# Ad Marcellam 24

Porphyrius, Ad Marcellam, Section 24. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/porphyrius/ad-marcellam/24

κακῶν ἀνθρώπῳ οὐδεὶς θεὸς αἴτιος, ἀλλὰ αὐτὸς ἑαυτῷ ὁ ἑλόμενος. εὐχὴ ἡ μὲν μετὰ φαύ- λων ἔργων ἀκάθαρτος καὶ διὰ τοῦτο ἀπρόσδεκτος ὑπὸ θεοῦ· ἡ δὲ μετὰ καλῶν ἔργων καθαρά τε ὁμοῦ καὶ εὐπρόσδεκτος· τέσσαρα στοιχεῖα μάλιστα κεκρα- τύνθω περὶ θεοῦ· πίστις, ἀλήθεια, ἔρως, ἐλπίς. πιστεῦσαι γὰρ δεῖ ὅτι μόνη σωτηρία ἡ πρὸς τὸν θεὸν ἐπιστροφή, καὶ πιστεύσαντα ὡς ἔνι μάλιστα σπου- δάσαι τἀληθῆ γνῶναι περὶ αὐτοῦ, καὶ γνόντα ἐρα- σθῆναι τοῦ γνωσθέντος, ἐρασθέντα δὲ ἐλπίσιν ἀγα- θαῖς τρέφειν τὴν ψυχὴν περὶ τοῦ βίου. ἐλπίσι γὰρ ἀγαθαῖς οἱ ἀγαθοὶ τῶν φαύλων ὑπερέχουσι. στοι- χεῖα μὲν οὖν ταῦτα καὶ τοσαῦτα κεκρατύνθω.

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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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