# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 8.12

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/ad-eos-qui-scandalizati-sunt/8.12

ὃ πατὴρ περὶ παῖδας ἔχει ἢ μήτηρ περὶ ἔκγονα, ὁ ἀμπελουργὸς περὶ φυτά, ὁ οἰκοδόμος περὶ τέχνην, ὁ νυμφίος περὶ νύμφην, ὁ νεανίσκος περὶ παρθένον καὶ βουλόμενον ἀποστῆσαι σου τὰ κακά, ὅσον ἀφέστηκεν ἀνατολὴ τῆς δύσεως, ὅσον ὑψηλότερος τῆς γῆς ὁ οὐρανὸς—καὶ γὰρ καὶ τοῦτο ἀπεδείξαμεν, — μᾶλλον δὲ οὐ τοσοῦτον μόνον, ἀλλὰ καὶ πολλῷ πλέον· καθάπερ ἐδείξαμεν τὸν περὶ τούτων κινοῦντες λόγον καὶ παραινέσαντες μὴ μέχρι τῶν εἰκόνων ἑστάναι, ἀλλ' ὑπερβαίνειν τοῖς λογισμοῖς. Ἀνερμήνευτος γὰρ ἡ τοῦ Θεοῦ πρόνοια καὶ ἀκατάληπτος αὐτοῦ ἡ κηδεμονία, ἄρρητος ἡ ἀγαθότης καὶ ἀνεξιχνίαστος ἡ φιλανθρωπία.

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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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