THEOSISCyrill of Alexandria
After offering forgiveness for their foolishness and reassuring them that His anger would not be overly severe, He instructs them to seek wise counsel. However, He admonishes them that by valuing false consolation as something significant and lofty, they have strayed from what is truly honorable. What then was this consolation they deemed so important yet ultimately ineffectual? The answer is clear.
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They declared, "We have made a pact with the grave, and with death we have an agreement: the tempest shall not overtake us; we have embraced a falsehood for our hope, and we shall be shielded by a deceit." Yet those who entertained such notions, clinging to this empty assurance and believing they would escape disaster until it was too late, heard the unmistakable warning: "When the tempest comes, if it finds you, you will be consumed by it. When it passes through, it will carry you away."