Works of Saint Gregory of Nazianzus

...of its power. But I am far from it. For I admit that God, having fashioned and ordered the world of sensory things in five… but he also completed and brought into being this visible world, resting on the seventh day from his work. Hence the days, and the designation of the Sabbath, signifying rest in Hebrew. But if any higher account is found…

Others say the seven is worthy, not merely because of the days, but because it is also dedicated to the years. The one is the Sabbath of days, and this is familiar to those who follow our law. And the removal of leaven is kept with an equal number. The sabbatical year is the year of remission. And with seven weeks combined, and the week in the seventh week… likewise in parts… for only the week of days. By law, the fiftieth day, which among many… and those of the years, of the jubilees, as they are called among those people. For likewise the Sabbath, according to Christ, grants us freedom. And possession of the body according to the ancient inheritance and throne; for the law is not law, nor is it according to the law. But indeed, we also offer the firstfruits of days and years to God, those of the years; the number seven is not just a number; it is the product of the fiftieth, joined together; for seven multiplied by itself… becomes fifty; and being one day, it anticipates the coming age; being the eighth, it is the same as the first, and the one after one, dissolving the impassable; for it is there that the Sabbath rest here in God of times shall end; so that a portion is given to the seven and also to the eight; as has been said by our people, the proverb of Solomon; which day, of those… let it be what it may.

Many, indeed, are the testimonies; but I will offer a few from the many that honor me; those which I understand, all of them being precious; for the brows which they… to those with sacrifices. And they are dedicated to the word of the Lord, according to David, a framework. And the righteous, they rejoiced as much as possible. But the one for whom the Sabbath is not observed… but the sinner, hostile…