Melito of Sardis
(On the Siginificance of A.D. 70)
"Thou smotest thy Lord: thou also hast been smitten upon the earth. And thou indeed liest dead; but He is risen from the place of the dead, and ascended to the height of heaven." (ANF 8:757.)
(On the Figurative Language of the Bible)
"The earth shook, and its foundations trembled; the sun fled away, and the elements turned back, and the day was changed into night: for they could not endure the sight of their Lord hanging on a tree. The whole creation was amazed, marvelling and saying, "What new mystery, then, is this? The Judge is judged, and holds his peace; the Invisible One is seen, and is not ashamed; the Incomprehensible is laid hold upon, and is not indignant; the Illimitable is circumscribed, and doth not resist; the Impossible suffereth, and doth not avenge; the Immortal dieth, and answereth not a word; the Celestial is laid in the grave, and endureth! What new mystery is this? "The whole creation, I say, was astonished; but, when our Lord arose from the place of the dead, and trampled death under foot, and bound the strong one, and set man free, then did the whole creation see clearly that for man's sake the Judge was condemned, and the Invisible was seen, and the Illimitable was circumscribed, and the Impassible suffered, and the Immortal died, and the Celestial was laid in the gave. For our Lord, when He was born man, was condemned in order that He might Show mercy, was bound in order that He might loose, was seized in order that He might release, suffered in order that He might feel compassion,43 died in order that He might give life, was laid in the grave that He might raise from the dead.44 (Discourse on Soul and Body.42)
(On Typology and Shadows)
"For this reason a preliminary sketch is made of the future thing out of wax or clay or of wood, in order that what will soon arise taller in height, and stronger in power and beautiful in form, and rich in its construction, may be seen through a small perishable sketch.
But when that which is the model arises, that which once bore the image of the future thing
is itself destroyed as growing useless having yielded to what is truly the real image of it;
and what was once precious becomes worthless when what is truly precious has been revealed. (Peri Pascha, 224-44)
(On the Resurrection)
"Who will contend against me? Let him stand before me. It is I who delivered the condemned. It is I who gave life to the dead. It is I who raised up the buried. Who will argue with me? It is I, says Christ, who destroyed death. It is I who triumphed over the enemy, and having trod down Hades, and bound the Strong Man, and have snatched mankind up to the heights of heaven.
...I am your resurrection. I am your light, I am your salvation, I am your King."
(On the Defeat of Death and the Devil)
"It is I, says Christ, who destroyed death. It is I who triumphed over the enemy, and having trod down Hades, and bound the Strong Man, and have snatched mankind up to the heights of heaven."
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