# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 4.2

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/4.2

Φέρε οὖν καὶ ἡμεῖς συνησθῶμεν καὶ κοινωνήσωμεν αὐτῇ τῆς εὐφροσύνης. Εἰ γὰρ ἐπὶ ἑνὶ ἁμαρτωλῷ μετανοοῦντι χαρὰ γίνεται ἐν οὐρανῷ, πολλῷ μᾶλλον ἐπὶ τοσούτῳ πλήθει προσήκει σκιρτᾶν ἡμᾶς καὶ εὐφραίνεσθαι καὶ δοξάζειν τὸν φιλάνθρωπον Θεὸν ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνεκδιηγήτῳ αὐτοῦ δωρεᾷ. Καὶ γὰρ ἀληθῶς πάντα λόγον ὑπερβαίνει τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ δωρεῶν τὸ μέγεθος. Ποῖος νοῦς, ποία διάνοια, ποῖος λογισμὸς καταλαβεῖν δυνήσεται τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίας τὴν ὑπερβολὴν καὶ τῶν ἀφάτων δωρεῶν τὰ μεγέθη ἃ τῇ τῶν ἀνθρώπων φύσει κεχάρισται.

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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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