# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 7.4-5

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, 7.4 to 7.5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/7.4

Οὐκ ἀστράσι δὲ ἐκαλλώπισε μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἡλίῳ καὶ σελήνῃ κατεκόσμησεν, ἐν ἑκατέρῳ τῷ καιρῷ πολλὴν μέν σοι τὴν ἡδονήν, πολλὴν δὲ παρέχων τὴν χρείαν. Τί γὰρ ὡραιότερον οὐρανοῦ, νῦν μὲν ὑπὸ τῆς ἀκτῖνος λαμπομένου, νῦν δέ, καθάπερ τισὶν ὀφθαλμῶν βολαῖς, τῷ ἀπείρῳ τῶν ἄστρων πλήθει καταυγάζοντος τὴν γῆν καὶ ναύταις καὶ ὁδοιπόροις ὁδηγούς τινας διδόντος καὶ χειραγωγούς; Ὁ γὰρ τὸ πέλαγος τέμνων καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν οἰάκων καθήμενος καὶ κυμάτων ἐμβολαῖς καὶ ὑδάτων ἀτάκτων ῥύμῃ καὶ πνευμάτων βιαίων φορᾷ καὶ νυκτὸς ἀσελήνῳ σκότῳ ἐκδίδωσιν ἑαυτόν, τῇ παρὰ τούτου ὁδηγίᾳ θαρρῶν·

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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/.