# In catenas sancti Petri [Sp.] 3

Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, In catenas sancti Petri [Sp.], Sect 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-chrysostomus-scr-eccl-john-chrysostom/in-catenas-sancti-petri-sp/3

Ταῦτα εἰ καὶ πολλῷ τῷ μεγέθει τὰς ἀνθρωπίνας ὑπερνικᾷ διανοίας, καὶ μείζω τῆς τῶν λόγων δυνάμεως καταφαίνεται, οὐ πάντως πρὸς τὸ πάντη ἀνέφικτον χωρήσει καὶ ἄπορον. Συγκαταβήσεται γὰρ καὶ μέχρι τῆς ἡμετέρας ἐσχατιᾶς ὁ πάντων ἀποστόλων ὑπέρτερος, οὐ μόνον διὰ τὸ συμπαθὲς ᾧ πρὸ παντὸς ἄλλου χρώμενος τοῖς ὁμοφυέσιν ἡμῖν μεταδίδωσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ διὰ τὸ πρὸς τὸν διδάσκαλον μιμητικὸν, ὃς καὶ μέχρι τῆς τοῦ δούλου μορφῆς συγκαταβὰς, τὸ μετριοφρονεῖν καὶ συνταπεινοῦσθαι τοῖς ταπεινοῖς τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ μαθητὰς ἐξεπαίδευσε.

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Joannes Chrysostomus Scr. Eccl. John Chrysostom, In catenas sancti Petri [Sp.]. 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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