In inscriptione titulorum

On the Inscriptions of the Stelography. It appears, then, that he posits two kinds of stelae; for he would not have accepted that of Jacob with approval while rebuking those of his opponents as impiously erected. But those depict phantasms of idolatry, demonic apparitions, in evil belief; whereas that of the forefather Jacob does not manifest the same import as those. For that righteous man, instructed by the Holy Spirit, first sees the bodily form itself of Christ vividly prefigured, which is visible and subject to local circumscription; and secondly, he records the victorious trophy of the cross, depicted in a manner resembling a ladder. For by this he was supported, having drawn all aloft to himself. It is possible, then, to perceive how some, in name, sometimes call the passions of temptations "ladder-steps," hinting at precipitous ascents and descents, while in form the ladder somewhat resembles the cross, being fitted with upright and transverse beams. So, after he recorded such a vision, he lifted the stone on which he had rested his head in repose, set it up as a stele in remembrance of the vision, and, characterizing an image of the face that had appeared to him, established it as a renewal of memory; and, calling it a house of God, he intimated the temple of the Word of God, as the Son of the Almighty himself revealed: "Destroy this temple, and in three days I will raise it." And he also named the same a gate of heaven, since through the temple-building of Christ, being purified in body and soul, we are able to approach the divine nature.

Therefore, he did not pour the oil idly upon the top of the stele; but this was indicative of that which Mary diligently performed, pouring ointment from the extremities upon the feet of Christ; and this in turn was that very sign of the burial, as the Lord himself openly made clear; and this stone represents that cornerstone which the builders rejected, but which became the head of the corners. 8 The divine scriptures reveal two nations and two peoples. And Moses is a witness to this; for in the account of creation, when narrating the life of Rebecca, he says how she went to inquire of the Lord concerning what she had conceived. Then he says: the Lord said to her, "There are two nations in your womb, and two peoples shall be separated from your belly, and one people shall surpass the other, and the greater shall serve the lesser." For there are many nations and many peoples, but these two are specially named peoples, who were deemed worthy to be entrusted with the doctrine of piety—and he mentions neither schisms, nor heresies, nor numbers—but there are two peoples extended over many lands, Christians and Jews. And the one that boasts of being greater in time, being inferior in virtue, will serve the younger; for the foolish, he said, will be enslaved to the wise.

Hence, then, he prefigured him sitting upon the throne of the saint, indicating that he has been shown to be enthroned together with the most divine Spirit because of the God dwelling in him perpetually.