# De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles 28

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles, Sect 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-babyla-contra-julianum-et-gentiles/28

Καὶ ἴσως τινὲς θαυμάζουσι πῶς οὐκ ἐπλήγη θεηλάτῳ πληγῇ τοιαῦτα τολμῶν ἢ πῶς οὐκ ἀπαφῆκεν αὐτῷ σκηπτὸν ἄνωθεν ὁ Θεὸς καὶ πρὸ τῆς εἰσόδον τὴν ἀναίσχυντον ὄψον κατέφλεξε τῷ κεραυνῷ. Ἐγὼ δὲ εἴ τινες ἔλαβον τοῦτον τὸν λογισμὸν ἐπαινῶ μὲν αὐτοὺς καὶ θαυμάζω τῆς πυρώσεως λείπειν δὲ αὐτῶν οὐ μικρὸν τῷ θαύματι τούτῳ καὶ τοῖς ἐπαίνοις φημί, Δικαίαν μὲν γὰρ τὴν ἀγανάκτησιν ἔσχον ὑπέρ τε τοῦ οὐκ ἐν δίκῃ κατακοπέντος παιδὸς ὑπέρ τε τῶν τοῦ Θεοῦ νόμων οὕτως ὑβρισθέντων ἰταμῶς, ἀλλὰ τῷ θυμῷ ζέοντες οὐ συνεῖδον ὅσον ἰδεῖν ἐχρῆν. Τοῦ γὰρ δικαίου τούτου νόμος ἕτερος ἀνώτερος πολλῷ κεῖται ἐν τοῖς οὐρανοῖς.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles. 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.tlg373.local001/.