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of the Son, with whom to the Father together with the Holy Spirit be glory, dominion, honor, now and ever, and unto the ages of ages. Amen.

60.295 HOMILY XLII. But when these things were fulfilled, Paul purposed in the Spirit,

when he had passed through Macedonia and Achaia, to go to Jerusalem, saying, After I have been there, I must also see Rome. And having sent into Macedonia two of those who ministered to him, Timothy and Erastus, he himself stayed a while in Asia. And at that time there arose no small stir concerning the Way.

a. Having tarried sufficiently in the city he wishes to depart again. Wherefore he also sends

Timothy and Erastus into Macedonia, but he himself remains in Ephesus. But how, having chosen from the beginning to depart for Syria, does he return again to Macedonia? Showing that he did all things not by his own power. He already prophesies, saying, I must also see Rome. And this he said, perhaps comforting 60.296 them, that he was not remaining away, but that he would again be nearer to them, and stirring up the souls of the disciples with the prophecy. From here it seems to me he writes to the Corinthians from Ephesus, and says, that I would not have you ignorant concerning the tribulation which came to us in Asia. For since he was promising to go to Corinth, he apologizes for having delayed, and then tells of the temptation, relating the events concerning Demetrius. For he alludes to this, saying that no small stir had arisen concerning the Way. Again danger, again a stir. Do you see the success? Double signs occurred; but they contradicted. Thus are events woven through all things. For a certain man named Demetrius, a silversmith, who made silver shrines of Artemis, brought no little business to the craftsmen. Whom he gathered together, and having assembled the 60.297 workers of like occupation, he said: Men, you know that from this business is our wealth; and you see and hear that not only of Ephesus, but of almost all of Asia this Paul has persuaded and turned away a considerable crowd, saying that they are not gods which are made by the hands of men. And not only is there a danger that this our trade come into disrepute, but also that the temple of the great goddess Artemis be counted as nothing, and her magnificence be destroyed, whom all Asia and the world worships. Making, it says, silver shrines of Artemis. And how is it possible for there to be silver shrines? Perhaps like small caskets; for great was the honor of this goddess in Ephesus, where also their temple, having been burned, so grieved them that they commanded that the one who burned it should not even be mentioned by name. See everywhere idolatry arising from money. And those for the sake of money, and this man for the sake of money; not because their piety was in danger, but because their livelihood had no foundation. And consider the wickedness of the man; He himself was wealthy, and for him not so great a loss was going to result from this; but for them it was great, since they were poor and fed from their daily labor. And yet these say nothing, but he does; and since they were partners in the craft, he takes them as partners in the uproar as well. Then he also increased the danger, adding that, This our trade is in danger of coming into disrepute. For by this he almost makes clear this, that from this trade we are in danger of falling into famine. And yet the things that had been said were sufficient to lead them to piety; but being wretched and cold, they rather band together, and do not consider that, If this man has so much power as to turn all away, and the things of the gods are in danger, how great is his God! and that He will give us much more than those things for which we fear. He had already won over their souls, saying, That they are not gods which are made by the hands of men. See for what the Greeks are indignant; because he said,

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Παιδὸς, μεθ' οὗ τῷ Πατρὶ ἅμα τῷ ἁγίῳ Πνεύματι δόξα, κράτος, τιμὴ, νῦν καὶ ἀεὶ, καὶ εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

60.295 ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΜΒʹ. Ὡς δὲ ἐπληρώθη ταῦτα, ἔθετο ὁ Παῦλος ἐν τῷ Πνεύματι,

διελθὼν τὴν Μακεδονίαν καὶ Ἀχαΐαν, πορεύεσθαι εἰς Ἱερουσαλὴμ, εἰπὼν, ὅτι Μετὰ τὸ γενέσθαι με ἐκεῖ, δεῖ με καὶ Ῥώμην ἰδεῖν. Ἀποστείλας δὲ εἰς τὴν Μακεδονίαν δύο τῶν διακο νούντων αὐτῷ, Τιμόθεον καὶ Ἔραστον, αὐτὸς ἐπέσχε χρόνον εἰς τὴν Ἀσίαν. Ἐγένετο δὲ κατὰ τὸν καιρὸν ἐκεῖνον τάραχος οὐκ ὀλίγος περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ.

αʹ. Ἱκανῶς ἐνδιατρίψας τῇ πόλει βούλεται μεταστῆναι πάλιν. ∆ιὸ καὶ πέμπει

τὸν Τιμόθεον καὶ τὸν Ἔραστον εἰς Μακεδονίαν, αὐτὸς δὲ μένει εἰς Ἔφεσον. Πῶς δὲ ἐξ ἀρχῆς ἑλόμενος εἰς Συρίαν ἀπελθεῖν, πάλιν εἰς Μακεδονίαν ὑποστρέφει; ∆εικνὺς, ὅτι πάντα οὐκ οἰκείᾳ δυνάμει ἔπραττεν. Ἤδη προφητεύει λέγων, ∆εῖ με καὶ Ῥώμην ἰδεῖν. Τοῦτο δὲ εἶπεν, ἴσως παραμυθούμενος 60.296 αὐτοὺς, ὡς οὐκ ἀπομένων, ἀλλ' ὡς πάλιν ἐγγυτέρω γινόμενος αὐτῶν, καὶ διανιστῶν τὰς ψυχὰς τῶν μαθητῶν τῇ προφητείᾳ. Ἐντεῦθέν μοι δοκεῖ γράφειν Κορινθίοις ἀπὸ Ἐφέσου, καὶ λέγειν, ὅτι Οὐ θέλω ὑμᾶς ἀγνοεῖν ὑπὲρ τῆς θλίψεως τῆς γενομένης ἡμῖν ἐν τῇ Ἀσίᾳ. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἐπηγγέλλετο εἰς Κόρινθον ἀπελθεῖν, ἀπολογεῖται ἅτε βραδύνας, καὶ λέγει τὸν πειρασμὸν λοιπὸν, τὰ κατὰ ∆ημήτριον διηγούμενος. Τοῦτον γὰρ αἰνίττεται, τάραχον οὐκ ὀλίγον εἰπὼν περὶ τῆς ὁδοῦ γεγενῆσθαι. Πάλιν κίνδυνος, πάλιν τάραχος. Ὁρᾷς τὴν εὐδοκίμησιν; Ἐγένετο σημεῖα διπλᾶ· οἱ δὲ ἀντέλεγον. Οὕτω διὰ πάντων ὑφαίνεται τὰ πράγματα. ∆ημήτριος γάρ τις ὀνόματι, ἀργυροκόπος, ποιῶν ναοὺς ἀργυροῦς Ἀρτέμιδος, παρείχετο τοῖς τεχνίταις ἐργασίαν οὐκ ὀλίγην. Οὓς καὶ συναθροίσας, καὶ ἐπισυναγαγὼν τοὺς 60.297 περὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐργάτας, εἶπεν· Ἄνδρες, ἐπίστασθε, ὅτι ἐκ ταύτης τῆς ἐργασίας ἡ εὐπορία ἡμῶν ἐστι· καὶ θεωρεῖτε καὶ ἀκούετε, ὅτι οὐ μόνον Ἐφέσου, ἀλλὰ καὶ σχεδὸν πάσης τῆς Ἀσίας ὁ Παῦλος οὗτος πείσας μετέστησεν ὄχλον ἱκανὸν, λέγων, ὅτι Οὐκ εἰσὶ θεοὶ οἱ διὰ χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων γινόμενοι. Οὐ μόνον δὲ τοῦτο κινδυνεύει ἡμῖν τὸ μέρος εἰς ἀπελεγμὸν ἐλθεῖν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸ τῆς μεγάλης θεᾶς ἱερὸν Ἀρτέμιδος εἰς οὐδὲν λογισθῆναι, μέλλειν δὲ καὶ καθαιρεῖσθαι τὴν μεγαλειότητα αὐτῆς, ἣν ὅλη ἡ Ἀσία καὶ ἡ οἰκουμένη σέβεται. Ποιῶν, φησὶ, ναοὺς ἀργυροῦς Ἀρτέμιδος. Καὶ πῶς ἔνι ναοὺς ἀργυροῦς γενέσθαι; Ἴσως ὡς κιβώρια μικρά· πολλὴ γὰρ ταύτης ἦν ἡ τιμὴ ἐν Ἐφέσῳ, ὅπου καὶ τὸ ἱερὸν αὐτῶν ἐμπρησθὲν οὕτως ἐλύπησεν αὐτοὺς, ὡς τὸν ἐμπρήσαντα κελεύειν μηδὲ ὀνόματι λέγεσθαι. Ὅρα πανταχοῦ τὴν εἰδωλολατρείαν ἀπὸ χρημάτων γινομένην. Κἀκεῖνοι διὰ χρήματα, καὶ οὗτος διὰ χρήματα· οὐχ ὡς τῆς εὐσεβείας κινδυνευούσης αὐτοῖς, ἀλλ' ὡς τοῦ πορισμοῦ τὴν ὑπόθεσιν οὐκ ἔχοντος. Καὶ σκόπει κακίαν ἀνδρός· Εὔπορος ἦν αὐτὸς, καὶ αὐτῷ μὲν οὐ τοσαύτη ἔμελλε βλάβη γενέσθαι ἐκ τούτου· ἐκείνοις δὲ ἦν πολλὴ, ἅτε πένησιν οὖσι καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς καθ' ἡμέραν ἐργασίας τρεφομένοις. Καὶ ὅμως οὗτοι μὲν οὐδὲν λέγουσιν, αὐτὸς δέ· κοινωνοὺς δὲ ὄντας αὐτοὺς τῆς τέχνης, κοινωνοὺς λαμβάνει καὶ τοῦ θορύβου. Εἶτα καὶ τὸν κίνδυνον ηὔξησεν, ἐπαγαγὼν, ὅτι Κινδυνεύει ἡμῖν τοῦτο τὸ μέρος εἰς ἀπελεγμὸν ἐλθεῖν. Τοῦτο γὰρ σχεδὸν διὰ τούτου δηλοῖ, ὅτι ἀπὸ τῆς τέχνης ταύτης κινδυνεύομεν εἰς λιμὸν ἐμπεσεῖν. Καίτοι τὰ εἰρημένα ἱκανὰ εἰς εὐσέβειαν αὐτοὺς ἀγαγεῖν· ἀλλὰ ταλαίπωροί τινες ὄντες καὶ ψυχροὶ, ἐπισυνίστανται μᾶλλον, καὶ οὐκ ἐννοοῦσιν, ὅτι Εἰ ὁ ἄνθρωπος οὗτος τοσαῦτα ἰσχύει ὡς μεταστῆσαι πάντας, καὶ κινδυνεύει τὰ τῶν θεῶν, ἡλίκος ὁ τούτου Θεός! καὶ ὅτι Πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐκεῖνα ἡμῖν δώσει, ὑπὲρ ὧν φοβούμεθα. Ἤδη προκατέλαβεν αὐτῶν τὰς ψυχὰς, λέγων, ὅτι Οὐκ εἰσὶ θεοὶ οἱ ὑπὸ χειρῶν ἀνθρώπων γινόμενοι. Ὅρα ὑπὲρ τίνος ἀγανακτοῦσιν Ἕλληνες· ἐπειδὴ εἶπεν,