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QUESTION V.

In how many ways does man sin? Response. I think that man sins in four ways: by being carried away,

by deceit, by ignorance, by disposition. And the first three easily come to knowledge and repentance; but he who sins by disposition, coming to repentance neither by experience nor by time, has incurable punishment.

QUESTION VI.

What does the Lord mean in the Gospel when he says, "Two sparrows are sold for an assarion"? Response. Some say that the assarion is a denoumus. And it is signified through the ten, of the iota

letter; and this is the beginning of the name of our Lord Jesus Christ. Therefore, the old and the new people are redeemed through the name of the Lord; both the inner and the outer man.

QUESTION VII.

What is that which was taken up by Elisha; spoken to Elijah: "Where is the God of Aphpho?" Response. It is interpreted in three senses: either, Where is the God of my Father; or, Where is the God

of my great one; or, Where is the God of the hidden one;

(792) QUESTION VIII.

In how many ways are there allegories; and what is tropology? Response. Allegory is that concerning inanimate things; such as, of mountains, hills, trees, and the rest;

while tropology is that concerning our own members, such as of the head, of the eyes, and the rest. For tropology is said instead of 'to be turned.'

QUESTION IX.

What is that which is said in the Psalm? "Sitting, you spoke against your brother; and against your mother's son you laid a stumbling block."

Response.

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ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Ε΄.

Κατά πόσους τρόπους ἐξαμαρτάνει ὁ ἄνθρωπος. Ἀπόκρισις. Οἶμαι κατά τέσσαρας τρόπους ἁμαρτάνειν τόν ἄνθρωπον· κατά συναρπαγήν,

κατά ἀπάτην, κατά ἄγνοιαν, κατά διάθεσιν. Καί αἱ μέν πρῶται τρεῖς, εὐχερῶς εἰς ἐπίγνωσιν καί μετάνοιαν ἔρχονται· ὁ δέ ἐκ διαθέσεως ἁμαρτάνων, καί μήτε τῇ πείρᾳ μήτε τῷ χρόνῳ εἰς μετάνοιαν ἐρχόμενος, ἀνήκεστον ἔχει τήν κόλασιν.

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Στ΄.

Τί δηλοῖ ἐν τῷ Εὐαγγελίῳ ὁ Κύριος λέγων; "∆ύο στρουθία ἀσσαρίου πωλεῖται. " Απόκρισις. Φασί τινές τό ἀσσάριον δεκάνουμον εἶναι. ∆ηλοῦται δέ διά τοῦ δέκα, τοῦ ἰῶτα

γράμματος· ἀρχή δέ ἐστι τοῦτο τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. Ἐξαγοράζεται οὖν διά τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ Κυρίου ὁ παλαιός καί ὁ νέος λαός· καί ὁ ἔσω καί ὁ ἔξω ἄνθρωπος.

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Ζ΄.

Τί ἐστι τό ὑπό Ἐλισσαίου ἀναλαμβανόμενον· τῷ Ἠλιοῦ ῥηθέν· "Ποῦ ὁ Θεός Ἀφφοῦ;" Ἀπόκρισις. Κατά τρεῖς ἐπιβολάς ἑρμηνεύεται, ἤ, Ποῦ ὁ Θεός τοῦ Πατρός μου· ἤ, Ποῦ ὁ Θεός

τοῦ μεγάλου μου· ἤ, Ποῦ ὁ Θεός τοῦ κρυβέντος·

(792) ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣΙ Η΄ .

Κατά πόσους τρόπους αἱ ἀλληγορίαι· καί τί ἐστι τροπολογία; Ἀπόκρισις. Ἀλληγορία ἐστίν ἡ ἐπ᾿ ἀψύχων· οἷον, ὀρέων, βουνῶν, δένδρων, καί τῶν λοιπῶν·

τροπολογία δέ ἐστιν, ἡ ἐπί τῶν ἡμετέρων μελῶν, οἷον κεφαλῆς, ὀφθαλμῶν, καί τῶν λοιπῶν. Τροπολογία γάρ, ἀντί τοῦ τρέπεσθαι λέγεται.

ΕΡΩΤΗΣΙΣ Θ΄.

Τί ἐστι τό ἐν τῷ Ψαλμῷ εἰρημένον; "Καθήμενος κατά τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ σου κατελάλεις· καί κατά τοῦ υἱοῦ τῆς μητρός σου ἐτίθεις σκάνδαλον. "

Ἀπόκρισις.