The preacher complains that the church, which had been completely crowded on the previous Sunday, was now almost empty, and especially that there are no rich people in the church. - Denunciation of spectacles. - The abuse of wealth is to be condemned, not the riches themselves. - Those who do not attend church services are worse than Jews. - One should not neglect even the very titles of the Holy Scriptures. Scriptures, since Ap. Paul, when he was in Athens, even used the inscription on the pagan altar. - What does the Acts of the Apostles mean? -Up. Paul defeated paganism just as David defeated the Philistine giant. - Who is a true neophyte?

2. CONVERSATION

in an assembly that took place some time later in the ancient church, on the inscription of the Acts of the Apostles, and on the fact that a virtuous life is more useful than signs and wonders, and what is the difference between activity and signs.

Explanation of the words: "On this rock I will build My Church, and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it." - Such is the stronghold of the Church, against which all the efforts of paganism and heresy have been defeated. - The church was created by the hands of the apostles on the foundation of the prophets. - Why is the book of the Acts of the Apostles given this particular name, and not some other one? - The difference between deeds and miracles. - Deeds come from will and grace, miracles only from grace; it is the deeds, and not the miracles, that open the heavens. - What makes the apostles is love, not miracles. - Proof of this idea through the explanation of the miracle of the healing of the lame apostle. Peter at the door of the church. - Conclusion and exhortation.

3. CONVERSATION

that the reading of the Holy Scriptures. It is also useful that it makes the attentive inaccessible to slavery and oppressive circumstances, and also that the name of the apostles is the name of many virtues, and that the apostles received power and authority much greater than external rulers and kings themselves, and finally to the newly-enlightened.

The introduction to the discourse, in which the preacher praises his listeners for their zeal in hearing the Word of God and compares the Holy Scriptures. Scripture with a delightful meadow and an inexhaustible spring. - A person who reads the Holy Scriptures every day. Scripture is "like a tree planted by streams of waters." - The preacher gradually explains to his listeners the Holy Scriptures. Scripture, so that it falls on their souls like a pleasant rain, so that it penetrates them better. - Generalization of previous conversations and the subject of this conversation. - About what an apostle is. - The grace of apostleship embraces the fullness of all the gifts of grace. - An Apostle is a counselor in the spiritual life. - The Comparison Between the Apostle and the Chief. - Exhortation to the newly baptized.

4. CONVERSATION

that it is not safe for the hearers to be silent about what was said in the church, and why the Acts are read at Pentecost, and why Christ did not appear to everyone after the resurrection, and that He presented more clearly than the sight of the resurrection by means of the signs of the apostles.

Обязанность тех, кто слушают святое слово в церкви, распространять его среди других людей. - Всякий христианин может и должен быть учителем, по крайней мере, в своем доме. - Чудесное снисхождение апостолов и особенно ап. Павла, когда он делался всем для всех, чтобы всех привести к Иисусу Христу. - Апостолы начали проповедовать и творить чудеса только уже после Пятидесятницы; поэтому и чтение книги Деяний более всего полезно в это время. - Книгу Деяний Апостольских читают и непосредственно после Воскресения, потому что чудеса, совершенные апостолами во имя Иисуса Христа, составляют лучшее доказательство Воскресения. - Пространные и красноречивые доказательства того, что чудеса, совершенные апостолами, суть непреоборимые доказательства воскресения их учителя.

VI. БЕСЕДЫ О ПЕРЕМЕНЕ ИМЕН

1. БЕСЕДА

по прочтении места: "Савл же, еще дыша угрозами и убийством" (Деян. 9:1), когда все ожидали, что будет сказана беседа на начало 9 гл. Деяний, - о том, что призвание Павла есть доказательство воскресения.

Эта и следующие три беседы имеют своим общим содержанием вопрос о перемене имен