Homily on the Burial of Christ's Body · §11 · Epiphanius of Salamis

The Resurrection of Adam and Eve

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Adam having been united, and Eve also stands with him; and many other bodies, having slept in faith from eternity, have risen, proclaiming the three-day resurrection of the Lord. This, O faithful ones, let us clearly receive, and see, and celebrate, dancing with angels and feasting with the incorporeal ones, while together glorifying you from corruption.

Greek

ἡνωμένος Ἀδὰμ, καὶ συνανίσταται καὶ ἡ Εὔα· καὶ ἄλλα πολλὰ σώματα πίστει ἀπ' αἰῶνος κεκοιμημένα ἀνέστησαν κηρύττοντα τοῦ ∆εσπότου τριήμερον ἀνάστασιν, ἣν φαιδρῶς, οἱ πιστοὶ, ὑποδεξώμεθα, καὶ ὀψώμεθα, καὶ περιπτυξώμεθα μετὰ ἀγγέλων χορεύοντες, μετὰ τῶν ἀσωμάτων ἑορτάζοντες, ὁμοῦ καὶ συνδοξάζοντες τὸν ὑμᾶς ἐκ τῆς φθορᾶς

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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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