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«He gives to those who approach»: What the symbols signify. «To truly feast»: Note that the father etymologizes the name of feasting into

«to be well». «Life-giving and at the same time a nourisher of youths»: To nourish good young men. From Homer

this is; for 'koros' is the young man, and by pleonasm 'kouros', whence also 'kourotrophos'.

§ 5. «God is said to be intoxicated»: Note how God is said to be intoxicated, and from what and what is the intoxication in our case, and how ecstasy is spoken of in God's case.

«Being beyond understanding»: That God is both beyond understanding, and beyond being understood, and beyond being.

«Intoxicated at the same time»: Note in brief, how God is said to be intoxicated and in ecstasy.

«In the same way we will understand»: What are the so-called suppers, or banquets, in the kingdom of heaven.

«The reclining»: What is the reclining in the kingdom of heaven; that it is rest and a harmless life, and so forth.

«In which gladness»: The gladness, or to be of good cheer (15∆_476> (for this is gladness), he reasonably calls Jesus.

§ 6. «And the well-spoken-of sleep»: How he understood sleep and wakefulness in God's case.

«The symbolic theology»: Note what the «Symbolic Theology» contains. But more in detail, that is more broadly, it is articulated and formed.

ON THE 10th EPISTLE The epistle is worthy of that sacred antiquity, and of the disciple, whom

Jesus loved, proclaiming grace. It is possible to conjecture from the 7th epistle to Saint Polycarp that the great Dionysius, when he wrote these things, was about ninety years old. For in the one to Saint Polycarp he says that, while living in Heliopolis in Egypt, he witnessed the unnatural eclipse of the sun at the salvific cross of Christ, which happened in the 18th year of the reign of Tiberius. For in his 15th year the Lord Jesus began his preaching, as is shown in the Gospel according to Luke. And having preached for three years and a few months, our Lord and God suffers willingly, so it was the 18th year of Tiberius. And Tiberius reigned for about 23 years, so that from the salvific passion until the death of Tiberius was about another six years. And the holy evangelist John was exiled on the island of Patmos, which is one of the Cyclades, around the last year of the reign of Domitian. And this one reigned 15 years and 5 months. And there are counted from the 18th year of Tiberius, when the eclipse was, until the death of Domitian about 64 years and 7 months. And let us suppose that the divine Dionysius, when he saw the events on the cross of the Lord, was 25 years old, as I think, and still studying, so that the total is about ninety years. The exile of the most holy John under Domitian is mentioned by both Irenaeus in the third and fifth books of "Against Heresies," where he also noted the time (15∆_478>, and Clement of Alexandria, in the discourse concerning "Who is the Rich Man that is Saved."

«For not even in the ages»: Note that God is not the cause of the separation for sinners to the position on the left, but the sinners themselves are the cause of these things for themselves, having completely separated themselves from God.

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«∆ωρεῖται τοῖς προσιοῦσι»: Τί δηλοῖ τά σύμβολα. «Τό ἀληθῶς εὐωχεῖν»: Σημείωσαι, ὅτι τό τῆς εὐωχίας ὄνομα ὁ πατήρ εἰς τό

«εὖ ἔχειν» ἐτυμολογεῖ. «Ζωοποιός ἅμα καί κουροτρόφος»: Τό τρέφειν νεανίας ἀγαθούς. Ἐξ Ὁμήρου

δέ τοῦτο· 'κόρος' γάρ ὁ νεανίας, καί κατά πλεονασμόν τοῦ 'κοῦρος', ὅθεν καί 'κουροτρόφος'.

§ 5. «Θεός μεθύειν λέγεται»: Σημείωσαι πῶς μεθύειν λέγεται ὁ Θεός, καί ἐκ τίνος καί τίς ἡ ἐφ' ἡμῶν μέθη, καί πῶς λέγεται ἐπί Θεοῦ ἔκστασις.

«Ὑπέρ τό νοεῖν ὤν»: Ὅτι ὁ Θεός καί ὑπέρ τό νοεῖν ἐστι, καί ὑπέρ τό νοεῖσθαι, καί ὑπέρ τό εἶναι.

«Μεμεθυσμένος ἅμα»: Σημείωσαι ἐν συντόμῳ, πῶς μεμεθυσμένος καί ἐξεστηκώς λέγεται ὁ Θεός.

«Κατά τόν αὐτόν ἐκληψόμεθα»: Τίνα τά λεγόμενα δεῖπνα, ἤτοι συμπόσια, ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν.

«Τήν ἀνάκλισιν»: Τίς ἡ ἐν τῇ βασιλείᾳ τῶν οὐρανῶν ἀνάκλισις· ὅτι ἀνάπαυσις καί ἀβλαβής ζωή, καί τά ἑξῆς.

«Καθ' ἥν εὐφροσύνην»: Τήν εὐφροσύνην, ἤτοι τό εὐφρονεῖν (15∆_476> (τοῦτο γάρ ἐστιν εὐφροσύνη), τόν Ἰησοῦν εἰκότως λέγει.

§ 6. «Καί τόν εὐφημούμενον ὕπνον»: Πῶς ἔλαβεν ἐπί Θεοῦ ὕπνον καί ἐγρήγορσιν.

«Τήν συμβολικήν θεολογίαν»: Σημείωσαι τί περιέχει ἡ «Συμβολική θεολογία». ∆ιεξοδικώτερον δέ, τουτέστι πλατύτερον, διήρθωται καί διατετύπωται.

ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΕΠΙΣΤΟΛΗΝ Ι' Ἡ μέν ἐπιστολή ἀξία τῆς ἀρχαιότητος ἐκείνης τῆς ἱερᾶς, καί τόν μαθητοῦ, ὅν

ἠγάπα ὁ Ἰησοῦς, τήν χάριν ἀπαγγέλλουσα. Ἔστι δέ συμβαλεῖν ἐκ τῆς πρός τόν ἅγιον Πολύκαρττον ζ' οὔσης, εἶναι τόν μέγαν ∆ιονύσιον, ὅτε ταῦτα ἔγραφεν, ἐτῶν περί που ἐνενήκοντα. Ἐν μέν γάρ τῇ πρός τόν ἅγιον Πολύκαρπόν φησιν, ἐν τῇ κατ' Αἴγυπτον Ἡλιουπόλει διάγων, θεάσασθαι τήν παρά φύσιν γενομένην ἔκλειψιν τοῦ ἡλίου ἐν τῷ σωτηρίῳ σταυρῷ τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅπερ γέγονε τῷ ιη' ἔτει τῆς Τιβερίου βασιλείας τῷ γάρ ιε' ἔτει αὐτοῦ ἤρξατο τοῦ κηρύγματος ὁ Κύριος Ἰησοῦς, ὡς ἐν τῷ κατά Λουκᾶν δηλοῦται Εὐαγγελίῳ. Τρία δέ ἔτη μετ' ὀλίγων μηνῶν κηρύξας, ἑκών πάσχει ὁ Κύριος καί Θεός ἡμῶν, ὡς εἶναι Τιβερίου ιη' ἔτος. Ἐβασίλευσε δέ Τιβέριος ἀμφί τά κγ' ἔτη, ὡς εἶναι ἀπό τοῦ σωτηρίου πάθους ἕως τελευτῆς Τιβερίου σχεδόν ἔτι ἕξ. Ἐξωρίσθη δέ ὁ ἅγιος εὐαγγελιστής Ἰωάννης ἐν Πάτμῳ τῇ νήσῳ, ἥτις ἐστί μία τῶν Κυκλάδων, περί τό τελευταῖον ἔτος τῆς ∆ομετιανοῦ βασιλείας. Ἐβασίλευσε δέ οὗτος ἔτη ιε' καί μῆνας ε'. Συνάγονται δέ ἀπό τοῦ ιη' ἔτους Τιβερίου, ὅτε ἡ ἔκλειψις, ἕως τῆς τελευτῆς ∆ομετιανοῦ ἔτη ξδ' περί που καί μῆνας ζ'. Ὑποθώμεθα δέ καί τόν θεῖον ∆ιονύσιον, ὅτε τά ἐπί τῷ σταυρῷ τοῦ Κυρίου εἶδεν, εἶναι κε' ἐτῶν, ἅτε οἶμαι, καί ἔτι ἀναγινώσκοντα, ὡς εἶναι τά πάντα ἀμφί τά ἐνενήκοντα ἔτη. Μέμνηται δέ τῆς ἐπί ∆ομετιανοῦ ἐξορίας τοῦ ἁγιωτάτου Ἰωάννου, καί Εἰρηναῖος ἐν τρίτῳ καί πέμπτῳ τῶν «Κατά αἱρέσεων», ἔνθα καί τόν χρόνον (15∆_478> ἐσημειώσατο, καί Κλήμης ὁ Ἀλεξαδρεύς, ἐν τῷ λόγῳ τῷ περί, «Τίς ὁ σωζόμενος πλούσιος».

«Οὐδέ γάρ ἐν τοῖς αἰῶσι»: Σημείωσαι, ὅτι οὐχ ὁ Θεός αἴτιος τοῦ ἀφορισμοῦ τοῖς ἁμαρτωλοῖς τῆς ἐν ἀριστερᾷ στάσεως, ἀλλ' αὐτοί ἑαυτοῖς αἴτιοι τούτων οἱ ἁμαρτωλοί, παντελῶς ἑαυτούς ἀφορίσαντες τοῦ Θεοῦ.