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| Constantine's Letter to Macarius respecting the Building of the Church of our Saviour.
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Chapter XXX.—Constantine’s Letter to Macarius respecting
the Building of the Church of our Saviour.
“Victor
Constantius, Maximus Augustus, to Macarius.
“Such is our
Saviour’s grace, that no power of language seems adequate to
describe the wondrous circumstance to which I am about to refer. For,
that the monument of his most holy Passion, so long ago buried beneath
the ground, should have remained unknown for so long a series of years,
until its reappearance to his servants now set free through the removal
of him3263
| 3263 [Licinius appears to be meant, whose death had occurred a.d. 326, in which year the alleged discovery of the
Lord’s sepulchre took place.—Bag.] | who was the common enemy of all,
is a fact which truly surpasses all admiration. For if all who are
accounted wise throughout the world were to unite in their endeavors to
say somewhat worthy of this event, they would be unable to attain their
object in the smallest degree. Indeed, the nature of this miracle as
far transcends the capacity of human reason as heavenly things are
superior to human affairs. For this cause it is ever my first, and
indeed my only object, that, as the authority of the truth is evincing
itself daily by fresh wonders, so our souls may all become more
zealous, with all sobriety and earnest unanimity, for the honor of the
Divine law. I desire, therefore, especially, that you should be
persuaded of that which I suppose is evident to all beside, namely,
that I have no greater care than how I may best adorn with a splendid
structure that sacred spot, which, under Divine direction, I have
disencumbered as it were of the heavy weight of foul idol worship; a
spot which has been accounted holy from the beginning in God’s
judgment, but which now appears holier still, since it has brought to
light a clear assurance of our Saviour’s passion.E.C.F. INDEX & SEARCH
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