# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 18.161

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/18.161

ἥ ἐστι ῥῆμα Θεοῦ, καὶ πάντοθεν ἄριστα καθοπλισθεὶς καὶ περιφραξάμενος, οὕτω πεποιθὼς πρὸς τὸν κατὰ τῆς ἀσεβείας ἔξελθε πόλεμον, ὡς ἄν, ταύτην τροπωσάμενος καὶ τὸν αὐτῆς ἀρχηγὸν διάβολον εἰς γῆν καταρράξας, τοῖς τῆς νίκης στεφάνοις κοσμηθήσῃ ἐκ τῆς ζωαρχικῆς δεξιᾶς τοῦ Δεσπότου.

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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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