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On Pascha

De Pascha · Περὶ Πάσχα

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Contents

Reading pages: 1–100 · 101–105

  1. 1Exod 12:1–32; 1 Cor 5:7
  2. 2Matt 13:52; 1 Cor 15:53
  3. 3John 1:17; 2 Cor 3:6–16
  4. 4John 19:36; Exod 12:46; Isa 53:7; Acts 8:32
  5. 5John 1:29; Eph 4:10
  6. 6Heb 2:10; Rom 10:4; Matt 5:17
  7. 7Isa 2:3; Mic 4:2; John 1:14; John 1:17; Rom 6:14; John 1:29
  8. 8Isa 53:7; Matt 1:21–25; 1 Cor 15:4
  9. 91 Cor 15:28; Col 3:11; John 1:14; Heb 1:5; Ps 2:7
  10. 101 Cor 5:7; 2 Tim 4:18
  11. 11Exod 12:3–32
  12. 12Exod 12:3; Exod 12:5; 1 Pet 1:19; Exod 12:6; Exod 12:11; Exod 12:46; John 19:36
  13. 13Exod 12:11; Exod 12:8; Exod 12:3; Exod 12:14; Exod 12:27
  14. 14Exod 12:7; Exod 12:13; Exod 12:22; Exod 12:29; Ps 135:8
  15. 15Exod 12:23; Exod 12:28
  16. 16Exod 12:27–28; Exod 12:12
  17. 17Exod 12:29
  18. 18Exod 12:29–30
  19. 19Exod 12:30; Jonah 3:6
  20. 20Exod 10:21
  21. 21
  22. 22Exod 10:21–22; Ps 35:5; Prov 1:12
  23. 23
  24. 24
  25. 25
  26. 26Exod 12:29
  27. 27
  28. 28
  29. 29
  30. 30Exod 10:23; Exod 12:13; Exod 12:23
  31. 31
  32. 32
  33. 33
  34. 34
  35. 35
  36. 36
  37. 37Col 2:17; Heb 10:1
  38. 38Eccl 3:1–8
  39. 39John 3:12
  40. 40John 1:17; Matt 5:17; Rom 10:4
  41. 41Rom 7:12; 1 Tim 1:8
  42. 42Gal 4:4
  43. 432 Cor 4:4–6; 1 Tim 3:16
  44. 44Isa 53:7; 1 Pet 1:19; Heb 9:14
  45. 45Gal 4:26; Zech 2:10; Rev 21:3
  46. 462 Cor 12:2; Heb 4:15; Phil 2:5–11
  47. 47Gen 1:1; Gen 2:4; Ps 33:6; John 1:3; Gen 2:7; Gen 2:8; Gen 2:15; Gen 2:16–17
  48. 48Gen 3:1–6; Gen 3:11; Gen 3:17–24; Matt 13:24–30
  49. 49Gen 3:19; Rom 5:12; Gen 3:16; Gen 3:20; Gen 2:25; Gen 3:7
  50. 50Rom 1:24–32; Matt 15:19; 1 Pet 4:3; Rom 3:15
  51. 51Gen 4:8; 1 John 3:12
  52. 52Deut 28:53–57; John 8:44
  53. 53Jer 5:8; Rom 1:27
  54. 54Rom 5:12–21; Prov 1:12
  55. 55Gen 3:19; Rom 7:14; Rom 7:24; 2 Cor 5:1; Gen 2:7; Eccl 12:7
  56. 56Matt 4:16; Luke 1:79; Gen 1:26; Eph 4:8
  57. 57Luke 24:25–27; Luke 24:44; Acts 3:18
  58. 58
  59. 59Gen 4:8; Gen 22:1–18; Gen 37:28; Exod 2:3; 1 Sam 18:6–11; Matt 5:12; Acts 7:52; Jas 5:10
  60. 60Exod 12:3
  61. 61Deut 28:66
  62. 62Ps 2:1–2; Acts 4:25–27
  63. 63Jer 11:19
  64. 64Isa 53:7–8
  65. 651 Cor 5:7
  66. 66Isa 53:4; John 6:33; Phil 2:6–7; Luke 1:26–38; Matt 8:17; 1 Pet 2:21–25
  67. 67Isa 53:7; Heb 2:14–15; Jer 11:19; Acts 8:32; 1 Pet 1:18; Titus 2:14; Eph 1:13; Eph 4:30; 2 Cor 1:22
  68. 68Exod 19:5–6; Exod 23:22; 1 Pet 2:9; Rev 1:6; Titus 2:14; Rom 8:21; Col 1:12–13; Acts 26:18; 1 John 3:14; 2 Pet 1:11
  69. 69Gen 4:8; Gen 22:9; Gen 28:1–5; Gen 37:28; Exod 2:3; 1 Sam 18:6–11; 2 Sam 15:13–14; Matt 5:12; 1 Cor 5:7; Heb 12:2; Exod 12:1–28; Matt 23:29–35; Acts 7:52
  70. 70Isa 7:14; Deut 21:22–23; Luke 1:26–38; Gal 3:13; Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39; 1 Cor 15:4; Rom 8:34; Mark 16:19
  71. 71Isa 53:7; Exod 12:3; Exod 12:5; Exod 12:6; Exod 12:46; John 19:36; Ps 34:20; Ps 16:10; Jer 11:19; Acts 8:32; Matt 1:23; 1 Sam 17:34; Acts 2:27; Rom 8:34
  72. 72Isa 3:9–10; Ps 35:12; Ps 38:20; Jer 11:19; Matt 11:5; Gen 44:4; 1 Sam 25:21
  73. 73Isa 52:14; Acts 3:14; Acts 3:15; Matt 23:37
  74. 74Jer 7:6; Jer 22:3; Matt 16:21
  75. 75Acts 17:3; Luke 24:26; Isa 53:3; Deut 28:66
  76. 76Acts 17:3; Matt 26:42; John 19:6–7
  77. 77Matt 12:9–13
  78. 78Matt 9:27–31; Matt 20:29–34; John 9:1–7; Luke 5:18–26; Matt 9:1–8; John 5:2–9; John 11:1–44
  79. 79Matt 26:59–60; Matt 27:2; John 18:12; Matt 27:26; Matt 27:48; Matt 27:34; Ps 69:21; Matt 26:55; Matt 27:29; Gen 2:7; Job 10:8; Deut 32:6; John 19:2; John 6:63
  80. 80Amos 6:4–6; Matt 27:34; Ps 69:21; Matt 27:48; John 20:25
  81. 81Mic 6:3–4
  82. 82Ps 110:3; Gen 1:3–5; Gen 35:10; Gen 1:6–8; Ps 104:2; Job 26:7; Ps 136:7–9; Gen 32:30; Heb 1:6
  83. 83Gen 1:14–18; Ps 104:4; Gen 2:7; Acts 7:8; Ps 33:12; Col 1:16; Isa 44:1–2; Acts 13:17
  84. 84Exod 13:21; Exod 14:21–22; Exod 16:4; Exod 17:6; Ps 78:14; Ps 78:24; Jer 2:6; 1 Cor 10:3–4
  85. 85Matt 23:34; Luke 11:49; Ps 78:55; Josh 11:23; 1 Sam 8:5; Acts 13:21
  86. 86Matt 17:24–27; Matt 26:14–15; Mic 6:1–5
  87. 87Gen 12:1
  88. 88Exod 13:21; Exod 14:21–22; Exod 16:4; Exod 17:6; Josh 11:23
  89. 89Matt 12:13; Mark 3:1–5
  90. 90John 9:1–7; John 11:1–44; Ps 38:20; Ps 35:12; Matt 9:27–31; Gen 44:4; Jer 18:20
  91. 91
  92. 92Matt 8:5–13; John 12:20–21; Matt 27:24
  93. 93Exod 12:8; Matt 26:59–61; Matt 26:65–66; John 11:49–53; Ps 69:21; Matt 27:2; John 18:12; Matt 27:26; John 19:1; Matt 26:14–15; Luke 23:7–15; Acts 4:27; Matt 27:20; Matt 27:34; Matt 27:48; Matt 27:29
  94. 94Ps 96:7; Ps 22:27; Isa 52:13–53:12; Acts 3:14
  95. 95John 3:14; John 12:32; John 19:19; Mark 15:26; Matt 27:51
  96. 96Deut 21:22–23; Acts 5:30; Acts 10:39; Acts 2:23; Matt 27:39–43; John 1:49; John 12:13
  97. 97Matt 27:45; Mark 15:33; Matt 27:35; John 19:23–24
  98. 98Matt 27:51; Mark 15:38; Ps 18:13; John 12:28
  99. 99Rom 10:20–21; Isa 65:1–2
  100. 100Rom 8:34; Mark 16:19; 1 Tim 3:16; 1 Pet 2:21; 1 Pet 2:23
  101. 101Isa 50:8; Mic 6:1; Rom 4:17; 1 Cor 15:22; John 6:39–40; Mark 14:61–62
  102. 102Matt 12:29
  103. 103Acts 10:43; Acts 26:18; John 11:25; John 14:6; John 8:12; Eph 1:7; Col 1:14; 1 Cor 5:7; John 1:36; Matt 20:28; Mark 10:45; John 6:35; Acts 4:12; Matt 21:5; Eph 4:8–10; John 14:8–9; John 5:21
  104. 104Ps 110:1; Acts 10:39; 1 Cor 15:4; Rom 8:34; Mark 16:19; Col 3:1; Eph 1:20; John 5:22; John 5:27–29; John 1:3; Col 1:16
  105. 105Rev 1:8; Rev 21:6; Rev 22:13; John 7:26; John 7:41; Acts 9:22; Matt 16:16; Matt 27:11; Matt 1:21; Acts 4:10–12; Acts 2:36; Phil 2:11

About this work

Author
Melito of Sardis
Attribution
authentic · The papyri and later witnesses name Melito; Eusebius lists a work On Pascha among his writings.
Standing
Honoured by the Catholic and Orthodox traditions. Honoured as a saint or in a church calendar by: Catholic, Orthodox.
Date
ca. 160-180 (approximate) · Melito's floruit; the homily itself is not dated more closely.
Written at
Sardis, Lydia (probable)
Language
Greek
Genre
homily
Reference system
section (Hall's §§ 1-105, as in Perler and later editions)
SBL abbreviation
Pass.Not yet checked
Clavis
CPG 1092 (not yet checked)
Edition
Stuart George Hall, ed. and trans., Melito of Sardis: On Pascha and Fragments, Oxford Early Christian Texts (Oxford: Clarendon, 1979) (cited, not reproduced)
Critical editions
Campbell Bonner, The Homily on the Passion by Melito Bishop of Sardis, Studies and Documents 12 (London: Christophers; Philadelphia: University of Pennsylvania Press, 1940); Michel Testuz, Papyrus Bodmer XIII: Méliton de Sardes, Homélie sur la Pâque (Geneva: Bibliotheca Bodmeriana, 1960); Othmar Perler, Méliton de Sardes, Sur la Pâque et fragments, SC 123 (Paris: Cerf, 1966); Bernhard Lohse, Die Passa-Homilie des Bischofs Meliton von Sardes (Leiden: Brill, 1958); Alistair Stewart-Sykes, Melito of Sardis, On Pascha, Popular Patristics Series (Crestwood, NY: St Vladimir's Seminary Press, 2001) (cited, not reproduced)

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