# Graecarum affectionum curatio 3.77

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/3.77

Καὶ γὰρ ὁ τῶν ὅλων Θεὸς διὰ τοῦ προφήτου τὴν αὐτὴν κατηγορίαν τῶν ταῦτα καὶ ποιούντων καὶ προσκυνούντων πεποίηται· «Ξύλον γάρ» φησιν «ἄσηπτον ἐκλέγεται τέκτων· καὶ σοφὸς ζητεῖ, πῶς στήσει αὐτῷ εἰκόνα, καὶ ἵνα μὴ σαλεύηται.» Οὐ γὰρ μόνον τῆς ὕλης ἀφαιρεῖται τὰ περιττὰ καὶ τῆς ἀνθρωπείας μορφῆς ἐκτυποῖ τὴν εἰκόνα καὶ τῶν μορίων εὖ μάλα ἕκαστον διαγλύφει, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῆς ἕδρας καὶ τῆς στάσεως ὅτι μάλιστα προμηθεῖται καὶ ὑπερείσμασί τισι καὶ ἥλοις τὴν στάσιν αὐτῷ πραγματεύεται, καὶ τὸ ἐξ ὕλης καὶ τέχνης ἐρανισθὲν θεὸς ὀνομάζεται. «

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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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