# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 23.3

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/23.3

Ἀλλ' ὅμως καὶ τοσαῦτα μηχανησάμενος, οὐ μόνον αὐτὴν οὐκ ἐσάλευσεν, ἀλλὰ καὶ λαμπροτέραν ἐποίησεν. Οὐ γὰρ οὕτω τότε μὴ ἐνοχλουμένη πάντας ἐπαίδευσεν ὡς νῦν τὴν οἰκουμένην διδάσκει καρτερεῖν, ἐγκρατεύεσθαι, φέρειν πειρασμούς, ὑπομονὴν ἐπιδείκνυσθαι, καταφρονεῖν τῶν βιωτικῶν, μηδὲν ἡγεῖσθαι πλοῦτον, καταγελᾶν τιμῆς, ὑπερορᾶν θανάτου, καταφρονεῖν ζωῆς, πατρίδα παρορᾶν, οἰκείους, φίλους, συγγενεῖς, πρὸς σφαγὰς ἀποδύεσθαι παντοδαπάς, κατὰ ξιφῶν κυβιστᾶν, τὰ λαμπρὰ ἅπαντα τοῦ παρόντος βίου, τιμὰς λέγω καὶ δόξας καὶ δυναστείαν καὶ τρυφήν, τῶν ἠρινῶν ἀνθῶν εὐτελέστερα εἶναι νομίζειν.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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