# De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles 31

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles, Sect 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-babyla-contra-julianum-et-gentiles/31

Καὶ ταῦτα ἔπραττεν ἔργῳ τὸν τοῦ Σωτῆρος λόγον βεβαιῶν ὅτι μόνος "δοῦλός ἐστιν ὁ τὴν ἁμαρτίαν ποιῶν," κἂν μυρίους ἐπὶ τῆς κεφαλῆς ἔχῃ στεφάνους, κἂν ἁπάντων δοκῇ τῶν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς ἀνθρώπων κρατεῖν, ὁ δὲ οὐδὲν ἑαυτῷ συνειδὼς πονηρὸν κἂν ἐν τῇ τῶν ὑπηκόων καταλέγηται τάξει πάντων ἐστὶ βασιλέων βασιλικώτερος. Αὐτίκα γοῦν τὸν ἄρχοντα διέταττεν ὁ ἀρχόμενος καὶ τῷ κρατοῦντι πάντων ἔκρινεν ὁ ὑπήκοος καὶ τὴν καταδικάζουσαν αὐτὸν ψῆφον ἔφερε. Σὺ δὲ ταῦτα ἀκούων μὴ παρέλθῃς τὸ λεχθέν. Ἱκανὸν μὲν γὰρ καὶ αὐτὸ καθ' ἑαυτὸ τοῦτο ἀπαγγελθὲν ὅτι τὸν βασιλέα τῶν τῆς ἐκκλησίας προθύρων ἐξήλασε τῶν ὑπὸ τὴν ἀρχὴν ὄντων τις τὴν αὐτοῦ διαναστῆσαι καὶ ἐκπλῆξαι τὰς τῶν ἀκουόντων ψυχάς.

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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/.