Homily on the Burial of Christ's Body · §10 · Epiphanius of Salamis

The Prepared Kingdom

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Treasures of good things have been opened, and the kingdom of the heavens has been prepared from ages past. The good things that await man are such as eye has not seen, nor ear has heard, nor have they ascended upon the heart of man. These things and such things are confirmed by the Lord's words, as the one in Him stands with Him.

Greek

θησαυροὶ τῶν ἀγαθῶν ἀνεῴχθησαν, ἡ τῶν οὐρανῶν βασιλεία πρὸ αἰώνων ἡτοίμασται· ἃ ὀφθαλμὸς οὐκ οἶδεν, καὶ οὖς οὐκ ἤκουσε, καὶ ἐπὶ καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου οὐκ ἀνέβη, ἃ ἀγαθὰ τὸν ἄνθρωπον περιμένουσι. Ταῦτα καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα τοῦ ∆εσπότου λέγοντος, ἀνίστανται σὺν αὐτῷ ὁ ἐν αὐτῷ

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A sermon on Christ's burial: Joseph of Arimathea, and the silence of the earth as God rests in the flesh.

Epiphanius of Salamis (c. 310/320–403) was bishop of Cyprus. This homily was written for Holy Saturday, the day the church remembers the burial of Christ.

This English is the Homily on the Burial of Christ's Body. It praises Joseph of Arimathea, who asked for the body and buried it, and it tells of Christ's descent into Hades.

A reader meets the descent into Hades, the breaking of the gates, the defeat of the powers that held the dead, and the resurrection of Adam and Eve.

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Translated from PG 41 – 43 (Greek)

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