| Ψιλὸν τὸ γράμμα τῆς θεοπνεύστον Γραφῆς, κηρίον ἂν λέγοιτο· ὁ δὲ γε ἐν τῷ γράμματι τεθησαυρισμένος νοῦς, μέλι τροπικῶς ῥηθήσεται. Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΣΞΔ' Καλλιμαχῳ Source: Migne PG 79.180c |
The bare word of the Divinely inspired Scriptures may be named the comb, and the hidden treasure of the sense may be figuratively called the honey. Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 264, To Callimachos |
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