# Exhortatio ad martyrium 51

Origen, Exhortatio ad martyrium, Chapter 51. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/exhortatio-ad-martyrium/51

Ταῦτά μοι κατὰ τὸ δυνατὸν, ὡς οἷόν τε ἦν, πρὸς ὑμᾶς ὑπηγόρευται, ἅπερ εὔχομαι ὑμῖν γενέσθαι πρὸς τὸν παρόντα ἀγῶνα χρήσιμα. εἰ δ᾿ ὑμεῖς μάλιστα νῦν ὡς ἄξιοι πλείονα βλέπειν τῶν τοῦ θεοῦ μυστηρίων μείζονα καὶ πλουσιώτερα καταλαμβάνοντες καὶ πρὸς τὸ προκείμενον ἀνυσιμώτερα τούτων ὡς παιδικῶν καὶ εὐτελῶν καταφρονήσετε, κἀγὼ ἂν τὸ τοιοῦτον περὶ ὑμῶν εὐξαίμην. πρόκειται γὰρ ὑμῖν οὐ τὸ δι᾿ ἡμῶν ἀνυσθῆναι τὰ καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς ἀλλὰ τὸ ὅπως ποτὲ ἀνυσθῆναι. καὶ εἴθε γε ἀνυσθείη διὰ θειοτέρων καὶ συνετωτέρων καὶ ὑπερεχόντων πᾶσαν ἀνθρωπίνην φύσιν λόγων καὶ σοφίας θεοῦ.

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Origenes, Exhortatio ad martyrium, 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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