Letter 676

To Symmachus the Count. The most steadfast Job says concerning certain needy people that, because they had no shelter, they wrapped themselves about a rock [Job 24:8 LXX]. Now in many places the Rock has been given the name of Christ. All those, therefore, who do not possess becoming fine garments, fleeing for refuge to Christ in great humility and supplication, wrap themselves, unto their salvation, in the glory of the Master.

Φησὶ περί τινων ἐνδεῶν ὁ καρτερικώτατος Ἰώβ, ὡς, ὅτι παρὰ τὸ μὴ ἔχειν αὐτοὺς σκέπην, περιεβάλλοντο πέτραν. Πέτρα δὲ πολλαχοῦ ὁ Χριστὸς κατωνόμασται. Ὅσοι τοίνυν μὴ κέκτηνται πρεπεῖς καλάς προσφεύγοντες τῷ Χριστῷ ἐν πολλῇ ταπεινώσει, καὶ ἱκεσίᾳ περιβάλλονται πρὸς σωτηρίαν, τὴν Δεσποτικὴν δόξαν.