# Ad Marcellam 15

Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, Section 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/ad-marcellam/15

καὶ οὗ ταῖς δόξαις οὐκ ἂν χρήσαιο, τούτῳ μήτε βίου μήτε λόγου τοῦ περὶ θεοῦ κοινώνει. λόγον γὰρ περὶ θεοῦ τοῖς ὑπὸ δόξης διεφθαρμένοις λέγειν οὐκ ἀσφα- λές· καὶ γὰρ καὶ τἀληθῆ λέγειν ἐπὶ τούτων περὶ θεοῦ καὶ τὰ ψευδῆ κίνδυνον ἴσον φέρει. οὔτε αὐ- τόν τινα προσῆκεν ἀνοσίων ἔργων μὴ καθαρεύοντα φθέγγεσθαι περὶ θεοῦ, οὔτε εἰς τοιούτων ἀκοὰς ἐμ- βάλλοντα τὸν περὶ θεοῦ λόγον οἴεσθαι μή μιαίνειν· ἀλλ᾿ ἀκροᾶσθαι καὶ λέγειν τὸν περὶ θεοῦ λόγον ὡς ἐπὶ θεοῦ. προηγείσθω οὖν τοῦ περὶ θεοῦ λόγου τὰ θεοφιλῆ ἔργα, καὶ σιγάσθω ὁ περὶ αὐτοῦ λόγος ἐπὶ πλήθους· ἀνοικειοτάτη γὰρ θεολογία κενοδοξίᾳ ψυχῆς. νόμιζε αἱρετώτερον εἶναι σιγᾶν ἢ λόγον εἰκῆ προέσθαι περὶ θεοῦ. ἀξίαν σε ποιήσει θεοῦ τὸ μηδὲν ἀνάξιον θεοῦ μήτε λέγειν μήτε πράττειν μήτε πάντως εἰδέναι ἀξι- οῦν. ὁ δὲ ἄξιος ἄνθρωπος θεοῦ θεὸς ἂν εἴη.

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Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, ed. August Nauck. 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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