ετέλεϲεν δὲ ὁ ὁϲιώτατοϲ Πορφύριοϲ τὰ ἐγκαίνια τῇ ἡμέρᾳ τῇ ἀναϲταϲίμῳ τοῦ ἁγίου πάϲχα πολυτελῶϲ, μὴ 4 Isai. 5, 20 2 ποιἡϲαϲ V corr. v 4 αὐτῶ BV corr. v 8 ἀνθρωπίαν BV corr. v 11 ἀλλοεθνῆϲ B 13 προϲέπεϲον v 15 ἀνα- θεματῆϲαι B V corr. v 17 ἐκλίθηϲαν V corr. v 19 ἅλλων ἐθνῶν BV corr…

who put darkness for light, and light for darkness; who put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter (Isaiah 5:20). And yet the Lord says: An evil man brings evil things out of the evil treasure of his heart (Matthew 12:35). But what is an evil man, if not an evil nature, since man…

alls into that prophetic judgment: Woe to those who call what is good, evil, and what is evil, good (Isaiah 5:20). For such a person criticizes God's work, which is man, and praises man's fault, which is wickedness. So every nature, even if it is flawed, is good as far as it is n…