Now, therefore, submitting, I shall know what he says to me: A Amazing! He persuades me to despise this life.
On Gregory the Theologian
What does that grave look of yours mean, Father? You burst forth to tell me something new immediately. But you will not find it; for whatever is alien to men, Your words, having preceded, have already made known to me.On the Great Basil
A certain venerable pallor becomes The wise teacher from his continence. But if he speaks, he seems to live—for the type is Wealth, pleasure, and the cheerfulness of delight! Therefore you move your lips to speak, Father, And soften even stones; but do not say The things which, by teaching, you bring to the perception of the senses. For I know these things bite, even if they drip honey, Full of attractions from which comes gloom: Against which, rising up, you write only thus.On the Three Together
The Trinity found fighters equal in number. Faith makes them invincible defenders there, Judging it unworthy and absurd That those who are joined with the rest should not be joined in like manner in the likenesses. Wherefore, being depicted, they seem to live and to say The things which the God-written books bring forth. This return for his teachers awards The loyal student, the servant John.On Chrysostom
This golden sun of dogmas, Spreading rays of simple moral teachings, Dissipates every cloud of avarice, And illuminates the way of salvation for all.On his Deposition
C Stains of fabrications defile the sun; But he, splendid, illuminates the whole earth: For clouds do not annihilate the light-bearer. Gold shines, even if it is judged to be copper. And Christ himself was judged, alas, to have a demon, To be a glutton, a wine-bibber, and a friend of harlots, And—what is greater—an adversary of God, a lawless wanderer. He was condemned to the cross—and to how much mockery! And it is nothing new if the divine sacrificer of God Suffers similar things and is cast from his throne. DOF THE SAME PSELLUS ENCOMIUM AND OFFICE OF SYMEON METAPHRASTES See volume CXIV, col. 183 and 199.