# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 19.167

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/19.167

ἡμῶν Χριστὸν τὸν Θεὸν καὶ Σωτῆρα τοῦ κόσμου, καὶ δόντα ἡμῖν τοῦτον σύμβολον τῆς κατὰ τοῦ διαβόλου νίκης· φρίττει γὰρ καὶ τρέμει, μὴ φέρων καθορᾶν αὐτοῦ τὴν δύναμιν. ἐν τοῖς τοιούτοις δόγμασι καὶ μετὰ τοιαύτης πίστεως βαπτισθήσῃ, ἄτρεπτον ταύτην καὶ ἀμιγῆ πάσης αἱρέσεως φυλάττων μέχρις ἐσχάτης ἀναπνοῆς. πᾶσαν δὲ διδασκαλίαν καὶ πᾶσαν δογματικὴν φωνήν, ταύτῃ τῇ ἀμωμήτῳ ἀνθισταμένην πίστει, βδελύσσου, καὶ ἀλλοτρίωσιν λογίζου εἶναι Θεοῦ. φησὶ γὰρ ὁ Ἀπόστολος, ὅτι Κἂν ἡμεῖς ἢ ἄγγελος ἐξ οὐρανοῦ εὐαγγελίζηται ὑμῖν παρ’ ὃ εὐηγγελισάυεθα ὑμῖν, ἀνάθεμα ἔστω. οὐκ ἔστι γὰρ ἄλλο Εὐαγγέλιον καὶ ἄλλη πίστις, πλὴν ἡ διὰ τῶν ἀποστόλων κηρυχθεῖσα, καὶ διὰ τῶν θεοφόρων Πατέρων ἐν διαφόροις συνόδοις βεβαιωθεῖσα, καὶ τῇ καθολικῇ Ἐκκλησίᾳ βεβαιωθεῖσα. Ταῦτα εἰπὼν ὁ Βαρλαάμ, καὶ τὸ τῆς πίστεως σύμβολον τὸ ἐκτεθὲν ἐν τῇ κατὰ Νίκαιαν συνόδῳ διδάξας τὸν τοῦ βασιλέως υἱόν, ἐβάπτισεν αὐτὸν εἰς τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ Πατρός, καὶ τοῦ Υἱοῦ, καὶ τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος εἰς τὴν κολυμβήθραν τοῦ ὕδατος τὴν οὖσαν ἐν τῷ παραδείσῳ αὐτοῦ. καὶ ἦλθεν ἐπ’ αὐτὸν ἡ χάρις τοῦ Ἁγίου Πνεύματος. ἐπανελθὼν δὲ εἰς τὸν αὐτοῦ κοιτῶνα, καὶ τὴν ἱερὰν ἐπιτελέσας μυσταγωγίαν τῆς ἀναιμάκτου θυσίας, μετέδωκεν αὐτῷ τῶν ἀχράντων τοῦ Χριστοῦ

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2934.tlg066.local001/.