On the Annunciation (Homily I) · §0 · Gregory Thaumaturgus

Today the angels sing and Adam is renewed

Today the choirs of angels sing divine praises, and the light of Christ's coming dawns on the faithful. Today is a glad spring for us: Christ, the Sun of Righteousness (Malachi 4:2), has shone forth, has lit us all around with clear light, and has enlightened the minds of the faithful. Today Adam is made new, and, lifted up into heaven, he dances in the choirs with the angels. Today the whole world is full of joy at the coming of the Holy Spirit upon humankind. Today divine grace, the hope of things unseen, shines out, and makes plain to us the wonders that surpass mind and understanding and the mystery that was hidden from eternity.

Latin

Hodie ab Angelicis choris laudes divinae celebrantur, et lumen Christi adventus fidelibus illucescit. Hodie laetum nobis ver, Christus sol iustitiae affulsit, ac claro nos lumine collustravit, fideliumque mentes illuminavit. Hodie renovatur Adam, et choros cum Angelis agit, in caelum sublatus. Hodie totus terrarum orbis, gaudio ob adventum Spiritus Sancti in homines, plenus est. Hodie divina gratia, spes invisibilium effulget, et miracula quae mentem atque intelligentiam superant, mysteriumque quod ab aeterno occultatum fuit, palam nobis facit.

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Gregory Thaumaturgus, On the Annunciation: the first sermon, in a fresh English translation. Three sermons survive; this volume covers the first only.

Gregory Thaumaturgus (c. 213–c. 270) was Origen's most famous pupil and the apostle of Pontus. Much else was later published under his name.

The Homilies on the Annunciation celebrate Gabriel's visit to Mary — David's oracle, the angel's greeting, and Mary's reply. They are transmitted under Gregory's name, though scholars generally count them the work of a later hand.

This volume holds the whole First Discourse, from the joy of the day through Gabriel's message and Mary's reply. The second and third discourses are not translated here.

Part only: Homily I

Fresh English translation of the whole first sermon from the Latin column of the Opera omnia print (Paris, 1622) (printed pp.

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Translated from Opera omnia, Greek and Latin (Paris: Sonnius, Morel and Cramoisy, 1622), page images (Latin column (Greek damaged))
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Translated from Latin opening (Latin)

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Sermo I — Long-s and column joins expanded from the Latin face; Greek face left aside as damaged machine-read text.

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