# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 1.175

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, Book 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/1.175

οὐκ ἀποσιωπήσουσι δὲ οὗτοι καὶ τὸ τὸν πρω- τότοκον πάσης κτίσεως διὰ τὴν πρὸς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ὑπὲρ πάντα τιμὴν ἄνθρωπον μὲν γεγονέναι, οὐ μὴν ζῷόν τι τῶν ἐν οὐρανῷ· ἀλλὰ καὶ δεύτερον καὶ διάκονον καὶ δοῦλον τῆς γνώσεως Ἰησοῦ τὸν έν τῇ ἀνατολῇ φανέντα ἀστέρα δεδημιουργῆσθαι, ἤτοι ὅμοιον ὄντα τοῖς λοιποῖς ἄστροις ἢ τάχα καὶ κρείττονα, ἅτε τοῦ πάντων διαφέροντος γενόμενον σημεῖον.

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Origenes, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, ed. Erwin Preuschen. 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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