XLI.
Then He shall gather together all nations, as the
holy Gospel so strikingly declares. For what says Matthew the
evangelist, or rather the Lord Himself, in the Gospel?
“When the Son of man shall come in His glory, and all the holy
angels with Him, then shall He sit upon the throne of His glory:
and before Him shall be gathered all nations; and He shall separate
them one from another, as a shepherd divideth his sheep from the
goats: and He shall set the sheep on His right hand, but the
goats on the left. Then shall the King say unto them on His right
hand, Come, ye blessed of my Father, inherit the kingdom prepared for
you from the foundation of the world.”1996
Come, ye
prophets, who were cast
out for my name’s sake. Come, ye patriarchs, who before my
advent were
obedient to me, and longed for my
kingdom. Come, ye
apostles, who were my fellows in my sufferings in my
incarnation,
and suffered with me in the
Gospel. Come, ye martyrs, who
confessed me before despots, and
endured many
torments and pains.
Come, ye hierarchs, who did me
sacred service blamelessly day and
night, and made the oblation of my honourable body and blood
daily.
1997
| 1997 [All
this is in the manner of Hippolytus; and here is a striking testimony
to a daily Eucharist, if this be genuine.] |
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