holy living being. And man, when the Spirit came to dwell in him, received the dignity of a prophet, an apostle, an angel of God, though before this he was earth and ashes. And the power of the Spirit would become more manifest and clearer

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τοῦ Θεοῦ; καὶ πάλιν· Οὐκ οἴδατε, ὅτι ναὸς Θεοῦ ἐστε, καὶ τὸ Πνεῦμα τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν ὑμῖν οἰκεῖ; καὶ πάλιν· Ὑμεῖς δὲ οὐκ ἐστὲ ἐν σαρκὶ, ἀλλ' ἐν Πνεύματι, εἴπερ Πνεῦμα Θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν ὑμῖν. Καὶ πάλιν γέγραπται· Καὶ ταῦτά τινες ἦτε, ἀλλ' ἀπελούσασθε, ἡγιά σθητε, ἀλλ' ἐδικαιώθητε ἐν τῷ ὀνόματι τοῦ Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι τοῦ Θεοῦ 29.768 ἡμῶν. Καὶ πάλιν· Οὐ γὰρ τολμήσω τι λέγειν ὧν οὐκ ἀπειργάσατο Χριστὸς δι' ἐμοῦ λόγῳ καὶ ἔργῳ, εἰς ὑπακοὴν ἐθνῶν, ἐν δυνάμει ση μείων καὶ τεράτων, ἐν δυνάμει Πνεύματος ἁγίου. Καὶ ἐν ἀρχῇ τῶν ἐπιστολῶν ὁ ἅγιος Παῦλος τοῦ Πα τρὸς μέμνηται καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύμα τος, οὕτω γράφων· Παῦλος δοῦλος Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ κλητὸς ἀπόστολος, ἀφωρισμένος εἰς Εὐαγγέλιον Θεοῦ, ὃ προεπηγγείλατο διὰ τῶν προφητῶν αὐ τοῦ ἐν Γραφαῖς ἁγίαις περὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ, τοῦ γενομένου ἐκ σπέρματος ∆αβὶδ κατὰ σάρκα, τοῦ ὁρισθέντος Υἱοῦ Θεοῦ ἐν δυνάμει κατὰ Πνεῦμα ἁγιωσύνης· καὶ πάλιν· Ἡ χάρις τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, καὶ ἡ ἀγάπη τοῦ Θεοῦ, καὶ ἡ κοινωνία τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύματος· καὶ πάλιν· ∆ι αιρέσεις δὲ χαρισμάτων εἰσὶ, τὸ δὲ αὐτὸ Πνεῦμα· καὶ διαιρέσεις διακονιῶν εἰσιν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Κύ ριος· καὶ διαιρέσεις ἐνεργημάτων εἰσὶν, ὁ δὲ αὐτὸς Θεὸς, ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὰ πάντα ἐν πᾶσι· καὶ ὁ Ἰώβ· Ζῇ Κύριος ὃς οὕτω με κέκρικε, καὶ ὁ Παν τοκράτωρ, ὁ πικράνας μου τὴν ψυχὴν, Πνεῦ μα δὲ θεῖον τὸ περιόν μοι ἐν ῥισίν· καὶ ὁ ∆αβίδ· Ἐξαπόστειλον τὸ φῶς σου καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειάν σου· φῶς λέγων τὸ Πνεῦμα, καὶ ἀλήθειαν τὸν Υἱόν· καὶ ἐν ἄλλοις· ∆εῖξον ἡμῖν, Κύριε, τὸ ἔλεός σου, καὶ τὸ Σωτήριόν σου δῴης ἡμῖν. Περὶ τοῦ Πνεύματος. Εὐθυμείσθω μὲν πᾶσα ψυχὴ ζητοῦσα περὶ τῶν θειοτέρων, εἰ ὄμμα τοιοῦτον ἔχει, ὥστε ταῦτα ζητεῖν καὶ ὁρᾷν τὰ αἰσθήσει ἀόρατα, καὶ εἰ, οὕτω ζητοῦσα, παρ' αὐτῷ τῷ ζητουμένῳ, κατὰ τὸ γε γραμμένον, οἰκεῖν δύναται. Γέγραπται γάρ· Ἐὰν ζητῇς, ζήτει, καὶ παρ' ἐμοὶ οἴκει. Οἰκεῖ δὲ τότε, ὅτε μετὰ πίστεως ζητεῖ. Κἂν γὰρ γένηται μὴ εὑρεῖν, οὐκ ἀναχωρεῖ τοῦ οἰκεῖν ἐν τῇ πίστει τοῦ ζη τουμένου, ἀλλὰ λέγει κατὰ τὸν μακάριον ∆αβίδ· Ἐθαυμαστώθη ἡ γνῶσίς σου ἐξ ἐμοῦ· ἐκραταιώ θη· οὐ μὴ δύνωμαι πρὸς αὐτήν· καὶ κατὰ τὸν πα τέρα τοῦ σεληνιαζομένου· Πιστεύω, Κύριε, βοήθει μου τῇ ἀπιστίᾳ. Τοῦτον οὖν ἔχοντες τὸν σκοπὸν, ζη τήσωμεν μετὰ πίστεως περὶ τῆς τοῦ ἁγίου Πνεύμα τος φύσεως, παρ' αὐτοῦ ζητήσαντες τοῦ ζητουμένου 29.769 τὴν γνῶσιν. Αὐτὸ γάρ ἐστι τὸ ζητούμενον, καὶ αὐτὸ τὸ παρέχον τὴν περὶ ἑαυτοῦ γνῶσιν. Ὡς δὲ καὶ διὰ τῶν θείων Γραφῶν μεμαθήκαμεν παρ' αὐτοῦ, αὐτό ἐστιν ὃ τοὺς ἁγίους ἐποίησε, καὶ τὴν θείαν ζωὴν παρ έχει τοῖς αἰτοῦσι παρ' αὐτοῦ τὸν Θεόν. Τῶν δὲ λαμ βανόντων ἀνάγκη εἶναι τιμιώτερον· γινομένων τού των ἁγίων, ὅταν αὐτὸ ἐπιφοιτήσῃ, καὶ φθειρομένων, ὅταν αὐτὸ καταλίπῃ. Αὐτὸ δὲ ἔστιν ἀεὶ, πηγὴ ὂν τῆς ἀϊδίου ζωῆς. Τίς δὲ ὁ τρόπος τῆς χορηγίας τοῦ εἶναι αὐτὸ ἔν τε τοῖς πᾶσι καὶ ἐν τοῖς καθ' ἕκαστον, σκοπεί τω διάνοια, ἀξία τοῦ σκοπεῖν γενομένη, ἀπαλλαγεῖσα ἀπάτης καὶ αἱρέσεως καὶ τῶν γοητευουσῶν γυναικῶν τὰς ἄλλας. Προσίτω δὲ ἡσύχῳ τῇ καταστάσει. Ἥσυχον δὲ αὐτῆς ἔστω μὴ μόνον τὸ περικείμενον σῶμα, καὶ ὁ τοῦ σώματος κλύδων, ἀλλὰ καὶ πᾶν τὸ περιέχον· οὐρανὸς, γῆ, θάλασσα, καὶ τὰ ἐν τούτοις λογικά. Καὶ νοείτω τὰ πάντα πληρούμενα, καὶ πάν τοθεν εἰς αὐτὰ ἑστὼς τὸ Πνεῦμα, οἷον εἰσρέον καὶ εἰσχυθὲν, καὶ πάντοθεν εἰσιὸν, καὶ εἰσλάμπον. Πνεῦμα γὰρ Κυρίου πεπλήρωκε τὴν οἰκουμένην, καὶ τὸ συνέχον τὰ πάντα γνῶσιν ἔχει Θεοῦ. Εἰσλάμπει δὲ ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἀξίοις. Καθάπερ γὰρ ἡλίου βολαὶ φω τίσασθαι νέφος καὶ λάμπειν ποιοῦσι, χρυσοειδῆ ὄψιν ποιοῦσαι· οὕτω καὶ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον, ἐπελθὸν εἰς ἀνθρώπου σῶμα, ἔδωκε μὲν ζωὴν, ἔδωκε δὲ ἀθανα σίαν, ἔδωκεν ἁγιασμὸν, ἤγειρε δὲ κείμενον. Τὸ δὲ κι νηθὲν κίνησιν ἀΐδιον ὑπὸ Πνεύματος ἁγίου ζῶον ἅγιον ἐγένετο. Ἔσχε δὲ ἀξίαν ἄνθρωπος, Πνεύματος εἰσοι κισθέντος, προφήτου, ἀποστόλου, ἀγγέλου Θεοῦ, ὢν πρὸ τούτου γῆ καὶ σποδός. Γένοιτο δὲ ἂν φανερωτέρα καὶ ἐναργεστέρα τοῦ Πνεύματος ἡ δύναμις