# De virginitate 18

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De virginitate, Sect 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/de-virginitate/18

Ὅτι οὐχ ἡ παρθενία τὸ γένος ἡμῶν ἐλαττοῖ ἀλλ' ἡ ἁμαρτία. Ὅτι δὲ οὐχ ἡ παρθενία ποιεῖ τὸ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένος ἐπιλείπειν ἀλλ' ἡ ἁμαρτία καὶ αἱ ἄτοποι μίξεις ἔδειξεν ὁ κατὰ τὸν Νῶε γενόμενος ἀφανισμὸς καὶ ἀνθρώπων καὶ κτηνῶν καὶ πάντων ἁπλῶς τῶν ἐμπνεόντων ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς. Εἰ γὰρ ἔστησαν πρὸς τὴν ἄτοπον τότε ἐπιθυμίαν ἐκείνην οἱ υἱοὶ τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τὴν παρθενίαν ἐτίμησαν, εἰ μὴ εἶδον ἀδίκοις ὄμμασι τὰς θυγατέρας τῶν ἀνθρώπων, οὐκ ἂν αὐτοὺς ὁ τοσοῦτος κατέλαβεν ὄλεθρος. Καὶ μή μέ τις οἰέσθω τῆς ἀπωλείας αὐτῶν αἰτιᾶσθαι τὸν γάμον· οὐ γὰρ τοῦτό φημι νῦν, ἀλλ' ὅτι τὸ ἀπολλῦναι καὶ διαφθείρειν τὸ γένος τὸ ἡμέτερον οὐ τῆς παρθενίας ἀλλὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας ἐστίν.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, De virginitate. 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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