# De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles 34

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles, Sect 34. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-babyla-contra-julianum-et-gentiles/34

Καὶ γὰρ ἦν πεπαιδευμένος ἀπὸ τῶν θείων δογμάτων ὅτι σκιὰ καὶ ὄναρ καὶ τούτων οὐδαμινώτερα ἅπαντα τὰ τοῦ κόσμου πράγματα. Διὰ τοῦτο οὐδὲν αὐτὸν τούτων καταπτῆξαι ἐποίησεν ἀλλὰ καὶ μᾶλλον ἐθάρρυνεν. Ἡ γὰρ ὄψις ἐκείνη τῶν ὁρωμένων τὴν διάνοιαν παρέπεμπεν ἐπὶ τὸν ἄνω βασιλέα τὸν καθήμενον ἐπὶ τῶν Χερουβὶμ καὶ βλέποντα ἀβύσσους, ἐπὶ τὸν θρόνον τὸν ἔνδοξον καὶ ὑψηλὸν, ἐπὶ τὴν στρατιὰν τὴν οὐράνιον, ἐπὶ τὰς μυριάδας τῶν ἀγγέλων, ἐπὶ τὰς χιλιάδας τῶν ἀρχαγγέλων, ἐπὶ τὸ βῆμα τὸ φοβερὸν, ἐπὶ τὸ κριτήριον τὸ ἀδέκαστον, ἐπὶ τὸν τοῦ πυρὸς ποταμὸν, ἐπὶ τὸν κριτὴν αὐτόν. Διά τοι τοῦτο ὅλον ἑαυτὸν μεταστήσας ἀπὸ τῆς γῆς εἰς τὸν οὐρανὸν ὡς ἐκείνῳ τῷ δικαστῇ παρεστὼς καὶ αὐτοῦ κελεύοντος ἀκούων τὸν ἐναγῆ καὶ μιαρὸν τῆς ἱερᾶς ἀγέλης ἐξωθεῖν, οὕτως ἐξέβαλλε καὶ τῶν λοιπῶν προβάτων ἀφώριζε καὶ πρὸς οὐδὲν ἐπεστρέφετο τῶν ὁρωμένων καὶ δοκούντων εἶναι φοβερῶν ἀλλ' ἀνδρείως αὐτὸν μάλα καὶ γενναίως ἀπωσάμενος παρέστη τυραννουμένοις τοῖς τοῦ Θεοῦ νόμοις.

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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/.