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Methodius of Olympus

Fragment 2

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Author: Methodius of Olympus

II.

Observe that the Lord was not wont from the beginning

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to

speak

with

man

;

but

after

that

the

soul

was

prepared

,

and

exercised

in

many

ways

,

and

had

ascended

into

the

height

by

contemplation

,

so

far

as

it

is

possible

for

human

nature

to

ascend

,

then

is

it

His

wont

to

speak

,

and

to

reveal

His

Word

unto

those

who

have

attained

unto

this

elevation

.

But

since

the

whirlwind

is

the

producer

of

the

tempests

,

and

Job

,

in

the

tempest

of

his

afflictions

,

had

not

made

shipwreck

of

his

faith

,

but

his

constancy

shone

forth

the

rather

;

therefore

it

was

that

He

who

gave

him

an

answer

answered

him

by

the

whirlwind

,

to

signify

the

tempest

of

calamity

which

had

befallen

him

;

but

,

because

He

changed

the

stormy

condition

of

his

affairs

into

one

of

serene

tranquillity

,

He

spoke

to

him

not

only

by

the

whirlwind

,

but

in

clouds

also

.

Notes

1
Ex Nicetæ Catena on Job, cap. xxvi. p. 538.