A Prostitute Transformed

Ῥαὰβ πλατυσμὸς ἑρμηνεύεται, ἡ γὰρ τὸ πρῶτον πόρνη, νῦν δὲ σώφρων Ἐκκλησία διὰ τῆς πίστεως πλατύνεται ταῖς θεωρίαις, καὶ τοῖς θείοις νοήμασιν. Διὰ τοῦτο Κορινθίοις γράφει ὁ μέγας Ἀπόστολος· Μὴ στενοχωρεῖσθε· μᾶλλον δὲ πλατύνθητε, καθάπερ οὖν ἡ ἐμη καρία πεπλάτυται.  Ἅγιος Νειλος, Βιβλιον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ΝΓ' Πλουτινῳ Ὑπατικῳ  Source: Migne PG 79.105d

Rahab translated means broadening, for she who was first a prostitute is now the prudent Church, by faith being broadened with insight, and even with Divine understanding. On account of this the great Apostle writes to the Corinthians: Do not grieve, rather be broadened, as even my heart has been broadened. 1 Saint Nilus of Sinai, Book 1, Letter 53,To Plutinos The Consul 1 cf 2 Cor 6.11-13