# De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles 54

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De Babyla contra Julianum et gentiles, Sect 54. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-babyla-contra-julianum-et-gentiles/54

Οὕτω γοῦν πολλοὶ εἰς πᾶν εἶδος ἁμαρτημάτων ἐλθόντες ἔλαθον ἐπειδὴ τὴν φλόγα ἀρχομένην οὐκ ἔσβεσαν, οὕτω καὶ ὁ δείλαιος ἐκεῖνος χαλεπώτερα τοῖς προτέροις προσετίθει τὰ δεύτερα. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ τὸν νέον ἐκεῖνον ἀπώλεσεν ἀπὸ τοῦ φόνου πρὸς τὴν ὕβριν τὴν εἰς τὸν νεὼν ὥρμησε καὶ πάλιν ἐκ ταύτης ὁδῷ προβαίνων εἰς τὴν κατὰ τῆς ἱερωσύνης ἀπόνοιαν ἐπαπεδύσατο, καὶ τὸν ἅγιον σιδήρῳ δήσας καὶ εἰς δεσμωτήριον ἐμβαλὼν οὕτω τέως ἐκόλαζε δίκην αὐτὸν τῆς εὐεργεσίας ἀπαιτῶν καὶ ὑπὲρ ὧν θαυμάζειν ἔδει καὶ στεφανοῦν καὶ τῶν γεγεννηκότων μᾶλλον τιμᾶν ὑπὲρ τούτων τὰ τῶν κακούργων ὑπομένειν ἠνάγκαζε δεσμὰ καὶ τὴν ἀπὸ τῶν δεσμῶν ταλαιπωρίαν περιθείς.

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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.
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