ύρηται, εἰκότως ἅγιος ἁγίων, ὡς ἄν τις εἴποι, ἀρχιερεὺς ἀρχιερέων ὠνόμασται καὶ ἡγιασμένος ἡγια- 15 Levit. 19, 2. 22 Heb. 1, 9. 25 Es. 61, 1. σμένων κατὰ τὸν τοῦ Γαβριὴλ χρησμόν. ταῦτα δὲ πάντα συμπεραιουμένων τῶν ἑβδομήκοντα ἑβδομάδων τέλος ἐλάμβανεν οὐκ ἄλλοτε ἢ ἐπὶ τῶν χρόνων…

m Christ was to be born, should be signalized by a special sanctification, according to the words of Lev. 19:2 : "Be ye holy, because I . . . am holy." Nor again was it on account of the merit of Abraham himself that this promise was made to him, viz. that Christ should be born o…

y friendship of man to God, Who is supremely good, unless man become good: wherefore it is written ( Lev. 19:2 ; 11:45): "You shall be holy, for I am holy." But the goodness of man is virtue, which "makes its possessor good" (Ethic. ii, 6). Therefore it was necessary for the Old…