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μόλις τῆς πολλῆς ἀνενεγκὼν μανίας,
παύσασθαι τοὺς τύπτοντας κελεύει. καί φησι
πρὸς αὐτούς: Τί τὰ ὀστᾶ ταῦτα τῶν τεθνεώτων
περιφέρετε; εἰ, ὧν τὰ ὀστᾶ εἰσι ποθοῦντες, ταῦτα
βαστάζετε, ταύτῃ τῇ ὥρᾳ θήσομαι καὶ ὑμᾶς μετ̓
αὐτῶν, ἵνα, τῶν ποθουμένων τυχόντες, χάριν μοι
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ὁμολογήσητε. ὁ δὲ τῆς θείας ἐκείνης φάλαγγος
ἔξαρχος καὶ καθηγητὴς παῤ οὐδὲν τὰς τοῦ
βασιλέως τιθέμενος ἀπειλάς, ὡς μηδενὸς αὐτῷ
συμβεβηκότος ἀνιαροῦ, ἐλευθέρᾳ φωνῇ καὶ λαμπροτάτῳ
προσώπῳ καὶ τὴν ἐνοικοῦσαν τῇ ψυχῇ
1 σημαίνοντι χάριν ἔφη: Τὰ ὀστᾶ ταῦτα τὰ καθαρὰ
καὶ ἅγια περιφέρομεν, ὦ βασιλεῦ, τὸν πόθον τε
ἀφοσιούμενοι ὧν εἰσι θαυμασίων ἀνδρῶν, καὶ τῆς
ἀσκήσεως αὐτῶν καὶ θεοφιλοῦς πολιτείας εἰς
μνήμην ἑαυτοὺς ἄγοντες καὶ πρὸς τὸν ὅμοιον διεγείροντες
ζῆλον, τὴν ἀνάπαυσίν τε ἐνοπτριζόμενοι
καὶ τρυφὴν ἐν ᾗ νῦν διάγουσι: καὶ τούτους μὲν
μακαρίζοντες, ἀλλήλους δὲ παραθήγοντες τοῖς
2 αὐτῶν ἐξακολουθεῖν ἴχνεσι σπεύδομεν. πρὸς δέ,
καὶ τὴν τοῦ θανάτου ἑαυτοῖς περιποιούμεθα μνήμην,
πάνυ ὠφέλιμον οὖσαν καὶ πρὸς τοὺς τῆς
ἀσκήσεως ἀγῶνας προθύμως ἀναπτεροῦσαν, καὶ
John, of Damascus (attributed author). G.R. Woodward. H. Mattingly. St. John Damascene Barlaam and Joseph. William Heinemann Ltd; Harvard University Press. London; Cambridge, Mass. 1914. Keyboarding.
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