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saved by grace. But what is the manner of salvation? Because (he says) He is finishing and cutting short the word in righteousness. For the one who has embraced the whole legal code and the prophetic ordinance in the brevity of the Gospel and works that which was shown to him by the Lord, this one will be saved. For you shall love the Lord your God, and you shall love your neighbor as yourself. On these two commandments hang all the Law and the Prophets. Therefore, the one who finishes the word, who brings it to action and cuts it short and, as it were, summarizes its breadth in the briefest commandments, this is the remnant that is being saved. Whatever (he says) you wish that men would do to you, do so to them. For this is the Law and the Prophets. Do you see in the natural concept the whole word being finished and cut short in righteousness? Because the Lord will make a word cut short, in the whole world. However, the Apostle said: The Lord will do it upon the earth. And in agreement with him, Symmachus and Theodotion: In the midst of all the earth. For the hard-to-observe part of the law—do not handle, do not taste, do not touch; the ordinances concerning feasts, concerning days, concerning whole burnt offerings, concerning purification, concerning atonement—all were cut short into one brief and easy-to-observe summary, so that no excuse is left for those not living according to the Gospel.

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11.248 And it shall be in that day, the root of Jesse and the one who rises to rule the nations. The word proclaims to us Christ from the seed of David. For in that day, that is, in the times long ago predestined and in the pre-ordained time, there will be the root of Jesse. Elsewhere it says that a rod will spring forth from the root and a flower will come up from the root of Jesse, taking the rod to mean his rule, and the flower, his lovely and gracious advent to all. And that in brevity, having provided the grace of the incarnation, He makes His advent swift and, as it were, transitory; but here he says there will be a root of Jesse. Pay attention to "It shall be"; it does not say it will seem, nor it will seem to be, but in truth. It shall be. For not by fantasy, nor by opinion did he take on flesh, but in reality itself. Therefore the root of Jesse, that is, the substance of the flesh from Jesse, will be in truth and will have existence. And the one who rises is both root and the one who rises. Root of Jesse, because the God-bearing flesh was assumed from the royal succession. And the one who rises to rule the nations. For this reason the nations hoped in him, as is clear from the Church of Christ among the nations. For having risen from the dead, he ruled the nations, leaving behind the murderous people; for to them he left death, but to the nations he granted the resurrection; because the former cried, "Let him be crucified," and "His blood be on us and on our children"; but the latter received the Crucified One and by his blood were redeemed from death. And (he says) his rest will be honor. This is the rest of Christ, the honor of those who honor him as the Word of God and the wisdom of God and power. The one who gives rest to Christ confesses His equal honor with the one who begot Him, the communion of dignity, the existence of his nature from eternity. But those who are concerned with what words of dishonor they may invent, do not speak things for the rest of Christ. However, rest can be understood not only as that in which the Lord himself rests among those who glorify him, but also that in which he will give rest to those who love him, according to what is written, "For I glorify those who love me." For the rest, which the Lord will give, is an honor, which after the just judgment of God will be distributed according to the worth of deeds done. For He will honor on the one hand

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χά ριτος σωζομένῳ. Τίς δὲ ὁ τρόπος τῆς σωτηρίας; Ὅτι Λόγον (φησὶ) συντελῶν καὶ συντέμνων ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ. Ὁ γὰρ ὅλον τὸ χάραγμα τὸ νομικὸν καὶ τὴν προφητικὴν διάταξιν ἐν τῇ βραχυλογίᾳ τοῦ Εὐαγγελίου περιλαβὼν καὶ ἐργαζόμενος τὸ παρὰ τοῦ Κυρίου αὐτῷ ὑποδειχθὲν, οὗτος σωθήσεται. Ἀγα πήσεις γὰρ Κύριον τὸν Θεόν σου καὶ ἀγαπήσεις τὸν πλη σίον σου ὡς σεαυτόν. Ἐν ταύταις ταῖς δυσὶν ἐντολαῖς ὅλος ὁ νόμος κρέμαται καὶ οἱ Προφῆται. Ὁ οὖν συντελῶν τὸν λόγον, ὁ εἰς ἔργον ἄγων καὶ συντέμνων αὐτὸν καὶ οἱονεὶ συγκεφαλαιούμενος αὐτοῦ τὸ πλάτος ἐν ταῖς βραχυτάταις ἐντολαῖς, οὗτός ἐστι τὸ κατάλειμμα τὸ σωζόμενον. Πάντα (φησὶν) ὅσα ἂν θέλητε ἵνα ποιῶσιν ὑμῖν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ καὶ ὑμεῖς ποιεῖτε αὐτοῖς. Οὗτος γάρ ἐστιν ὁ νόμος καὶ οἱ Προφῆται. Ὁρᾷς ἐν τῇ φυσικῇ ἐννοίᾳ ὅλον τὸν λόγον συντελούμενον καὶ συντεμνόμενον ἐν δικαιοσύνῃ· Ὅτι λό γον συντετμημένον ποιήσει Κύριος, τῇ οἰκουμένῃ ὅλῃ. Ὁ μέντοι Ἀπόστολος εἶπε· Ποιήσει Κύριος ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Συμ φώνως δὲ αὐτῷ Σύμμαχος καὶ Θεοδοτίων· Ἐν μέσῳ πάσης τῆς γῆς. Τὸ γὰρ δυσπαρατήρητον τοῦ νόμου μὴ ἅψῃ, μηδὲ γεύσῃ, μηδὲ θίγῃς· αἱ περὶ ἑορτῶν διατάξεις, αἱ περὶ ἡμερῶν, αἱ περὶ ὁλοκαυτωμάτων, αἱ περὶ καθάρσεως, αἱ περὶ ἱλασ μοῦ, πάντα συνετμήθη εἰς ἓν κεφάλαιον βραχὺ καὶ εὐπαρα τήρητον, ὡς μηδεμίαν πρόφασιν ὑπολείπεσθαι τοῖς μὴ πολι τευομένοις κατὰ τὸ Εὐαγγέλιον.

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11.248 Καὶ ἔσται ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ καὶ ὁ ἀνιστάμενος ἄρχειν ἐθνῶν. Τὸν ἐκ σπέρματος ∆αβὶδ Χριστὸν εὐαγγελίζεται ἡμῖν ὁ λόγος. Ἐν γὰρ τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐκείνῃ, τουτέστιν ἐπὶ τῶν πάλαι προωρισμένων καιρῶν καὶ ἐν τῷ προδιατεταγμένῳ χρόνῳ, ἔσται ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαί. Ἀλλαχοῦ μὲν ῥάβδον λέγει ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης ἀνατελεῖν καὶ ἄνθος ἐκ τῆς ῥίζης τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ ἀναβήσεσ θαι, τὴν ῥάβδον ἐπὶ τῆς ἀρχῆς λαμβάνων, τὸ δὲ ἄνθος, ἐπὶ τῆς ἐπεράστου καὶ πᾶσι κεχαρισμένης ἐπιδημίας. Καὶ ὅτι ἐν βραχεῖ τὴν χάριν παρασχόμενος τῆς ἐνανθρωπήσεως, ταχεῖαν καὶ οἱονεὶ παροδικὴν ποιεῖται τὴν ἐπιδημίαν· ἐνταῦθα δὲ ῥίζαν λέγει τοῦ Ἰεσσαὶ ἔσεσθαι. Πρόσχες τῷ Ἔσται· οὐχί φησι δόξει· οὐδὲ δόξει εἶναι, ἀλλὰ κατὰ ἀλήθειαν. Ἔσται. Οὐ γὰρ φαντασίᾳ, οὐδὲ οἰήσει τὴν σάρκα, ἀλλ' αὐτῇ ἀληθείᾳ ἀνέ λαβεν. Ἔσται οὖν ἡ ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, τουτέστι τὸ φύραμα τῆς σαρκὸς τὸ ἀπὸ Ἰεσσαὶ, ἔσται κατὰ ἀλήθειαν καὶ ὑποστή σεται. Καὶ ὁ ἀνιστάμενος αὐτὸς καὶ ῥίζα καὶ ἀνιστάμενος. Ῥίζα τοῦ Ἰεσσαί, ὅτι ἐκ βασιλικῆς διαδοχῆς ἡ θεοφόρος σὰρξ προσελήφθη. Ὁ δὲ ἀνιστάμενος ἄρχειν ἐθνῶν. ∆ιὰ τοῦτο τὰ ἔθνη ἐπ' αὐτὸν ἤλπισεν, ὡς δῆλον ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν τοῖς ἔθνεσι τοῦ Χριστοῦ Ἐκκλησίας. Ἀναστὰς γὰρ ἐκ νεκρῶν, ἦρξε τῶνἐθνῶν, καταλιπὼν τὸν φονέα λαόν· ἐκείνοις μὲν γὰρ τὸν θάνατον περιαφῆκε, τοῖς δὲ ἔθνεσι τὴν ἀνάστασιν ἐχαρίσατο· διότι οἱ μὲν ἔκραζον Σταυρωθήτω, καὶ Τὸ αἷμα αὐτοῦ ἐφ' ἡμᾶς καὶ ἐπὶ τὰ τέκνα ἡμῶν· οἱ δὲ ἐδέξαντο τὸν Ἐσταυ ρωμένον καὶ τῷ αἵματι αὐτοῦ ἐλυτρώθησαν ἀπὸ τοῦ θανάτου. Καὶ ἔσται (φησὶν) ἡ ἀνάπαυσις αὐτοῦ τιμή. Αὕτη ἡ Χριστοῦ ἀνάπαυσις, ἡ τιμὴ τῶν τιμώντων αὐτὸν ὡς Λόγον Θεοῦ καὶ σοφίαν Θεοῦ καὶ δύναμιν. Ὁ ἀναπαύων τὸν Χριστὸν ὁμολογεῖ αὐτοῦ τὴν πρὸς τὸν γεγεννηκότα αὐτὸν ὁμοτιμίαν, τῆς ἀξίας τὴν κοινωνίαν· τῆς φύσεως τὴν ἐξ ἀϊδίου ὕπαρξιν. Οἱ δὲ μεριμνῶντες τί τῶν πρὸς ἀτιμίαν ῥη μάτων ἐξεύρωσιν, οὐ τὰ πρὸς ἀνάπαυσιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ φθέγ γονται. ∆ύναται μέντοιγε ἡ ἀνάπαυσις λαμβάνεσθαι, μὴ μόνον ἣν αὐτὸς ἀναπαύεται παρὰ τῶν δοξαζόντων αὐτὸν ὁ Κύριος, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἣν ἀναπαύσει τοὺς ἀγαπῶντας αὐτὸν, κατὰ τὸ γεγραμμένον, ὅτι ἐγὼ τοὺς ἐμὲ ἀγαπῶντας δοξάζω. Ἔστι γὰρ ἡ ἀνάπαυσις, ἣν ἀναπαύσει ὁ Κύριος, τιμὴ, ἥτις μετὰ τὴν δικαιοκρισίαν τοῦ Θεοῦ πρὸς τὴν τῶν πεπραγμένων ἀξίαν διανεμηθήσεται. Τιμήσει γὰρ τοὺς μὲν