# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 4.13

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia), Catechesis 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/catecheses-ad-illuminandos-1-8-series-tertia/4.13

Πῶς γὰρ οὐ καινὰ καὶ παράδοξα ὅταν ὁ χθὲς καὶ πρώην περὶ τὴν τρυφὴν καὶ τὴν ἀδηφαγίαν ἐσχολακὼς ἀθρόον ἐγκράτειαν καὶ λιτότητα διαίτης ἀσπάζηται; Πῶς οὐ καινὰ καὶ παράδοξα τὰ πάντα ὅταν ὁ πρότερον ἀκόλαστος καὶ περὶ τὰς ἡδονὰς τοῦ παρόντος βίου καταδαπανώμενος, ἐξαίφνης ἀνώτερος τῶν παθῶν γεγονώς, ὡς οὐδὲ σῶμα περικείμενος, οὕτω τὴν σωφροσύνην καὶ τὴν ἁγνείαν μεταδιώκῃ.

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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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