# Ad eos qui scandalizati sunt 8.14

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/8.14

Λέγω δὲ καταγέλαστον εἶναι νομίζειν, τὸ τὸν ἰδιώτην καὶ ἄπειρον ἀπαιτεῖν τὰς αἰτίας τῶν γινομένων ἁπάντων τὸν τεχνίτην, τὴν δὲ ἄφατον σοφίαν ἐκείνην, τὴν ἄφραστον, τὴν ἄρρητον, τὴν ἀκατάληπτον περιεργάζεσθαι καὶ ζητεῖν διὰ τί τὸ καὶ τὸ γέγονε καὶ ταῦτα εἰδότας σαφῶς, ὅτι ἀδιάπτωτος ἡ σοφία αὕτη, ὅτι πολλὴ ἀγαθότης αὐτοῦ, ὅτι ἄρρητος ἡ πρόνοια, ὅτι πάντα πρὸς τὸ τέλος ἀπαντᾷ χρηστὸν τὰ παρ' αὐτοῦ γινόμενα εἰς ἡμᾶς· μόνον εἰ μὴ τὰ ἡμέτερα διακόπτοιτο, ὅτι οὐδένα ἀπολέσθαι βούλεται, ἀλλὰ σῶσαι. Πῶς οὐχ ὑπερβαλλούσης μανίας, τὸν πάντας σῶσαι καὶ βουλόμενον καὶ δυνάμενον περιεργάζεσθαι ἐκ προοιμίων καὶ εὐθέως καὶ μηδὲ τὸ τέλος ἀναμένειν τῶν γινομένων;

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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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