Беседа 2. Того же блаженного мар Исаака. Что есть признак появления 259 лучей разумения в душе. 260

1. The appearance of 261 different understandings in the incessant praise 262 of God by the intelligent ones. The same applies to the creatureliness of the soul, so wonderful in its nature: it was created by its good Creator for nothing other than to enjoy the knowledge of divine glory, just as the invisible forces, 263 relatives of the soul, are in constant enjoyment of the glory of this glorious Being. 2. So, the soul, which is constantly busy praising God, 264 remains in the createdness of its nature. 265 For this reason He brought creation into being, namely, so that it would know Him and praise Him, and so that thanks to this it would be elevated to the enjoyment of the eternal glory of Him Who is indescribable and incomprehensible to all. For the glory of the divine Nature is revealed to the soul through the constant conversation of praise to God. 3. Likewise, the diverse creation of this world came into being for the same purpose, namely, so that the glory of God might be known by the minds of words, and not only for the sake of eating, or drinking, or getting married, although many ignorant people imagine that this is so. 4. For God could have created all the people who are in the world in the same way as intelligent natures, 266 without them coming from one another, 267 but so that, like those, they would not need to use the elements for their growth. And it is clear that the purpose of this creation is not to be left in the same state 268 forever as some, for everything that is considered pleasant and honorable in this world will end, and God will give people other forms of existence, 269 thanks to which the purpose with which He first wanted to lead creation in this form of existence will be revealed to the worlds. to leave on the animal level; 270 for behold, many even here reject earthly pleasures. 271 On the contrary, the all-wise God placed this visible creation first of all, so that through the visible people and other verbal people would begin to approach the knowledge of this glorious Nature. 5. For the one who imparts knowledge to his disciples should not lead them to perfect knowledge from the very beginning without first teaching them the letters of the alphabet and how to read in sequence. 272 It is also very bad 273 when the high is proposed before the low has been worked out. 274 Again, if someone wants to invite a lot of people to dinner, first of all he brings out simply prepared dishes 275 and less precious dishes, 276 and then gradually what looks great and is cooked wonderfully. 6. In the same way, God, the Lord of all, revealed the power of His wisdom and His love in the contents of this visible world, which, so to speak, is indescribably lower than those <goods> that will be revealed subsequently. For in the end He left the glorious bliss and delightful vision of that amazing world, which is destined by the greatness of His power and the abundance of His love to come into being. 277 7. In the same way, as I said above in this Discourse, when the soul is moved to the enjoyment of glory through constant conversation with Him and is happy to abide in it 278 unceasingly, it knows, by the grace of the Holy Spirit, what it will ultimately be clothed with. here, as if as a pledge, as far as the limitations of human nature allow, and she is rewarded with a lifestyle of true freedom, as if anticipating it here. 279 The numbering of paragraphs in this Discourse is ours, but corresponds to the division of the text in the manuscript. Lit. "incessant praise." Lit. "praises divine." Those. in its natural created state. Lit. “nature, knowledge”, i.e. angels. Lit. "followed one after another." Lit. “And in other forms (images) of being God will arrange people.” Lit. "to honor the rank of animals." Lit. “reject these things.” Lit. "letters and syllables." Wed. Evagrius. Gnostic 25. Lit. "very hateful." Lit. “when high (things) are offered before the service of low ones.” Lit. "low preparations" Lit. "smaller vessels for use". Or “to be revealed”, “to be revealed”. Lit. “tasting it here, as if in pledge.” You might be interested in: