The Thief's Entrance into Paradise
He brings in the race of men; but how was the thief crucified so as to be brought in immediately, having preceded the others while the body was still defiled in the tomb? It is established that, because the soul of Christ was primarily shared with the Word and God, who is the creation encompassing all things together, He brought the only-begotten soul of man into Paradise.
For it is not written that before the resurrection of the holy body, the thief's body was raised having received the promise. It follows, therefore, to suppose wisely that the soul, guiding the kindred soul with goodwill, while also possessing greater authority, brought the immediate promise to an end and led him into an exceptional inheritance, opening Paradise.
Greek
ἀνθρώπων εἰσάγει γένος, ὁπηνίκα δὲ ἐσταυρώθη τὸν λῃστὴν αὐθήμερον εἰσάξειν αὐτόθι προηγόρευσεν τοῦ σώματος ἔτι βεβλημένου τῷ μνήματι, συνέστηκεν ὅτι συνδιαιτωμένη κυρίως ἡ ψυχὴ τοῦ Χριστοῦ τῷ Λόγῳ καὶ Θεῷ, τῷ πᾶσαν ὁμοῦ τὴν τῶν γενητῶν περιέχοντι κτίσιν, τὴν ὁμογενῆ τοῦ ἀνθρώπου ψυχὴν εἰς τὸν παράδεισον εἰσήγαγεν. Οὐδὲ γάρ ἐστι γεγραμμένον ὅτι πρὸ τῆς ἀναστάσεως τοῦ ἁγίου σώματος τὸ τοῦ λῃστοῦ προηγέρθη σῶμα τὴν ἐπαγγελίαν ἀπολαβόν. Ἀκόλουθον ἄρα ἐστὶν ὑπολαμβάνειν ἐμφρόνως ὅτι ἡ ψυχὴ τὴν συγγενῆ ψυχὴν ὁδηγοῦσα φιλοφρόνως, ἅτε δὴ καὶ μείζονος ἐξουσίας ἐχομένη, τὴν μὲν ὑπόσχεσιν αὐθήμερον ἐπὶ πέρας ἦγεν, εἰς δὲ τὴν ἐξαίρετον εἰσῆγε κληρονομίαν ἀνοίγουσα τὸν παράδεισον.
About this text
On the Soul against the Arians attributed to Eustathius of Antioch.
Catalogue & scope
Khazarzar scan
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 18 (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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