# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 1.208

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/1.208

ὄρα δὲ μήποτε, ὥσπερ ὁ ἄρτος τρέφει καὶ ἰσχυροποιεῖ καὶ στηρίζειν λέγεται καρδίαν ἀνθρώπου, ὁ δὲ οἶνος ἥδει καὶ εὐφραίνει καὶ διαχεῖ, οὕτως τὰ μὲν ἠθικὰ μαθήματα, ζωὴν περιποιοῦντα τῷ μανθάνοντι καὶ πράττοντι, ἄρτος ἐστὶ τῆς ζωῆς οὐκ ἂν ταῦτα γεννήματα λέγοιτο τῆς ἀμπέλου), τὰ δὲ εὐφραίνοντα καὶ ἐνθουσιᾶν ποιοῦντα ἀπόρρητα καὶ μυστικὰ θεωρήματα, τοῖς κατατρυφῶσι τοῦ κυρίου ἐγγινόμενα καὶ οὐ μόνον τρέ- φεσθαι ἀλλὰ καὶ τρυφᾶν ποθοῦσιν, ἔστιν ἀπὸ τῆς »ἁληθινῆς ἀμπέλου« ἐρχόμενα, »οἶνος« καλούμενα.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2042.tlg005.local001/.