# Graecarum affectionum curatio 11.10

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/11.10

Τοιγάρτοι οὔτε τὴν φύσιν ἐκείνην οὔτε τὴν δύναμιν οὔτε μὴν τὴν σοφίαν μιμήσασθαι δυνατόν· τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μέντοι καὶ δικαίου καὶ ἡμέρου καὶ φιλανθρώπου τύπους ἀμηγέπη τινὰς ἐκμάξασθαι οἷόν τε. Καὶ γὰρ ὁ δεσπότης Χριστὸς ταύτην τοῖς τελειότητος ἐφιεμένοις τὴν μίμησιν προὔθηκε· «Γίνεσθε» γάρ φησιν «οἰκτίρμονες, καθὼς καὶ ὁ πατὴρ ὑμῶν ὁ οὐράνιος οἰκτίρμων ἐστίν· ὅτι ἀνατέλλει τὸν ἥλιον αὐτοῦ ἐπὶ πονηροὺς καὶ ἀγαθοὺς καὶ βρέχει ἐπὶ δικαίους καὶ ἀδίκους.»

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Theodoretus Scr. Eccl. et Theol., Graecarum affectionum curatio. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg4089.tlg001.local001/.