# Graecarum affectionum curatio 6.78

Theodoretus, Graecarum affectionum curatio, Book 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/theodoretus-scr-eccl-et-theol/graecarum-affectionum-curatio/6.78

οὔτε γὰρ αὕτη τῶν τῆς σαρκὸς μετέλαχε παθημάτων, οὔτε ἡ σὰρξ τῶν τῆς ἁμαρτίας κηλίδων μετέσχηκεν. Ῥᾷστον μὲν γὰρ ἦν αὐτῷ καὶ δίχα τοῦ τῆς σαρκὸς προκαλύμματος πραγματεύσασθαι τῶν ἀνθρώπων τὴν σωτηρίαν καὶ βουλήσει μόνῃ καταλῦσαι τοῦ θανάτου τὴν δυναστείαν καὶ τὴν τούτου μητέρα, τὴν ἁμαρτίαν, φροῦδον παντελῶς ἀποφῆναι καὶ τὸν παμπόνηρον δαίμονα, τὸν ταύτην ὠδίναντα, ἐξελάσαι τῆς γῆς καὶ παραπέμψαι τῷ ζόφῳ, ᾧ γε μικρὸν ὕστερον αὐτὸν παραδώσειν ἠπείλησεν· ἀλλ' οὐκ ἐβουλήθη τὴν ἐξουσίαν, ἀλλὰ τῆς προνοίας ἐπιδεῖξαι τὸ δίκαιον.

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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/.
