# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 1.42

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/1.42

Καὶ πρὸ πάντων τὴν γλῶτταν παιδεύετε τῶν ὅρκων καθαρεύειν· οὐ λέγω τῶν ἐπιόρκων ἀλλὰ καὶ τῶν ὅρκων τῶν εἰκῇ καὶ μάτην γινομένων καὶ ἐπὶ κακῷ τῶν ὀμνύντων. «Ἐρρέθη γάρ φησιν· οὐκ ἐπιορκήσεις. Ἐγὼ δὲ λέγω ὑμῖν μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως.» Ἤκουσας μὴ ὀμόσαι ὅλως, μηκέτι λοιπὸν ἀνέχου περιεργάζεσθαι τὰ παρὰ τοῦ δεσπότου νομοθετηθέντα ἀλλὰ πείθου τῷ προστάξαντι καὶ διὰ πάντων ἐκκάθαιρέ σου τὴν διάνοιαν.

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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/.