“But see thou suppose not this to be plain
(ψιλόν)
ointment. For as the Bread of the Eucharist, after the Invocation
of the Holy Ghost is no longer simple (λιτός) bread, but the Body of
Christ; so also this holy ointment is no longer plain (ψιλόν) ointment, nor, as one
might say, common, after Invocation, but Christ’s gift of grace
(χάρισμα), and is
made effectual to impart the Holy Ghost by the presence of His own
Godhead Mystag. iii.
3..”