# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 7.13

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/7.13

Καὶ ἵνα μὴ νομίσωμεν αὐτὸν ἀδύνατά τινα ἐπιτάττειν καὶ ὑπερβαίνοντα τὴν φύσιν τὴν ἡμετέραν, πάλιν δευτεροῖ τὴν παραίνεσιν καί φησι· «Τὰ ἄνω φρονεῖτε, μὴ τὰ ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς.» Τί ἐστιν ὃ βούλεται ἡμᾶς παιδεῦσαι; Μὴ ταῦτα, φησί, φρονεῖτε τὰ τῆς γῆς ἄξια. Τίνα δέ ἐστι τὰ τῆς γῆς ἄξια; Τὰ μηδὲν ἔχοντα μόνιμον, τὰ πρὶν ἢ φανῆναι ἀφιπτάμενα, τὰ μηδὲν ἔχοντα βέβαιον μηδὲ ἀκίνητον, τὰ τῷ παρόντι βίῳ συγκαταλυόμενα, τὰ πρὶν ἢ ἀνθῆσαι μαραινόμενα, τὰ φθορᾷ ὑποκείμενα. Τοιαῦτα γὰρ ἅπαντα τὰ ἀνθρώπινα κἂν πλοῦτον εἴπῃς κἂν δυναστείαν κἂν δόξαν κἂν σώματος ὥραν κἂν ἅπασαν τοῦ βίου τὴν εὐημερίαν.

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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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