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you were not permitted to provide us more, and that my opinion on this be kept unshaken for me, and that the prayer be accepted, O most good and self-sufficient and undivided Trinity, who directs things rightly forever; and that we be deemed worthy, with all our children, all our household, all our kindred, and all our friends (and our friends are the orthodox), together with you and with all the saints, to give glory to the Holy Trinity in the heavens for the endless ages of ages, and for its sake to obtain its promised and, by us, believed-in unending and undivided kingdom. Amen, amen, amen. 7.9v That with Christ it is about to judge all things but it is time now to turn again to the proposed subject, that with Christ, since it is God and creator, the Holy Spirit is about to judge all things. For whose is it to judge, if not of the one who has a share in divinity and kingship with the one who made them? As Isaiah prophesies: "A rod shall come forth from the root of Jesse, and a flower shall rise up from the root. And the spirit of God shall rest upon him, a spirit of wisdom and understanding, a spirit of counsel and might, a spirit of knowledge and piety; and a spirit of the fear of God shall fill him. He will not judge according to appearance nor reprove according to speech; but he will judge the lowly with justice and reprove the proud and will deliver the humble of the earth, and he will strike the earth with the word of his mouth and with the spirit through his lips he will slay the wicked." By "rod and flower from the root of Jesse" he means the one who sprouted from it in the incarnation and with his own fragrance strengthened the world, upon whom we saw in the gospels the Holy Spirit resting, and we await to see him as judge with the Holy Spirit at the second coming. For this is signified both by: "with the spirit through his lips he will slay the wicked," and by what was said elsewhere by the same prophet: "in a spirit of judgment and in a spirit of burning." And David in the 138th psalm says: "Where shall I go from your spirit? And from your presence where shall I flee"? The phrases "Where shall I go" and "where shall I flee" have a broad emphasis; for it signifies that the Holy Spirit is present everywhere and is a judge. "For it is a fearful thing," truly, according to the apostle, "to fall into the hands of the living God," of the one who says, in the 49th psalm: "I will reprove you and set your sins before your face." And the prophecy of Micah spoken a little before also contributes to this chapter. What stronger proof for this could one mention than the Savior also saying in John concerning the Holy Spirit: "When he has come, he will convict the world concerning sin and concerning righteousness and concerning judgment"? 7.10v That Paul, in the power of the Spirit, blinded Elymas the magician That in the surpassing power of the Holy Spirit, Paul in Cyprus blinded with a word Elymas the magician, who was opposing the saints and corrupting the truth. For scripture, showing that the power belongs to the Spirit, says in these very words: "Then Paul, filled with the Holy Spirit, said to him: 'Behold, the hand of the Lord is upon you, and you shall be blind, not seeing the sun.'" For truly it was not for him, not having the all-effecting power of the Spirit, to extinguish with a word the sight of a man who saves himself by human sorceries and trusts in demons. 7.11v That by the power of the all-holy Spirit the heavens, being opened, were seen by the holy Stephen. That by the power and grace of the Holy Spirit the heavens, being unfolded, were seen by the one who bound on the double crowns of apostleship and martyrdom. For it says: "Stephen, being filled with the Holy Spirit, saw the heavens opened." So that the saying of the ancient poet holds true: and from heaven then was rent the boundless ether. 7.12v That he is a foreknower That he foreknows, as do the Father and the Son; and it belongs to the divine nature alone to know the future precisely. For creation, on the one hand, brings forth all things from itself by conjecture, but on the other hand, it foresees unerringly and inviolably only that which the Holy Spirit teaches it. For by the

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πλέον παρέχειν ἡμῖν οὐκ ἐπετράπητε, τήν τε ἐπὶ τούτῳ γνώμην διατηρηθῆναί μοι ἀκίνητον, τήν τε εὐχὴν ἐπ' ἄπειρον κατορθοῦσα ἀγαθωτάτη καὶ αὐτοτελὴς καὶ ἀδιαίρετος τρίας, προσδεχθῆναι· καὶ καταξιωθῆναι ἡμᾶς παντεκνεὶ, πανοικεὶ, παγγενεὶ καὶ παμφιλεὶ φίλοι δὲ ἡμῖν οἱ ὀρθόδοξοι σὺν ὑμῖν τε καὶ πᾶσιν τοῖς ἁγίοις ἁγιοτρισσολογῆσαι αὐτὴν ἐν οὐρανοῖς εἰς τοὺς ἀπεράντους αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων καὶ τῆς ἐπηγγελμένης καὶ πρὸς ἡμῶν πιστευομένης ἀτελευτήτου καὶ ἀδιαιρέτου αὐτῆς βασιλείας χάριν αὐτῆς τυχεῖν. ἀμήν, ἀμήν, ἀμήν. 7.9ν ὅτι σὺν τῷ Χριστῷ κρίνειν μέλλει τὰ πάντα ἀλλ' ὥρα γὰρ εἰς τὴν ἀρχθεῖσαν ὑπόθεσιν αὖθις οὖν τείνεσθαι, ὅτι σὺν τῷ Χριστῷ, ἅτε θεὸς καὶ δημιουργός, τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα κρίνειν μέλλει τὰ πάντα. τίνος γὰρ καὶ ἔστιν κρίναι ἢ τοῦ κοινωνίαν ἔχοντος πρὸς τὸν ποιήσαντα αὐτά, θεότητος καὶ βασιλείας; ὡς προφητεύει Ἠσαῖας μέν· «ἐξελεύσεται ῥάβδος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ καὶ ἄνθος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης ἀναβήσεται. καὶ ἀναπαύσεται ἐπ' αὐτὸν πνεῦμα τοῦ θεοῦ, πνεῦμα σοφίας καὶ συνέσεως, πνεῦμα βουλῆς καὶ ἰσχύος, πνεῦμα γνώσεως καὶ εὐσεβείας· καὶ ἐμπλήσει αὐτὸν πνεῦμα φόβου θεοῦ. οὐ κατὰ τὴν δόξαν κρινεῖ οὐδὲ κατὰ τὴν λαλιὰν ἐλέγξει· ἀλλὰ κρινεῖ τα πεινῷ κρίσιν καὶ ἐλέγξει τοὺς ὑπερηφάνους καὶ ἐξελεῖται τοὺς ταπεινοὺς τῆς γῆς, καὶ πατάξει τὴν γῆν τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ στόματος αὐ τοῦ καὶ ἐν πνεύματι διὰ χειλέων ἀνελεῖ ἀσεβεῖς.» ῥάβδον καὶ ἄνθος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης Ἰεσσαὶ λέγει τὸν ἐξ αὐτῆς ἐν τῇ ἐνανθρωπήσει βλαστήσαντα καὶ τῇ ἑαυτοῦ εὐωδίᾳ τὴν ὑφήλιον ῥώσαντα, ἐφ' ὃν εἴδομεν ἐν εὐαγγελίοις ἀναπαυσάμενον τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα, κριτὴν δὲ αὐτὸν σὺν τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι ἐν τῇ δευτέρᾳ παρουσίᾳ ἰδεῖν περιμενόμενον. τοῦτο γὰρ σημαίνει τό τε: «ἐν πνεύματι διὰ χειλέων ἀνελεῖ ἀσεβεῖς», καὶ τὸ ἀλλαχοῦ εἰρημένον τῷ αὐτῷ προφήτῃ· «ἐν πνεύματι κρίσεως καὶ ἐν πνεύματι καύσεως.» ∆αυὶδ δὲ ἐν ρληʹ ψαλμῷ φησιν· «ποῦ πορευθῶ ἀπὸ τοῦ πνεύματός σου; καὶ ἀπὸ προσώπου σου ποῦ φύγω»; τό· «ποῦ πορευθῶ» καὶ «ποῦ φύγω» πλατεῖαν ἔχει ἔμφασιν· σημαίνει γὰρ πανταχοῦ παρεῖναι καὶ κριτὴν ὑπάρχειν τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα. «φοβερόν», γὰρ ὡς ἀληθῶς, κατὰ τὸν ἀπόστολον, «ἐμπεσεῖν εἰς χεῖ ρας θεοῦ ζῶντος», τοῦ λέγοντος, ἐν μθʹ ψαλμῷ· «ἐλέγξω καὶ παραστήσω κατὰ πρόσωπόν σου τὰς ἁμαρτίας σου.» καὶ τοῦ Μιχαίου δὲ ἡ μικρῷ πρόσθεν λεχθεῖσα προφητεία καὶ εἰς τόδε συντελεῖ τὸ κεφάλαιον. ποίαν δὲ ἀπόδειξιν ἂν εἴποι τις ἰσχυροτέραν εἰς τοῦτο τοῦ καὶ σωτῆρα παρ' Ἰωάννῃ λέγειν περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος· «ἐλθὼν ἐκεῖνος ἐλέγξει τὸν κόσμον περὶ ἁμαρτίας καὶ περὶ δικαιο σύνης καὶ περὶ κρίσεως»; 7.10ν ὅτι ὁ Παῦλος ἐν τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ πνεύματος Ἐλύμαν τὸν μάγον ἐξετύφλωσεν ὅτι ἐν τῇ ὑπερβαλλούσῃ δυνάμει τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ὁ Παῦλος ἐν Κύπρῳ Ἐλύμαν τὸν μάγον, ἐπιστρατεύοντα τοῖς ἁγίοις καὶ λυμαινόμενον τῇ ἀληθείᾳ, ἐξετύφλωσεν λόγῳ. τοῦ πνεύματος γὰρ εἶναι τὴν δύναμιν δεικνῦσα ἡ γραφή, λέγει αὐτοῖς ὀνόμασιν οὕτως· «τότε ὁ Παῦλος πλησθεὶς πνεύματος ἁγίου, εἶπεν πρὸς αὐτόν· ἰδοὺ χεὶρ κυρίου ἐπὶ σὲ καὶ ἔσῃ τυφλὸς μὴ βλέπων τὸν ἥλιον.» ἀληθῶς γὰρ οὐκ αὐτόν, μὴ ἔχοντα τοῦ πνεύματος τὴν πάντα ἐνεργοῦσαν δύναμιν, ἀνθρώπου μαγγανείαις σώζοντος καὶ δαίμοσι πεποιθότος τὸ βλέπειν ῥήματι ἀποσβέσαι. 7.11ν ὅτι τῇ δυνάμει τοῦ παναγίου πνεύματος ἀνεῳχθέντες οἱ οὐρανοὶ ὤφθησαν τῷ ὁσίῳ Στεφάνῳ. ὅτι τῇ δυνάμει καὶ χάριτι τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος ἀναπτυχθέντες οἱ οὐρανοὶ ὤφθησαν τῷ διπλοῦς στεφάνους ἀναδησαμένῳ ἀποστολῆς καὶ μαρτυρίου. φησὶν γάρ· «Στέφανος πλησθεὶς πνεύματος ἁγίου εἶδεν τοὺς οὐρανοὺς ἀνεῳγμέ νους.» ὥστε εἶναι τὸ ὑπὸ ἀρχαίου εἰρομένον· οὐρανόθεν δ' ἄρ' ὑπερράγη ἄσπετος αἰθήρ. 7.12ν ὅτι προγνώστης ὅτι προγινώσκει, ὡς ὁ πατὴρ καὶ ὁ υἱός· μόνης δὲ θεϊκῆς φύσεώς ἐστιν, ἀκριβῶς εἰδέναι τὰ μέλλοντα. ἡ γὰρ κτίσις πάντα μὲν τὰ ἀφ' ἑαυτῆς στοχαστικὰ προφέρει, ἐκεῖνο δὲ μόνον ἀπλανῶς καὶ ἀπαραβάτως προβλέπει, ὃ αὐτὴν διδάξῃ τὸ ἅγιον πνεῦμα. ταῖς γὰρ