# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 1.11

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia), Catechesis 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/catecheses-ad-illuminandos-1-8-series-tertia/1.11

Εἶδες ἀγαθότητα δεσπότου; Οὐ μάτην ἄρα οὐδὲ εἰκῇ ἀρχόμενος τοῦ λόγου γάμον ἐκάλεσα πνευματικὸν τὰ γινόμενα. Καὶ γὰρ ἐπὶ τοῦ γάμου τούτου τοῦ αἰσθητοῦ οὐκ ἄλλως δυνατὸν τὴν ἀπειρόγαμον ἀνδρὶ συναφθῆναι μὴ τῶν τεκόντων καὶ θρεψαμένων ἐπιλαθομένην καὶ μεταστήσασαν ὁλόκληρον αὐτῆς τὴν γνώμην πρὸς τὸν μέλλοντα αὐτῇ συζεύγνυσθαι νυμφίον. Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὁ μακάριος Παῦλος εἰς τοῦτον τὸν λόγον ἐμπεσὼν μυστήριον τὸ πρᾶγμα ἐκάλεσεν· εἰπὼν γάρ· «Ἀντὶ τούτου καταλείψει ἄνθρωπος τὸν πατέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ τὴν μητέρα αὐτοῦ καὶ προσκολληθήσεται πρὸς τὴν γυναῖκα αὐτοῦ καὶ ἔσονται οἱ δύο εἰς σάρκα μίαν» καὶ τὴν δύναμιν ἐννοήσας τοῦ γινομένου καὶ ἐκπλαγεὶς ἀνεβόησε λέγων· «Τὸ μυστήριον τοῦτο μέγα ἐστί.»

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia). 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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