# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 18.149

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/18.149

Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Ἰωάσαφ· Εἰ πάνυ πολὺν χρόνον ἐσκόπησας, σοφώτατε, πῶς ἂν ἄριστα τὴν λύσιν τῶν προβληθέντων ζητημάτων ἡμῖν σαφηνίσαις, οὐκ ἂν ἄμεινον τοῦτό μοι ποιῆσαι ἐδόκεις, ἢ τοιαῦτά μοι λέγων ὁποῖά μοι νῦν ἐξεῖπας, δημιουργὸν μὲν πάντων καὶ συνοχέα τὸν Θεὸν διδάξας, ἀκατάληπτον δὲ λογισμοῖς ἀνθρωπίνοις τὴν δόξαν τῆς μεγαλωσύνης αὐτοῦ λόγοις ἀναντιρρήτοις ἀποδείξας, καὶ ὅτι οὐκ ἄλλος τις ἰσχύει ταύτης ἐφικέσθαι,

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John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, ed. George Ratcliffe Woodward, Harold Mattingly. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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