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ληψόμεθα: ἴσως εὕρω τινὰ τοῦ κακοῦ λύσιν.
Αἰτησαμένου δὲ τοῦ Θευδᾶ εἰς ὁμιλίαν ἐλθεῖν
τοῦ υἱοῦ, ἕωθεν συμπαραλαβὼν αὐτόν, ὁ βασιλεὺς
εἰς ἐπίσκεψιν ἀπέρχεται τοῦ υἱοῦ. καὶ
καθίσας λόγους ἐκίνησεν ὁ βασιλεύς, ὀνειδίζων
αὐτὸν καὶ μεμφόμενος ἐπὶ τῇ ἀνηκοΐᾳ αὐτοῦ
καὶ ἀνενδότῳ γνώμῃ. ἐκείνου δὲ τὰ αὐτὰ αὖθις
βεβαιοῦντος καὶ μηδὲν προτιμᾶν τῆς Χριστοῦ
ἀγάπης βοῶντος, παρελθὼν εἰς μέσον, ὁ Θευδᾶς
ἔφη: Τί κατέγνως, ὦ Ἰωάσαφ, τῶν ἀθανάτων
ἡμῶν θεῶν, ὅτι τῆς αὐτῶν ἀπέστης λατρείας,
καί, τὸν σὸν πατέρα καὶ βασιλέα οὕτως παροργίζων,
μισητὸς παντὶ γέγονας τῷ λαῷ; οὐχὶ
παῤ αὐτῶν σοι τὸ ζῆν; οὐκ αὐτοὶ παρέσχον
σε τῷ πατρί, τῆς αὐτοῦ ἀκούσαντες εὐχῆς καὶ
τῶν τῆς ἀτεκνίας δεσμῶν λυτρωσάμενοι; πολλὰς
δὲ ματαιολογίας καὶ ἀνωφελεῖς προτάσεις
ὁ ἐν κακοῖς γηράσας προβαλλόμενος, καὶ συλλογισμοὺς
ῥάπτων περὶ τοῦ κηρύγματος τοῦ
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Εὐαγγελίου, βουλόμενος τοῦτο μὲν χλευάζειν,
τὰ δὲ τῶν εἰδώλων κρατύνειν, ὀλίγον ἐπισχὼν
1 ὁ τῆς ἄνω βασιλείας υἱός, καὶ τῆς πόλεως
ἐκείνης πολίτης ἣν ἔπηξεν ὁ Κύριος καὶ οὐκ
ἄνθρωπος, φησὶ πρὸς τὸν Θευδᾶν.
2 Ἄκουσον, ὦ πλάνης βυθὲ καὶ ψηλαφητοῦ
σκότους ζοφωδέστερε, τὸ Βαβυλώνιον σπέρμα,
τὸ τῆς Χαλανικῆς πυργοποιΐας ἔκγονον, δἰ ἧς
ὁ κόσμος συνεχύθη, ματαιόφρον καὶ ἄθλιε γέρον,
3 οὗπερ καὶ ἡ πυρὶ καὶ θείῳ κατακαυθεῖσα
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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