# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 5.25

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/5.25

Ἐπὶ μὲν γὰρ τοῦ σωματικοῦ κάλλους ἀμήχανον τὴν ἅπαξ ἄμορφον γενομένην ὄψιν καὶ ὑπὸ γήρως ἢ ὑπὸ νόσου ἢ ὑπὸ ἑτέρας τινὸς σωματικῆς περιστάσεως τὸ πρότερον ἀπολέσασαν κάλλος εἰς ἀκμὴν πάλιν ἐπανελθεῖν. Φύσεως γάρ ἐστι τὸ πάθος καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀδύνατον πρὸς τὴν προτέραν ἐπανελθεῖν τῆς εὐμορφίας φαιδρότητα. Ἐπὶ δὲ τῆς ψυχῆς, ἐὰν βουλώμεθα, καὶ τοῦτο γενέσθαι δυνατὸν διὰ τὴν ἄφατον τοῦ Θεοῦ φιλανθρωπίαν, καὶ τὴν ἅπαξ καταρρυπωθεῖσαν καὶ διὰ τοῦ τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων πλήθους δυσειδῆ καὶ αἰσχρὰν γενομένην ταχέως ἐπὶ τὴν προτέραν ἐπανελθεῖν εὐμορφίαν, εἰ πολλὴν καὶ ἀκριβῆ τὴν μετάνοιαν ἐπιδειξαίμεθα.

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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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