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to lay hold of the city above; so many are the other hindrances; that we may overcome them all, let us hold fast to humility. For thus we shall lay hold of eternal life also, by the grace and love for mankind of our Lord Jesus Christ, to whom be glory for ever and ever. Amen.

59.437 HOMILY 81. I have manifested Your name to the men whom

You have given Me out of the world. They were Yours, and You gave them to Me, and they have kept Your word.

1. The Son of God is called the Angel of great counsel, both for the sake of other things

which He taught, and chiefly because He announced the Father to men; which is what He now says: I have manifested Your name to men. For having said, I have finished Your work, He explains it again, saying what work. And yet the name was manifest. For Isaiah says: You shall swear by the true God. But what I have often said, I say also now, that if it was manifest, it was so to the Jews, and not even to all of these; but now He speaks concerning the Gentiles. And He shows not only this, but that they also knew Him as Father. For it is not the same thing to learn that He is Creator, and that He has a Son. And He manifested His name both by words and by deeds. Whom You have given Me out of the world. Just as He says above: No one comes to Me, unless it has been given to him; and, Unless My Father draws him; so also here, Whom You have given Me. And yet He Himself says that He is the way. From which it is clear that He establishes two things here by what has been said: that He is not opposed to the Father, and that it is His will that they believe in the Son. They were Yours, and You have given them to Me. Here He wishes to teach that He is greatly loved by the Father. For that He had no need to receive them is clear from this: He Himself both made them, and He provides for them continually. How then did He receive them? But, as I said, this shows His concord with the Father. But if one should wish to examine it in a human way, and thus as has been said, they will no longer be the Father's. For if when the Father had them, the Son did not have them, it is plain that also when He gave them to the Son, He Himself relinquished His dominion; and what is more absurd again. For they will be found, when they were with the Father, to be imperfect; but when they came to the Son, then they became perfect. But it is laughable even to say these things. What then does He 59.438 show by this? That it was also His pleasure that they believe in the Son. And they have kept Your word, and now they have known that all things that You have given Me were from You. How have they kept Your word? By believing in Me and not heeding the Jews. For he who believes in Him, He says, has set his seal that God is true. For some say, "Now I have known that all things that You have given Me are from You;" but this would not be reasonable. For how was the Son to be ignorant of the things of the Father? But it is said concerning the disciples. For from what I said, He says, they learned that all things that You have given Me are from You; nothing is alien, nothing is My own apart from You. For 'one's own' often implies something alien. They knew, therefore, that all things which I teach are Yours, both teachings and doctrines. And from where did they learn? From My words; for so I also taught. And not only this, but also that I came forth from You; for throughout the Gospel He was eager to establish this. I ask concerning them. What do You say? Do You teach the Father as one who is ignorant? Do You speak to Him as to a man who does not know? What then does this distinction mean? Do you see that the prayer is made for no other reason than that they may learn the love which He has for them? For he who not only has provided things from himself, but also entreats another for this, shows a greater longing. What then is, I ask concerning these? Not for the whole world, He says, but for those whom You have given Me.

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ἐπιλαβέσθαι τῆς ἄνω πόλεως· τοσαῦτα ἕτερά ἐστι τὰ κωλύματα· ἅπερ ἵνα νικήσωμεν ἅπαντα, τῆς εὐτελείας ἐχώμεθα. Οὕτω γὰρ ἐπιληψόμεθα καὶ τῆς αἰωνίου ζωῆς, χάριτι καὶ φιλανθρωπίᾳ τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ᾧ ἡ δόξα εἰς τοὺς αἰῶνας τῶν αἰώνων. Ἀμήν.

59.437 ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΠΑʹ. Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις, οὓς

ἔδωκάς μοι ἐκ κόσμου. Σοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ ἐμοὶ αὐτοὺς ἔδωκας, καὶ τὸν λόγον σου τετηρήκασι.

αʹ. Μεγάλης βουλῆς Ἄγγελος λέγεται ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ Θεοῦ, τῶν τε ἄλλων ἕνεκεν

ὧν ἐδίδαξε, καὶ προηγουμένως ὅτι τὸν Πατέρα εἰς ἀνθρώπους κατήγγειλε· ὅπερ οὖν καὶ νῦν φησιν· Ἐφανέρωσά σου τὸ ὄνομα τοῖς ἀνθρώποις. Εἰπὼν γὰρ, ὅτι Ἐτελείωσά σου τὸ ἔργον, ἐπεξηγεῖται πάλιν αὐτὸ, λέγων ποῖον ἔργον. Καὶ μὴν δῆλον ἦν τὸ ὄνομα. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ Ἡσαΐας φησίν· Ὀμεῖσθε τὸν Θεὸν τὸν ἀληθινόν. Ἀλλ' ὃ πολλάκις εἶπον, τοῦτο καὶ νῦν λέγω, ὅτι εἰ καὶ δῆλον ἦν, ἀλλ' Ἰουδαίοις, καὶ οὐδὲ τούτοις πᾶσι· νυνὶ δὲ περὶ τῶν ἐθνῶν φησι. Καὶ οὐ τοῦτο μόνον δηλοῖ, ἀλλ' ὅτι καὶ Πατέρα αὐτὸν ἔγνωσαν. Οὐκ ἔστι δὲ ὅμοιον μαθεῖν, ὅτι δημιουργός ἐστι, καὶ ὅτι Υἱὸν ἔχει. Ἐφανέρωσε δὲ αὐτοῦ τὸ ὄνομα καὶ διὰ λόγων, καὶ διὰ πραγμάτων. Οὓς ἔδωκάς μοι ἐκ τοῦ κόσμου. Ὥσπερ ἀνωτέρω φησίν· Οὐδεὶς ἔρχεται πρός με, ἐὰν μὴ ᾖ δεδομένον αὐτῷ· καὶ, Ἐὰν μὴ ἑλκύσῃ αὐτὸν ὁ Πατήρ μου· οὕτω καὶ ἐνταῦθα, Οὓς ἔδωκάς μοι. Καὶ μὴν αὐτός φησιν ὁδὸν εἶναι ἑαυτόν. Ὅθεν δῆλον, ὅτι δύο ἐνταῦθα κατασκευάζει διὰ τῶν εἰρημένων, ὅτι τε οὐκ ἐναντίος τῷ Πατρὶ, καὶ ὅτι βούλημα αὐτοῦ τὸ πιστεῦσαι αὐτοὺς τῷ Υἱῷ. Σοὶ ἦσαν, καὶ ἐμοὶ αὐτοὺς δέδωκας. Ἐνταῦθα βούλεται διδάξαι σφόδρα ἀγαπώμενον παρὰ τοῦ Πατρός. Ἐπεὶ ὅτι γε οὐκ ἐδεήθη τοῦ λαβεῖν αὐτοὺς, δῆλον ἐκεῖθεν· αὐτὸς αὐτοὺς καὶ ἐποίησεν, αὐτὸς αὐτῶν προνοεῖ διηνεκῶς. Πῶς οὖν αὐτοὺς ἔλαβεν; Ἀλλ' ὅπερ ἔφην, τοῦτο δηλοῖ τὴν πρὸς τὸν Πατέρα ὁμόνοιαν. Εἰ δὲ ἀνθρωπίνως τις βούλοιτο αὐτὸ ἐξετάζειν, καὶ οὕτως ὡς εἴρηται, οὐκέτι ἔσονται τοῦ Πατρός. Εἰ γὰρ ὅτε ὁ Πατὴρ αὐτοὺς εἶχεν, οὐκ εἶχεν αὐτοὺς ὁ Υἱὸς, εὔδηλον ὅτι καὶ ὅτε ἔδωκεν αὐτοὺς τῷ Υἱῷ, αὐτὸς ἀπέστη τῆς δεσποτείας· καὶ τὸ ἀτοπώτερον πάλιν. Εὑρεθήσονται γὰρ, ἡνίκα μὲν ἦσαν παρὰ τῷ Πατρὶ, ἀτελεῖς ὄντες· ὅτε δὲ πρὸς τὸν Υἱὸν ἦλθον, τότε γινόμενοι τέλειοι. Ἀλλὰ γέλως ταῦτα καὶ εἰπεῖν. Τί οὖν 59.438 διὰ τούτου δηλοῖ; Ὅτι καὶ αὐτῷ δέδοκτο τὸ πιστεύειν αὐτοὺς τῷ Υἱῷ. Καὶ τὸν λόγον σου τετηρήκασι, καὶ νῦν ἔγνωσαν ὅτι πάντα, ἃ ἔδωκάς μοι, παρὰ σοῦ ἦσαν. Πῶς τὸν λόγον σου ἐτήρησαν; Τῷ ἐμοὶ πιστεῦσαι καὶ μὴ προσέχειν τοῖς Ἰουδαίοις. Ὁ γὰρ πιστεύων αὐτῷ, φησὶν, Ἐσφράγισεν ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς ἀληθής ἐστι. Τινὲς μὲν γὰρ λέγουσιν, ὅτι Νῦν ἔγνων ὅτι πάντα, ὅσα δέδωκάς μοι, παρὰ σοῦ ἐστιν· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἂν ἔχοι τοῦτο λόγον. Πῶς γὰρ ἔμελλεν ἀγνοεῖν ὁ Υἱὸς τὰ τοῦ Πατρός; Ἀλλὰ περὶ τῶν μαθητῶν εἴρηται. Ἐξ οὗ γὰρ αὐτὰ εἶπον, φησὶν, ἔμαθον ὅτι πάντα ὅσα ἔδωκάς μοι, παρὰ σοῦ ἐστιν· οὐδὲν ἀλλότριον, οὐδὲν ἴδιον ἐμοὶ παρὰ σοί. Τὸ γὰρ ἴδιον ὡς ἐπ' ἀλλοτρίῳ τὰ πολλὰ τίθησιν. Ἔγνωσαν οὖν ὅτι πάντα, ὅσα ἂν διδάξω, σά ἐστι καὶ διδάγματα καὶ δόγματα. Καὶ πόθεν ἔμαθον; Ἀπὸ τῶν ῥημάτων τῶν ἐμῶν· οὕτω γὰρ καὶ ἐδίδασκον. Καὶ οὐ τοῦτο μόνον, ἀλλ' ὅτι καὶ Παρὰ σοῦ ἐξῆλθον· τοῦτο γὰρ διὰ παντὸς ἐσπούδασε κατασκευάσαι Εὐαγγελίου. Ἐγὼ περὶ αὐτῶν ἐρωτῶ. Τί λέγεις; ὡς ἀγνοοῦντα τὸν Πατέρα διδάσκεις; ὡς πρὸς ἄνθρωπον οὐκ εἰδότα διαλέγῃ; Τί οὖν βούλεται αὕτη ἡ διαίρεσις; Ὁρᾷς ὅτι δι' οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἡ εὐχὴ γίνεται, ἀλλ' ἵνα μάθωσι τὴν ἀγάπην, ἣν ἔχει εἰς αὐτούς; Ὁ γὰρ μὴ μόνον τὰ παρ' αὐτοῦ παρασχὼν, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἕτερον ἐπὶ τοῦτο παρακαλῶν, πλείονα δείκνυσι τὸν πόθον. Τί οὖν ἐστι, Περὶ τούτων ἐρωτῶ; Οὐχ ὑπὲρ παντὸς τοῦ κόσμου, φησὶν, ἀλλ' ὑπὲρ ὧν ἔδωκάς μοι.