Nilus of Ancyra→Theopompus|c. 415 AD|nilus ancyra|From Ancyra|AI-assisted
To Theopompus the Senator [synkletikos, a man of senatorial rank].
Figuratively, or rather prophetically, Joshua the son of Jozadak [the high priest in Zechariah 3] was once seen wearing filthy garments; but the soiled garments were stripped off, and he was clothed with clean garments. This came to pass so that we might recognize and learn that, just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one [1 Corinthians 15:49]; for Christ by his own virtues conquers in great measure the stains of human beings. Therefore one must pray to be delivered and ransomed from long-standing prejudice [or: the inveterate hold of habitual sin], and to die to the soiled and blameworthy condition.
To Theopompus the Senator [synkletikos, a man of senatorial rank].
Figuratively, or rather prophetically, Joshua the son of Jozadak [the high priest in Zechariah 3] was once seen wearing filthy garments; but the soiled garments were stripped off, and he was clothed with clean garments. This came to pass so that we might recognize and learn that, just as we have borne the image of the man of dust, we shall also bear the image of the heavenly one [1 Corinthians 15:49]; for Christ by his own virtues conquers in great measure the stains of human beings. Therefore one must pray to be delivered and ransomed from long-standing prejudice [or: the inveterate hold of habitual sin], and to die to the soiled and blameworthy condition.
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