¹ Mal. iv. 2.

² 2 Tim iv. 2. The due celebration of the feast is spoken of as producing a permanent beneficial effect on the Christian. Cf. Letter 4.

³ Eccl. iii. 7. Cf. S. Cyril. Homil. Pash. V.

⁴ 1 Cor. i. 24.

⁵ Wisd vii. 27.

⁶ Ps. xiv. 7.

⁷ Cant. viii. i