# Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis) 14.15.2

Catenae (Novum Testamentum), Catena In Epistulam Ad Romanos (typus Monacensis), Chapter 14, Verse 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/catenae-novum-testamentum/catena-in-epistulam-ad-romanos-typus-monacensis/14.15.2

Χρυσοστόμου. Εἶδες πῶς τέως ᾠκειώσατο τὸν Ἰουδαίζοντα; δείξας ὅτι τοσοῦτον αὐτοῦ πεποίηται λόγον, ὡς ὑπὲρ τοῦ μὴ λυπῆσαι αὐτὸν, μὴ δὲ ἐπιτάξαι τέως τολμᾶν τὰ σφόδρα ἀναγκαῖα· οἷον τὸ μὴ βδελύττεσθαι τὰ βρώματα, ἀλλὰ τῇ συγχωρήσει μᾶλλον αὐτὸν ἐφέλκεσθαι καὶ τῇ ἀγάπῃ. οὐδὲ γὰρ μετὰ τὸ λῦσαι τὸν φόβον, καὶ καθαρὰ πάντα εἰπεῖν, ἕλκει καὶ βιάζεται, ἀλλ’ ἀφίησιν αὐτὸν ἑαυτοῦ κύριον. οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἰσον βρώματος ἀπαγαγεῖν, καὶ λύπῃ περιβαλεῖν. ὁρᾷς πόσην σπουδὴν ποιεῖται τῆς ἀγάπης; οἰδε γὰρ ὅτι πάντα αὕτη κατορθῶσαι δύναται. διὸ καὶ μεῖζόν τι ἐνταῦθα παρ’ αὐτῶν ἀπαιτεῖ. οὐ γὰρ μόνον, φησὶ, αὐτοὺς οὐ χρὴ πρὸς ἀνάγκην ἀπαγαγεῖν, ἀλλ’ εἰ δεῖ καὶ συγκαταβαίνειν, μὴ δὲ τοῦτο ὀκνεῖν. διὸ καὶ ἐπάγει λέγων, “ μὴ τῷ “ βρώματί σου ἐκεῖνον ἀπόλλυε, ὑπὲρ οὗ Χριστὸς ἀπέθανεν.” ἢ οὐδὲ τοσούτου ἄξιον εἶναι ἡγῇ τὸν ἀδελφὸν, ὡς μὴ δὲ ἀποχῇ βρωμάτων ὠνήσασθαι αὐτοῦ τὴν σωτηρίαν; καὶ ὁ μὲν Χριστὸς οὐδὲ δοῦλος γενέσθαι, οὐδὲ ἀποθανεῖν παρῃτήσατο δι’ αὐτόν· σὺ δὲ οὐδὲ βρωμάτων καταφρονεῖς, ἵνα αὐτὸν διασώσῃς.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4102.tlg011.local001/.