αὐτῶν τὸ ἀμέτρητον ἔλεος ἀνεφαίνετο χριστοῦ· διὰ γὰρ τῶν ζώντων ἐζωοποιοῦντο τὰ νεκρά, καὶ μάρτυρες 2 Cor. 2, 7 Col. 3, 13 τοῖς μὴ μάρτυσιν ἐχαρίζοντο, καὶ ἐνεγίνετο πολλὴ χαρὰ τῇ παρθένῳ μητρί, οὓς ὡς νεκροὺς ἐξέτρωσε, τούτους ζῶντας ἀπολαμβανούσῃ . δι’ ἐκείνων γὰρ οἱ πλείους τῶ…

orrow consumes those who are inflicted therewith, as may be gathered from the words of the Apostle ( 2 Cor. 2:7 ): "Lest perhaps such an one be swallowed up with overmuch sorrow." But that which is depressed is not consumed; nay, it is weighed down by something heavy, whereas tha…

ater hope: and, accordingly, those who are sorrowful fall the more easily into despair, according to 2 Cor. 2:7 : "Lest . . . such an one be swallowed up by overmuch sorrow." Yet, since the object of hope is good, to which the appetite tends naturally, and which it shuns, not nat…