The Abyss and the Nature of Numbers
They do not receive the whole power, the whole participation. Regarding God, the Word was not separate from God; the preceding text says the Word was God. The Word was not of a different substance from Him. Then, an eternal light from an eternal light.
From this, therefore, the 'small mountain, abyss calls to abyss in the voice of your cataracts'. Listen: in the eighty-tenth Psalm it is said that 'day calls unto day the word, and night declares knowledge to night' (Psalm 19:2). During the day, that which is shining. The word of God, when it is luminous and shining and demonstrated, calls out in a manner of harmony, and we understand luminous things from such things; but the deep things are hidden, for the depth is darkness and night. 'Uncovering the deep out of darkness'.
This darkness is not the essence, but from that which 'He set as a hidden thing'. Wishing to make clear, we find something else unclear, rather it is for the one being instructed, and from that one the knowledge, from night indeed, and also here, since the 'judgments' of God are 'abyss' by 'much' in name it is signified. For it is said that 'the abyss is as a garment, his covering' (Psalm 18:4). We know the deep things from the deep. And since they do not all have depth, the very deep things are known from those not so deep; the voice of the calling of the abyss to the abyss from those crashing from above it. And it is possible...
But how do the prophets and apostles flow? And the apostles. This is the 'abyss calls to abyss' (Ps 42:7). Descending and lying indistinctly, it reaches as far as the voice is able to interpret the abyss in the manner of teaching and the other things. Then the 'abyss calls to abyss' (Ps 42:7) will clarify it in the manner of harmony.
Now there are 'unutterable words, which it is not permitted for man to speak' (2 Cor 12:4); (2 Cor 12:4) will speak these. For they are indeed words, and the 'words' are so by homonymy. Then especially are they called words. 'But there is a thought in the soul, sometimes without being true or false, and sometimes the thought which by necessity must have these two as something else.'
Psalm to David. Judge me, O God, and judge my cause from a nation of the unrighteous (Ps 35:11). This psalm can be proclaimed from the presence of the Savior. Both the sacred and the profitable lie here. The number six was said to be how it is perfect. But the seven is incorruptible and virgin, barren and without error, as it were; for the seven is not endowed to give birth, nor to be born. A virgin is that which does not give birth, a virgin is incorruptible. Because of this, many times we say it occurs not into the six units, but into the nature of the number. We say it has come to pass not as a work of the Word needing time, but as he simultaneously willed and underwent those things. It is himself: 'all things, whatever you willed, you did' (Ps 115:3). His willing is sufficient for existence.
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····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ὅλην τὴν δύναμιν, ὅλην τὴν μετουσίαν οὐ δέχονται. πρὸς ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·ν θεόν· οὐ γέγονεν ὁ λόγος πρὸς τὸν θεόν· τὴν προηγουμένην ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·· τὸν θεὸν ἦν ὁ λόγος. οὐκ ἦν ἑτεροούσιος αὐτοῦ ὁ λόγος. τότε δὲ πρὸς ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· φῶς ἀΐδιον ἐξ ἀϊδίου φωτός. ἀπὸ τούτου οὖν τοῦ "μικροῦ ὄρους ἄβυσσος ἄβυσσον ἐπικαλεῖται εἰς φων̣ὴν τῶν καταρακτῶν σου". ἄκουε· ἐν τῷ ὀγδόῳ καὶ δεκάτῳ ψαλμῷ εἴρηται ὅτι· "ἡμέρα τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ἐρεύγεται ῥῆμα, κ̣αι`̣ νὺξ νυκτὶ ἀναγγέλλει γνῶσιν". ἐπὶ τῆς ἡμέρας τὸ ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···όμενον. τὸ ῥῆμα τοῦ θεοῦ ὅτε φωτεινόν ἐστιν καὶ 303 λάμπον καὶ ἀποδεδειγμένον, συμφωνίας τρόπῳ ἐρεύγεται ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·· καὶ φωτεινὰ ἀπὸ τῶν τοιούτων νοοῦμεν, τὰ δὲ βαθέα κ̣····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··νει γὰρ τὸ βάθος τὸ σκότος καὶ τὴν νύκταν. "ἀνακαλύπτων βαθέα ἐκ σκότους". ····· ····· ····· ἐςτιν τοῦτο τὸ σκότος, ἀλλὰ ἀπ' ἐκείνου οὗ "ἔθετο ἀποκρυφὴν αὐτ̣οῦ". ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·· σαφηνίσαι θέλοντες εὑρίσκομεν ἄλλο ἀσαφές, μᾶλλον ευκ̣····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· παιδευομένῳ, καὶ ἀπ' ἐκείνου τὴν̣ γνῶσιν, ἀπὸ νυκτὸς ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· γοῦν καὶ ὧδε, ἐπεὶ "τὰ κρίματα" τοῦ θεοῦ "ἄβυσσός" ἐστιν "πολλή" ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· · ὀνόματι σημαίνεται· εἴρηται γὰρ ὅτι· "ἄβυσσος ὡς ἱμάτιον τὸ περιβόλαιον αὐτοῦ" ····· ····· ····· ·· τὰ βαθέα ἀπὸ βαθέων γνωρίζομεν. καὶ ἐπεὶ μὴ πάντ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· βάθος ἔχουσιν, ἀπὸ τῶν μὴ τόνῳ βαθέων τὰ πάνυ βαθέα ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· φωνὴ τῆς ἐπικλήσεως τῆς ἀβύσσου πρὸς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπὸ τῶν ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· τῶν ἄνωθεν ἀπ' αὐτοῦ καταραττόντων. δυνατὸν δὲ κ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· δέ πώς εἰσιν οἱ προφῆται καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι ῥέοντες κα····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· καὶ οἱ ἀπόστολοι. αὕτη ἡ "ἄβυσσος τὴν ἄβυσσον ἐπικαλεῖται". μ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· κατιοῦσα καὶ ἀσαφῶς κειμένη φθάνει μέχρι τῆς φωνῆς ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··ον ἑρμηνεύειν τὴν ἄβυσσον διδασκαλίας τρόπῳ καὶ τὰ β····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· τότε δὲ ἡ "ἄβυσσος τὴν ἄβυσσον ἐπικαλεῖται" συμφωνίας τρόπῳ ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· · σαφηνίσουσιν αὐτὴν ἐν διδασκαλίας τρόπῳ. ἄρτι ε̣ἰσὶν "ἄρρητα ῥήματα, ἃ οὐκ ἐξὸν ἀνθρώπῳ λαλῆσαι"· ὁ γὰρ ἁρπαγεὶς "εἰς τὸν παράδεισον" ἐρεῖ αὐτά. ῥήματα γοῦν εἰσιν ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ὁμωνυμίᾳ δέ εἰσιν τὰ "3ῥήματα"3. τότε μάλιστα "3ῥήματα"3 λέγονται ····· ····· ····· · "ἔστιν δὲ νόημα ἐν τῇ ψυχῇ ὁτὲ μὲν ἄνευ τοῦ ἀληθὲς ἢ ψεύδεσθαι ὁτὲ δὲ ἤδη τὸ νόημα ᾧ ἀνάγκη τούτων ὑπάρχειν θάτερον". 212 1 Τῷ ∆αυὶδ ψαλμός. Κρῖνόν με, ὁ θεός, καὶ δίκασον τὴν δίκην μου ἐξ ἔθνους οὐχ ὁσίου. ἐκ προσώπου τοῦ σωτῆρος δύναται οὗτος ὁ ψαλμὸς ἀπαγγέλλεσθαι. κεῖται ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ἀμφοτέρως τὸ ἱερὸν καὶ ἐνάρετον. ὁ ἓξ ἀριθμὸς ἐλέχθη, πῶς τέλειός ἐστιν. ὁ ἑπτὰ δέ ἐστιν ἀδιάφθορος καὶ παρθένος ἀμήτορι καὶ ἀπάτορι ἐοικώς· οὐδὲ γὰρ γεννᾶν πέφυκεν ὁ ἑπτὰ οὐδὲ γεννᾶσθαι. παρθένος ἐστὶν ἣ οὐ γεννᾷ, παρθένος ἀδιάφθορος. διὰ τοῦτο πολλάκ̣ις ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· · ἡμῶν εἰς τὰς ἓξ μονάδας, ἀλλὰ εἰς τὴν φύσιν τοῦ ἀριθμοῦ. ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ··· φαμὲν γεγονέναι οὐ τοῦ θεοῦ χρῄζοντος χρόνου ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ···· ἔργον τὸν λόγον. ἅμα ἠθέλησεν καὶ ὑπέστη ἐκεῖνα. αὐτὸ ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· "πάντα, ὅσα ἠθέλησας, ἐποίησας". ἀρκεῖ τὸ θέλειν αὐτοῦ πρὸς ὕπαρξιν ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ····· ·
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Didymus the Blind on the Psalms.
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