# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 7.29

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/7.29

Μὴ ἁπλῶς παραδράμωμεν τὸ λεχθέν, ἀλλ' ἐννοήσωμεν μετὰ ἀκριβείας τοῦ ἀνδρὸς τὴν ἀρετὴν καὶ τότε καταμάθωμεν τοῦ δεσπότου τὴν φιλανθρωπίαν, πῶς οὐδένα περιορᾷ ἀλλ' ἔνθα ἂν ἴδῃ νήφουσαν ψυχὴν ἐκεῖ τὴν παρ' ἑαυτοῦ χάριν ἐπιδαψιλεύεται. Στρατιώτης ἄνθρωπος, οὐδεμιᾶς ἀπολαύων διδασκαλίας, ἐν πράγμασι βιωτικοῖς συμπεπλεγμένος, καθ' ἑκάστην ἡμέραν μυρία ἔχων τὰ περισπῶντα αὐτὸν καὶ ἀνθέλκοντα, οὐκ εἰς συμπόσια καὶ μέθην καὶ ἀδηφαγίαν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ βίον κατανήλισκεν, ἀλλ' εἰς προσευχὰς καὶ ἐλεημοσύνας καὶ τοσαύτην οἴκοθεν τὴν σπουδὴν ἐπεδείκνυτο καὶ οὕτω ταῖς εὐχαῖς προσήδρευε καὶ τὰς ἐλεημοσύνας δαψιλεῖς εἰργάζετο ὡς καὶ ὀπτασίας τοιαύτης ἄξιον ἑαυτὸν ἀποφῆναι.

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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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