Letter 840

To Darius the Advocate [scholasticus, a trained lawyer]. "The righteous," he says, "will then shine forth, like the sun of righteousness." [alluding to Matthew 13:43 and Malachi 4:2] And the prophets call the Church a moon, peering forth like the dawn. [alluding to Song of Songs 6:10]

Ἐκλάμψουσι, φησί, τὸ τηνικαῦτα οἱ δίκαιοι, καθάπερ ὁ ἥλιος τῆς δικαιοσύνης. Σελήνην δὲ οἱ προφῆται τὴν Ἐκκλησίαν καλοῦσιν ἐκκύπτουσαν ὡς ὄρθρον.