# Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis 131-4

Origen, Commentarii in Evangelium Joannis, ΤΩΝ ΕΙΣ ΤΟ ΚΑΤΑ ΙΩΑΝΝΗΝ ΕΥΑΓΓΕΛΙΟΝ ΕΞΗΓΗΤΙΚΩΝ. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/commentarii-in-evangelium-joannis/131-4

Καὶ πρῶτον λεκτέον, ὅτι ὥσπερ ὀφθαλμοὺς καὶ βλέφαρα καὶ ὠτα, χεῖράς τε καὶ βραχίονας καὶ πόδας εὑρίσκοντες γεγραμμένα τοῦ θεοῦ, ἔτι δὲ καὶ πτέρυγας, μεταλαμβάνομεν εἰς ἀλληγορίαν τὰ γεγραμμένα, καταφρονοῦντες τῶν μορφὴν ἀνθρώπων παραπλήσιον περιτιθέντων τῷ θεῷ καὶ εὐλόγως γε τοῦτο πράττομεν, οὕτως καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν εἰρημένων ὀνομάτων τὸ ἀκόλουθον ἡμῖν ποιητέον· καὶ δῆλόν γε ἀπὸ τοῦ φαινομένου ἡμῖν πρακτικωτέρου· »Φῶς γὰρ ἔστιν »ὁ θεός«, κατὰ τὸν Ἰωάννην, καὶ σκοτία οὐκ ἔστιν ἐν αὐτῷ οὐδεμία.

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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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