Homilies on the Christian Life · Lecture 018
The Leprosy of Sin
A lecture by Dimitrios Panagopoulos · Δείτε στα Ελληνικά
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Summary
Dimitrios Panagopoulos defends priestly authority over sin through the typology of leprosy in Leviticus 13-14, with Sirach 38 and Genesis 1:27-28 also cited. Because leprosy figures sin, its diagnosis is assigned to priests rather than physicians; Moses, Miriam, and Naaman serve as Old Testament examples, with Naaman’s seven immersions in the Jordan and Gehazi’s punishment given further symbolic interpretation. Christ’s sending of healed lepers to priests is read as confirming clerical certification of spiritual cleanliness. The lecture then turns to fasting before Communion, including abstinence within marriage on Wednesdays, Fridays, and weekends, the canonical prohibition of Saturday fasting, and the need to resolve sexual disorder through confession.
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