# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 5.15

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia), Catechesis 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/catecheses-ad-illuminandos-1-8-series-tertia/5.15

Οὐ τοσαύτης ὑμῖν παραινέσεως καὶ συμβουλῆς ἦν χρεία κατὰ τὸν τῆς ἁγίας τεσσαρακοστῆς καιρὸν ὅση νῦν. Τότε μὲν γὰρ ἡ τῆς νηστείας ὑπόθεσις καὶ ἄκοντας ὑμᾶς ἐσωφρόνιζε· νυνὶ δὲ δέδοικα καὶ φοβοῦμαι τὴν ἄδειαν καὶ τὴν ἐκ ταύτης τικτομένην ῥᾳθυμίαν. Πρὸς οὐδὲν γὰρ οὕτως ἄχρηστον ἡ ἀνθρωπίνη φύσις ὡς πρὸς ἄνεσιν· διὸ καὶ ὁ φιλάνθρωπος δεσπότης ἄνωθεν καὶ ἐκ προοιμίων ὥσπερ χαλινόν τινα ἐπιθεὶς τῷ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένει πόνῳ καὶ ταλαιπωρίᾳ τὸν ἄνθρωπον κατεδίκασε, πολλὴν τῆς σωτηρίας ἡμῶν τὴν πρόνοιαν ποιούμενος.

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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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