# Adversus Porphyrium (Fragmenta) 1.5

Methodius, Adversus Porphyrium (Fragmenta), Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/methodius/adversus-porphyrium-fragmenta/1.5

Οὐκ ἠν μὲν οὐν οὐδὲν θαυμαστὸν τῷ Χριστῷ τοῦ θεοῦ καταπλήξει > δυνάμεως ἀτρέπτου μεγέθει τὰς ἀντιστατικὰς φύσεις τῶν δαιμόνων. ἀλλ᾿ ἐπειδὴ ἄχος αὐτοῖς δὴ καὶ τοῦτο προσέφερεν νικηθῆναι γὰρ ὑπὸ τοῦ κρείττονος μᾶλλον ἂν εἵλοντο), διὰ τοῦτο δἰ ἀνθρώπου τὴν ἐπὶ σωτηρίᾳ πάντων ᾠκονομήσατο ἔκβασιν, ὅπως οἱ μέν, τῆς ζωῆς αὑτοῖς αὐτῆς σωματικῶς καὶ τῆς ἀληθείας ἐνσκηψάσης, οἱ ἄνθρωποι πρὸς τὴν μόρφωσιν ἀναδραμεῖν καὶ τὸν φωτισμὸν ἐπέσχωσιν τοῦ λόγου, τὰ τῆς ἁμαρτίας θέλγητρα, οἱ δὲ πρὸς τοῦ ἀσθενεστέρου νικηθέντες καὶ καταπεφρονημένοι οἱ δαίμονες λήξωσι τοῦ θράσους, τῆς κατὰ τὸν Τυφῶνα δεθέντες φλεγμονῆς.

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Methodius, Adversus Porphyrium (Fragmenta), ed. D.G. Nathanael Bonwetsch. 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/tlg2959.tlg006.local001/.