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Epistles on the Arian Heresy

Alexander of Alexandria

Section 7

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Author: Alexander of Alexandria

7. Ye see, therefore, how great was

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the

effect

of

the

death

of

Christ

,

for

no

creature

endured

His

fall

with

equal

mind

,

nor

did

the

elements

His

Passion

,

neither

did

the

earth

retain

His

body

,

nor

hell

His

Spirit

.

All

things

were

in

the

Passion

of

Christ

disturbed

and

convulsed

.

The

Lord

exclaimed

,

as

once

before

to

Lazarus

,

Come

forth

,

ye

dead

,

from

your

tombs

and

your

secret

places

;

for

I

,

the

Christ

,

give

unto

you

resurrection

.

For

then

the

earth

could

not

long

hold

the

body

of

our

Lord

that

in

it

was

buried

;

but

it

exclaimed

,

O

my

Lord

,

pardon

mine

iniquities

,

save

me

from

Thy

wrath

,

absolve

me

from

the

curse

,

for

I

have

received

the

blood

of

the

righteous

,

and

yet

I

have

not

covered

the

bodies

of

men

or

Thine

own

body

!

What

is

at

length

this

wonderful

mystery

?

Why

,

O

Lord

,

didst

Thou

come

down

to

earth

,

unless

it

was

for

man’s

sake

,

who

has

been

scattered

everywhere

:

for

in

every

place

has

Thy

fair

image

been

disseminated

?

Nay

!

but

if

thou

shouldest

give

but

one

little

word

,

at

the

instant

all

bodies

would

stand

before

Thee

.

Now

,

since

Thou

hast

come

to

earth

,

and

hast

sought

for

the

members

of

Thy

fashioning

,

undertake

for

man

who

is

Thine

own

,

receive

that

which

is

committed

to

Thee

,

recover

Thine

image

,

Thine

Adam

.

Then

the

Lord

,

the

third

day

after

His

death

,

rose

again

,

thus

bringing

man

to

a

knowledge

of

the

Trinity

.

Then

all

the

nations

of

the

human

race

were

saved

by

Christ

.

One

submitted

to

the

judgment

,

and

many

thousands

were

absolved

.

Moreover

,

He

being

made

like

to

man

whom

He

had

saved

,

ascended

to

the

height

of

heaven

,

to

offer

before

His

Father

,

not

gold

or

silver

,

or

precious

stones

,

but

the

man

whom

He

had

formed

after

His

own

image

and

similitude

;

and

the

Father

,

raising

Him

to

His

right

hand

,

hath

seated

Him

upon

a

throne

on

high

,

and

hath

made

Him

to

be

judge

of

the

peoples

,

the

leader

of

the

angelic

host

,

the

charioteer

of

the

cherubim

,

the

Son

of

the

true

Jerusalem

,

the

Virgin’s

spouse

,

and

King

for

ever

and

ever

.

Amen

.