The Joy of the Church and the Resurrection

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Regarding his commandments, he who does not keep them does not love God. These things should be said in the manner of a prayer to the Father: that God—who descended into death because of Christ's suffering, while his body lay in the tomb being despoiled by the Jews, who were gathered together with those filled with deceitful demons and other evil powers—may rise up; for man has become one who has descended into death, so that those gathered against him might be scattered. For then even those who hate him, being unable to look upon him when he rises from the dead, will flee from his face (Ps 67:3,4). Not as wickedness is destroyed, so is the virtue of the righteous; for it is written, 'His righteousness remains forever and ever.'

A testimony of wickedness being smoke is this: just as a harmful path is called a way and smoke harms the eyes, so lawlessness, used by those, harms the powers of the soul in the same way, which are figuratively called teeth, cutting and devouring the spiritual foods, and also the thoughts of the soul, which are called the mind. It is to be understood that the melting wax does not destroy itself into nothingness from his presence, but its essence is given over to the fire. Thus, even if the quality by which someone is a sinner is removed, his essence remains incorruptible.

It must also be seen that the sinners are not utterly destroyed nor excluded from the presence of God, since, having become such, they flee from his face because they hate him, and the lawless do not remain before his eyes. There is a joy, according to which the righteous rejoice before God; joy is one of the fruits of the Spirit (Gal 5:22): love, joy, peace, and gladness, which is the flowing of the soul's thinking, rightly called well-being. If anyone does the good without turning away from evil (for they are co-existing), nor is he enlightened by the sun of righteousness under the sun, participating...

What is the thing of the one transforming himself into a false light and mocking righteousness, while being called a light of impiety? For the light of the impious shall be extinguished. For as this one sinks, that one rises in our hearts, mounting upon his enemies.

Prepare the way for the one coming with the Lord's approach, according to Moses and the prophets, to mount upon enemies. Adam has been cast out from the paradise planted toward the east, to bring him again into the east, which even he has done, saying to the repentant thief, 'Today you shall be with me in paradise' (Ps 67:6a).

The Word gladdens those who are afflicted by Satan, exhorting them to rejoicings through the showing of their protector and helper, who is the father of orphans and judge of widows. Let there be a haste for you to rejoice before him, especially those having left the former father who begot according to wickedness and the first man living lawlessly with him; become orphans from him, for you shall have a father. But also the souls having separated themselves from the unlawful mixture will attempt to become slaves of the indwelling of God.

His holy place is found to be the church sanctified by Christ, which is each of the ones having believed; for it is true and both sides. And his holy place is also the one who has taken up not a soulless body but a rational one.

But also he brings out the dead from the tombs according to 'The dead shall rise, and those in the tombs shall be raised' (Ps 67:7bc); for the dew from you is life to them. This is like that in the Gospel, 'All those in the tombs shall hear his voice' (Ps 67:8), (meaning clearly the Son), and the ones having done good things shall go forth into a resurrection of life, but the ones having doing evil things into a resurrection of judgment.

For indeed, in the going forth of God before his people...

Greek

τὰς ἐντολὰς αὐτοῦ, ὁ μὴ τηρῶν αὐτὰς οὐκ ἀγαπᾷ τὸν θεόν. ̔Ρηθείη δὲ ταῦτα εὐχῆς τρόπῳ πρὸς τὸν πατέρα, ο τε τοῦ Χριστοῦ παθόντος καὶ ε τι ἐν τῷ μνημείῳ κειμένου τοῦ σώματος αὐτοῦ τε σκυλεύοντος τὸν ᾳ δην συνήγοντο οἱ ̓Ιουδαῖοι α μα τοῖς πληροῦσιν αὐτοὺς ἀλιτηρίοις δαίμοσι καὶ ταῖς α λλαις πονηραῖς δυνάμεσιν· ἀναστήτω ὁ θεὸς ὁ εἰς θάνατον κατελθὼν ῃ α νθρωπος γέγονεν, ι να διασκορπισθῶσιν οἱ κατ' αὐτοῦ συναχθέντες. τότε γὰρ καὶ οἱ μισοῦντες αὐτὸν ἀντιβλέψαι αὐτῷ μὴ δυνάμενοι ἐκ νεκρῶν ἀναστάντι φεύξονται ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ. 682 Ps 67,3.4 Οὐχ ὡς ἡ κακία ἀπόλλυται, ου τως ἡ ἀρετὴ τῶν δικαίων· γέγραπται γὰρ ̔Η δικαιοσύνη αὐτοῦ μένει εἰς τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦ αἰῶνος. μαρτύριον δὲ τοῦ τὴν κακίαν καπνὸν ει ναι τὸ Ωσπερ ο μφαξ ὀδοῦσι βλαβερὸν καὶ καπνὸς ο μμασιν, ου τω παρανομία τοῖς χρωμένοις αὐτῇ, βλάπτουσα κατὰ τὰ αὐτὰ τὰς τῆς ψυχῆς δυνάμεις, τροπικῶς ὀδόντας αὐτὰς καλουμένας, αι ς τέμνει καὶ λεαίνει τὰς πνευματικὰς τροφάς, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὰς νοήσεις αὐτῆς ο ψεις καλουμένας. ̓Ιστέον ο τι ὁ τηκόμενος κηρὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ οὐκ εἰς τὸ μὴ ο ν καταστρέφει, ἀλλ' εἰς τὴν τοῦ πυρὸς ἀναδίδοται οὐσίαν. ο θεν κα ν ἀπηλλοίηται ἡ ποιότης καθ' η ν ἁμαρτωλός τίς ἐστιν, ἡ οὐσία αὐτοῦ ἀδιάφθορος μένει. ευ δὲ καὶ τὸ φάναι μὴ καθάπαξ ἀπόλλυσθαι τοὺς ἁμαρτωλοὺς μηδὲ ἐκλείπειν ἀλλ' ἀπὸ προσώπου τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐπείπερ τοιοῦτοι γεγενημένοι ὡς μισεῖν αὐτὸν φεύγουσιν ἀπὸ προσώπου αὐτοῦ τῷ παρανόμους μὴ διαμένειν ἀπέναντι τῶν ὀφθαλμῶν αὐτοῦ. ∆ύναται ἀγαλλίασις καθ' η ν ἐνώπιον τοῦ θεοῦ ἀγαλλιῶσιν οἱ δίκαιοι χαρὰ ει ναι η τις Καρπός ἐστι τοῦ πνεύματος ἀγάπη χαρὰ εἰρήνη, εὐφροσύνη δὲ ἡ διαχέουσα τῆς ψυχῆς τὸ φρονοῦν, εὐπάθεια εἰκότως καλουμένη. 683a Ps 67,5b Οὐκ α ν δέ τις πράξοι τὸ ἀγαθὸν μὴ ἀποστὰς τοῦ κακοῦ (ἀσυνύπαρκτα γάρ) οὐδ' α ν ὑπὸ τοῦ ἡλίου τῆς δικαιοσύνης φωτίζοιτο μετέχων ε τι τοῦ μετασχηματιζομένου εἰς α γγελον φωτὸς καὶ τὸν η λιον ὑποκρινομένου τῆς δικαιοσύνης, καλουμένου δὲ φωτὸς ἀσεβείας· Φῶς γὰρ ἀσεβῶν σβεσθήσεται. τούτου γὰρ καταδυομένου, ἐκεῖνος ἐν ταῖς ἡμῶν ἀνίσχει καρδίαις, ἐπιβαίνων ταῖς ἐκείνου δυσμαῖς. ̔Οδοποιήσατε τῷ ἐρχομένῳ μετὰ κυριακῆς προσηγορίας κατὰ Μωυσῆ καὶ τοὺς προφήτας ἐπὶ τῷ ἐπιβῆναι ἐπὶ δυσμάς. ε νθα ἐκβέβληται ἐκ τοῦ κατὰ ἀνατολὰς πεφυτευμένου παραδείσου ̓Αδὰμ ἐπὶ τῷ εἰς τὰς ἀνατολὰς πάλιν αὐτὸν εἰσαγαγεῖν, ο περ καὶ πεποίηκεν εἰπὼν τῷ μετανοοῦντι λῃστῇ Σήμερον μετ' ἐμοῦ ε σῃ ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ. 684 Ps 67,6a Εὐθυμοποιῶν ὁ λόγος τοὺς καταπονουμένους ὑπὸ τοῦ Σατανᾶ εἰς ἀγαλλίασιν αὐτοὺς προτρέπει διὰ δείξεως τοῦ προστάτου καὶ ἐπικούρου αὐτῶν ἐσομένου ο ς πατὴρ τῶν ὀρφανῶν καὶ κριτὴς τῶν χηρῶν ἐστιν. ο θεν σπουδὴ ὑμῖν γενέσθω ἀγαλλιᾶσθαι ἐνώπιον αὐτοῦ, ο ταν μάλιστα καταλιπόντες τὸν πρότερον πατέρα γεννήσαντα κατὰ κακίαν καὶ τὸν πρῶτον α νδρα ἀνόμως συνοικοῦντα ὀρφανοὶ ἀπ' ἐκείνου γένησθε· πατέρα γὰρ ε ξετε τὸν θεόν. ἀλλὰ καὶ αἱ τῇ παρανόμῳ μίξει ἀποταξάμεναι ψυχαὶ χηρεύσασαι τῆς συνοικήσεως τοῦ θεοῦ πειράσονται. 685a Ps 67,6b Τόπος α γιος αὐτοῦ τυγχάνει η τοι ἡ ἐκκλησία ἡ ἡγιασμένη ὑπὸ Χριστοῦ η ὁ καθεῖς τῶν πεπιστευκότων· ἀληθεῖ γὰρ καὶ ἀμφότερα. τόπος δὲ α γιος αὐτοῦ καὶ ο ἀνείληφεν ε μψυχον σῶμα καὶ λογικόν. 686a Ps 67,7bc ̓Αλλὰ καὶ ἐκ τάφων ἐξάγει τοὺς νεκροὺς κατὰ τὸ ̓Αναστήσονται οἱ νεκροί, καὶ ἐγερθήσονται οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημίοις· ἡ γὰρ δρόσος ἡ παρὰ σοῦ ι αμα αὐτοῖς ἐστιν· ὁποῖον καὶ τὸ ἐν Εὐαγγελίῳ ̓Ελεύσεται ω ρα ο τε πάντες οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημίοις ἀκούσονται τῆς φωνῆς αὐτοῦ (δηλονότι τοῦ υἱοῦ) καὶ ἐκπορεύσονται οἱ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ποιήσαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν ζωῆς, οἱ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα πράξαντες εἰς ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως. 687a Ps 67,8.9a Ηγουν ἐν τῷ ἐκπορεύεσθαι τὸν θεὸν ἐνώπιον τοῦ λαοῦ αὐτοῦ η ἐκ

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