# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 32.295

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 32. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/32.295

ʽεἰς πᾶσαν γὰρ τὴν γῆν ἐξῆλθεν ὁ φθόγγος αὐτοῦ καὶ εἰς τὰ πέρατα τῆς οἰκουμένης τὰ ῥήματα αὐτοὖ, τί ἂν εἴποις, ἢ θείαν εἶναι καὶ ἄμαχον δύναμιν ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὰ ἑαυτῆς βεβαιοῦσαν; τίνα δὲ ἀπόδειξιν ζητεῖς, ἀνόητε, τοῦ ψεύδεσθαι μὲν τοὺς σούς, ἀληθεύειν δὲ τοὺς ἡμετέρους, κρείττονα τῶν εἰρημένων; εἰ μὴ γὰρ λῆρος ἦν καὶ ψεῦδος πάντα τὰ σά, οὐκ ἄν, τοσαύτην ἔχοντα παρὰ ἀνθρώπων ἰσχύν, ἠλαττοῦτο καὶ ἐξησθένει. Εἶδον γάρ, φησί, τὸν ἀσεβῆ ὑπερυψούμενον καὶ ἐπαιρόμενον ὡς τὰς κέδρους τοῦ Λιβάνου· καὶ παρῆλθον, καὶ ἰδοὺ οὐκ ἦν, καὶ ἐζήτησα αὐτόν, καὶ οὐχ εὑρέθη ὁ τόπος αὐτοῦ. Περὶ ὑμῶν ταῦτα εἴρηκεν ὁ Προφήτης τῶν ὑπασπιστῶν τῆς εἰδωλομανίας. μικρὸν γὰρ ὅσον ὅσον καὶ οὐ μὴ εὑρεθῇ ὁ τόπος ὑμῶν, ἀλλ’, ὡς ἐκλείπει καπνός, ἐκλείψετε, καὶ ὡς τήκεται κηρὸς ἀπὸ προσώπου πυρός. περὶ δὲ τῆς Εὐαγγελικῆς θεογνωσίας εἶπεν ὁ Κύριος· Ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται, οἱ δὲ λόγοι μου οὐ μὴ παρέλθωσι. καί· Σὺ κατ’ ἀρχάς, Κύριε, φησὶν αὖθις ὁ ψαλμῳδός,

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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/.