Homilia habita in ecclesia Cyrini

Of the same, from a homily spoken in the church of Cyrinus, on the thirteenth of the month Phamenoth according to the Egyptians, in which he interprets the saying of Isaiah which says: Death has swallowed up mightily, and again

God has taken away every tear from every face. For the God of all, since He is indeed life and the life-giver, an incorruptible upon

earth a creature He willed man to be, and if he is of a corruptible nature. But he, since he was wicked and envious, plotted against the race, set himself against the will of the Creator, craftily brought him into disobedience, knowing that through it he would fall into death.

Homilia habita in ecclesia Cyrini

Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐξ ὁμιλίας ῥηθείσης ἐν τῇ Κυρίνου ἐκκλησίᾳ, τρισκαιδεκάτῃ τοῦ φαμενὼθ μηνὸς κατ' Αἰγυπτίους, ἐν ᾗ τὸ τοῦ Ἠσαΐου ῥητὸν ἑρμηνεύει τὸ φάσκον· Κατέπιεν ὁ θάνατος ἰσχύσας καὶ πάλιν

ἀφεῖλεν ὁ θεὸς πᾶν δάκρυον ἀπὸ παντὸς προσώπου. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ τῶν ὅλων θεός, ἅτε δὴ ζωὴ καὶ ζωοποιὸς ὑπάρχων, ἄφθαρτον ἐπὶ

γῆς ζῷον ἠθέλησεν εἶναι τὸν ἄνθρωπον, εἰ <καὶ> φύσεώς ἐστι φθαρτῆς. Ὁ δέ, ἐπείπερ ἦν πονηρὸς καὶ βάσκανος, ἐπεβούλευσε τῷ γένει, ἀντετάττετο τῇ βουλήσει τοῦ δημιουργοῦ, κατεκόμισε πανούργως εἰς παρακοήν, εἰδὼς ὅτι πεσεῖται δι' αὐτῆς εἰς θάνατον.