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14 Nov 2021

Sacrifice and Last Judgement

Τὰ γυμνὰ καὶ τετραχηλισμένα ἐκ μεταφορᾶς τῶν ἱερείων, τῶν ἐις θυσίαν προσαγομένων, τῷ πολύφρονι γέγραπται Παύλῳ. Ὥωπερ γὰρ ἐκεῖνα τῶν δορῶν ἀφαιρούμενα, πάσης τῆς φαινομένη; ἀπογυμνοῦται περιβολῆς, καὶ τῶν κεκρυμμένων ἔνδοθεν ἐπιδείκνυται τὴν διάθεσιν, καὶ τραχηλίζεται εἰς ἔρευναν παντὸς ὀστεου καὶ μέλους, πρὸς τὸ πάντα ἐκκαθαρθῆναι, διὰ τὴν τοῦ πράγματος ᾧ προσαγονται καθαρότητα· οὕτω καὶ ἐπὶ τῆς μεγάλης τοῦ Κυρίου ἡμέρας ἡ τῶν ἀδήλων καὶ ἀφανῶν ἡμῶν πράξεων ἀνακάλυψις, ἀπογυμνώσει καὶ τραχηλισμῷ ἐοικυῖα φανήσεται, οὐδενὸς λαθεῖν δυναμένου, ἀλλὰ πάντῶν εἰς τὸ ἐμφανὲς ἀγομένων.

Ἅγιος Ἰσίδωρος Του Πηλουσιώτου,Βιβλίον Πρῶτον, Ἐπιστολὴ ϟΔ' Πανσοφιῳ Διακονῳ

Source: Migne PG 78.248a-b
'Things naked and open' 1 is written by the most thoughtful Paul in reference to the offering of the holy victims which are used for sacrifice, for as those, when they are stripped of pelts, are despoiled of what is overtly worn and the state of things hidden within is revealed, even to every bone and member being broken open, that everything, for which reason it is brought, is purified, in like manner on the great day of the Lord there will be a revelation of our hidden and unknown deeds, which stripping shall appear similar to a dissection. For nothing will be able to be hidden when everything is brought into the open.

Saint Isidore of Pelusium, Book 1, Letter 94 To Pansophius the Deacon


1 Heb 4.13

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