# Exhortatio ad martyrium 8

Origen, Exhortatio ad martyrium, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/exhortatio-ad-martyrium/8

Ἔστι προσδοκῆσαι καὶ τῆς ἀσεβείας τινὰ προφήτην τάχα οὐχ ἕνα ἀλλὰ πλείονας λαλήσοντας ἡμῖν ὡς κυρίου „ῥῆμα, ὃ οὐ προσέταξε“ κύριος, ἢ ὡς σοφίας λόγον τὸν ἀλλότριον τῆς σοφίας, ἵν᾿ ἡμᾶς ἀποκτείνῃ τῷ λόγῳ τοῦ στόματος αὐτοῦ. ἀλλ᾿ ἡμεῖς καὶ τότε ἐν τῷ συστῆναι τὸν ἁμαρτωλὸν ἐναντίον ἡμῶν εἴπωμεν· „ἐγὼ δὲ ὡσεὶ κωφὸς οὐκ ἤκουον καὶ ὡσεὶ ἄλαλος οὐκ ἀνοίγων τὸ στόμα αὐτοῦ· καὶ ἐγενόμην ὡσεὶ ἄνθρωπος οὐκ ἀκούων“. καλὴ γὰρ ἡ πρὸς τοὺς ἀσεβεῖς λόγους κώφωσις, ἐπὰν ἀπογινώσκωμεν τὴν τῶν τὰ χείρονα λεγόντων ἐπανόρθωσιν.

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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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