# Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis) 12.19.4

Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), Chapter 12, Verse 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/catenae-novum-testamentum/catena-in-epistulam-ad-romanos-typus-monacensis/12.19.4

Ὡριγένουσ. Ἢ καὶ οὕτως. ἐπειδὴ ἡ πρὸς τὴν ἀρετὴν καὶ θεωρίαν ὄρεξις, δοκεῖ πείνα εἶναι καὶ δίψα, ὡς ὑγείας ἐμποιητικὰ ψυχικῆς, ἐὰν τοιαύτην ποτὲ πείναν ἣ δίψαν ὁ ἐχθρὸς σχῇ, μετὰ τὸ μετανοῆσαι ἐφ’ οἷς ἥμαρτε, δεῖ αὐτῷ τὸν ἅγιον ἄρτον πεινῶντι διδόναι, ἐὰν μὴ ἔστι χοῖρος ἣ κύων, ἀνάξιος τῶν ἁγίων. πολλαχῶς δέ ἐστι πεινῶντα θρέψαι τὸν ἐχθρόν. ποτὲ μὲν λόγῳ διδασκαλικῷ· ποτὲ δὲ, εὐχῇ τῇ περὶ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἐπειδὴ παντὸς ἀνδρὸς κεφαλὴ ὁ Χριστός. οὐκοῦν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ ὡς μὴ ὄντος ἀνδρὸς, διὰ τὸ ἀσεβὲς, κεφαλὴ ὁ ἀντίχριστος. ὃν χρὴ ἐξαφανίζεσθαι ὡς ἐναντίον τῷ τοῦ Θεοῦ λόγῳ, ὑπὸ τοῦ λογικοῦ πυρὸς τῶν ἀνθράκων. ὅταν ὁ ἀσεβὴς ὁ ἔχων κεφαλὴν τὸν ἀντίχριστον, πεινήσας, φάγῃ τὸν ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας τραπέζης ἄρτον· καὶ διψήσας, ποτισθῇ τῷ ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας πηγῆς ὕδατι ζῶντι. διὸ καλόν ἐστι σωρεῦσαι ἄνθρακας, ὁ ἐστι λόγους, ἐπὶ τὴν τοῦ ἐχθροῦ κεφαλήν. “ ὃν ὁ Κύριος Ἰησοῦς ἀναλοῖ “ τῷ πνεύματι τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ. ” τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι τὸ σωτήριον πῦρ, περὶ οὗ εἶπε, “ πῦρ ἦλθον βαλεῖν ἐπὶ τὴν γῆν.” ἀντὶ τοῦ, ἀναλῶσαι καὶ ἐξαφανίσαι τὰ σωματικὰ καὶ ὑλικά. πολλῶν δὲ ἀνθράκων χρεία, ἵνα τοῦ ἐχθροῦ ἡ κεφαλὴ ἐξαναλωθῇ. οἵτινές εἰσιν οἱ ἀληθεῖς λόγοι, οἱ ἐξαναφανίζοντες τὸ ψεῦδος. ὅταν οὖν ἀναλωθῇ ἡ τοῦ ἐχθροῦ κεφαλὴ, ὑπὸ τῶν σωρευομένων ἀνθράκων, ἐκ τοῦ τρέφεσθαι πεινῶντα τὸν ἐχθρὸν, γίνεται ὁ ποτὲ ἐχθρὸς, φίλος. καὶ κέχρηται κεφαλῇ τῷ Χριστῷ.

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Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), ed. John Anthony Cramer. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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