Anthony the Noble
Anthony was a man who pursued holiness as a companion, and he possessed humility as a lot from the womb.
He set sobriety as the beginning of philosophy through Christ, and he was a noble man from the east of the sun, which refers to the sun of righteousness.
The apostles were his relatives, and the cloak of nobility is called the spirit.
Solomon also spoke about this righteous man, saying that a merciful man is great and honorable, and it is hard to find a faithful man, as he said, 'A merciful man is great and honorable, and it is hard to find a faithful man' (Proverbs 20:6).
But we have found the one sought by the wise, although Paul speaks differently, saying that those who through faith conquered kingdoms (Hebrews 11:33).
For he says that those who through faith conquered kingdoms, which refers to Anthony and his imitators, who despised the kingdoms of the world, glory, honor, and wealth, and obtained the promises of the future, stopped the mouths of lions, which are the pleasures, escaped the mouths of swords, which is external wisdom, was strengthened from weakness, which is intemperance, became strong in war against the devil, and overturned the camps of strangers, which are the demons.
Women received their dead from resurrection, which refers to mothers who offered their sinful children to the righteous, and this is what is meant by 'Women received their dead from resurrection' (Hebrews 11:35).
The faithful one suffered greatly, experiencing torture, death by the sword, imprisonment, flogging, stoning, and even being sawn in two, as is written, 'They were stoned, they were sawn in two' (Hebrews 11:37).
As a father to all, he went around…
Greek
ἡγίακά σε»· τὴν γὰρ ἁγιωσύνην ὡς σύντροφον ἐπετήδευε. Κλῆρον ἐκ μήτρας τὴν ἁγίαν ἐκέκτητο ταπείνωσιν καὶ φιλοσοφίας ἀρχὴν τὴν σωφροσύνην τὴν διὰ Χριστοῦ ἔθετο. ∆εῦρο καὶ τοῦτον ἐκ τῆς τοῦ Ἰὼβ ἱστορίας ἐνδύσωμεν τῇ κεφαλῇ τοῦ δικαίου τὸν στέφανον· «Ἄνθρωπος γὰρ ἦν ἐν χώρᾳ τῇ» κατ' Αἴγυπτον, ὄνομα Ἀντώνιος, «ἄνθρωπος ἄμεμπτος, ἀληθινός, θεοσεβής, δίκαιος, ἀπεχόμενος ἀπὸ παντὸς πονηροῦ πράγματος» καὶ «ἦν ὁ ἄνθρωπος ἐκεῖνος εὐγενὴς τῶν ἀφ' ἡλίου ἀνατολῶν.» Ἡλίου ποίου; –Τοῦ τῆς δικαιοσύνης· ἐκείνου γὰρ ἀνατολαὶ ὑπῆρχον οἱ ἀπόστολοι, ὧν τὴν συγγένειαν Ἀντώνιος εἶχε· ἡ περιβολὴ τῆς εὐγενείας τοῦ πνεύματος καλείσθω. 7 Καὶ Σολομών τι περὶ τοῦ δικαίου τούτου καὶ αὐτὸς παροι-μιάσασθαι δύναται· «Μέγα ἄνθρωπος καὶ τίμιον ἀνὴρ ἐλεήμων, ἄνδρα δὲ πιστὸν ἔργον εὑρεῖν.» Εὕραμεν τοίνυν, εὕραμεν ἡμεῖς τὸν τῷ σοφῷ ζητούμενον, ἀλλ' ὁ μὲν ἔλεγεν ἄνδρα πιστὸν εὑρεῖν, Παῦλος δὲ οὐχ οὕτως. Ἀλλὰ τί φησιν; – «Οἳ διὰ πίστεως κατηγωνίσαντο βασιλείας», Ἀντώνιον καὶ τοὺς ἐκείνου ζηλωτὰς αἰνιττόμενος· οὗτος γὰρ τὰς βασιλείας τοῦ κόσμου, δόξαν, τιμήν τε καὶ πλοῦτον ὑπερφρονῶν κατεπάλαισεν, «ἐπέτυχεν ἐπαγγελιῶν» τοῦ μέλλοντος, «ἔφραξε στόματα λεόντων» τῶν ἡδο νῶν, «ἔφυγε τὰ στόματα μαχαίρας» τὴν ἔξωθεν σοφίαν, «ἐνεδυναμώθη ἀπὸ ἀσθενείας» τῆς ἀκρατείας, «ἐγενήθη ἰσχυρὸς ἐν πολέμῳ» τῷ πρὸς τὸν διάβολον, «παρεμβολὰς ἔκλινεν ἀλλοτρίων» τῶν δαιμόνων. «Ἔλαβον γυναῖκες ἐξ ἀναστάσεως τοὺς νεκροὺς αὐτῶν» ὅσαι μητέρες ἁμαρτωλοὺς παῖδας τῷ δικαίῳ προσήνεγκαν. 8 Ἀλλὰ μὴν καὶ «ἐτυμπανίσθη», «ἐν φόνῳ μαχαίρας ἀπέθανε», «δεσμῶν καὶ φυλακῆς» «καὶ μαστίγων πεῖραν ἔλαβεν», «ἐλιθάσθη, ἐπρίσθη»· πολλῶν γὰρ ταῦτα πασχόντων δι' εὐσέβειαν, αὐτὸς πᾶσιν ὡς πατὴρ πάντων συνέπασχε· «περιῆλθεν ἐν
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Hesychius of Jerusalem, In sanctum Antonium (Greek).
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