# Catecheses ad illuminandos 1-8 (series tertia) 8.21

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/catecheses-ad-illuminandos-1-8-series-tertia/8.21

Διά τοι τοῦτο, παρακαλῶ, κἂν νῦν γοῦν ἡμεῖς οἱ ἐν τῇ χάριτι, ἐκείνους μιμησώμεθα τοὺς οἴκοθεν καὶ πρὸ τοῦ νόμου ἀπὸ τῆς ἐν τῇ φύσει κειμένης διδασκαλίας πρὸς τοσοῦτον ἀρετῆς ὕψος φθάσαι δυνηθέντας, καὶ πᾶσαν τὴν σπουδὴν μεταθῶμεν ἐπὶ τὴν τῆς ψυχῆς ἐπιμέλειαν καὶ ἐναλλάξωμεν ἡμῶν τὰς φροντίδας καὶ καταμερίσωμεν τὴν μέριμναν καὶ τῆς μὲν ψυχῆς αὐτοὶ τὴν ἐπιμέλειαν ἀναδεξώμεθα, ἐπειδὴ τοῦτό ἐστι τὸ κυριώτερον ἐν ἡμῖν· τοῦ δὲ σώματος ἅπασαν τὴν φροντίδα καὶ τὴν μέριμναν τῷ κοινῷ πάντων δεσπότῃ παραχωρῶμεν.

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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.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2062.tlg382.local001/.