# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 1.35

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/1.35

Ἐπεὶ δὲ ἐκεῖνον τὸν κόσμον ἐξέβαλε τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν ἐμπλεγμάτων, τὸν ἀπὸ τῶν χρυσίων καὶ μαργαριτῶν καὶ τῶν ἱματίων τῶν πολυτελῶν, ἴδωμεν λοιπὸν ποῖον αὐτῇ περιτίθησι κόσμον. Οὗτος γὰρ ὁ κόσμος ὁ ἐκ τῶν χρυσίων καὶ τῶν ἱματίων, κἂν πρὸς ὀλίγον τέρψῃ τὴν περικειμένην, τῷ χρόνῳ δαπανᾶται· τί λέγω δαπανᾶται; Καὶ πρὸ τῆς δαπάνης τοῦ χρόνου τοὺς τῶν βασκάνων ὀφθαλμοὺς διεγείρει καὶ τοὺς κακούργους πρὸς τὴν ὑφαίρεσιν προτρέπεται. Ὁ δὲ κόσμος ὃν περιτίθησιν αὐτὸς ἀνάλωτος, ἀδαπάνητος, διηνεκής, καὶ ἐνταῦθα συμπαραμένων κἀκεῖ συναποδημῶν καὶ πολλὴν ἡμῖν τὴν παρρησίαν κατασκευάζων.

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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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2062.tlg382.local001/.