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Translated by Ch. Browne and J. Swallow.
Gregory Theologian Bilingual Anthology, Resources Online and in Print
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12 Pages
Page 10
XVI. A little later on you will see Jesus submitting to be purified in the River Jordan for my Purification, or rather, sanctifying the waters by His Purification (for indeed He had no need of purification Who taketh away the sin of the world) and the heavens cleft asunder, and witness borne to him by the Spirit That is of one nature with Him; [3884] you shall see Him tempted and conquering and served by Angels, [3885] and healing every sickness [3886] and every disease, [3887] and giving life to the dead (O that He would give life to you who are dead because of your heresy), and driving out demons, [3888] sometimes Himself, sometimes by his disciples; and feeding vast multitudes with a few loaves; [3889] and walking dryshod upon seas; [3890] and being betrayed and crucified, and crucifying with Himself my sin; offered as a Lamb, and offering as a Priest; as a Man buried in the grave, and as God rising again; and then ascending, and to come again in His own glory. Why what a multitude of high festivals there are in each of the mysteries of the Christ; all of which have one completion, namely, my perfection and return to the first condition of Adam.
[3884] Matt. iii. 13, 17.
[3885] Ib. iv. 1-11.
[3886] Ib. iv. 23.
[3887] Nicetas distinguishes between Nosos and Malakia, saying that the first is actual disease, and the second the premonitory failing of health which prognosticates a disease. And, so he says, in reference to the soul, Nosos is actual sin, while Malakia is the relaxation of the will which leads and assents to actual sin.
[3888] Ib. ix. 33.
[3889] Ib. ix. 14.
[3890] Ib. ix. 25.
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