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Gregory of Nazianzus; Basil; Chrysostom · 1100

...to purchase; according to
their speech; and the
word signifies the capture
halosin original: "ἅλωσιν." While Gregory is discussing the "Passover," he notes that the word can imply a taking or a transition.;
historically, because of the
flight and migration resulting
from it; but according to
the Law, because of the
offerings brought from below,
and the progress and ascent
into the land of promise.
What we have found
occurring in many places in
Scripture is the transformation
of things according to the
Law into something clearer,
or from the partial to the
more approved; this we
have also observed here.
Some, therefore, thinking
that Pascha Pascha
was a name derived from
suffering original: "παθητὸν." Gregory is correcting a common error where Greek speakers thought Pascha came from the Greek word paschein (to suffer) because the words sound similar., then
Hellenizing Turning a foreign word into a Greek-sounding one. the
word according to the
changing of phi to pi original: "τοῦ φῖ πρὸς τὸ πῖ." The speaker is explaining a linguistic shift in the spelling of the word.
and of kappa to chi
original: "τοῦ κ(άππα) πρὸς τὸ χῖ.",
have named it the
final day. But the common
divine teaching of the ancients
has made the word stronger,
as it runs toward what
is more acceptable to the
ears of the many. For the
Law, says the Divine
Apostle Refers to St. Paul. Gregory is quoting the theology of the Epistles regarding the relationship between the Old and New Testaments.
who declared it before
us, is a shadow of things
to come A reference to Hebrews 10:1. and of
forms. And He who spoke
to this Moses, when
before these things were
named, said: "See that
you make all things
according to the pattern
shown to you on the
mountain" Quoting Exodus 25:40. The "mountain" refers to Mount Sinai where Moses received the Law.; a
certain sketch skiagraphian
and preliminary outline
procharagma of
invisible things...