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| Chapter I.—Praise of the bishop.
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Which
bishop,884
| 884 The bishop
previously referred to. | I know, obtained the ministry which
pertains to the common [weal], not of himself, neither by men,885
nor through vainglory, but by the love of God
the Father, and the Lord Jesus Christ; at whose meekness I am struck with
admiration, and who by his silence is able to accomplish more than those
who vainly talk. For he is in harmony with the commandments [of God],
even as the harp is with its strings. Wherefore my soul declares his mind
towards God a happy one, knowing it to be virtuous and perfect, and that
his stability as well as freedom from all anger is after the example of
the infinite886
meekness of the living God.
Having
beheld your bishop, I know that he was not selected to undertake the
ministry which pertains to the common [weal], either by himself or by
men,887
or out of vainglory, but by
the love of Jesus Christ, and of God the Father, who raised Him from the
dead; at whose meekness I am struck with admiration, and who by His
silence is able to accomplish more than they who talk a great deal. For
he is in harmony with the commandments and ordinances of the Lord, even
as the strings are with the harp, and is no less blameless than was
Zacharias the priest.888
Wherefore my soul declares
his mind towards God a happy one, knowing it to be virtuous and perfect,
and that his stability as well as freedom from all anger is after the
example of the infinite meekness of the living God.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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