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εἰδέναι σε τίς ἐστιν ἡ ἐλπὶς τῆς κλήσεως αὐτοῦ,
καὶ τίς ὁ πλοῦτος τῆς δόξης τῆς κληρονομίας
αὐτοῦ ἐν τοῖς ἁγίοις, καὶ τί τὸ ὑπερβάλλον
μέγεθος τῆς δυνάμεως αὐτοῦ εἰς ἡμᾶς τοὺς
1 πιστεύοντας, ἵνα μηκέτι ξένος ἔσῃ καὶ πάροικος,
ἀλλὰ συμπολίτης τῶν ἁγίων καὶ οἰκεῖος Θεοῦ,
ἐπῳκοδομημένος ἐπὶ τῷ θεμελίῳ τῶν ἀποστόλων
καὶ προφητῶν, ὄντος ἀκρογωνιαίου αὐτοῦ τοῦ
Κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐν ᾧ πᾶσα οἰκοδομὴ
συναρμολογουμένη αὔξει εἰς ναὸν ἅγιον ἐν Κυρίῳ.
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Ὁ δὲ Ἰωάσαφ, σφόδρα κατανυγεὶς τὴν καρδίαν,
ἔφη: Ταῦτα δὴ πάντα κἀγὼ ποθῶν γνῶναι
δέομαί σου: γνώρισόν μοι τόν τε πλοῦτον τῆς
δόξης τοῦ Θεοῦ καὶ τὸ ὑπερβάλλον τῆς αὐτοῦ δυνάμεως.
Εἶπε δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν ὁ Βαρλαάμ: Τῷ Θεῷ εὔχομαι
διδάξαι σε ταῦτα, καὶ τὴν γνῶσιν τῶν
τοιούτων ἐνθεῖναί σου τῇ ψυχῇ: ἐπεὶ παρὰ ἀνθρώποις
τὴν αὐτοῦ λεχθῆναι δόξαν καὶ δύναμιν
τὸ παράπαν ἀδύνατον, κἂν πᾶσαι αἱ τῶν νυνὶ καὶ
τῶν πώποτε γενομένων ἀνθρώπων γλῶσσαι ἓν
2 γένωνται. Θεὸν γάρ, φησὶν ὁ εὐαγγελιστὴς καὶ
θεολόγος, οὐδεὶς ἑώρακε πώποτε: ὁ μονογενὴς
Υἱός, ὁ ὢν εἰς τὸν κόλπον τοῦ Πατρός, ἐκεῖνος
ἐξηγήσατο. τοῦ δὲ ἀοράτου καὶ ὑπεραπείρου
τὴν δόξαν καὶ τὴν μεγαλωσύνην τίς ἰσχύσει
γηγενῶν καταλαβέσθαι, εἰ μὴ ᾧ ἂν αὐτὸς ἀποκαλύψῃ
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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