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ταῦτα πάντα τὰ πολύθεα σεβάσματα
πλάνης ἔργα καὶ ἀπωλείας ὑπάρχειν. οὐ χρὴ οὖν
θεοὺς ὀνομάζειν ὁρατοὺς καὶ μὴ ὁρῶντας: ἀλλὰ
τὸν ἀόρατον καὶ πάντας δημιουργήσαντα δεῖ
σέβεσθαι Θεόν.
Ἔλθωμεν οὖν, ὦ βασιλεῦ, καὶ ἐπὶ τοὺς Ἰουδαίους,
ὅπως ἴδωμεν τί φρονοῦσι καὶ αὐτοὶ περὶ
1 Θεοῦ. οὗτοι γάρ, τοῦ Ἀβραὰμ ὄντες ἀπόγονοι
καὶ Ἰσαάκ τε καὶ Ἰακώβ, παρῴκησαν εἰς Αἴγυπτον.
2 ἐκεῖθεν δὲ ἐξήγαγεν αὐτοὺς ὁ Θεὸς ἐν χειρὶ
3 κραταιᾷ καὶ ἐν βραχίονι ὑψηλῷ διὰ Μωσέως τοῦ
νομοθέτου αὐτῶν καὶ τέρασι πολλοῖς καὶ σημείοις
ἐγνώρισεν αὐτοῖς τὴν ἑαυτοῦ δύναμιν. ἀλλ̓,
ἀγνώμονες καὶ αὐτοὶ φανέντες καὶ ἄχρηστοι, πολλάκις
ἐλάτρευσαν τοῖς τῶν ἐθνῶν σεβάσμασι, καὶ
4 τοὺς ἀπεσταλμένους πρὸς αὐτοὺς προφήτας καὶ
δικαίους ἀπέκτειναν. εἶτα ὡς εὐδόκησεν ὁ Υἱὸς
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τοῦ Θεοῦ ἐλθεῖν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, ἐμπαροινήσαντες εἰς
5 αὐτόν, προέδωκαν Πιλάτῳ τῷ ἡγεμόνι τῶν Ῥωμαίων
καὶ σταυρῷ κατεδίκασαν, μὴ αἰδεσθέντες
τὰς εὐεργεσίας αὐτοῦ, καὶ τὰ ἀναρίθμητα θαύματα
ἅπερ ἐν αὐτοῖς εἰργάσατο. διὸ ἀπώλοντο τῇ ἰδίᾳ
παρανομίᾳ. σέβονται γὰρ καὶ νῦν Θεὸν τὸν
6 μόνον παντοκράτορα, ἀλλ̓ οὐ κατ̓ ἐπίγνωσιν: τὸν
γὰρ Χριστὸν ἀρνοῦνται τὸν Υἱὸν τοῦ Θεοῦ, καί
εἰσι παρόμοιοι τοῖς ἔθνεσι, κἂν ἐγγίζειν πως τῇ
ἀληθείᾳ δοκῶσιν, ἧς ἑαυτοὺς ἐμάκρυναν. ταῦτα
περὶ τῶν Ἰουδαίων.
Οἱ δὲ Χριστιανοὶ γενεαλογοῦνται ἀπὸ τοῦ
Κυρίου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ. οὗτος δὲ ὁ Υἱὸς τοῦ
7 Θεοῦ τοῦ ὑψίστου ὁμολογεῖται, ἐν Πνεύματι
8 Ἁγίῳ ἀπ̓ οὐρανοῦ καταβὰς διὰ τὴν σωτηρίαν
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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