# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 4.11-13

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, 4.11 to 4.13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/4.11

Οὕτω γὰρ ἀσθενὴς τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὁ λογισμὸς ὡς εἰς ἐναντία περιαχθῆναι πολλάκις καὶ ἐκ διαμέτρου κατὰ ἀλλήλων στῆναι πολλοὺς ἐν τῇ περὶ τῆς κτίσεως ψήφῳ. Ἑλλήνων μὲν γὰρ παῖδες ὑπὲρ τὸ δέον αὐτὴν θαυμάσαντες καὶ τὸ μέτρον ὑπερεκβάντες, θεὸν εἶναι αὐτὴν ἐνόμισαν. Μανιχαῖοι δὲ καὶ ἕτεροι πάλιν αἱρετικοί, οἱ μὲν οὐκ ἀγαθοῦ θεοῦ ἔργον ἔφησαν αὐτὴν εἶναι, οἱ δὲ ἓν αὐτῆς ἀποτεμόντες μέρος, αὐτομάτῳ τινὶ προσέρριψαν ὕλῃ καὶ ἀναξίαν ἔκριναν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ δημιουργίας εἶναι. Οὕτως, ὥσπερ ἕφθην εἰπών, εἴ τις λογισμοῖς καὶ ἀγνώμονι χρήσαιτο γνώμῃ καὶ τῶν δοκούντων εἶναι καλῶν πολλὰ διαβαλεῖ. Τί γάρ σοι ὡραιότερον ἡλίου εἶναι δοκεῖ; Ἀλλ' ὅμως τοῦτο τὸ φαιδρὸν ἄστρον καὶ γλυκὺ καὶ ὀφθαλμοὺς λυμαίνεται ἀσθενοῦντας καὶ γῆν κατακαίει θερμοτέρας ἀφεὶς τὰς ἀκτῖνας καὶ πυρετοὺς τίκτει καὶ καρπὸν πολλάκις κατεξήρανε καὶ ἐποίησεν ἄχρηστον καὶ δένδρα ἄκαρπα εἰργάσατο καὶ μέρος τῆς οἰκουμένης ἀοίκητον κατέστησεν ἡμῖν.

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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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2062.tlg087.local001/.