# Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ 33.306

Joannes Damascenus Scr. Eccl. et Theol. John of Damascus, Βαρλαάμ καί Ἰωάσαφ, Chapter 33. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/joannes-damascenus-scr-eccl-et-theol-john-of-damascus/text/33.306

ἤθελεν αἰδέσιμος εἶναι καὶ φοβερός, ὅσον ἀπὸ τῆς ταπεινοφροσύνης καὶ πραότητος· ᾧ καὶ μᾶλλον εἷλκε πάντας πρὸς ἑαυτόν, τῷ εἶναι τοῖς ἔργοις μὲν θαυμάσιος, ἐπιεικὴς δὲ καὶ μέτριος τῷ φρονήματι. ὅθεν ἡ ἐξουσία, τὴν μετριοφροσύνην καὶ ἐπιείκειαν μέγαν συνεργὸν λαβοῦσα, πάντας εἴκειν αὐτοῦ τοῖς λόγοις πεποίηκεν. Ἀμέλει οὕτως ἐν ὀλίγῳ χρόνῳ πᾶς ὁ ὑποτελὴς αὐτῷ λαὸς πολίτης τε καὶ ἐγχώριος τοῖς θεοφθόγγοις αὐτοῦ ἐμυσταγωγήθη λόγοις, ὡς ἐξαρνήσασθαι μὲν τὴν πολύθεον πλάνην καὶ ἀπορραγῆναι τῶν εἰδωλικῶν σπονδῶν τε καὶ βδελυγμάτων,

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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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