# In XII Prophetas 8-8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/cyrillus-theol/in-xii-prophetas/8-8

Σφαλερὸν οὖν ἄρα καὶ δυσδιοίκητον ἡ τρυφὴ, καὶ λεία τις ὥσπερ ὁδὸς εἰς ἀπόστασιν τὴν ἀπὸ Θεοῦ· παρὰ πολὺ δὲ ἀμείνων ἡ σύμμετρος θλίψις. πιστώσονται δὲ πρὸς τοῦτο ἡμᾶς αἱ τῶν ἁγίων φωναί. ὁ μὲν γάρ τις ἔφασκε “Κύριε, ἐν θλίψει ἐμνήσθημέν σου· ἐν θλίψει μικρᾷ “παιδεία σου ἡμῖν·” ὁ δέ γε σοφώτατος Παῦλος, παντὸς ἡμῖν ἀγαθοῦ ῥίζαν οἷαπερ καὶ γένεσιν τὴν θλῖψιν ἐτίθει λέγων “Ὅτί ἡ θλίψις ὑπομονὴν κατεργάζεται, ἡ δὲ ὑπο- “μονὴ δοκιμὴν, ἡ δὲ δοκιμὴ ἐλπίδα, ἡ δὲ ἐλπὶς οὐ καται- “σχύνει.” ψάλλει δέ που καὶ ὁ θεσπέσιος Δαυείδ “᾿Αγαθὸν μοι ὅτι ἐταπείνωσάς με, ὅπως ἂν μάθω τὰ “δικαιώματά σου.”

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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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