# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 7.11

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia), Catechesis 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/catecheses-ad-illuminandos-1-8-series-tertia/7.11

Ὅπερ γάρ ἐστιν ἐκεῖ τὰ ἀγγεῖα πρὸς τὴν τῶν ὑδάτων ὑποδοχήν, τοῦτο ἐνταῦθα ἡ διάνοια καὶ ἡ ζέουσα προθυμία καὶ ἡ μετὰ νήψεως πρόσοδος. Ὁ γὰρ οὕτω προσιὼν εὐθέως τὰ μυρία κομίζεται ἀγαθά, τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ χάριτος ἀοράτως αὐτοῦ κουφιζούσης τὸ συνειδὸς καὶ πολλὴν τὴν πληροφορίαν παρεχομένης καὶ παρασκευαζούσης λοιπὸν τῆς γῆς ἀπαλλάττεσθαι καὶ πρὸς τὸν οὐρανὸν μεθορμίζεσθαι. Δυνατὸν γὰρ καὶ σώματι περιπεπλεγμένον μηδὲν κοινὸν ἔχειν πρὸς τὴν γῆν ἀλλὰ τὰ ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς ἅπαντα φαντάζεσθαι καὶ τὰ ἐκεῖ περισκοπεῖν διηνεκῶς.

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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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