# In XII Prophetas 15-2

Cyrillus, In XII Prophetas, Commentary hosea, ΤΟΥ ΑΥΤΟΥ ΕΙΣ ΤΟΝ ΠΡΟΦΗΤΗΝ ΩΣΗΕ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cyrillus-theol/in-xii-prophetas/15-2

Ὅτι μὲν οὖν οὐκ ἂν ἕλοιτο, ξηςὶ, τοῖς ἰδίοις ἔτι κατακολουθεὶν ἐρασταῖς, οὐκ ἂν ἐνδοιάσειέ τις. κατορθώσει γὰρ τοῦτο, καὶ λίαν εὐκόλως, τῷ ἀναφράττεσθαι μὲν τὴν ὁδὸν αὐτῆς, καὶ τὰς τρίβους ἀνατειχίζεσθαι, καὶ κατ’ οὐδένα παντελῶς εὐοδοῦσθαι τρόπον. ἐπειδὴ δὲ πρὸς τῷ θεὸν ὑπάρχειν οἴεσθαι τὸν Βάαλ, ἀνατέθεικεν αὐτῷ καὶ τῶν παρ’ ἐμοῦ κεχορηγημένων αὐτῇ τὰ χαριστήρια, καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο βουλεύσομαι τὰ εἰκότα, ὡς ἂν ἀναμάθοι, τίς ὁ διδοὺς, καὶ τῶν ὅλων ἔχων τὴν ἐξουςίαν, δέδωκα μὲν γὰρ τὰ ζωαρκῆ· σῖτον καὶ οἶνον καὶ ἔλαιον καὶ ἀργύριον ἐπλήθυνα αὐτῇ. ἀλλὰ ταῖς ἐμαῖς φιλοτιμίαις εὐχαριστῆσαι δέον, εἰς δόξαν αὐτὰ πεποίηται τῇ Βάαλ. ὃ δὴ τῆς ἐσχάτης ἐστὶν ἀναισθησίας τε ὁμοῦ καὶ ἀχαριστίας ἀπόδειξις ἀναργής· καὶ οὐκ ἀνικάνως τὸ χρῆμα ἔχει πρός γε τὸ δεῖν καὶ σφόδρα δικαίως παροτρύναι Θεὸν, κἂν εἰ πάσης ἡμερότητος πηγὴ νοοῖτο καὶ γένεσις.

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Cyril of Alexandria, In XII Prophetas, ed. Philip Edward Pusey. 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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