Leftover not for tomorrow; future sanctification; seven days at tent door
Cyril: …remainder, the law not allowing to eat also unto the tomorrow; for of sanctification, I think, some other manner will be for us according to the coming age being worked spiritually, no longer bodily, and according to which word God who rearranges all things knows, and transferring wherever he should wish. And some not unintelligent mind will follow the words; for with the corruption in us having been loosed after at least living-again perhaps from dead ones, the things through which one might be able to run-through it are somehow not necessary. So then another manner of sanctification fitting the condition of the season will be thought out, with Christ being present with us. And having said what has come unto mind, we will yield to those who think the better things. And perhaps some such thing the all-divine Paul hints saying: ‘And when the perfect should come, the from-part will be abolished,’ (Exodus 29:34–35) instead of, will have an end and will stand.
Palladius: It seems so.
Cyril: So then these things he said must be finished through unto the perfection of the sacred ones. And with the priests of Israel having been raised-together, and… and of testimony you will not go out seven days, until a day should be fulfilled, a day of your perfection. For seven days he will perfect your hands, just as he did on this day, on which Lord commanded to do, so as to propitiate concerning you, and upon the door of the tent of the testimony you will sit seven days. And day and night keep the keepings of Lord, that you may not die; for thus Lord God commanded me.’ (1 Corinthians 13:10) (Leviticus 8:33–35) (Leviticus 8:33)
Greek
ψανον, οὐκ ἐφιέντος ἐσθίειν τοῦ νόμου καὶ εἰς τὴν αὔριον· ἁγιασμοῦ γὰρ, οἶμαι, τὶς ἕτερος ἡμῖν ἔσται τρόπος κατὰ τὸν αἰῶνα τὸν μέλλοντα πνευματικῶς ἐνεργούμενος, οὐκέτι σωματικῶς, καὶ καθ' ὃν οἶδε λόγον ὁ πάντα μετασκευάζων Θεὸς, καὶ οἷπερ ἂν βούλοιτο μετατιθείς. Ἕψεται δέ τις τοῖς λόγοις οὐκ ἀσύνετος νοῦς· λελυμένης γὰρ ἐν ἡμῖν τῆς φθορᾶς μετά γε τὸ ἀναβιῶναι τυχὸν ἐκ νεκρῶν, οὐκ ἀναγκαῖά πως ἐστὶ τὰ δι' ὧν ἂν ἦν δύνασθαι διαδράσκειν αὐτήν. Ἕτερος δὴ οὖν ἁγιασμοῦ τρόπος τῇ τοῦ καιροῦ καταστάσει πρέπων ἐπινοηθήσεται, συνόντος ἡμῖν τοῦ Χριστοῦ. Τὸ δὲ εἰς νοῦν ἧκον εἰπόντες, τοῖς τὰ ἀμείνω νοοῦσι παραχωρήσομεν. Καὶ τάχα τι τοιοῦτον ὑποσημαίνει λέγων ὁ θεσπέσιος Παῦλος· «Ὅταν δὲ ἔλθῃ τὸ τέλειον, τὸ ἐκ μέρους καταργηθήσεται,» ἀντὶ τοῦ, πέρας ἕξει καὶ στήσεται.
{ΠΑΛΛ.} Ἔοικεν.
{ΚΥΡ.} Ταυτὶ μὲν οὖν ἔφη διαπεραίνεσθαι δεῖν εἰς τὴν τῶν ἱερῶν τελείωσιν. Συνεγηγερμένων δὲ τῶν ἱερέων Ἰσραὴλ, καὶ συνειλεγμένων εἰς Ἐκκλησίαν, τὴν εἰς ἐμφανὲς ἀνάδειξιν διετύπου λέγων· «Λάβε Ἀαρὼν καὶ τοὺς υἱοὺς αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὸ ἔλαιον τῆς χρίσεως, καὶ τὸν μόσχον τὸν περὶ ἁμαρτίας, καὶ τοὺς δύο κριοὺς, καὶ τὸ κανοῦν τῶν ἀζύμων, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν συναγωγὴν ἐκκλησίασον ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου. Καὶ εἶπε Μωσῆς τῇ συναγωγῇ· [καὶ ἐποίησε ὃν τρόπον συνέταξεν αὐτῷ Κύριος καὶ ἐξεκκλησίασε τὴν συναγωγὴν ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου. Καὶ εἶπε Μωσῆς·] Τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ ῥῆμα ὃ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος ποιῆσαι. Καὶ ἀμφιέννυσι μὲν ἐν κόσμῳ τὸν Ἀαρὼν, καὶ μέντοι τοὺς ἱερέας. Προσρανεῖ δὲ τῷ ἐλαίῳ τῆς χρίσεως τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἑπτάκις, καὶ ἐπὶ πάντα αὐτοῦ τὰ σκεύη, καὶ ἐπὶ τὸν λουτῆρα, φησὶ, καὶ τὴν σκηνὴν, καὶ πάντα τὰ ἐν αὐτῇ, καὶ ἡγίασεν αὐτά.» Ἁγία γὰρ ἡ σκηνὴ, καταπλουτεῖ δὲ τελείως τὸ θυσιαστήριον τὸν διὰ Πνεύματος ἁγιασμὸν, οὐχ ὡς ἐν τάξει μετίσχον τῶν λογικῶν· οὐ γὰρ οὕτως ἅγιον, ὡς, οἷον εἰπεῖν, ἀγγέλου φύσις, ἤγουν ἀνθρώπου ψυχή· ἀλλ' οἱονεί πως ἐξ ἐπαφῆς τῆς ἐπιτιθεμένης θυσίας αὐτῷ. Ἅγιος γὰρ καὶ τόπος ἐν ᾧπερ ἂν γένοιτο Χριστός. Καταχρίσας δὴ οὖν τὸ θυσιαστήριον ἑπτάκις, ὅ ἐστι πλουσίως, ἁγιάζει τὸν Ἀαρών· προσεπήντλησε γὰρ αὐτῷ τὸ τῆς χρίσεως ἔλαιον, καὶ πρός γε δὴ τούτῳ προσκεκόμικε τὰς θυσίας τὰς ὑπέρ τε αὐτοῦ καὶ τῶν ἐξ αὐτοῦ κατά γε τοὺς ἀρτίως ἡμῖν προαποδοθέντας τρόπους. Ἐπειδὴ δὲ εἰς πέρας ἦκτο ταυτὶ, προσεπιτάττει λέγων, «Καὶ ἀπὸ τῆς θύρας τῆς σκηνῆς καὶ μαρτυρίου οὐκ ἐξελεύσεσθε ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας, ἕως ἡμέρα πληρωθῇ, ἡμέρα τελειώσεως ὑμῶν. Ἑπτὰ γὰρ ἡμέρας τελειώσει τὰς χεῖρας ὑμῶν, καθάπερ ἐποίησεν ἐν τῇ ἡμέρᾳ ταύτῃ, ᾗ ἐνετείλατο Κύριος τοῦ ποιῆσαι, ὥστε ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ ὑμῶν, καὶ ἐπὶ τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου καθίσεσθε ἑπτὰ ἡμέρας. Ἡμέραν δὲ καὶ νύκτα φυλάξασθε τὰ φυλάγματα Κυρίου, ἵνα μὴ ἀποθάνητε· οὕτως γὰρ ἐνετείλατό μοι Κύριος ὁ Θεός.»
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Cyril continues the dialogue with Palladius. Book 11 of a seventeen-book dialogue — not the whole work.
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