Gregory of Nazianzus, Basil of Caesarea and John Chrysostom (Cambridge, University Library, MS Nn.1.23)

The former [explanation] is more plausible, but the latter is more loving of humanity philanthropotera original: "φιλανθρωποτέρα." This is a key term for Gregory: God’s "philanthropia" or innate love for humankind.. Since we dared to ignore what was given through the one who existed before us, and through the bitter taste, we became exiles at once from the Tree of Life, and from Paradise, and from God theou The OCR uses the abbreviation "θῦ" for the Greek "Θεοῦ." because of our wickedness kakia.

And then, they were clothed in coats of skins original: "δερματίνους χιτῶνας" (chitonos dermatinous). Genesis 3:21 mentions these skins; Gregory, like many Greek Fathers, interprets them allegorically as our current, mortal, physical bodies which replaced a more "luminous" state.—perhaps meaning this denser flesh, both mortal and resistant. Then for the first time, man knows his own shame and hides from God. Yet even here, he gains something: death, and the cutting off of sin, so that evil might not be immortal. Thus, the punishment timoria original: "τιμωρία." becomes an act of philanthropy Gregory argues that death is a mercy because it prevents humanity from being trapped in a state of sin forever..

For I am thus persuaded that God abbreviated as "θν" for "Θεόν." punishes in this way. Having been disciplined by many things previously—in response to the many sins in which the root of wickedness sprouted according to various causes and times—[God corrected us] by word, by law, by prophets, by benefits, by threats, by plagues, by floods, by fires, by wars, by victories, by defeats, by strange signs, and by signs in the air, from the earth, and from the sea. He used unexpected changes of men, cities, and nations, the goal of which was to root out wickedness as far as it had spread.

Finally, a stronger medicine pharmakon original: "φαρμάκου." Gregory views the Incarnation of Christ as the ultimate "medicine" for the disease of sin. is required for these more terrible diseases...