# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 7.12

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/7.12

Διὰ τοῦτο καὶ Παῦλος γράφων ἔλεγεν ἀνθρώποις σαρκὶ συμπεπλεγμένοις καὶ ἐν τῷ μέσῳ στρεφομένοις καὶ γυναικὸς καὶ παίδων φροντίζουσιν· «Τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε.» Εἶτα ἵνα μάθωμεν τί βούλεται αὐτῷ ἡ παραίνεσις αὕτη καὶ τί ἐστι τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖν ἐπήγαγεν· «Οὗ ὁ Χριστός ἐστιν ἐν δεξιᾷ τοῦ Θεοῦ καθήμενος.» Ἐκεῖνα, φησί, βούλομαι ὑμᾶς φρονεῖν τὰ δυνάμενα ὑμῶν ἐκεῖ μεταστῆσαι τὸν λογισμόν, τὰ ἀφιστῶντα ὑμᾶς τῶν ἐν τῇ γῇ πραγμάτων. «Καὶ γὰρ τὸ πολίτευμα ὑμῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ ὑπάρχει.» Ἔνθα οὖν ἀπεγράφητε, φησίν, ἐκεῖ τὸν νοῦν ὑμῶν ἅπαντα μεταγαγεῖν σπουδάσατε κἀκεῖνα βουλεύεσθε καὶ πράττειν ἃ τῆς ἐκεῖ πολιτείας ὑμᾶς ἀξίους ἀποφῆναι δυνήσεται.

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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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