THIRTEEN HOMILY. "Now the Lord God had a garden of delight in Eden toward the east, and there he placed the man whom he had formed. (Gen. II, 8.)
ANALYSIS.
St. Chrysostom rejoices at the eagerness of his hearers, and promises to answer them with fresh zeal. 2. He then briefly takes up the story of the formation of man; and refutes in passing the error of those who regarded the soul as a part of the divinity. - 3. Turning to the words of his text, he says that the word planted by Scripture, expresses that at the Lord's command there earth produced the various trees of the garden of delights; and he adds that Moses determines the place to confuse in advance the fables of some heretics. 4. The Lord placed the man there to enjoy all his beauties and all his pleasures, and forbade him to touch the fruit of the tree of life, to test his obedience, and to remind him of his dependence.
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