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Methodius of Olympus

Fragment 3

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Author: Methodius of Olympus

III.

Many have descended into the deep, not so as

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to

walk

on

it

,

but

so

as

to

be

by

its

bonds

restrained

.

Jesus

alone

walked

on

the

deep

,

where

there

are

no

traces

of

walkers

,

as

a

free

man

.

For

He

chose

death

,

to

which

He

was

not

subject

,

that

He

might

deliver

those

who

were

the

bondslaves

of

death

;

saying

to

the

prisoners

,

“

Go

forth

;

and

to

them

that

are

in

darkness

,

show

yourselves

.

”

With

which

,

also

,

the

things

which

follow

are

consistent

.

Notes

1
Ex Nicetæ Catena on Job, p. 547.
2
Isa. xlix. 9.