Synodicon of Orthodoxy: Part 7

But thanksgiving unto God and the Master's trophy of victory against the adversaries is proper here; as for the contests and struggles against the iconoclasts, another discourse written more fully will declare them. Therefore, as a kind. of rest after the desert sojourn, on the journey to reach the noetic Jerusalem, and not only in imitation of Moses, but also in obedience to the Divine Command, we considered it right as well as obligatory to inscribe on the hearts of our brethren, as on a pillar constructed of large fitted stones smoothed for the reception of inscriptions, both the blessings which are due to those who keep the law, and also the curses under which transgressors put themselves.

Wherefore we say thus:

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God and the Master's trophy: The God and Master are easy to uderstand. But what is the Master's trophy? I think it means his bride the Church.

Another discoursee: Meaning this synodicon

right and obligatory: passing on the tradition isn't optional

a pillar constructed of large fitted stones smoothed for the reception of inscriptions: That's a pretty good description of what the churchis supposed to be in this world.

both the blessings which are due to those who keep the law, and also the curses under which transgressors put themselves. Wherefore we say thus:: having read those curses and blessings writtendown by Moses we know we are about to read a long list.