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1 ὦ βασιλεῦ, πνεῦμα Θεοῦ οἰκεῖ ἐν τῷ υἱῷ σου:
ἀληθῶς ἡττήμεθα, καὶ οὐδεμίαν ἔτι ἀπολογίαν
ἔχομεν, οὔτε ἀντοφθαλμῆσαι πρὸς τὰ παῤ αὐτοῦ
λεγόμενα ἰσχύομεν. μέγας οὖν τῷ ὄντι ὁ τῶν
Χριστιανῶν Θεός, μεγάλη ἡ πίστις αὐτῶν, μεγάλα τὰ μυστήρια.
Ἐπιστραφεὶς δὲ πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν ἔφη τοῦ βασιλέως:
Λέγε μοι τοίνυν, ὦ πεφωτισμένε τὴν
ψυχήν: δέχεταί με ὁ Χριστός, εἰ, ἐκ τῶν πονηρῶν
μου πράξεων ἀποστάς, ἐπιστρέψω πρὸς
αὐτόν; Ναί, φησὶν ὁ τῆς ἀληθείας κῆρυξ, ναί,
δέχεται καὶ σὲ καὶ πάντας τοὺς εἰς αὐτὸν ἐπιστρέφοντας.
2 δέχεται δὲ οὐχ ἁπλῶς, ἀλλ̓, ὡς υἱῷ ἀπὸ
μακρᾶς ἐπιδημήσαντι χώρας, προσυπαντᾷ τῷ ἐκ
τῆς ὁδοῦ τῶν ἀνομιῶν ἐπιστρέφοντι: καὶ τοῦτον
περιλαβὼν κατασπάζεται, καὶ τὸ τῆς ἁμαρτίας
αἶσχος περιελών αὐτίκα ἱμάτιον περιτίθησι
σωτηρίου, καὶ στολὴν λαμπροτάτης περιβαλὼν
δόξης, μυστικὴν ταῖς ἄνω δυνάμεσιν ἐπιτελεῖ
εὐφροσύνην, τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν ἑορτάζων τοῦ ἀπολωλότος
3 προβάτου. αὐτὸς γὰρ ἔφη ὁ Κύριος
4 χαρὰν γίνεσθαι ἐν οὐρανῷ μεγίστην ἐπὶ ἑπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ
5 μετανοοῦντι. καὶ πάλιν, Οὐκ ἦλθον, φησί,
καλέσαι δικαίους, ἀλλὰ ἁμαρτωλοὺς εἰς μετάνοιαν.
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6 φησὶ δὲ καὶ διὰ τοῦ προφήτου: Ζῶ ἐγώ,
λέγει Κύριος: οὐ βούλομαι τὸν θάνατον τοῦ
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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