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ὧν ἥμαρτε κολασθῇ, ὁ δὲ ἀγαθός, ἐνταῦθα τιμωρηθεὶς
περὶ ὧν ἥμαρτεν, ἐκεῖ τῶν ἀγαθῶν κληρονόμος
1 γένηται: Ἀκούσονται γάρ, φησὶν ὁ Κύριος,
οἱ ἐν τοῖς μνημείοις τῆς φωνῆς τοῦ Υἱοῦ τοῦ Θεοῦ,
καὶ ἐξελεύσονται οἱ τὰ ἀγαθὰ ποιήσαντες εἰς
ἀνάστασιν ζωῆς, οἱ δὲ τὰ φαῦλα πράξαντες εἰς
2 ἀνάστασιν κρίσεως, ἡνίκα καὶ θρόνοι τεθήσονται,
καὶ ὁ Παλαίος τῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ πάντων Δημιουργὸς
προκαθίσει, καὶ βίβλοι ἀνοιγήσονται
3 πάντων ἡμῶν τὰς πράξεις, τοὺς λόγους, τὰς ἐνθυμήσεις
ἐγγεγραμμένας ἔχουσαι, καὶ ποταμὸς
πυρὸς ἕλκεται, καὶ πάντα τὰ κεκρυμμένα ἀνακαλύπτονται.
4 οὐδεὶς ἐκεῖ συνήγορος, ἢ πιθανότης
ῥημάτων, ἢ ψευδὴς ἀπολογία, ἢ πλούτου δυναστεία,
ἢ ἀξιωμάτων ὄγκος, ἢ δώρων ἄφθονοι
δόσεις, κλέψαι τὴν ὀρθὴν κρίσιν ἰσχύουσιν: ἀλλ̓
ὁ ἀδέκαστος ἐκεῖνος καὶ ἀληθινὸς δικαστὴς ζυγοῖς
δικαιοσύνης πάντα διακρινεῖ, καὶ πρᾶξιν καὶ
5 λόγον καὶ διανόημα. καὶ πορεύσονται οἱ τὰ
ἀγαθὰ ποιήσαντες εἰς ζωὴν αἰώνιον, εἰς τὸ φῶς
6 τὸ ἀνεκφράστου, μετὰ ἀγγέλων εὐφραινόμενοι,
τῶν ἀπορρήτων ἀγαθῶν ἀπολαύοντες, καὶ τῇ
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7 ἁγίᾳ Τριάδι καθαρῶς παριστάμενοι: οἱ δὲ τὰ
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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