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αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ
ῥήματα αὐτοὖ, τί ἂν εἴποις, ἢ θείαν εἶναι καὶ
ἄμαχον δύναμιν ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων
τὰ ἑαυτῆς βεβαιοῦσαν; τίνα δὲ ἀπόδειξιν ζητεῖς,
ἀνόητε, τοῦ ψεύδεσθαι μὲν τοὺς σούς, ἀληθεύειν
δὲ τοὺς ἡμετέρους, κρείττονα τῶν εἰρημένων; εἰ
μὴ γὰρ λῆρος ἦν καὶ ψεῦδος πάντα τὰ σά, οὐκ
ἄν, τοσαύτην ἔχοντα παρὰ ἀνθρώπων ἰσχύν,
1 ἠλαττοῦτο καὶ ἐξησθένει. Εἶδον γάρ, φησί, τὸν
ἀσεβῆ ὑπερυψούμενον καὶ ἐπαιρόμενον ὡς τὰς
κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου: καὶ παρῆλθον, καὶ ἰδοὺ
οὐκ ἦν, καὶ ἐζήτησα αὐτόν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ.
Περὶ ὑμῶν ταῦτα εἴρηκεν ὁ Προφήτης τῶν
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ὑπασπιστῶν τῆς εἰδωλομανίας. μικρὸν γὰρ ὅσον
ὅσον καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ὁ τόπος ὑμῶν, ἀλλ̓, ὡς
2 ἐκλείπει καπνός, ἐκλείψετε, καὶ ὡς τήκεται
κηρὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου πυρός. περὶ δὲ τῆς Εὐαγγελικῆς
3 θεογνωσίας εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος: Ὁ οὐρανὸς
καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ
4 παρέλθωσι. καί: Σὺ κατ̓ ἀρχάς, Κύριε, φησὶν
αὖθις ὁ ψαλμῳδός, τὴν γῆν ἐθεμελίωσας, καὶ
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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