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καὶ ἤλλαξαν τὴν δόξαν τοῦ ἀφθάρτου
Θεοῦ ἐν ὁμοιώματι θνητῶν ἀνθρώπων καὶ τετραπόδων
καὶ ἑρπετῶν. οὗτοι συνῆλθον συνᾶραι
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λόγον πρὸς τὸν τοῦ βασιλέως υἱὸν καὶ τοὺς περὶ
αὐτόν, καὶ ἐπληροῦτο ἐπ̓ αὐτοῖς τὸ τῆς παροιμίας,
ὅτι πρὸς λέοντα δορκὰς μάχης ἥπτετο. ὁ μὲν γὰρ
1 τὸν Ὕψιστον ἔθετο καταφυγὴν αὐτοῦ, καὶ ἐν τῇ
2 σκιᾷ ἤλπισε τῶν αὐτοῦ πτερύγων: οἱ δὲ τοῖς
3 ἄρχουσιν ἐπεποίθεσαν τοῦ αἰῶνος τούτου τοῖς
4 καταργουμένοις, καὶ τῷ κοσμοκράτορι τοῦ σκότους,
ᾧ καθυπέταξαν ἑαυτοὺς ἐλεεινῶς καὶ ἀθλίως.
Ἄγεται τοίνυν ὁ Ναχὼρ τὸν Βαρλαὰμ ὑποκρινόμενος:
καὶ οἱ μὲν περὶ τὸν βασιλέα τοῦ
τοιούτου εἴχοντο σκοποῦ: ἐτέρα δὲ πάλιν ἡ σοφὴ
πρόνοια ἄνωθεν ᾠκονόμει. παρισταμένων γὰρ
τούτων ἁπάντων φησὶν ὁ βασιλεὺς τοῖς ῥήτορσιν
αὐτοῦ καὶ φιλοσόφοις, μᾶλλον δὲ τοῖς λεωπλάνοις
καὶ ἀσυνέτοις τὴν καρδίαν: Ἰδοὺ δὴ ἀγὼν ὑμῖν
πρόκειται καὶ ἀγώνων ὁ μέγιστος. δυοῖν γὰρ θάτερον
γενήσεται ὑμῖν: ἢ τὰ ἡμέτερα κρατύναντας,
καὶ πλανᾶσθαι τὸν Βαρλαὰμ καὶ τοὺς σὺν αὐτῷ
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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