# Graecarum affectionum curatio 12.11

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/12.11

Διὰ δὲ τούτων οὐ μόνον ἡμᾶς ἐδίδαξεν, ὅτι μιμήσασθαι δυνατὸν τὸν παναλκῆ καὶ πάνσοφον Κύριον, ἀλλὰ καὶ αὐτὸν ἡμῖν ὑπέδειξε τὸν τῆς μιμήσεως τρόπον. Οὐ γάρ τοι οὐρανὸν ἡμᾶς καὶ γῆν καὶ ἥλιον καὶ σελήνην καὶ τἄλλα δημιουργεῖν ἐκέλευσεν οὐδὲ ἁπλῆν ἔχειν καὶ ἀπερίγραφον φύσιν, ἀλλὰ μόνον ἐχθραίνειν, ἅπερ ἐκεῖνος μεμίσηκε, καὶ φιλεῖν, ἅπερ δὴ μάλα πεφίληκεν. Ταύτην κατορθώσας τὴν ἀρετὴν ὁ προφήτης πρὸς τὸν δεσπότην ξὺν παρρησίᾳ βοᾷ· «

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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.
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