# De oratione 27.1

Origen, De oratione, Chapter 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/de-oratione/27.1

„Τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δὸς ἡμῖν σήμερον,“ ἢ ὡς ὁ Λουκᾶς· „τὸν ἄρτον ἡμῶν τὸν ἐπιούσιον δίδου ἡμῖν καθ᾿ ἡμέραν.“ ἐπεί τινες ὑπολαμβάνουσι περὶ τοῦ σωματικοῦ ἄρτου λέγεσθαι εὔχεσθαι ἡμᾶς, ἄξιον αὐτῶν τὴν ψευδοδοξίαν διὰ τούτων περιελόντας παραστῆσαι τὸ ἀληθὲς περὶ τοῦ ἐπιουσίου ἄρτου. λεκτέον οὖν πρὸς αὐτοὺς ὅτι πῶς ὁ λέγων δεῖν αἰτεῖν ἐπουράνια καὶ μεγάλα, οὔτε ἐπουρανίου ὄντος τοῦ εἰς τὴν σάρκα ἡμῶν ἀναδιδομένου ἄρτου οὔτε μεγάλου αἰτήματος τοῦ περὶ τούτου ἀξιοῦν, ὡσπερεὶ κατ᾿ αὐτοὺς ἐπιλαθόμενος ὧν ἐδίδαξε προστάττει περὶ ἐπιγείου καὶ μικροῦ ἔντευξιν ἀναφέρειν τῷ πατρί;

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Origenes, De oratione, ed. Paul Koetschau. 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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