Lev 1 calf whole-burnt; male unblemished type begins
Palladius: …of sacred Writings of the here bright and wonder-worthy service sketch-up the writings.
Cyril: God said then in the Leviticus, clear then that toward all those from Israel: ‘A human from you if he should bring-forward gifts to the Lord, from the cattle and from the oxen and from the sheep you will bring-forward your gifts; if a whole-burnt-offering his gift, from the oxen a male unblemished he will bring-forward, toward the door of the tent of the witness he will bring-forward it acceptable opposite Lord, and he will put the hand upon the head of the fruit-offering acceptable for him, to propitiate about him. And he will slaughter the calf opposite Lord, and will bring-forward the sons of Aaron the priests the blood, and will pour-on the blood upon the altar in a circle the upon the doors of the tent of the witness; and having skinned the whole-burnt-offering, they will divide it according to members, and will put the sons’ (Leviticus 1:2-6)
Greek
ἱερῶν Γραμμάτων τῆς ὧδε λαμπρᾶς καὶ ἀξιαγάστου λατρείας ἀνατύπου τὰς γραφάς.
{ΚΥΡ.} Ἔφη τοίνυν Θεὸς ἐν τῷ Λευϊτικῷ, δῆλον δὲ ὅτι πρὸς πάντας τοὺς ἐξ Ἰσραήλ· «Ἄνθρωπος ἐξ ὑμῶν ἐὰν προσαγάγῃ δῶρα τῷ Κυρίῳ, ἀπὸ τῶν κτηνῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν βοῶν καὶ ἀπὸ τῶν προβάτων προσοίσετε τὰ δῶρα ὑμῶν· ἐὰν ὁλοκαύτωμα τὸ δῶρον αὐτοῦ, ἐκ τῶν βοῶν ἄρσεν ἄμωμον προσάξει, πρὸς τὴν θύραν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου προσοίσει αὐτὸ δεκτὸν ἐναντίον Κυρίου, καὶ ἐπιθήσει τὴν χεῖρα ἐπὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν τοῦ καρπώματος δεκτὸν αὐτῷ, ἐξιλάσασθαι περὶ αὐτοῦ. Καὶ σφάξει τὸν μόσχον ἔναντι Κυρίου, καὶ προσοίσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀαρὼν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὸ αἷμα, καὶ προσχεοῦσι τὸ αἷμα ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον κύκλῳ τὸ ἐπὶ τῶν θυρῶν τῆς σκηνῆς τοῦ μαρτυρίου· καὶ ἐκδείραντες τὸ ὁλοκαύτωμα, μελιοῦσιν αὐτὸ κατὰ μέλη, καὶ ἐπιθήσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀαρὼν οἱ ἱερεῖς πῦρ ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον, καὶ ἐπιστοιβάσουσι ξύλα ἐπὶ τὸ πῦρ· καὶ ἐπιστοιβάσουσιν οἱ υἱοὶ Ἀαρὼν οἱ ἱερεῖς τὰ διχοτομήματα, καὶ τὴν κεφαλὴν, καὶ τὸ στέαρ ἐπὶ τὰ ξύλα τὰ ἐπὶ τοῦ πυρὸς τοῦ ὄντος ἐπὶ τοῦ θυσιαστηρίου, τὰ δὲ ἐγκοίλια καὶ τοὺς πόδας πλυνοῦσιν ὕδατι, καὶ ἐπιθήσει ὁ ἱερεὺς τὰ πάντα ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον· κάρπωμά ἐστι, θυσία, ὀσμὴ εὐωδίας τῷ Κυρίῳ.» Ἆρ' οὐκ ἐναργὴς ὁ τύπος τῆς τῶν ἁγίων ζωῆς, καὶ οἰκειότητος ὁλοτελοῦς, τῆς πρὸς Θεὸν ἐν πνεύματι καὶ ἁγιασμῷ; Μορφούμεθα γὰρ ὡς ἐν τοῖς ἡμέροις τῶν ζώων, μόσχῳ τε, φημὶ, καὶ προβάτῳ, κόσμῳ μὲν ἀποθνήσκοντες διὰ τοῦ τὴν σάρκα κατανεκροῦν, ἵνα Θεῷ ζήσωμεν διὰ τῆς εὐαγγελικῆς πολιτείας, ἀναβαίνοντες δὲ ὥσπερ εἰς θυσίαν τὴν πνευματικὴν ἀληθῶς καὶ εὐοσμοτάτην δι' Υἱοῦ τῷ Πατρί. Καὶ φέρε σοι πάλιν τὰ ἐφ' ἑκάστῳ λέγωμεν, ἰσχνοεποῦντες ὡς ἔνι. Δῶρον μὲν γὰρ ὥσπερ τι τῷ πάντων κρατοῦντι Θεῷ τὴν ἰδίαν ἕκαστος ἀνατίθησι ζωὴν, πλὴν ὡς ἑκάστῳ δίδοται, καὶ ὡς ἂν ἔχοι μέτρον. Ὁ μὲν γὰρ, οὕτως· ὁ δὲ, οὕτως, ἴδιον ἔχων ἐκ Θεοῦ χάρισμα, κατὰ τὴν τοῦ σοφωτάτου Παύλου φωνήν. Ἐν γὰρ τοῖς μεγέθεσι τῶν ζώων, ἤτοι ταῖς κατ' εἶδος διαφοραῖς, τὸ ἀνίσως τε καὶ ἀνομοίως ἔχον, κατ' ἰσχὺν τάχα που τὴν πνευματικὴν καὶ κατά γε τὴν τῆς διανοίας, πλαγίως ὑποσημαίνεται. Εἴτ' οὖν ὡς ἐν μόσχῳ μέγας εἴη τυχὸν, καὶ μὴν καὶ ἄγαν εὐσθενὴς, ἤγουν ὡς ἔν γε προβάτῳ τὸ μεῖον ἔχων, καὶ τοῦ τελείου κατόπιν ἰὼν, ἑαυτὸν εἰς δωροφορίαν προσκομίζει Θεῷ, καὶ τοῦτο εἰς ὁλοκαύτωμα, τουτέστιν, εἰς ὁλόκληρον ἀφιέρωσιν, οὐ μεμερισμένην ἔχων πρὸς τὰ ἐν κόσμῳ τὴν ζωὴν, ἀλλ' ὅλην ἐξ ὅλου δεκτήν τε [καὶ] ἱερὰν τῷ Θεῷ. Τοιόσδε τις ἔστω τῆς θυσίας ὁ τρόπος· Ἄρσεν τε καὶ ἄμωμον ἔστω τὸ θῦμα, φησί. Σύμμορφοι γὰρ ἀεί πώς εἰσιν οἱ ἅγιοι τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ὅς ἐστιν ἄρσην τε καὶ ἄμωμος ἀληθῶς, τοῦ μὲν ἄρσενος, τὸ ἡγεμονικὸν, τοῦ δὲ ἀμώμου, τὴν ὑπερφυᾶ καὶ ἀνυπέρβλητον ἁγιότητα καταγράφοντος. Εἷς γὰρ ἡμῶν καθηγητὴς καὶ πάναγνος ἀσυγκρίτως, ὁ Ἐμμανουήλ. Ἄλλως τε (χρῆναι γὰρ δεῖ[ν] κἀκεῖνο εἰπεῖν, καὶ οἰήσομαι δεῖν)
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Cyril continues the dialogue with Palladius. Book 16 of a seventeen-book dialogue — not the whole work.
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