Epistle rem close
Rem CLOSEOUT: Epistle CLOSEOUT. SERIES CLOSEOUT.
Greek
ἑπτὰ πολυπλασιάσας, ἐν αὐτῷ τὸν ὅρον ἔθετο. Καὶ δι' ἑπτὰ ἐτῶν ὁ Ἑβραῖος ἀπελύετο τῆς δουλείας. Ἑπτὰ δὲ ἑβδομάδες ἐτῶν τὸ ὀνομαστὸν Ἰωβίλαιον ἐποίουν τοῖς πάλαι, ἐν ᾧ ἐσαββάτιζεν ἡ γῆ, χρεῶν δὲ ἦσαν ἀποκοπαὶ, καὶ δουλείας ἀπαλλαγὴ, καὶ οἱονεὶ νέος ἄνωθεν καθίστατο βίος ἐν τῷ ἑβδοματικῷ ἀριθμῷ, τοῦ παλαιοῦ τρόπον τινὰ τὴν συντέλειαν δεχομένου. Ταῦτα δὲ τύποι τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου, ὃς διὰ τῶν ἑπτὰ ἡμερῶν ἀνακυκλούμενος ἡμᾶς παρατρέχει· ἐν ᾧ γίνονται αἱ τῶν μετριωτέρων ἁμαρτημάτων ἐκτίσεις, κατὰ τὴν φιλάνθρωπον ἐπιμέλειαν τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ∆εσπότου, ὡς μὴ τῷ ἀπεράντῳ αἰῶνι παραδοθῆναι ἡμᾶς εἰς κόλασιν. Τὸ μὲν οὖν ἑπτάκις, διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν κόσμον τοῦτον συγγένειαν ὡς τῶν φιλοκόσμων ἀνθρώπων ἀπ' αὐτῶν
About this text
Cyril of Alexandria, Ad Optimum episcopum (Greek). SERIES CLOSEOUT on this page.
Original English Translation of Cyril’s Ad Optimum episcopum — new OET from PG 77 Greek.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 77 (Greek)
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.