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Christ of God, who once in the synagogue of the Jews, having taken the prophecy and gone through the passage set forth, taught that the reading was fulfilled in himself. 4.16.52 For it is written that after reading, "and when he had closed the book, and given it again to the attendant, he sat down. And the eyes of all them that were in the synagogue were fastened on him. And he began to say unto them, This day is this scripture fulfilled in your ears." 4.16.53 In addition to all these things, the words of Moses must again be cited, who, having appointed his own brother Aaron high priest according to the pattern shown to him, in accordance with the oracle that said to him, "you shall make all things according to the pattern shown to you on the mountain," is clearly shown to have perceived with the eyes of his mind and with the divine spirit the great high priest of the universe, the true Christ of God, whose image, along with the other corporeal and typical worship, he depicted, having honored the one indicated by the name of the true Christ. 4.16.54 And this the divine apostle also shows, saying concerning the laws of Moses, "who serve unto the example and shadow of heavenly things," and again, "For the law having a shadow of good things to come," and again, "Let no man therefore judge you in meat, or in drink, or in respect of a feast day, or of the new moon, or of the sabbath days, which are a shadow of things to come." 4.16.55 For if the laws concerning the indifference of foods and concerning feasts and the sabbath, being shadowy, preserved an outline of other true and mystical realities, you would not unreasonably say that the high priest also was received as a symbol of another high priest, and was himself named Christ unto ... of another, the only and true Christ; falling short, however, of the true one, inasmuch as the true Christ hears from the God of the universe: "Sit on my right hand, until I make your enemies your footstool," and, "Rule in the midst of your enemies," 4.16.56 and, "From the womb before the morning star I begot you," and, "The Lord swore, and will not repent, You are a priest forever after the order of Melchizedek," by which he is clearly revealed as an eternal high priest, being an offspring and son of God before the morning star and before all creation. 4.16.57 But the Christ of Moses, having played the part of the type in a drama for a short time, lies numbered among mortals, having delivered the truth to another, the only and true one. And the true Christ, not needing the anointing according to Moses nor prepared oil and earthly matter, nevertheless filled the world with his virtue and his name, having established the Christian race, named after him, among all the nations. 4.16.58 But he of Moses was not even known to have ever been named among men, except through the writing of Moses. And he, late at some point after the exodus from Egypt, having been purified by certain sprinklings and by sacrifices of blood, was anointed with prepared oil, Moses having anointed him; 4.16.59 but the archetypal and true one from the beginning and for infinite ages, wholly through all things and himself the same in all things, changing not at all, was always Christ both before his appearance among men, and likewise after it, not by man nor through human matter, but by the God over all, anointed with unbegotten divinity. 4.16.60 And since his name is the present subject of our examination, the seal of all that has been said would be the saying from the most wise Solomon, which states in the Song of Songs: "Your name is ointment poured forth." 4.16.61 For he also, being furnished with divine wisdom, and deemed worthy of more secret contemplations concerning Christ and his church, and having mentioned the one as the heavenly bridegroom, and the other as his bride, when it was sought what then was the name of the bridegroom, he exclaims as if saying to him: Your name, O bridegroom, is ointment, and not simply ointment, but poured out. 4.16.62 And what name would that be of ointment poured out

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Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃς ἐπὶ τῆς τῶν Ἰουδαίων συναγωγῆς ποτε λαβὼν τὴν προφητείαν καὶ διελθὼν τὴν ἐκτεθεῖσαν περικοπὴν πεπληρῶσθαι εἰς ἑαυτὸν ἐδίδαξεν τὸ ἀνάγνωσμα. 4.16.52 γέγραπται γὰρ ὡς ἄρα ἀναγνοὺς «καὶ πτύξας τὸ βιβλίον καὶ ἀποδοὺς τῷ ὑπηρέτῃ ἐκάθισεν· καὶ πάντων οἱ ὀφθαλμοὶ ἐν τῇ συναγωγῇ ἦσαν ἀτενίζοντες αὐτῷ. ἤρξατο δὲ λέγειν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι σήμερον πεπλήρωται ἡ γραφὴ αὕτη ἐν τοῖς ὠσὶν ὑμῶν». 4.16.53 Ἐπὶ τούτοις ἅπασιν καὶ τὰ Μωσέως αὖθις παραθετέον, ὃς κατὰ τὸν δειχθέντα αὐτῷ τύπον τὸν ἴδιον ἀδελφὸν τὸν Ἀαρὼν ἀρχιερέα καταστησάμενος, ἀκολούθως τῷ φήσαντι πρὸς αὐτὸν χρησμῷ «ποιήσεις πάντα κατὰ τὸν τύπον τὸν δειχθέντα σοι ἐν τῷ ὄρει», δῆλός ἐστιν ὡς τοῖς τῆς διανοίας ὄμμασιν καὶ τῷ θείῳ πνεύματι συνιδὼν τὸν μέγαν τῶν ὅλων ἀρχιερέα, τὸν ἀληθῆ Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, οὗ μετὰ τῆς ἄλλης σωματικῆς καὶ τυπικῆς λατρείας τὴν εἰκόνα διαγράφων τὸν δηλωθέντα τῇ τοῦ ἀληθοῦς Χριστοῦ προσωνυμίᾳ τετίμηκεν. 4.16.54 τοῦτο δὲ παρίστησιν καὶ ὁ θεῖος ἀπόστολος, λέγων περὶ τῶν κατὰ Μωσέα νόμων τὸ «οἵτινες ὑποδείγματι καὶ σκιᾷ λατρεύουσι τῶν ἐπουρανίων», καὶ πάλιν «σκιὰν γὰρ ἔχων ὁ νόμος τῶν μελλόντων ἀγαθῶν», καὶ πάλιν «μὴ οὖν τις ὑμᾶς κρινέτω ἢ ἐν βρώσει ἢ ἐν πόσει ἢ ἐν μέρει ἑορτῆς ἢ νουμηνίας ἢ σαββάτων, ἅ ἐστι σκιὰ τῶν μελλόντων». 4.16.55 εἰ γὰρ τὰ περὶ τῆς τῶν βρωμάτων ἀδιαφορίας καὶ τὰ περὶ ἑορτῶν καὶ σαββάτου νενομοθετημένα, ὡς ἂν σκιώδη ὄντα, ὑπογραμμὸν ἑτέρων ἀληθῶν καὶ μυστικῶν πραγμάτων ἔσῳζεν, οὐκ ἀπεικότως ἐρεῖς καὶ τὸν ἀρχιερέα εἰς ἑτέρου ἀρχιερέως παρειλῆφθαι σύμβολον, καὶ χριστὸν αὐτὸν ἐπωνομάσθαι εἰς ... ἑτέρου τοῦ μόνου καὶ ἀληθῶς Χριστοῦ· τοσοῦτόν γε μὴν λειπόμενον τοῦ ἀληθοῦς, καθ' ὅσον ὁ μὲν ἀληθὴς Χριστὸς πρὸς τοῦ τῶν ὅλων θεοῦ ἀκούει· «κάθου ἐκ δεξιῶν μου, ἕως ἂν θῶ τοὺς ἐχθρούς σου ὑποπόδιον τῶν ποδῶν σου», καὶ «κατακυρίευε ἐν μέσῳ τῶν ἐχθρῶν σου», 4.16.56 καὶ «ἐκ γαστρὸς πρὸ ἑωσφόρου ἐγέννησά σε», καὶ «ὤμοσεν κύριος, καὶ οὐ μεταμεληθήσεται, σὺ ἱερεὺς εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα κατὰ τὴν τάξιν Μελχισεδέκ», δι' ὧν σαφῶς γέννημα καὶ υἱὸς θεοῦ πρὸ ἑωσφόρου καὶ πρὸ πάσης δημιουργίας ὑποστὰς αἰώνιος ἀρχιερεὺς ἀναπέφανται. 4.16.57 ὁ δὲ Μωσέως χριστός, ἐν δράματι τὸν τύπον ἐν βραχεῖ καθυποκρινάμενος χρόνῳ, κεῖται ἐν θνητοῖς λελογισμένος, ἑτέρῳ τὴν ἀλήθειαν τῷ μόνῳ καὶ ἀληθεῖ παραδούς. καὶ ὁ μὲν ἀληθὴς Χριστὸς οὐ δεηθεὶς τῆς κατὰ Μωσέα χρίσεως οὐδ' ἐλαίου σκευαστοῦ καὶ γεώδους ὕλης, ὅμως τῆς ἀρετῆς καὶ τῆς προσωνυμίας τῆς αὐτοῦ τὴν οἰκουμένην κατέπλησεν, παρώνυμον αὐτοῦ τὸ Χριστιανῶν γένος ἐν πᾶσι τοῖς ἔθνεσι συστησάμενος. 4.16.58 ὁ δὲ Μωσέως οὐδ' ὅτι ποτὲ ἐν ἀνθρώποις ὠνομάσθη δῆλος ἦν, εἰ μὴ διὰ τῆς Μωσέως γραφῆς. καὶ οὗτος μὲν ὀψέ ποτε μετὰ τὴν ἔξοδον τὴν ἀπὸ Αἰγύπτου περιρραντηρίοις τισὶν καὶ ταῖς δι' αἱμάτων θυσίαις καθαρθεὶς ἐλαίῳ κέχριστο σκευαστῷ, Μωσέως αὐτὸν κεχρικότος· 4.16.59 ὁ δὲ ἀρχέτυπος καὶ ἀληθὴς ἀρχῆθεν καὶ εἰς ἄπειρον αἰῶνα ὅλος δι' ὅλου καὶ αὐτὸς αὐτῷ τὰ πάντα ὅμοιος μηδ' ὁτιοῦν παραλλάττων χριστὸς ἦν ἀεὶ καὶ πρὸ τῆς ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἐπιδημίας, καὶ μετ' αὐτὴν ὁμοίως, οὐ πρὸς ἀνθρώπου οὐδὲ δι' ὕλης τῆς ἐν ἀνθρώποις ἀλλὰ πρὸς τοῦ ἐπὶ πάντων θεοῦ τῇ ἀγενεῖ θεότητι κεχρισμένος. 4.16.60 Καὶ ἐπειδήπερ τὸ τῆς προσηγορίας αὐτοῦ τὸ παρὸν ἡμῖν ἐξετάζεται, τῶν εἰρημένων ἁπάντων εἴη ἂν ἐπισφράγισμα τὸ παρὰ τῷ σοφωτάτῳ Σολομῶντι λόγιον· φάσκον ἐν τῷ Ἄισματι τῶν ᾀσμάτων· «μύρον ἐκκενωθὲν ὄνομά σου». 4.16.61 καὶ οὗτος γὰρ ἐνθέῳ σοφίᾳ κεχορηγημένος, καὶ καταξιωθεὶς ἀπορρητοτέρων περὶ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησίας αὐτοῦ θεωρημάτων, καὶ τοῦ μὲν ὡς ἐπουρανίου νυμφίου, τῆς δὲ ὡς νύμφης αὐτοῦ μνημονεύσας, ἐπιζητουμένου τί ἄρα ἦν ὄνομα τῷ νυμφίῳ, ἐπιφωνεῖ ὡς πρὸς αὐτὸν λέγων· τὸ ὄνομά σου, νυμφίε, μύρον ἐστίν, καὶ μύρον οὐχ ἁπλῶς, ἀλλὰ κεκενωμένον. 4.16.62 ποῖον δ' ἂν γένοιτο ὄνομα μύρου κεκενωμένου