# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 6.19

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia), Catechesis 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/catecheses-ad-illuminandos-1-8-series-tertia/6.19

Ἐννόησον γὰρ εἰς ὅσον ἀξίωμα ἑαυτὸν ἀνάγει ὁ τοῦ ἀδελφοῦ τὴν σωτηρίαν περὶ πολλοῦ ποιούμενος· κατὰ δύναμιν ἀνθρωπίνην τὸν Θεὸν ὁ τοιοῦτος μιμεῖται. Ἄκουε γὰρ διὰ τοῦ προφήτου τί λέγει· «Ὁ ἐξάγων ἄξιον ἐξ ἀναξίου ὡς στόμα μου ἔσται.» Ὁ τὸν ἠμελημένον, φησίν, ἀδελφὸν σπουδάζων διασῶσαι καὶ ἐξαρπάσαι τῆς φάρυγγος τοῦ διαβόλου, κατὰ δύναμιν ἀνθρωπίνην ἐμὲ μιμεῖται. Τί τούτου ἴσον γένοιτ' ἄν; Τοῦτο πάντων τῶν κατορθωμάτων μεῖζον, τοῦτο πάσης τῆς ἀρετῆς τὸ κεφάλαιον.

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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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