@ Titel: Asterius of Amasea, Homilies Ausgabe: Asterius of Amasea, Homilies I-XIV. Text, Introduction and Notes, ed. C. Datema, Leiden 1970 Bearbeiter: Wolfram Kinzig, Heilbronner Str. 6, D-6800 Mannheim 51 West Germany Datum: 23. 4. 1986 Bearbeitungshinweise: Im folgenden Computer-Fassung einer Auswahl der Homilien, die zu computergestuetzten Analysen des Stils von Asterius dem Sophisten als Ver- gleichsmaterial herangezogen wurden. Fuer Ein- zelheiten der Textbearbeitung vgl. Vorwort zur Computer-Fassung von: Asterii Sophistae Commentariorum in Psalmos quae supersunt accedunt aliquot homiliae anonymae ed. Marcel Richard, Oslo 1956, SO Suppl. 16. Der Bearbeiter waere fuer eine Benachrichtigung an die oben angegebene Adresse dankbar, falls die Ho- milien weiterer statistischer Analysen unterzogen werden. @

Toy en agiois patros /Asterioy episkopoy /Amaseias omilia ek toy kata /Loykan eyaggelioy eis ton ploysion kai eis ton /Lazaron Oy tois apophatikois kai dogmatikois monon thespismasin o Theos aemohn kai sohtaer paideyei toys anthrohpoys, ohste misein kakian kai agapan aretaen, alla kai tois enargesi tohn ypodeigmatohn saphae paradidohsi ta taes agathaes politeias mathaemata, ergois omoy kai logois prosbibazohn aemas tae katalaepsei taes agathaes kai philotheoy zohaes. Oytoh toi kai nyn pollachoy proeiraekohs aemin dia te prophaetikohn kai eyaggelikohn stomatohn, oy maen alla kai dia oikeias phohnaes, apostrephesthai men ton yperaephanon kai ypsaychena ployton, agapan de gnohmaen philanthrohpon kai taen meta dikaiosynaes penian, ina taen toy kaloy symboylaen bebaioteran ergasaetai, tekmaerioi ton logon praktikois ypodeigmasi kai graphei tae diaegaesei ton ploysion kai ton penaeta, kai toy men taen philotimon apolaysin, toy de taen tethlimmenaen zohaen ypodeiknysi kai to telos amphoterohn toy bioy eis o ti katelaexen, ina tois allotriois epitaedeymasi skepsamenoi taen alaetheian sohphrones genohmetha tohn idiohn kritai. % Anthrohpos tis aen ploysios kai enedidysketo porphyran kai bysson [Luc16,19] %. Dia dyo syntomohn onomatohn o logos skohptei kai kohmohdei taen pladohsan kai ametron tohn kakohs ploytoyntohn diachysin. Taes men gar porphyras to chrohma polydapanon kai periergon: taes de byssoy oyk anagkaia ae chraesis. Tohn de taen eypoliteyton zohaen airoymenohn kai aperiergon oikeion kai philon to tae chreia tohn anagkaiohn taen chraesin metrein, pheygein de taes mataioy kenodoxias ton syrpheton kai taen polypladon diagohgaen ohs kakias maetera. Kai ina saphesteron aytoy toytoy toy legomenoy taen dynamin katamathohmen, ae tohn endymatohn prohtae diagnohsthaetoh chraesis, mechri posoy kai tinos paralaephthaesetai orois kai kanosi perilambanomenae sohphrosin. Ti toinyn o toy dikaioy nomos phaesin; Probaton o Theos ektisen eykomon taen doran kai tois mallois eythaenoymenon: toyto labohn apokeiron kai dos yphantikae technae taen ylaen, chitohna saytoh kai imation kataskeyason, opohs an diapheygaes cheimohnos talaipohrian

kai taes zeoysaes aktinos taen blabaen. Ei de soi kai koyphoteras esthaetos chreia kata taen ohran toy theroys, edohken o Theos toy linoy taen chraesin eis platyteran apolaysin: kai soi raston ekeithen ktaesasthai skepaen eyschaemona amphiennysan omoy kai anapsychoysan tae koyphotaeti. Kai toytohn apolayohn omologei toh ktistae taen charin yper ohn oyk epoiaesen monon aemas, alla kai taes pros to zaen asphaleias ephrontisen. An de katalimpanohn to probaton kai to erion kai taen anagkaian toy daemioyrgoy tohn olohn paraskeyaen tais mataiais epinoiais kai tais emplaektois epithymiais ekdiaitohmenos taen bysson epizaetaes kai synagaes ta tohn persikohn skohlaekohn naemata, iston de arachnaes anemiaion yphainaes, kai pros ton anthobaphon erchomenos misthoys telaes dapsileis, ina ton kochlon ek thalassaes thaereysas toh aimati toy zohoy chrisae to endyma, toyto ypermazohntos estin anthrohpoy parachrohmenoy tae ktisei, oyk echontos opoy to peritteyon ekcheae. Kai dia toyto eikotohs o toioytos mastizetai para toy eyaggelioy kataegoroymenos ohs blax kai thaelydrias, kosmois, athliohn korasiohn kallohpizomenos. Alloi palin kata taen gnohmaen taes omoias mataiotaetos erastai: mallon de pros to pleon taen kakian askaesantes oyde mechri tohn eiraemenohn estaesan taes mohras epinoias toys oroys, alla tina kenaen yphantikaen exeyrontes % {kai} % periergon, aetis tae plokae toy staemonos pros taen krokaen taes graphikaes mimeitai taen dynamin kai pantohn zohohn tois peplois tas morphas ensaemainetai, taen anthinaen kai myriois eidohlois pepoikilmenaen philotechnoysin esthaeta eaytois te kai gynaixi kai paisin: paizontes loipon, oy spoydazontes: kata taes ametrias toy ploytoy parachrohmenoi toh bioh, oy chrohmenoi, antinomothetoyntes toh /Payloh kai machomenoi tais theopneystois phohnais, oy grammasin alla pragmasin. A gar ekeinos apekaeryxe logoh, tayth' oytoi kratoysi kai kyroysi tois ergois. Otan oyn endysamenoi phanohsin, ohs toichoi gegrammenoi para tohn syntygchanontohn orohntai. Kai poy kai ta paidia aytoys periistantai meidiohnta pros allaela kai daktylodeikteoynta taen en tois imatiois graphaen: badizoysi de parepomena, oyk anachohroynta mechri polloy. Ekei leontes kai pardaleis, arktoi kai tayroi kai kynes: ylai kai petrai, kai andres thaeroktonoi kai pasa ae taes graphikaes epitaedeysis mimoymenae taen physin. Edei gar mae toys toichoys aytohn monon, ohs eoiken, kai tas oikias kosmeisthai, all' aedae kai toys chitohnas kai ta ep' ekeinois imatia. Osoi de kai osai tohn ploytoyntohn eylabesteroi, analexamenoi

taen eyaggelikaen istorian tois yphantais paredohkan: ayton legoh ton /Christon aemohn meta tohn mathaetohn apantohn, kai tohn thaymasiohn ekaston ohs ae diaegaesis echei. Opsei ton gamon taes /Galilaias kai tas ydrias: ton paralytikon taen klinaen epi tohn ohmohn pheronta: ton typhlon toh paeloh therapeyomenon: taen aimorrooysan toy kraspedoy lambanomenaen: taen amartohlon tois posin toy /Iaesoy prospiptoysan: ton /Lazaron ek toy taphoy pros taen zohaen ypostrephonta. Kai tayta poioyntes eysebein nomizoysi kai imatia kecharismena toh Theoh amphiennysthai. Emaen de ei dechontai symboylaen, ekeina pohlaesantes tas zohsas eikonas toy Theoy timaesatohsan. Mae graphe ton /Christon __ arkei gar aytoh ae mia taes ensohmatohseohs tapeinophrosynae, aen aythairetohs di' aemas kate- dexato __, epi de taes psychaes soy bastazohn noaetohs ton asohmaton Logon periphere. Mae tois imatiois eche ton paralytikon, alla ton keimenon arrohston epizaetaeson. Mae istorei synechohs taen aimorroysan, alla chaeran thlibomenaen eleaeson. Mae taen amartohlon gynaika epimelohs ora gonypetoysan ton Kyrion, all' epi tois aytoy plaemmelaemasi syntri- bomenos pyknon ekchei to dakryon. Mae ton /Lazaron egeiromenon ek nekrohn skiagraphei, alla taes saes anastaseohs agathaen taen apologian eytrepize. Mae ton typhlon epi taes esthaetos periphere, alla ton zohnta kai tohn opseohn aphaeraemenon tais eypoiiais paramythoy. Mae toys kophinoys zohgraphei tohn leipsanohn, alla trephe toys peinohntas. Mae tas ydrias epi tohn imatiohn bastaze, as en /Kana taes /Galilaias eplaerohsen, alla potize ton dipsohnta. Epi tayta aemas ohphelaese to yperaephanon endyma toy ploysioy, oy maen oyde ta exaes paropteon. Prosethaeke gar tae porphyra kai tae byssoh to tryphan kath' aemeran lamprohs: pantohs de taes mias gnohmaes amphotera, to kai tae achraestoh philotimia tohn esthae- matohn egkallohpizesthai kai tae gastri kai tae pharyggi doyleyein aedy- pathohs. Tryphae toinyn estin pragma polemion philaretoy zohaes, blakeias de kai diachyseohs daeloysaes, apolayseohs ametroy kai andrapodohdoys synaetheias. Kai legomenon men to pragma en ti phainetai: exetazomenon de kata meros kai kataegoroymenon, ek poikilaes kai pleionos kai poly- kephaloy kakias echei taen systasin. Tryphae gar oyk an genoito mae pollais ayxaetheisa tais ylais. Ylas de ploytoy sohreysai anamartaetohs amae- chanon, plaen ei maen tini kata to spanion, ohs toh /Iohb, symbaiae kai ploytein dapsilohs kai zaen kata to dikaion akribohs. Dei toinyn toh tryphohnti prohton men oikias polyteloys, psaephoh kai lithois kai chrysoh kata tas

nymphas kekosmaemenaes: pros de tas exallagas tohn ohrohn toy eniaytoy epitaedeiohs echoysaes. Zaeteitai gar % {thermae,} % aleeinae men ae toy cheimohnos kai tetrammenae pros taen aktina taes mesaembrias, anapeptamenae de pros taen arkton therinae, ina leptais omoy kai psychrais tais ayrais tais borei- nais katapneaetai. Meta taytaen chreia polyteloys esthaetos taes melloysaes amphiennysthai ta bathra, tas klinas, tas stibadas, tas thyras. Panta gar par' ekeinois epimelohs endyetai kai ta apsycha, eleeinohs tohn penaetohn ekdyomenohn. Prosthes exaes toytois kai logisai ton en tois skeyesin argyron, ton chryson, taen polydapanon agorasian tohn ek /Phasidos ornithohn, oinoy toy /Phoinikos, on ai ampeloi /Tyroy polyn tois ploysiois kai timion aporreoysi: pasan taen allaen taes apolayseohs taen para- skeyaen, aen aytohn tohn chrohmenohn estin epimelohs onomasai. Ayxoysa gar kath' aemeran epi to periergoteron ae tryphae aedae kai tohn ex /Indikaes arohmatohn paregcheei tois opsois, kai mallon tohn iatrohn oi myropohlai tois mageirois ypaeretoysin. Enteuthen ennoaeson to doryphorikon taes trapezaes plaethos, trapezopoioys, oinochooys, tamieias kai toys toytohn aphaegoymenoys moysikoys, moysikas, orchaestridas, aylaetas, gelohto- poioys, kolakas, parasitoys, ton akoloython taes mataiotaetos syrpheton. Tayta ina ktaethae, posoi penaetes adikoyntai! posoi de orphanoi kondy- lizontai! posai chaerai dakrysoysi! posoi sphodrohs sparattomenoi speydoysin pros agchonaen! Ae de tohn toioytohn psychae ohsper /Laethaioy tinos ydatos geysamenae eaytaes amnaemonei kathapax, tis estin kai tini synezeyktai, kai oti pote taes syzygias taytaes lythaesetai kai palin anaktisthenti synoikaesei toh sohmati. Elthontos de kairoy toy kathaekontos kai toy aparaitaetoy prostagmatos taes pros to sohma koinohnias apo- spohntos aytaen, analogismos eiserchetai tohn bebiohmenohn kai anohphelaes metanoia, katopin ginomenae taes chreias. Tote gar oninaesi metameleia, otan o metaboyleyomenos exoysian echae taes diorthohseohs: anairetheisaes de taes energeias toy katorthoyn achreios ae lypae kai mataios ae metagnohsis. % Ptohchos de tis aen onomati /Lazaros [Luc16,20] %. Oy penaeta aplohs ypographei o logos taes dapanaes kai taes chreias tohn anagkaiohn esterae- menon, alla gar kai arrohstia odynaera synechomenon kai dierryaekota to sohma, aoikon, anestion, atherapeyton, tae pylae toy ploysioy proserrim- menon. Kai lian epimelohs tae diaegaesei tas symphoras epi telei ektragohdei toy ptohchoy, ina taen toy mae eleoyntos staeliteysae sklaerotaeta. O gar pros limon kai noson maeden paschohn eleeinon ae sympathes thaerion estin

alogon, kakohs eis anthrohpoy morphohthen schaema, pseydomenon tae proairesei taen physin: mallon de kai aytohn tohn thaeriohn asympathesteron, ei ge choiroy men sphazomenoy elkontai pros tina lypaeran aisthaesin oi choroi kai toh neorrytoh aimati aniara epitryzoysi: periistantai de toy tayroy ton phonon oi boes empathei mykaethmoh taen algida saemainontes. Agelai de geranohn, mias tohn synnomohn peripesoysaes thaeratrois, periiptantai taen kratoymenaen kai tinos odyrtikaes klaggaes ton aera plaeroysin, taen omophylon zaetoysai kai synnomon. Anthrohpon de, to logikon zohon kai aemeron kai kath' omoiohsin Theoy taen agathotaeta paideyomenon, mikron oytoh phrontizein tohn syggenohn en tais odynaerais tohn symphorohn peri- stasesin! Ekeito toinyn o polyohdynos kai eycharistos penaes podas oyk echohn, __ ae gar an ton alastora kai yperaephanon ephygen, eteron topon allaxamenos anti taes xenoktonoy pylaes taes kekleismenaes tois penaesin __ cheirohn aphaeraemenos kai oyde palamaen echohn proteinein eis aitaesin, emphrachtheis ayta ta organa taes phohnaes kai tina bragchohsan kai tracheian tohn sternohn aechaen proiemenos, pasin aplohs aerkohtaeriasmenos tois melesin, nosoy ponaeras leipsanon, eleeinon ypodeigma taes anthrohpinaes astheneias. All' omohs oyde tosoytos katalogos symphorohn eklinen pros episkepsin ton ypsaychena: paraeei de ohs lithon ton anthrohpon aprophasiston taen amartian epitelohn. Oy gar eichen egkaloymenos legein tayta ta koina kai eyprosohpa: Oyk egnohn, oyk aedein: elathen me potniohn o ptohchos: os ekeito pro taes pylaes eisiontos kai exiontos theama, ina aparaitaeton ergasaetai toy yperaephanoy taen katadikaen. Epethymei kai tohn psichiohn taes trapezaes kai oyde toytohn etygchanen: all' o men tae plaesmonae dierraegnyto, o de ypo taes endeias etaeketo. Kalon oyn aen kai dikaion taen /Chananaian ekeinaen taen /Phoinissan didaskalon epistaesai toh misanthrohpoh ploysioh, legoysan ekeina ta gegrammena oti % Oh alastor kai yperaephane, kai ta kynaria esthiei apo tohn psichiohn tohn piptontohn apo taes trapezaes tohn kyriohn aytohn [Mt15,27] %: sy de ton adelphon soy, ton omophylon, taytaes taes dohreas oyk aexiohsas; All' oi men kynes epimelohs etrephonto, kat' idian oi phylakes, chohris oi thaereytikoi: kai stegaes aexioynto kai klinaes kai therapeytas eichon apokeklaerohmenoys kata spoydaen, erripto de chamai ae toy Theoy eikohn ameloymenae kai patoymenae, aen idia cheiri o

tohn olohn aristotechnaes kai daemioyrgos dieplasato, ei toh /Mohysaes axiopistos tekmaeriohsai tohn anthrohpohn taen genesin. Ei men oyn eteleytaesen mechri toytoy to toy /Lazaroy diaegaema kai oytohs eiche tohn pragmatohn ae physis, ohs tae anohmalia toy bioy toytoy taen zohaen aemohn perigraphesthai, megalas an aphaeka schetliazohn phohnas, eph' ois oi ktisthentes omotimohs oytohs anisohs meta tohn omophylohn diagomen. Epeidae de kala ta leipomena pros akroasin, en tois parelthoysi stenaxas, o penaes, en tois akoloythois eythymaeson mathohn toy symptohchoy soy taen makarian apolaysin. Eyraeseis gar dikaioy kritoy akribes dikastaerion, en oh stenazei o aedynathaesas kai trypha o mochthaesas: ekateros de komizetai ta pros axian epicheira. % Egeneto de apothanein ton ptohchon kai apenechthaenai ypo tohn aggelohn eis ton kolpon /Abraam [Luc16,22] %. Oras toys dia- konistas toy dikaioy kai penaetos kai toys ypaeretas taes metastaseohs; Aggeloi gar edoryphoroyn, galaenon te kai praon eis ayton blepontes kai toh schaemati prodaeloyntes taen anamenoysan ayton therapeian kai anesin. Enetethae de komistheis tois kolpois toy patriarchoy, o kai diaporaeseohs aphormaen parechei tois aedeohs ta bathae tohn Graphohn basa- nizoysin. Ei gar pas teleytohn dikaios pros ton ayton komizoito topon, polys tis an eiae kai ep' apeiron anaeplohmenos o kolpos, ei ge melloi chohraetikos esesthai toy plaethoys tohn osiohn pantos. Ei de toyto pantelohs amaechanon - kolpos gar koilantheis andra men kai ena dysche- rohs, molis de dyo peristellei brephae - theohria tis aemas ekdechetai tae eikoni toy aisthaetoy kolpoy pros noaetaen tina pragmateian cheiragoh- goysa. Ti gar esti to legomenon; O /Abraam taytaen toh methaelikesteroh taen timaen apeklaerohsas, siohpaesas ton /Enohch, ton /Nohe kai ei tis allos kata ton bion toytois akoloythos; Alla soy tacha syniaemi kai oyk exoh ballei toy skopoy a logizomai. Epeidae gar o /Abraam therapohn /Christoy kai diapherontohs oytos anthrohpohn tas toy /Christoy epiphaneias edexato, kai to taes Triados mystaerion ikanohs toys treis aggeloys ohs andras odoiporoys exenise, kai aplohs ek pollohn tohn mystikohn ainigmatohn oikeios anthrohpos oytos gegenaetai toy theoy, toy chronois ysteron amphie-

samenoy taen sarka kai dia mesoy toy anthrohpikoy toytoy parape- tasmatos enargohs omilaesantos tois anthrohpois, dia toyto ton kolpon aytoy oion eydion tina limena kai aklyston anapaytaerion einai tohn dikaiohn phaesin. En /Christoh gar pantohn aemohn ae sohtaeria kai ae elpis kai ae apekdochae toy mellontos aiohnos, toh ek taes sarkos toy /Abraam kata taen anthrohpikaen akoloythian blastaesanti. Kai moi dokei ae peri ton geronta toy logoy timae eis ton Sohtaera taen anaphoran echein, ton kai kritaen onta kai misthapodotaen taes aretaes kai tae therapeytikae phohnae proskaloymenon toys dikaioys kai legonta: % Deyte, oi eylo- gaemenoi toy patros moy, klaeronomaesate taen aetoimasmenaen ymin basileian [Mt25,34] %. % Egeneto de apothanein ton ptohchon [Luc16,22] %. Diplae tis estin ae peri ton ptohchon saemasia: ae men daeloysa tohn anagkaiohn taen endeian, ae de taen metriophrosynaen kai toy aethoys taen tapeinotaeta. Mae toinyn o tohn ylohn aporohs echohn kai penomenos argyrioy, aemphiesmenos de taen eleeinaen ephestrida, oikeioysthoh taes aretaes ton epainon, maede nomizetoh arkesein aytoh taen endeian pros sohtaerian. Oy gar o kat' anagkaen penomenos epaineitai, all' o taen gnohmaen aythairetohs metriazohn thaymazetai. Epei tois aporoymenois aplohs, echoysi de ton tropon apaidagohgaeton ae akatorthohton, ephodion ginetai pollohn kai ponaerohn tolmaematohn ae pros anagkaen aktaemosynae. Kai pantas egoh toys toichohrychoys kai andra- podistas, eti maen lohpodytas kai kleptas kai toys androphonoys aytoys, ei pote parebalon archontikoh kritaerioh, penaetas etheasamaen, agnohstoys, aoikoys, anestioys. Ohs ek toytoy prodaelon einai, oti makarizei nyn ae Graphae ton ptohchon ekeinon ton philosophoh psychae toys mochthoys basta- zonta, karteroynta de gennaiohs pros tas peristaseis toy bioy kai oyden kakoyrgoynta ponaeron, ina tae sarki charisaetai taes tryphaes taen apo- laysin. On kai saphesteron diagraphei en toh prohtoh tohn makarismohn o Kyrios legei: % Makarioi oi ptohchoi toh pneymati [Mt5,3] %. Oyte oyn pas ptohchos dikaios, all' ekeinos oios o /Lazaros, oyte pas ploysios apegnohsmenos, all' o meta toiaytaes zohn proaireseohs, oian eichen o toy /Lazaroy sygchronos: kai toytoy oi dia taes peiras toy bioy martyres prodaeloi. Ti gar toy theioy /Iohb ploysiohteron; All' omohs ae eis agan eyporia ton andra oyte taes dikaiosynaes aellotriohsen, oyte syl- laebdaen eipein, taes aretaes exohrisen. Ti toy /Iskariohtoy penesteron;

Kai oyden apohnato taes endeias eis sohtaerian, alla tois endeka penaesi kai philosophois syndiaitohmenos kai aytoh ge toh Kyrioh, toh di' aemas aythairetohs ptohcheysanti, kakia proaireseohs eis philargyrian parenechtheis ekeithen kai taen prodosian eradioyrgaesen. Axion de kai taen ekphoran ekateroy tohn tethnaekotohn synetohs dokimasai. O men gar ptohchos koimaetheis aggeloys eichen doryphoroys kai therapeytas, agontas ayton meta kalaes taes elpidos eis ton topon taes anapayseohs: o de % {ploysios} % apothanohn, phaesin, etaphae. Oyden gar oion aytae chraesasthai tae lexei tae graphikae, ikanohs dia mias lexeohs ermaeneyoysae taen atimon toy ploysioy katalysin. O gar amartohlos teleytohnontohs thaptetai, chthonios ohn to sohma, gaeinos de kai taen psychaen, kai to physikon ekeinaes axiohma tae sympatheia taes sarkos pros taen ylaen katagagohn, oyden chraeston taes eaytoy zohaes katalimpanohn ypomnaema, laethae de atimoh kalyptomenos kai ton tohn boskaematohn thanaton teleytohn. Taphos men gar echei to sohma, adaes de taen psychaen: dyo skoteina desmoh- taeria merizomena toy ponaeroy zohoy taen timohrian. Kai tis oyk an taes aboylias ton athlion katamempsaito; aenika men yper gaes aen gayriohnta, megalaychoymenon, pantohn yperphoroynta tohn syzohntohn kai omophylohn kai mononoychi myrmaekas kai skohlaekas apokaloynta toys entygcha- nontas, kenoh de phronaemati taes oligochronioy doxaes diarraegnymenon: aenika de apespasthae toy bioy kai ohs mastigias doylos aphaerethae tohn allotriohn, ohn ex anoias enomizen einai despotaes, eis antirropon taes yperaephanias katapheretai tapeinotaeta, kai graos thraenoysaes odyrmoys proballomenos makra kai anonaeta ton patriarchaen epikaleitai legohn: % Pater /Abraam, eleaeson me kai pempson /Lazaron, ina bapsae to akron toy daktyloy aytoy ydatos kai katapsyxae taen glohssan moy, oti odynohmai en tae phlogi taytae [Luc16,24] %, zaetohn eleon, on oyk edohken aenika toy eyergetein procheiron eichen taen exoysian: axiohn de aytoh boaethon kata toy pyros aphikesthai ton /Lazaron: eychomenos apomyzaesai toy leproy ton daktylon oligon nenotismenon ydati. Toiaytai tohn philosohmatohn ai aboyliai, toyto tohn philoploytohn kai philaedonohn to telos. Kai prosaekei ton syneton kai promaethae toy mellontos, oion pharmakon ti prophylaktikon nosaematos taen parabolaen aegaesamenon, phygein tohn omoiohn kakohn taen peiran, to sympathes kai philanthrohpon

ohs aitian taes zohaes taes melloysaes askaesanta. Dramatikohs gar aemin o logos taen noythesian epi prosohpohn ohrismenohn exetheto, ina empsychohs kai deiktikohs paideythentes taes agathaes politeias ton nomon, maedepote kataphronaesohmen tohn taes Graphaes paraggelmatohn ohs achri logoy monon phoboyntohn, oy maen taen apeilaen proagontohn eis timohrian. Oida gar, ohs oi polloi tohn anthrohpohn tais toiaytais yponoiais deleazomenoi akohlyton eaytois toy amartanein taen exoysian charizontai. Pan de toynantion para taes prokeimenaes Graphaes didaskometha ohs oyde syggnohmae tis taes ekei kriseohs epelaphrynei taen kolasin, oyd' elattoi taen ohrismenaen timohrian philanthrohpia, ei ge dei tais phohnais toy patriarchoy tekmaeriohsai ton logon. Polla gar iketeytheis para toy ploysioy kai myriohn eleeinohn epakoysas phohnohn oyte tois odyrmois epeklasthae oyte taes odynaes exeileto ton pikrohs mastizomenon, all' aystaeroh de toh phronae- mati taen dikaian krisin ekyrohsen eipohn, oti pros axian ekastoh die- klaerohsen o Theos: kai soi men epi toy bioy tryphaesanti kata tohn allo- triohn symphorohn dikae toy plaemmelaematos epetethae a pascheis: toh d' ekei mochthaesanti kai pataethenti kai pikras anaschomenoh taes ensarkoy zohaes glykeia tis kai eyphrainoysa ae enthade apenemaethae katastasis. Pros de toytois kai chasma mega einai phaesin, to kohlyon aytoys taen pros allaeloys epimixian kai dieirgon toys timohroymenoys apo tohn timohmenohn, ina eykrinohs diagohsin ap' allaelohn amphoteroi asygchyton echontes tohn agathohn kai tohn kakohn taen apolaysin. Oimai de taen aisthaetaen para- bolaen noaetaes einai theohrias ainigma. Oy gar dae taphron ontohs ennoaesohmen ekei pros tohn aggelohn diorychtheisan, oiaper en tois stratopedois ginetai ta tohn polemiohn metaichmia, alla ton chohrismon aemin o /Loykas ypographohn on ap' allaelohn eisi kechohrismenoi, oi te kat' aretaen kai oi eterohs zaesantes, ypetheto taen eikona toy chasmatos. Episphragi- zetai de taen dianoian aemohn taytaen kai /Aesaias oytoh pohs legohn: % Mae oyk ischyei ae cheir Kyrioy toy sohsai ae ebaryne to oys aytoy toy mae akoysai; Alla ta amartaemata ymohn diistoh- sin ana meson ymohn kai ana meson toy Theoy [Is59,1-2] %.

Toy aytoy omilia ek toy kata /Loykan eyaggelioy eis ton oikonomon taes adikias Pollakis ymin eipon dialegomenos, oti peplasmenae tis kai pseydaes ennoia tois anthrohpois empesoysa plaethynei ta amartaemata kai elattoi ta agatha, aper ekastos opheilomen epi taes eaytohn politeias askein. Aytae de estin to nomizein, oti panta osa echomen en tae chraesei toy bioy ohs kyrioi kektaemetha kai despotai. Kai taytaes eneken taes ypolaepseohs sphodrohs yper aytohn diamachometha kai polemoymen kai dikazometha kai eis akron aytohn periechometha ohs exairetohn ktaematohn. Ae de alaetheia oych oytohs echei, alla kai sphodra enantiohs. Panta gar ohn anelabomen, oych aemetera: oyte maen aemeis ohs aythentai kai kyrioi toh bioh toytoh ohs aemetera oikia enohkisthaemen, all' ohs paroikoi kai epaelydes kai meta- nastai agometha opoy oy thelomen kai aenika oy prosedokohmen. Aphairoy- metha de tohn ontohn, otan doxae toh Kyrioh, taes ktiseohs. Dio kai eymetabolon chraema estin to taes epikaeroy taytaes zohaes: kai o saemeron endoxos ayrion eleeinos, oiktoy kai boaetheias axios: o nyn eyporos kai eythaenoymenos tais ylais toy ploytoy penaes meta mikron, oyde ton arton oikothen echohn, on prospheraetai eis zohaen. Kai toytoh malista o Theos aemohn tohn thnaetohn yperechei, toh aei o aytos einai kai ohsaytohs echein kai anaphaireton kektaesthai zohaen kai doxan kai dynamin. Pothen oyn eis taytaen aelthon taen archaen toy logoy, ae tacha gnohrimon aedae tygchanei toi; noyn echoysi kai philologois. O /Loykas aemin parabolaen anaplasas ypanegnoh artiohs, en ae ton oikonomon tohn allotriohn ypogra- phei stenoymenon kai thlibomenon, epeidae ohs spathaetaes kai polydapanos aekoysen para toy kyrioy tohn chraematohn kai tohn ktaematohn, oti Dos ton logon taes dioikaeseohs kai metastaethi: oy gar se tois emois ohs idiois entryphan anexomai. Toyto de estin oy genomenoy pragmatos exaegaesis, alla plasis parabolaes tois epeskiasmenois tohn logohn aethikaen aretaen ekpaideyousa. Gnohthi toinyn ekastos, ohs allotriohn ei diakaetaes, kai ripsas apo taes psychaes soy taes aythentias taen yperaephanian to toy ypeythynoy kai oikonomoy analabe tapeinon kai eylabes, aei ton kyrion soy anamenohn kai meta deilias syggraphohn taes apologias to logothesion. Paroikos

gar ei, oligochronioy chraeseohs kai parodikaes labohn sygchohraesin. Ei de amphiballeis epi tois gnohrimois, katamathe ta ginomena kai tae apseydei didaskaloh, tae peira, paideythaeti. Kektaesai chohrion, ae para paterohn labohn ae apo tinos synallag- matos kyrios gegonohs. Analogisai oyn tae mnaemae kai aparithmaesai pantas, ei dynasai, toys pro soy kateschaekotas ayto: epiballe de kai toh mellonti chronoh ton noyn kai posoi aytoy kyrieysoysi meta se katanoaeson. Phrason de moi tinos ae despoteia kai tisi kat' exaireton diapheroysa, tois eschaekosi, tois echoysin ae tois melloysin; Ei gar tis ek maechanaes pantas athroiseien, eyrethaesontai pleioys tohn bohlohn oi kektaemenoi. Mallon de, eiper akribohs boylei katidein tini paromoios o bios aemohn, mnaemoneyson eipote ohra theroys odoiporohn etheasoh dendron amphilaphes, epi poly toy platoys kai toy maekoys diaekon, ikanon tae skia oikias plaerohsai chreian. Toytoh terphtheis ypaelthes kai, eph' oson exaen, ekeise katemeines. Epei de edei palin aparai kai soy boyleyoymenoy taen aphixin, eteros odoiporos epestae. Kai sy men ephortoys taen aposkeyaen, o de taen idian kathaerei kai panta ta sa athroon diedexato, taen stibada, to pyr, taen toy dendroy epi mias aemeras egeneto tychon deka xenohn oligochronion katagohgion: kai to pantohn genomenon enos aen toy ontohs kyrioy. Oytohsi de kai ai perioysiai taes entaytha diagohgaes terpoysi men polloys kai trephoysi, taes despoteias monoh toh Theoh prosaekoysaes toh aphtharton kai anohlethron echonti taen zohaen. Etheasoh kai pandocheion, eph' oy pantohs odeyohn katelysas: elabes de ekeithen polla bastazohn maeden, klinaen, trapezan, ekpohmata, pinaka, alla skeyae pantodapa. Oydepoh de poy pros aytarkeian chraesamenoy aeken allos pneystiohn, kekonimenos, katepeigohn se kai exeirgohn toy pandocheioy kai zaetohn ta allotria ohs exaireta. Toioytos aemohn o bios, adelphoi, kai ei ti tohn lechthentohn parodikoh- teron. Egoh de thaymazoh toys legontas: to chohrion moy: kai, ae oikia moy: opohs mataioh syllabae exoikeioyntai ta mae prosaekonta kai trisi stoi- cheiois apataelois enagkalizontai ta allotria. Ohs gar ta tohn thayma- topoiohn prosohpeia echei men oydeis kat' exaireton, pantes de epithentai

oi tohn dramatohn ypokritai, oytohs taen gaen kai tas ap' ekeinaes ylas alloi ex allohn ohs imatia metendyontai. Mae ti basileias, eipe moi, dynatohteron; all' omohs ereynaeson ta basileia: zaetaeson chlanidas basilikas: eyraeseis de taytas ikanas, ai pollohn basileohn enedysan sohmata. Omoiohs de kai toys stephanoys kai tas porpas kai tas zohnas, panta klaeronomian astaton, chraesin koinaen apo tohn odeyontohn eis toys menontas apobainoysan. Ti de taes tohn yparchohn axias ae skaenae, to argyroyn ochaema, ae kalamis ae chrysae; oyk aei tayta echei ton yparchon kai oydepote ton ayton, ei mae pros oligon ekaston; Ohs gar ae klinae taes ekphoras allote alla dechetai sohmata, oytohs kai tohn archohn ta symbola toys chrohmenoys ameibei. Enteythen kai o apostolos aemin eboa pleistas phohnas taytaes taes dianoias paideytikas: % Parechei gar to schaema toy kosmoy toytoy [1Cor7,31] %: kai to, % Ohs maeden echontes kai panta katechontes [2Cor6,10] % : kai to, % Oi chrohmenoi ohs mae parachroh- menoi [1Cor7,31] %. Panta gar tayta pros ena teinei skopon, oti prosaeken ohs ephaemeroys aemas diazaen anamenontas taes exodoy to synthaema. Kai ina katamathaes akribohs, oti nomois ypokeisai kai kanosi despotikois, kath' oys se prosaeken zaen akribohs, apo saytoy prohton katanoaeson, oti kai to sohma soy kai ae psychae pantachothen tois taes aretaes ypokeitai paraggelmasi kai oyde saytoy kyrios ei: alla pros- aeken se oikonomein kai logon kai praxin kai pan taes zohaes soy kinaema. Elabes sohma para toy ktisantos, ek pollohn moriohn sygkeimenon kai pente aisthaesesin eis tas taes zohaes chreias oikonoymenon. Eisi de oyde aytai eleytheroi kai aytonomoi, all' ekastae doylae nomohn estin. Kai prohtos akoyei ophthalmos: blepe physin kai theohrei a blepei kalon: aelion, pasan taen oikoymenaen phohtizonta: selaenaen, to skythrohpon kai zophohdes taes nyktos kataygazoysan: toys alloys asteras, oy poly men, oyde aytarkes aemin to par' eaytohn phohs choraegoyntas, plaen to kallos o elachon apostilbontas. Theohrei gaen, phytois pantodapesi kai botanois komohsan: thalassan aeplohmenaen ohs pedion omales, otan eis katharan galaenaen pagae. Eis tayta kai ta toiayta katakechraeto toh oran: tas de allas theas, osai dia taes opseohs taen blabaen epeisagoysi tae psychae, pheyge kai paratreche kai epitithei saytoh kalymma, ina mae blepaes. Beltion gar skotisai taen aisthaesin, otan % tohn ergohn toy skotoys [Rom13,12] % taen aitian par-

echae. Dia toyto chthes elegen aemin o Kyrios dia /Matthaioy: % Pas o blepohn gynaika pros to epithymaesai, aedae emoicheysen aytaen en tae kardia [Mt5,28] %: kai beltion ekkoptein ayton, otan atakta blepae kai epi- zaemia. Echei kai ae akoae paraggelmata kohlytika kakaes akroaseohs. Chrae gar aytaen, otan men agathohn tinohn akoyae, anapeptamenaen einai kai di' eaytaes tae psychae parapempein tohn sympherontohn logohn taen aisthaesin. Ei de tis kakias etairos kai loimos kai phthoros plaesiasas aytae epantlein mellei taes amartias ton borboron, dei pheygein ayton ohs iobolon thaerion. Sohphroneitoh kai ae glohssa meta toy stomatos: laleitoh ta dikaia: tohn de apaegoreymenohn apechesthoh, loidoriohn, sykophantiohn, kataegorias adikoy, katalalias taes kata tohn adelphohn, blasphaemias taes pros Theon: phtheggesthoh de % osa eyphaema [Phil4,8] %, osa eysebae, osa praxeohn agathohn echei taen symboylaen: kai legetoh pas anthrohpos ta toy ieropsaltoy: % Eipa: Phylaxoh tas odoys moy, toy mae amartanein me en glohssae moy [Ps38,2] %: kai to, % Tais glohssais aytohn edolioysan [Ps5,10] %: kai to, % Ti egkaycha en kakia, o dynatos anomian; Olaen taen aemeran adikian elogisato ae glohssa soy: ohsei xyron aekonaemenon epoiaesas dolon [Ps51,3-4] %. Geyesthoh tohn ohphelyntohn to stoma. Sohphroh- neitoh kai ae ris mae tryphaen aei osphrainomenae, maede myrohn polytelohn atmoys eyohdias epi taen kephalaen anelkoysa. Tohn gar toioytohn kai o /Aesaias sphodrohs estin kataegoros. Memnaesthoh kai ae cheir tohn entolohn, ina mae pantohn akohlytohs aptaetai. Ekteinesthoh pros eleaemosynaen, mae pros agapen: taereitoh ta idia, mae synagetoh ta allotria: aptesthoh sohmatohn nohthrohn kai kekakohmenohn di' agathaes episkepseohs, mae tohn sphrigohtohn kai tais porneiais escholakotohn. Edeixen aemin o logos, ohs kai aytoi eaytohn oy despotai esmen, all' oikonomoi. Pan gar to nomois ypokeimenon kai prostagmasin doylon toy nomothetoy estin kai ypaekoon. Ei de ta moria toy sohmatos aemohn oyk eleythera exoysian, alla despotikoh boylaemati pros tas energeias kanonizomena, ti an eipoi tis pros toys oiomenoys chrysoy kai argyroy kai gaes kai tohn allohn aneythynon echein taen ktaesin; Oyden son, anthrohpe. Sy doylos kai ta sa toy Kyrioy. Doylos gar eleytheron pekoylion oyk echei. Gymnos gar aechthaes eis toyto to phohs: elabes a echeis kata nomon toy Kyrioy soy: ae klaeronomaesas patera, epeidae oytohs o

Theos dietaxato __ % Goneis gar teknois %, phaesi, % merioysi skyla [Prov19,14!] % __, ae apo gamoy taen eyporian ktaesamenos __ gamos de kai ta ep' ekeinoh para Theoy diatetaktai __ , ae apo emporias kai geohrgias kai tohn allohn prophaseohn Theoy pros ekeina sympraxantos. Idoy toinyn, edeichthae oti elabes ta mae sa. Idohmen toinyn loipon ti soi epetachthae kai oia ep' ekeinois dioikaesis. Dos toh peinohnti, endyson ton gymnon, therapeyson ton kekakohmenon, mae periidaes ton aporon, ton errimenon en tais triodois. Sy peri saytoy mae merimnaesaes, maede phrontisaes pohs diaxeis epi taes ysteraias. Kan tayta, phaesin, ergasae, timaethaesae para toy nomothetoy: an de parakoysaes taes entolaes, kola- sthaesae pikrohs. Tayta egoh oy blepoh toy aytexoysioy oyde toy zohntos met' aythenteias, alla toynantion, ta polla kai synechae prostagmata ypodeiknysi moi anthrohpon basileyomenon ischyrohs kai nomois despotikois ypeythynon kai taen kekanonismenaen politeian apaitoymenon ohs chreos. Aemeis de pohs ohs alogisteyton echontes ton bion toys men athlioys kai penomenoys periorohmen enteleytohntas tais symphorais, dapanohmetha de philotimohs tais mataiotaesin, kolakohn plaethos asohtohn trephontes kai phratrias kokodaimonohn parasitohn episyromenoi: kai aythis thaeriomachois kai thaeriois skorpizontes ton ployton kan tais ippotrophiais oydenos tohn ontohn pheidomenoi kai palin thaymatopoiois kai mimois kai tois exaes olethriois dapanohntes taen eyporian! Kai pragma paschomen kenon kai manias eggys. Entha men gar ae dapanae pherei to kerdos anakrithmon kai sohtaerian athanaton, synechomen sphodrohs to argyrion, ohs maede oligoys oboloys taes cheiros ekpesein: opoy de amartohlohn ginetai to analohma kai myriohn kolaseohn aition kai aytaes ge taes dia pyros timohrias, aytokeleystoi reomen. Kai ae philotimia prolambanei taen aitaesin: kai pasas thyras anoixantes aphiemen ton ployton pros toys exoh chohrein. Toyto de to phronaema oyk esti doylohn anamenontohn ton kyrion, alla neohn asohtohn, kohmastohn, akolastohn. Ei de theleis, o akroataes, idein oikonomoy phobon meta taes sohphronos eylabeias dioikoyntos ta pisteythenta, anaptyxon taen biblon toy /Dabid: zaetaeson ekeinoys toys logoys entha phaesin pros ton Theon o anaer poly- pragmonohn toy idioy teloys taen prothesmian: % Gnohrison moi, Kyrie, to peras moy kai ton arithmon tohn aemerohn moy tis estin, ina gnoh ti ysteroh egoh [Ps38,5] %. Oras opohs ohs en eikoni theohreitai toh

logoh ae toy eyxamenoy diathesis, oti perideaes esti kai proora to mellon kai anamenei taen krisin kai taen prothesmian periergazetai, ina mae to aparaskeyon ayton katalabae taes exodoy to synthaema: kai zaetei logi- samenos katidein ti to taes paroikias ysteraema, ina speysas anaplae- rohsae prin elthein ton exagonta. Alaethohs gar estin eikohn oikonomoy ae ekastoy aemohn teleytae, an ta kath' ekaston allaelois antexetasohmen, ti men paschei o apothnaeskohn, ti de ypomenei o taes oikonomias ekballo- menos. Omoiohs gar kai o teleytohn allois metaparadidohsi taen dioikaesin, ohs o oikonomos tas kleidas: ekeinos ekballetai agroy, oytos toy kosmoy pantos ohs enos chohrioy. Peripathohn anachohrei o oikonomos tohn idiohn ponohn oion ampelohn, kaepohn, oikiohn: ti oyn dokei soi kai o teleytohn paschein; Oyk odyretai ta ktaemata; oyk eleeinon periblepei taen oysian, meta tosaytaen prospatheian aproairetohs aytaes apospohmenos, porroh thaesayrohn, tamieiohn; kai otan aphikaetai pros ton klaerohthenta topon akoyohn: % Apodos ton logon taes oikonomoias soy [Luc16,2] %, deixon opohs aekoysas tohn entolohn, opohs dietethaes pros toys omodoyloys, ae chraestohs kai philanthrohpohs ae toynantion epachthohs kai tyrannikohs, paiohn, kondylizohn, aposterohn to taes eleaemosynaes sitaeresion. Kan men dynaethae ileoh katastaesai ton despotaen agathon doylon eayton apodeixas, ey an echoi: ei de toynantion, oyk eti mastiges ekei dia rabdohn, oyde mylohn skoteinos kai pedai sidaerai, alla pyr asbeston kai skotos aiohnion oypote phohti kataygazomenon, kai % o brygmos tohn odontohn [Mt8,12] %, on saphohs aemin to eyaggelion proedaelohsen. Ei men oyn oydepote tohn entaytha ohs allotriohn ekballei, katatryphaeson toy kosmoy kai kata pasaes aisthaeseohs akohlyton aphes taen aedonaen. Ei de syntelesthaesetai tayta kan % {oyk} % epi makron aytohn apolaysohmen, phobaethohmen, adelphoi, taen enthende metastasin kai zaesohmen en toh kairoh taes paroikias ohs o Kyrios eneteilato: mae apachthohmen desmohtai meta chreohn, all' odeysohmen eleytheroi kai eyparraesiaston to syneidos epagomenoi, akatagnohsta pherontes ta taes toy bioy politeias biblia. Kakos aen oikonomos taes enthade zohaes o ploysios ekeinos, oy ae chohra aeyphoraesen, epeidae tae eythaenia tohn karpohn oyden o anthrohpos chraeston eboyleysato, all' anoixas gastros epithymian kai toys plateis

kai achohraetoys taes pleonexias kolpoys panta apeklaeroy tae eaytoy apolaysei legohn: % Katheloh moy tas apothaekas kai meizonas oikodomaesoh kai eroh tae psychae moy: Echeis polla agatha keimena, anapayoy, phage, pie, eyphrainoy [Luc12,18-19] %: kai metaxy laloyntos o apagohn epestae. Aelthe phoberos syndoylos anaspaston ek taes oikono- mias apaxohn: kai ti to ophelos taes philaedonoy boylaes; Kai tayta men empsychohs egraphae eis noythesian aemohn: Ae de peira toy bioy potapae; Oy kath' ekastaen aemeran tayta dia tohn ergohn boa, deiknysa aemin ton en mesae tae aemera ygiainonta pro taes epistolaes toy esperoy nekron: kai ton errohmenon en tae espera taen aktina taen eohthinaen oy katalambanonta: kai allon metaxy toy esthiein toy zaen apolaegonta; Tis de oytohs aelithios, ohs mae synoran opohs kath' aemeran allos allote taes enthade oikonomias apokinoymetha; All' o men agathos kai pistos oiketaes kai pepoithohs tae eaytoy dioikaesei oytohs echei gnohmaes ohs eiche /Paylos. Ekeinos gar toy Kyrioy mae katepeigontos espeyde pros ayton kai taen analysin epothei kai paraeteito ekohn taen oikonomian, tae men legohn: % Talaipohros egoh anthrohpos, tis me rysetai ek toy soh- matos toy thanatoy toytoy [Rom7,24] %, kai palin: % Emoi de kalon ana- lysai kai syn /Christoh einai [Phil1,23] %. O de gaeinos to phronaema kai tohn bohlohn alaethohs syggenaes toiayta odyretai amaechanohn epi tae metastasei, oia oytos o taes parabolaes anthrohpos: % Ti poiaesoh, oti o kyrios moy aphaireitai taen oikonomian ap' emoy; Skaptein oyk ischyoh, epaitein aischynomai [Luc16,4] %. Argoy kai philaedonoy ae lypae. To men gar epi tae anachohraesei thraenein elegchos estin toy prostetaekenai toh chohrioh kai tas empatheis taes sarkos apolayseis odyresthai, to de adynatein pros ergon argoy bioy kai anapeptohkotos esti kataegoraema. Ei gar eichen pros philoponian synaetheian, oyk an ephobeito to% {y} % skaptein. Ei de allaegorikohs taen parabolaen epi to noaeton eklaboimen, meta taen enthende metastasin oyte toy ergazesthai oyte toy prosaitein kairos. Kai dia toyto maedeis legetoh: Skaptein oyk ischyoh. Kan gar dynaetai, oydeis sygchohrei. O bios oytos echei tohn entolohn taen geohrgian, o de mellohn taen apolaysin. Ohste ei maeden eirgasoh entaytha, apemeinan ai ampeloi kai perittohs phrontizeis peri taes skapanaes: oyte de pros- aitohn ohphelaeseis ti sayton. Kai toytoy saphes aemin ypodeigma paradedotai to tohn mohrohn parthenohn: ohnaesan de oyden, all'

apestraphaesan apraktoi: deiknyntos toy logoy, oti allotrioh elaioh en tae paroysia toy nymphioy oydeis kechraetai, toytestin allotrioh katorthoh- mati eis idian apolaysin. Ekastos gar taen idian politeian ohs imation peribeblaetai, eite lampron kai timion eite phaylon kai taes ptohchikaes ephestridos omoion. Ekdysasthai de ayto oyk estin, oyte ypallaxai kai diameipsasthai kai kosmaethaenai. Menei de ekastos oios epi taes alaetheias estin, eite penaes agathohn eite ploysios. Kai tayta men epi tosoyton. Ti d' an eipoimen peri taes sygchohraeseohs tohn chreohn, aen epenoaesen o oikonomos taes adikias paramythian eaytoh tohn kakohn pros toys omo- doyloys pragmateysamenos: Oy gar estin eykolon eis allaegorian akoloython metaskeyasai toh gegrammenoh. O de moi polla skopaesamenoh parestae, toioyton tygchanei: Pantes anthrohpoi osoi taen melloysan eaytois anesin pragmateyometha allotria didontes ae sygchohroyntes, oikeion porizometha kerdos. Allotria de legoh ta toy Despotoy. Oyden gar estin aemeteron, alla panta taes ekeinoy despoteias ktaemata. Ote an oyn tis aisthomenos taes teleytaes kai taes enthende metastaseohs eypoiiais koyphisae tohn amartiohn to phortion, ae chreohstais sygchohraesas ophlaemata ae tois penomenois choraegaesas taen eyporian ta toy Despotoy didoys, philoys ktatai polloys toys mellontas aytoh prosmartyrein para toh kritae taen agathosynaen kai dia taes martyrias eytrepizein anapsyxeohs katagohgion. Martyrein de legontai oi ey pathontes para toh kritae, oy phohnais ohs agnooynta didaskontes, all' ohs taes peri aytoys praxeohs aima toy /Abel elegeto boan pros ton Theon, omoiohs kai to agathon ergon lechthaesetai martyrein toh katohrkohti en /Christoh /Iaesoy toh Kyrioh aemohn: oh ae doxa ei toys aiohnas tohn aiohnohn. Amaen. % {...} %

Toy aytoy /Asterioy omilia ek toy kata /Matthaion eyaggelioy eis to: % Ei exestin anthrohpoh apolysai taen gynaika aytoy kata pasan aitian [Mt19,3] % Kalae synohris tohn dyo toytohn aemerohn tois christianois kai philoponois tygchanei, toy sabbatoy kai taes kyriakaes legoh, aen kath' ekastaen ebdomada o chronos anakyklohn peripherei. Ohs gar maeteres ae trophoi taes ekklaesias kai ton laon athroizoysi ai toys iereas paideytas prokathizoysin: daemagohgoysi de kai toys mathaetas kai toys didaskaloys eis taen tohn psychohn epimeleian. Emoi toinyn eti taes chthizaes aemeras o logos enaechei kai egkathaetai tae mnaemae ta ponaethenta. Blepoh ton stayron dia taes prophaeteias para /Aesaioy paegnymenon kai ta imatia toy Kyrioy ohs ta toy laenobatoy kechrohsmena toh aimati, kai ton Sohtaera ton misthon procheiron epi taes dexias pheronta. Kai ton /Solomohnta theohroh ta zyga aemin kai toys stathmoys akriboynta eis dynamin. Kai toy eyaggelioy ton chreohpheiletaen oikteiroh, mae metadoynta toh omodoyloh taes philanthrohpias, aes para toy despotoy metelaben, all' ek taes aboylias kai taes sklaerotaetos taen idian symphoran ananeohsamenon. Toytois gar tois kephaloiois kata taen parelthoysan ekamomen, ohs iste pantes oi oyk en parergoh taen akroasin themenoi. Saemeron de palin aemin polla men kai kala panta, osa epi taes trapezaes taes orohmenaes to Pneyma katetheto. Epestaesa de ton noyn tois adoleschais omoy kai peirastais /Pharisaiois kai sphodra ge aytoys taes mochthaerias tohn tropohn aeleaesa, eph' ois kai aen paegaen taes sophias tais eaytohn erohtaetesin epecheiroyn katasophizesthai: kai taes egcheiraeseohs apetygchanon taes toy Monogenoys theotaetos eis toynantion aytois aei peritrepoysaes ta erohtaemata. Peri ohn, moi dokei, kai /Aesaias prophaeteyohn elegen: % Apostrephohn phronimoys eis ta opisoh kai taen boylaen aytohn mohrainohn kai istohn raemata paidos aytoy [Is44,25] %: kai palin /Dayid: % Tais glohssais aytohn edolioysan: krinon aytoys, o Theos: apopesetohsan apo tohn diaboyliohn aytohn [Ps5,10-11] %. Plaen charis aytois, kai polemiois tygchanoysin, oti taen sophian ekinaesan pros apokrisin, ina aemin tois doylois anagrapton katalipae

tohn sympherontohn taen mathaesin. Idoy gar o gamos kanonizetai, pragma toy anthrohpikoy bioy kephalaion, kai taes systaseohs aytoy kai taes dialyseohs akribeis nomothetoyntai oi oroi. Ohn lian espoydas- menohs akoysatoh ta dyo tagmata, ina kai ae gynaikohnitis paideythae ta idia kai ae androhnitis ohphelaethae ta exaireta. % Ei exestin anthrohpoh apolysai taen gynaika aytoy kata pasan aitian [Mt19,3] %. Toyto men tohn /Ebraiohn to problaema. Egoh pros tohn allohn ton skopon blepoh taes erohtaeseohs. Epeidae gar to tohn gynaikohn genos eykolohteron esti pros to peithesthai kai mallon epe- klineto pros te taen tohn teratohn megaloyrgian kai pros taen sygkata- thesin kai pistin taes theotaetos toy /Christoy __ oytoh toi kai telytaion tohn androphonohn tohn tae gnohmae pros ton stayron elkontohn ton Kyrion, to plaethos tohn gynaikohn kai to pathos apethraenei kai akoloytoyn toh Sohtaeri eleeinohs apedakryen __, ina tina proskroysmon kai dysmeneian aytoh pros to systaema tohn gynaikohn maechanaesohntai dia taes doleras erohtaeseohs, aytoi men ta thaeratra, ohs enomizon, kai toys brochoys toys dia tohn logohn epaexanto: o de Kyrios tae dynamei taes theotaetos blepohn toy kataskeyazomenoy taen kakoyrgian, omoy de kai ta philan- throhpa dogmatizohn toh bioh, kakeinois taen enedran, mataian aperga- zomenos, synaegoroysan tais gynaixi proballetai taen apokrisin: lykoys kenoys apopempsas toys /Pharisaioys diakenaes toh erohtaemati perichaenantas. Aytae, phaesi, ae ktisis synapheias kai oy dialyseohs epideiknytai ton skopon: kai toy gamoy prohtos nymphostolos estin o Daemioyrgos toys prohtoplastoys anthrohpoys toh gamikoh syzeyxas desmoh, doys de tois genaesomenois eis epeita taen akoloythian taes synoikaeseohs aparaitaeton, aen timan prosaeken ohs nomon Theoy. Oi de allaelois synaphthentes % oyk eti eisi dyo, alla sarx mia: ohste o synezeyxen o Theos, anthroh- pos mae chohrizetoh [Mt19,6] %. Elechthae men tayta tois /Pharisaiois tote: akoysate de nyn, oi % {toy} % tohn kapaeloi kai tas gynaikas os imatia eykolohs metendyomenoi: oi tas pastadas pollakis kai radiohs paegnyntes ohs panaegyreohs ergas- taeria: oi tas eyporias gamoyntes kai tas gynaikas emporeyomenoi: oi mikron paroxynomenoi kai eythys to biblion taes diaireseohs graphontes: oi pollas chaeras en toh zaen eti katalimpanontes. Peisthaete, oti gamos thanatoh monoh kai moicheia diakoptetai. Oy gar ohsper epi tohn etairidohn oligos aemerohn arithmos peirazei taen symbiohsin kai monaen thaereyei taen aedonaen, oytohs esti kai tohn nomoh kai thesmoh teloymenohn: alla pan

toynantion, oh anthrohpe, mia tis enohsis ginetai kai sohmatos kai psychaes, ohs kai to aethos toh aethei synanakirnasthai kai taen sarka tae sarki tropon tina syndedesthai. Pohs oyn apathohs diatemnae; Pohs eykolohs kai chohris algaedonos anachohreis, bioy koinohnon labohn, oyk oligohn aemerohn yperaetin, taen adelphaen kai gynaika; Adelphaen men kata ton logon taes plaseohs kai taes daemioyrgias __ aph' enos gar aitioy taes gaes kai taes aytaes ylaes ypestaese __: gynaika de dia taen enohsin taes syzygias, dia ton nomon toy gamoy. Poion oyn diarraexeis desmon kai nomoh dedemenos kai physei; Pohs de athetaeseis tas omologias as epi toh gamoh katethoy; Kai poias me oiei legein; Ara taes proikos taes syggrapheisaes entaytha, ote tae saytoy cheiri epesaemaenoh toh biblioh episphragizomenos ta teloymena; Ischyra men gar kakeina kai ikanaen taen asphaleian echonta: plaen egoh pros taen phohnaen toy /Adam emayton anapheroh: % Toyto sarx ek tohn sarkohn moy kai ostoyn ek tohn ostohn moy: aytae klaethaesetai moy gynae [Gen2,23] %. Aytae ae phohnae oy mataen anagraptos sohzetai, alla koinae estin tohn anthrohpohn omologia, di' enos prosohpoy toy prohtoy toytoy koinoh plaethei tohn gynaikohn ektetheisa tohn nomoh tois andrasin syn- aptomenohn. Kai mae thaymasaes, ei ex ohn allos eipen, allos eythynetai. Panta gar osa peri tohn prohtoplastohn en archais synebae, tayta toy akoloythoy genoys physis egeneto. An oyn laboysa to taes kosmopoiias biblion ae mataen aphiemenae gynae eklysae se pros ton dikastaen __ dikastaen ton ayton kai martyra __, ti lexeis, eipe; Pohs exaleipseis taen saytoy phohnaen, aen epi Theoy epoiaesoh, aes syggrapheys anti eyohnoy symbolaiographoy /Mohysaes o toy Theoy therapohn egeneto; Apatora kai amaetora taen gynaika o Theos toh /Adam exedoto kai dia toyto ohs agathos kaedemohn taen orphanaen aespha- lisato: tois taes maetros de nyn dikaiohmasin ischyrohs ai thygateres kechraentai kata tohn agnohmonohn kai apistohn androhn, ohste soi panta- chothen ae kataphronaesis taes gametaes adynatos, kai archaiois nomois tois theiois kai neois tois anthrohpikois dedemenoh. Dysohpeitoh de se kai to chraesimon taes gynaikos pros ton bion. Melos yparchei, boaethos estin: synergos eis diagohgaen toy bioy, eis paidohn genesin: nosoy epikoyros, thlipseohn paramythia, phylax taes estias, thaesayros tohn ktaematohn: ta ayta lypoymenae, ta ayta chairoysa: koinon kektaemenae ton ployton, ei pareiae: taen mochthaeran oikonomoysa penian, eymaechanohs kai karterohs antechoysa pros ta par' ekeinaes odynaera, epimochthoy paidotrophias anechomenae dia taen pros se synoikaesin. An de poy kai peristasis katalabae prag-

matohn, baptistheis aphanizetai: oi de nomizomenoi philoi toh kairoh taes eypragias taen philian metroyntes ypochohroysin en tois deinois: oi doyloi kai ton despotaen omoy kai tas symphoras drapeteyoysin. Leipetai loipon ae gynae, toy nosoyntos meroys to melos kai tohn kakohn doylae kai taes toy andros therapeias, to dakryon apopsohsa: taen plaegaen, an mastichthae, therapeyoysa: akoloythoysa pros desmohtaerion agomenoh: kan men tis aphae syneiselthein, aedeohs taes katheirxeohs koinohnei: an de kohlythae kai toyto, tais thyrais toy desmohtaerioy, ohs kynidion tohs despotae synaethes, paramenei. Egnohn egoh gynaika kai taen komaen keirasan kai andrikaen peri- themenaen esthaeta kai taytaen antheinaen, ina andros pheygontos kai krypto- menoy mae chohristhae. Doylos de einai dokoysa, alaethohs doyleyei toh pothoh: kai toyton ton bion en pollois etesin dietelesen, topon ek topoy kai eraemian ex eraemias ameiboysa. Toiaytaen de kai toy karterohtatoy /Iohb eyriskomen taen gynaika. Katelipon gar kakeinon oi pantes kai oi kolakes toh ploytoh synaperryaesan kai oi philoi toh kairoh taes eypragias taen philian emetraesan. Ei de poy kai paregenonto, oneidos aen ae paroysia kai oyk episkepsis: epithaekae taes symphoras, oy paramythia. Dio dae kai % oi paraklaetores kakohn pantes [Iob16,2] % pros ekeinon apeschetliasan. Monae de ae pote periphanaes epi taes koprias toh andri synekathaeto apoxeoysa ton ichohra kai toys skohlaekas tohn traymatohn exelkoysa. Oytohs toy bioy koinohnos, oy taes eypragias synoikos: achohristos philos, oy kolax tohn aedonohn: pasaes eyklaerias kai pantohn philtatohn kai syg- genohn monon agathon leipsanon. Dioper ek taes akras kai kath' yperbolaen philandrias kai pros taen amartian taes blasphaemias exepesen, ina mae makra kolazaetai o anaer, maede blebae ayton en tais alaektois odynais, eipein ti raema blasphaemion eis Theon symboyleyoysa kai tacheian taen teleytaen ypelthein. Taen gar idian symphoran taen taes chaereias oyk elogizeto: en de monon emerimna, opohs taen abiohton zohaen o anaer diaphygoi. Tayta meta taes neas peiras ae mnaemae tohn palaiohn paideyei ton tohn gamohn ybristaen. Ti d' an eipoi pros tayta o taes kataegorias ypeythynos; Poian de eyprosohpon apologian taes eaytoy eykolias probaloito; Phaylon, phaesin, kai misoys axion to aethos taes gynaikos kai ae glohssa propetaes kai o tropos oyk oikoyros kai anoikonomaetos ae doikaesis. Estoh: dedosthoh. Peithomai teohs kai dechomai, ohs oi mae sphodra taen akoaen

akribeis dikastai, eykolohs de tais katadromais tohn kataegorohn para- syromenoi. Sy de eipe: Taen archaen agomenos oyk eginohskes ohs anthrohpoh synaptae; Anthrohpoy de tis akoysas oyk eythys ora taen goyn mikran amartian akoloythoysan; Theoy gar monoy to anepilaepton. Aytos de ara oych amartaneis; Oy parecheis de lypas ek toy tropoy tae gynaiki; Athohos de ei pasaes plaemmeleias kai tae synoikaesei ton thesmon taereis adiaphthoron; Oh posas soy tychon paroinias aenegken ae gynae! Posohn de procheirohn ybreohn kai logohn asemnohn aenescheto! Osa de soy elattoh- mata sigatai, epeidae oyk edaemosieysen ae gynae! Aenescheto soy kai mataen orgizomenoy kai toh thymoh yperzeontos: kai ae eleythera kai omotimos esiohpaesen ohs doylae tohn ek pohlaetaerioy. Kai ta anagkaia mae choraegoynti pros taen toy bioy diagohgaen dia penian ae pheidohlian oyk ohneidisen lypoymenae: oy maen oyde ek symposioy elthonta pote kai oinohmenon kai ekphrona aperripse taes methaes misaesasa, alla ypedexato meta syggnohmaes anthrohpikaes kai echeiragohgaese se ton kolazonta kai taen kephalaen etherapeysen tois atmois peridonoymenaen toy oinoy: ohdaegaesen de epi taen koitaen taen gamikaen monae sympathoysa, tohn oiketohn gelohntohn kai epichleyazontohn taen ek taes methaes paraphoran. Sy de ta amphoda perinosteis epi psychrais aitiais ektragohdohn taen gynaika, ina saytoh taen syggnohmaen paraskeyasaes taes procheiroy diaireseohs. Sklaera tohn toioytohn androhn ae gnohmae, thaeriohdaes kai ameiliktos, ek dryos ae ek petras, kata to legomenon, taen gennaesin echoysa. Pantohn gar omoy taen mnaemaen exaleipsantes apathohs diatemnontai. Tis de melos nosaesan anti toy therapeyein ekkoptei, kai tayta oyk epikindynoy pathoys enskaepsantos, alla pollaen echontos kai radian taes iaseohs taen elpida; Epegeneto phlyktaina tae cheiri, epimelohs aytaen therapeysohmen: phlegmonae ton poda diohchlaesen, pharmakoh taen exoidaesin katasteilohmen. Ei de parentes taen tohn iatrohn episkepsin peri taen tomaen kai ton sidaeron ascholaetheiaemen kath' ekaston tohn lypoyntohn, oyde mikron taes zohaes diagenomenoi chronon pasi tois melesin eaytoys akrohtaeriasohmen. All' oych oytohs, oh andres: estoh tis mnaemae kai tohn kohlohn: dysohpei- tohsan ymas ai therapeiai tohn gynaikohn. Oson d' an paroxynthaete, enos tokoy taen ohdina antithentes tais mempsesin eyraesete nikohmenaen taen tohn lypoyntohn peristasin. Anapheretoh o analogismos eis meson kai taes eynoias ta agatha: nosohn therapeias, symphorohn koinohnian, dakrya ta yper andros pros- achthenta tisin, to katalipein toys gennaesamenoys kai estian gonikaen kai akoloythaesai toh xenoh, to pohlaesai ti tohn oikeiohn, ina ybrin kai ochlaesin toy andros exohnaesaetai. Tayta panta paidagohgeitoh pros taen diathesin kai ginesthoh syndesmos taes storgaes, oion oikian tina sathroteran taen eyolisthon psychaen diegeironta kai synechonta. Eleos de krateitoh kai synaetheia kai makroy chronoy symbiohsis mae pateisthoh, aetis ta aloga poiei tohn zohohn achohristohs echein allaelohn. Empa- thohs gar eidon egoh boyn mykohmenon, epeidae tohn synnomohn apoplanaetheis emonohthae, kai probaton en napae blaechohmenon kai diatrechon ta orae, mechris an tae agelae synapsae, aes echohristhae nemomenon. Aix de tayto toyto pathoysa, kan pollas agelas aigohn diatrechoysa katalabae, oy proteron istatai, prin an taen synaethae eyrae kai ton aipolon ton idion. Mae toinyn apathesteroi pros philian eyrethohmen tohn alogohn oi logikoi, maede atimohteran taen gametaen krinohmen synodoiporoy tinos ae toy dia mikran prophasin en oligoh prosphiliohthentos. Oras ohs kai epi taes leohphoroy allaelois symmixantes anthrohpoi, ophoron de katagohgion ton ayton ypelthontes ae dendron amphilaphes ohra theroys taen mesaembrian aposkiasan, aphormaen diatheseohs gnaesias taen syntychian poioyntai: kan elthohsin epi taen odon taen merizoysan, apathohs allaelohn oyk apal- lattontai, all' istantai kai ypodakryoysin blepontes atenes eis allaeloys, kai symbola mnaemaes ekastos didohsin pherein: kai mikron probantes palin metastrephontai kai anakaloysin, epeychetai de eteros toh eteroh ta aisia: kai oligos chronos oytohs oxytataen kirnaesi taen philian, ohs dysapallakton aytois ginesthai kai bebiasmenaen taen ana- chohraesin; Sy de pros taen toy bioy koinohnon oytohs kataphronaetikohs echeis, ohs pros skeyos apopeson ae imation eyteles en odoiporia laethargaethen ae kynidion tohn /Melitteohn ypochohraesan oikias; Kai poy ae en archais peplasmenae diathesis; Poy ae epi taes mias koitaes anapaysis, ae toy nomoy syneirxis, ae taes pollaes kai makras synaetheias dynamis, aen kai eis physin metapoieisthai kai logos echei kai ae peira ypedeixen; Panta diekopsas eykolohteron ae o /Sampsohn ta tohn allophylohn kalohdia. Kaitoi oge sohphrohn kai taes diatheseohs phylax oyde anachohraesasaes toy bioy taes gametaes radiohs epilanthanetai, alla thalpei toys paidas ohs koinaen parakatathaekaen taes maeteros kai taes physeohs, en ekeinois de kathoran dokei taen apelthoysan. O men gar tohn paidohn taes maetrikaes phohnaes omoiotaeta sohzei, allos to poly toy charaktaeros ephelketai, eteros taen toy aethoys katastasin emorphohthae pros taen tekoysan: kai oytohs o pataer pollas echohn taes gametaes eikonas zohsas kai enargeis athanaton ypotypoytai taen pros ekeinaen synoikaesin kai dia toyto oyden

philaedonon ennoei: oy saemeron chohsas ton taphon met' oligon chronon pastadas kataskeyazei: oyde meta to dakryon kai toys stenagmoys epi gamikaen palin choreian epeigetai: oyde tae melainan esthaeta kai penthikaen eis nymphikaen diameibei stolaen: oyde thermae tae koitae taes apelthoysaes taen deyteran gametaen epeisagei: oyde maetryian didohsi tois paisi, to epachthes onoma. Mimeitai de tohn trygonohn taen alogon kai physikaen semnotaeta. Kai gar ekeinaen taen ornin, phasin, taes omobioy diazeychtheisan agapan diaenekae taen chaereian kai enantiohs echein pros taen peristeran eis to taes polygamias eykolon. Mechri toytoy pyknais o anaer tais kataegoriais ballesthoh kai niphadohn pyknoteron ayton titrohsketoh ta taes agnohmosynaes egklaemata. An de poy moicheias aitian probalaetai kai toiaytaen paraschoi toy chohrismoy taen apologian, eythys taen synaegorian metathaesomai toy adi- kaethentos kai ton logon kata taes moichalidos paraskeyasas agathos synaspistaes anti polemioy toh andri parastaesomai, epainohn ton phygonta taen epiboylaen, ton diakopsanta ton desmon, oh pros taen aspida ae taen echidnan prosededeto. Toytoh gar didohsi taen syggnohmaen prohtos o toy pantos poiaetaes, ohs kai dikaiohs algoynti kai prosaekontohs taes oikias apelaynonti kai taes estias taen noson. Gamos gar toytohn charin tohn dyo synistatai, diatheseohs kai paidopoiias, ohn oydeteron meta moicheias sohzetai. Ae men gar diathesis oyk estin pros allon taes eynoias apo- klinasaes: paidopoiias de to kalon anaeraetai sygkechymenohn tohn teknohn. Alla ta men eis toyto pheronta to amartaema eiraetai en allae ypothesei symmetrohs. Amphotera de moi ta merae sohphrosynaen askaesate, ton arragae tohn gamohn syndesmon. Opoy gar aytae timatai, epanagkes einai kai eiraenaen kai pothon, oydemias pandaemoy kai nothoy epithymias taen psychaen epithaegoysaes, ekbaloysaes de taen nomimon kai dikaian storgaen. Oytos taes sohphrosynaes o nomos oy tais gynaixi monon para Theoy ohristai, alla kai tois andrasin. Oi de tois toy bioy toytoy nomothetais prosechontes aneythynon kataleipoysi taes porneias tois andrasi taen semnotaetos, oi d' en pollois anedaen epimainontai sohmasin, allohn iatroi, kata taen paroimian, myriois bryontes elkesin. Kan tis aytohn epi tais plaemmeleiais taytais kathapsaetai, kekompseymenaen kai paizoysan apologian prosichontai. Oi men gar andres, phasi, kan pany pollais gynaixi plaesiasohsin, oyden tae estia lymainontai: ai de gynaikes, ex ohn amartanoysi, klaeronomoys allotrioys tais oikiais kai tois genesin epeisagoysin. Akoysatohsan de oi taes emplaektoy gnohmaes sophistai

kai eyretai, oti kai aytoi allas estias kai oikias anatrepoysin. Ai gar gynaikes ais omiloysi, pantohs tinohn eisin ae thygateres ae gametai: kai panti tropoh eyrethaesetai ae gamos epiboyleyomenos ae goneys adikoy- menos, os egennaesato kai exethrepse kai parthenon exein epi pastada kai thalamon aelpise, aphaerethae de pasaes chraestaes prosdokias para tohn taes sohphrosynaes laestohn. Ei pataer estin o akolastos, gnohrizetoh patros pathos apotygchanontos: ei anaer, eayton ypotypohsasthoh ton adikoymenon. Kai gar epipan oytohs echei kalohs, ekaston tois allotriois dikazein, ohs an allon eaytoh boylaetai. Ei de ti kai tois nomois /Rohmaiohn tines prosechontes apeythynon taen porneian einai nomizoysi, deinaen planohntai planaen oyk eidotes, ohs allohs Theos nomothetei kai eterohs anthrohpoi dogmatizoysin. Akoyson /Mohyseohs to boylaema toy Theoy kataggel- lontos kai pikras tas kata pornohn apophaseis ekpherontos. Akoyson /Payloy legontos: % Pornoys de kai moichoys krinei o Theos [Hebr13,4] %. Oi de alloi oyk arkesoysin soi pros sohtaerian en toh kairoh taes anta- podoseohs, alla tremontes kai idroyntes ektaexontai. Asophos soi kai apaideytos ophthaesetai o /Platohn, tohn nomohn sophistaes, tapeinos de o barys tonos ekeinos kai kata pantohn nomothetohn anaeraemenos to kratos, otan blepohsin toys sohmerastas dielkomenoys, ois aytoi kakohs ephaekan taen exoysian. Pantohs de oi toys alloys mae kohlysantes eis eaytoys prohton taen amartian epestrepsan kai diplaes eyrethaesontai kataegorias ypaitioi, aes te epraxan aytoi kai aes toys alloys akolastainein aphaekan. Oi toinyn boylomenoi kosmiais ohs eni malista gametais syzaen, aytoi ton idion tropon didaskalon tohn synoikohn poiaesatohsan, in' echohsin agathon aph' estias ton zaelon.

/Asterioy episkopoy /Amaseias logoy eis ton ek koilias typhlon Aekoysamen artiohs toy yioy taes brontaes /Iohannoy, mallon de toy agioy Pneymatos toy ton aliea kai cheirotechnaen syggraphea kai logo- graphon ergasamenoy theiohn ontohs kai ypsaelohn ypotheseohn. Exaegaesato gar aemin pollaen kai makran toy Kyrioy dialexin, di' aes ton apeithae laon kai dysaekoon taen toy patros kai yioy theognohsian epaideyen taes monar- chikaes ennoias tohn /Ebraiohn apagohn toys logismoys, anoigohn de aytois taen thyran taes charitos ek taes nomikaes paradoseohs, kai pros taen kainaen Diathaekaen ek taes palaias aeremaiohs agohn, ohs ek taes eraemoy proteron epi taen gaen taen ploysian kai eykarpon. All' omohs deiknyntos aytoy poikilohs ki taen idian yparxin, ohs proaiohnios yparchei kai aei toh patri synaemmenae, kai diarraedaen tois kohrois emboohntos: % Prin /Abraam genesthai egoh eimi [Ioh8,58] %: oyte toy logoy mathontes taen dynamin, oyte dia tinos epistaemonos antirraeseohs to mae paradechthen dielegxantes epi toys lithoys anti tohn logohn echohroyn: kai porrohthen toy stayroy tas phoinikas cheiras pros taen miaiphonian egymnazon. O de krinas pantachoy makrothymohs echein pros ton ybristaen daemon kai blasphaemon, exeklinen aytohn taen orgaen kai ton thorybon oy tapeinohs apodidraskohn, alla theikohs: os en mesoh te eistaekei kai psaelaphohmenos oyk eblepeto kai tois phlegmainoysi prostribomenos oych orato, all' eistaekesan eneoi tae men proairesei phonohntes, kath' otoy de taen orgaen ekplaerohsoysin oyk thaeran anasobaesohsin, ypodramoysaes taes elaphoy lochmaen tina kai aphanohs exelthoysaes, eikae planohntai kata taen napaen achthos peritton ta diktya pherontes kai mataen toys skylakas ephelkomenoi. Egoh de, ei kai ta alla phaylos oiketaes, toytoy goyn oyk exela- thomaen, oti doylos eimi kai me prosaeken yper toy Despotoy kata tohn ybristohn exanistasthai. Dio kai kekraxomai pros toys /Ebraioys ohs parontas saemeron kai para taes manias energoymenoys: Ballete,

miairoi, lithois ton eyergetaen; tis gar ymas ek petras epotise; ballete lithois ton plaxi lithinais ton bion ymohn kakonisanta; ballete ton % eklekton lithon kai entimon [Is28,16] %, on /Aesaias ymin proephaeteyse; ballete ton noaeton lithon ton taes akrotomoy petras aporragenta aney cheiros anthrohpinaes, ohs o thespesios /Daniael ymas edidaxe; ballete lithois ton akrogohniaion ton toys dyo toichoys taes kainaes kai taes palaias Dia- thaekaes synechonta; Kan gar ymeis mae pisteysaete, dynatos % o Theos ek tohn lithohn toytohn egeirai tekna toh /Abraam [Mt3,9] %, toytestin athroisai toh /Christoh laon perioysion ton ex ethnohn kai akrobyston, eph' oh kai taen epaggelian o /Abraam edexato eipontos aytoh toy Theoy, oti % Eneylogisthaesontai en soi panta ta ethnae [Gen18,18] %. Tae gar aporraetoh prognohsei blepohn o Theos to mellon % toh archaegoh taes pisteohs [Hebr12,2] % pantas toys eis ysteron pisteyein mellontas eis taxin apeklaerohse teknohn. Etheohrei gar ektote tohn /Ebraiohn taen stasin kai toys lithoys eblepe kai toys pseydohnymoys yioys en tois apokaeryktois aerithmei. Epeidae de logoh kataggellohn aytois taen alaetheian oyk epeithen eysebein, parestohs apekrybae kai phainomenos oyk eblebeto, in' ek taes toiaytaes aytoy thaymatoyrgias elkysae pros sygkatathesin toy, oti kai Theos etygchanen kai Theos /Abraam presbyteros. Akoysate oyn, phaesin, oh alaethohs typhloi kai anoaetoi: Tis oytos, o kai symparohn ymin kai mae blepomenos; ae tacha ekeinos o kai pros /Mohysaen lalohn kai mae phaino- menos; Eohrato gar tote pyr kai batos, amphotera aphohna: all' omohs kai phohnae aekoyeto kai logos epaideye kai asphalohs to mellon proaegoreyeto. Kai chrae toys noyn echontas ek taes syggeneias tohn prag- matohn gnohrisai to prosohpon. Oytohs de alogohs kai anoaetohs tohn /Ebraiohn echontohn o Kyrios aemohn kai Sohtaer, ohsper tis iatros epimelaes te omoy kai sophos, pros taen prohtaen peiran oyk endontos toy pathoys allon tropon taes therapeias metacheirizetai. Typhloh de boyletai therapeysai typhloys taen dianoian, os ek toy prostychontos eyrethae, oy lohbae tini symbasei pathohn taen typhlo- taeta, alla ptaismati physeohs oytohs ek gastros parachtheis eis ton bion. Theasamenos de ton anthrohpon estae kai pros therapeian etoimos aen: therapeian anthrohpikoy logoy kai technaes kreittona. Iatrikae men gar kai

o kat' aytaen logos ekeinois tohn nosaematohn epiballei taen theohrian, osa taes physeohs apartisasaes to zohon kai proagoysaes eis phohs chronois ysteron kata tinas peristaseis episymbainei, taes de syntechtheisaes toh sohmati lohbaes oyk epaggelletai therapeian. Oy mentoi ge oyde tohn pathohn pantohn tohn eis ysteron symbainontohn. Kai toytoy martyres oi aekrohtae- riasmenoi tohn anthrohpohn, ois oydeis iatros taen tohn melohn steraesin epaenohrthohse. Dioper kai oi mathaetai to pathos kateleaesantes kai blepontes anthrohpon taes kallistaes aedonaes toy phohtos mae geysamenon taen aitian periergazonto taes kakohseohs kai epynthanonto para toy Kyrioy oy lian epistaemonohs, eiper ex amartias oikeias ae dia plaemme- laemata tohn goneohn toioytos eis ton bion paraechthae. Ekaterohthen de ae erohtaesis echei to epilaepsimon: oyte gar an yper tohn paterohn o pais kategnohsthae, allon yper alloy toy Theoy mae kolazontos: oyte maen idiohn plaemmelaematohn apetise dikas, eige oytos men typhlos egennaethae. Oydeis gar amartohlos pro gennaeseohs. Ae men oyn peysis oy lian dokimos: opohs de ae alaetheia, o Kyrios aemohn, pros taen erohtaesin ape- krinato, katamathohmen. To gar pathos toyto, phaesin, oh mathaetai, oych amartaematohn estin antidosis, all' etoimasia melloysaes oikonomias, opohs an o teohs koinos nomizomenos anthrohpos energaesae ta yper anthrohpon kai o ktistaes tohn olohn meta taen prohtaen poiaesin eyrae kai nyn toy daemioyrgein aphormas, ek de tohn merikohn kai ta katholoy pistohsaetai, o de sklaeros laos kai dysagohgos peisthae proskynein ripsas toys lithoys. Phohtisthaetohsan toinyn ophthalmoi mae blepontes, ina katalampsae tas psychas tohn asynetohn % o taes dikaiosynaes aelios [Mal3,20] %. Genesthoh pragma paradoxon kai ktisthaesohsan opseis, ina mathohsin oi stasiazontes, ohs o legomenos yios toy /Iohsaeph, ei aen alaethohs tektonos pais, diphron men edynato diarragenta epanorthoyn, ae ta xyla synagein taes armonias apozeychthenta, ae taen klastheisan ypereidein dokon, ae leainein to trachy tohn sanidohn, ae poiein olohs ekeina, a cheirotechnaes pataer kata ton logon toy epitaedeymatos didaskei ton paida: anthrohpoy de meros, kai meros to kalliston ton ophthalmon, to malista para taes physeohs philoponohs daemioyrgoymenon, oyk an epoiaesen allos, ei maege o taes prohtaes archaes taes kata physeohs echohn taen exoysian.

Kan tis thelaesei prosechohs tois anthohpikois melesin epistaesai ton noyn, en toytoh dae malista toh morioh toy sohmatos taen pantodynamon kai poikilaen toy Theoy sophian katopsetai en mikra meloys perigraphae tosaytaen epideixamenoy taen philotimian taes technaes. Prohton men gar aytoh charis tis epikechytai kai estin apalohtatos te kai asarkos, ohs an epoi tis, en toh trypheroh to stereon echohn kai en to malakoh to diatetamenon kai poikiliais diaenthistai tais chroais. To goyn meson aytoy taen perigraphaen echei toy melanos, kai taytaen oy di' oloy monoeidae, alla poikilois tisi kyklois syndedemenaen: toy kentroy men aytoy kai mesoy to bathyteron echontos, taes de exohteroh periphereias pros taen xanthoteran kata meros apolaegoysaes baphaen. Taytaes exohthen to leykon peribeblaetai, stilpnon kai diayges, oyk akraton echon taen leykotaeta, all' en krystalloeidei tini kai diaygazoysae pepoiaemenon tae morphae. To erythron keitai peri taen koraen, ina toh leykoh kai melani kerasae taen charin. Epi toytois oytohs esti diaygaes kai leios en tae pyknotaeti, ohste kai tas tohn eggizontohn eidohlopoiein morphas kai oionei katoptron akribes tohn prosdialegomenohn entypoysthai toys charaktaeras, dio dae kai to mesaitaton aytoy toy kykloy, to kentron, prosaegoreyetai korae, aei taen morphaen toh katantikry bleponti deiknyon anthrohpikaen. Ohs gar oyk esti ton orohnta eis katoptron mae eythys enskiasai tae ylae ton idion charaktaera, oytoh ton antiprosohpon estohta toy anthrohpoy mae eggrapsai toh ophthalmoh taen oikeian morphaen. Eis allaeloys goyn anthrohpoi blepontes allaelohn ginontai katoptra. Thaymastos toinyn axios en tois ktismasin o ophthalmos. Oytos gar moi kai Theon ermaeneyei pasan akribohs katamanthanohn taen ktisin kak taes energeias ypodeiknys ton techniktaen: oytos ek tohn oratohn ermae- neyei tae psychae ta aorata: dia toytoy echoh gnohsin aelioy kai oyranoy kosmon emathon kai kallos asterohn istoraesa kai gaes ypostasin kai physin thalassaes, spermatohn diaphoran kai phytohn poikilian kai chroh- matohn poikilaen baphaen, skotoys kataepheian kai phohtos lampaedona kai panta aplohs osa o Theos ktisas egaerasen. Ohs ei ge ophthalmos mae ypaerchen, amartyros an ae ktisis egaerasen, oydenos kathorohntos taen en aytae sophian kai dynamin toy Theoy sohzomenaen. Dia taytaen toinyn taen thaymastaen tohn opseohn kataskeyaen ophthalmoi

kai nyn ektisthaesan aytoschedoi, ina tas mikroprepeis ennoias tas ek taes sarkos egginomenas aemin peri toy Monogenoys apothohmetha tae megaloyrgia tohn ginomenohn ekballontes taes psychaes pasan ypolaepsin mikroprepae kai chamaizaelon: gnohrisohmen de, oti to makarion phohs kai kallos taes theotaetos % ostrakinon skeyos [2Cor4,7] % edexato diakonoyn aemin kata toys lychnoys taen lampaedona. Aytoyrgei de dioloy taen therapeian o Kyrios kai oy logoh monoh chraetai pros taen energeian o prostagmati taen pasan ypostaesamenos diakosmaesin, o dyo logois brachesi ton paralytikon therapeysas: alla kai stomati kai chersi kai allae pollae pronoia therapeyei nyn taen typhlotaeta, ina bebaian dia tohn pragmatohn empoiaesae tois apistois taen pistin. Ptyei epi toy edaphoys kai toh sialoh paelon ergazetai, tae men gae dia toyto pros taen therapeian syg- chrohmenos, ina deixae ohs ex ekeinoy toy choy, othen en archae oloklaeron eplasthae to zohon, kai to leipon artiohs meros daemioyrgeitai. Sialoh de toyto analambanei kai synechei ton eskedasmenon kai akollaeton, ina phanerohs aemin deixae, oti tae dynamei toy stomatos aytoy o Logos ta panta katohrthohse. % Toh logoh gar oi oyranoi estereohthaesan kai toh pneymati toy stomatos aytoy pasa ae dynamis aytohn [Ps32,6] %. Tacha de kai dia toyto ptyohn therapeyei, ina katanyxae pros phobon toys mikron ysteron ybrizein tois emptysmasi mellontas: kai omohs oyk edysohpaese tohn mainomenohn to thrasos, all' eneptysthae polla o toiayta katorthohn dia ptysmatos. Taes prohtaes taytaes praxeohs taen daemioyrgikaen ypophainei dynamin kai dia men toy prostaxai eis taen kolymbaethran toy /Siloham nipsasthai taen di' ydatos sohtaerian aemin endeiknytai, aen pasin o apestalmenos (/Siloham) echarisato. Tote gar kalohs blepomen, ot' an toh mystikoh katharthohmen ydati: tote phohs aemas perilampei taes charitos, ot' an ae dynamis toy baptismatos ton rypontohn amartaematohn kai tas kaelidas eknipsae. Kai pantes osoi tae entolae toy /Siloham apo- loyometha, to pneymatikon orohmen % phohs, o phohtizei panta anthrohpon erchomenon eis ton kosmon [Ioh1,9] %. Oh toy thaymatos kai taes megalaes energeias! Apaelthen ek taes kolymbaethras o pro oligoy typhlos kosmaetheis to prosohpon tae tohn ophthalmohn prosthaekae, blepohn akribohs pros taen aeliakaen aktina. Exeplaette toys geitonas kai oys gnohrimoys

to pragma. Ethorybei ton bion o kainos taes therapeias tropos: perienostei taen polin o anthrohpos blepohn, ina blepaetai para pantohn ergon geno- menon kainon kai paradoxon % {ypo} % /Iaesoy toy en /Bethleem gennaethentos, toy mikroy brephoys ekeinoy toy en tae phatnae tois sparganois eneilaethentos. Tayta gar estin, a toys /Ioydaioys apistein epoiei tae theotaeti. Oykoyn, oh % anoaetoi [Luc24,25] % kai pachykardioi, epibalete ton logismon tois ex aiohnos anthrohpois. Apo toy /Adam arxamenoi toys exaes pantas diereynaesate, ean eyraete to nyn genomenon kai ep' allohn prachthen, ean echonta ton bion toiaytaes therapeias ypodeigma kai palin epi diasyrmoh toy Kyrioy moy ton toy tektonos propherete paida, oy toys adelphoys gnohrizete, oy taen oikian iste. Aparithmeisthe panta ta tapeina, philoneikaesate, pollaen aemohn katacheate taen adoxian. Ei de maeden toioyton maete anthrohpos epraxe maete o bios esche diaegaema, katagnontes eaytohn taes agnoias loipon pros taen alaetheian anablepsate. Nipsasthe kai ymeis eis ton /Siloham, ina mae enapothanaete tae typhlotaeti. All' oyden ohs eoiken ep' ekeinohn. Oy logos epaideyen, oy praxis edidasken, oyk energeia thaymasiohn edysohpei: panta de toynantion dia taen entyphon agnohmosynaen myriois tropois epecheiroyn aphanizein kai diasyrein: perietrepeto de aytois pros toynantion aekakoyrgia. Osoh gar aepistoyn ekeinoi kai proserohtohntes anatrepein espoydazon, tosoytoh pleon ebebaioyto ae alaetheia: kai tayton epaschon tohn thaeriohn ekeinois, a plaegenta para tinos kai maedepoh pasan taen aichmaen en tae gastri dexa- mena tae pros ton anthrohpon ormae kai philoneikia olon eph' eayta synohthei ton sidaeron. Prohtae polypragmosynae: Ei oytos aytos o typhlos kai ae eteros ant' ekeinoy edeichthae: toyto saphohs toy anthrohpoy diamartyromenoy kai kekragotos kai taen akoloythian taes therapeias saphohs apaggellontos, oti kai paelos katechristhae to taes typhlotaetos pharmakon, oti kai kolym- baethra ton paelon aponipsasa to blepein pareschen. Tayta periergazonto geitones kai emanthanon: anezaetoyn oi /Pharisaioi kai % {oyk} % epeithonto. Deytera technae eis athetaesin toy genomenoy parelamabaneto to peirasthai deiknyein, ohs oyk estin o /Christos o energaesas taen therapeian. Epeidae de anthrohpos ton sohtaera eboa kai tae omologia kai to kaeryg- mati antedidoy taen charin kai ton eyergetaen edaemosieyen, apophrattomenoi

ta stomata, iliggiohntes taen gnohmaen, oyk echontes o ti kai praxohsin, epi taen toy pathoys palin anatrechoysi zaetaesin kai ei ek genetaes typhlos, toyto periergazontai kai toys goneis anazaetoysi toy anthrohpoy kai akribeis exestasai ginontai tohn kath' ekaston, oych ina bebaiohsohsi to prachthen, all' ina anatropaen pothen toy thaymasioy labohsi kai pseydae tina skeyohrian kataskeyasantes to pisteyon plaethos taes ormaes anatre- psohsin. Oh kakias yperbolae! Machesthai pros taen alaetheian kai mae proskynein ton tayta poioynta, alla diasyrein ton eyergetaen: mae thaymazein taen dynamin, all' exeytelizein peirasthai ta pragmata. Peisthaete kai para tohn goneohn, oh /Pharisaioi, oti meta taes typhlotaetos etechthae o anthrohpos: kai palin epi ton typhlon anatrechete, ek deyteroy kai tritoy par' ekeinoy plaerophoroymenoi tohn kakohn epicheiraematohn kai tohn epiboylohn. All' ot' an taes prohtaes ekpesaete peiras, epi taen deyteran chohreite: ot' an taes deyteras, epi taen tritaen: ot' an taes tritaes epi taen kathexaes. Alohpekos kakoyrgoysaes anastrephesthe dromoys kai pantachoy men ymas ta diktya taes alaetheias periestoichistai: aphyktos de ae apo thaymasioy diexodos. Omohs de pasaes oyk ameleite plokaes iston arachnaes yphainontes, poikilohs men, all' asthenohs kai anaegnytohs epiboyleyontes. Patrikon ymohn to nosaema. Apistohn paterohn omoioi paides. Toioytoi kakeinoi ton tropon peri ta thaymasia ta kat' /Aigypton. Ek polemohn esohzonto kainohs kai par' elpidas kai toh didonti taen sohtaerian aepistoyn: etrephonto trophais yperbainoysais taen physin kai tohn limoht- tohntohn aesan pleon acharistoi: manna ypedechonto oyranothen pempomenon kai tohn /Aigyptiaikohn skorodohn te kai krommyohn taen dysohdian epothoyn: styloh nephelaes taen aemeran epeskiazonto, ina mae tae thermae taes aeliakaes aktinos talaipohraesohsi, kai styloh pyros en nykti katelamponto allon phohstaera kainon para taen selaenaen labontes exaireton, kai ohs oydemias energeias theikaes apolayontes oytohs kainoys kai meteohroys ezaetoyn theoys eisprattontes, ina mikron epi toy oroys kataschetheis /Mohysaes en tae dosei toy nomoy taen epanodon parelkysae. Ymeis alaethohs klaeronomoi taes ekeinohn agnohmosynaes kai ton nomon oyk agapaesantes kai taen charin misoyntes, oy rabdoy karyinaes epistasias, alla sidaeras chraezontes. Anthrohpon orate parelthonta men eis phohs, en skotoh de mechri porroh taes aelikias diatelesanta anenergaeson tas opseis, allotriois ophthalmois odaegoymenon, kath' aemeran pro toy ieroy kathaemenon, daemo-

sieyonta taen symphoran, ina polloys eis eleon ephelkysaetai, taen polin echonta toy pathoys martyra, bleponta nyn kai iathenta tacheohs, oy pharmakohn poikilohn synthesei, oyde sidaeroy tomais, alla paeloh monoh, kai toytoy dia sieloy genomenoy: kai pohs oy tethaepate, oyk eplaet- testhe, oy kataballontes eis gaen proskyneite ton apo gaes ophthalmoys ktisanta kai sebete taen theikaen energeian; Phthonoh de diarraegnysthe kai zaeloyte ton Theon ohs antitechnon, ohs daemioyrgoi daemioyrgon, ohs omophyloi ton omotimon. Kai palaias men entygchanontes biblois, osai epi tae toy laoy oikonomia egraphaesan, kai osai tas tohn basileohn archas kai aen ep' ekeinais istorian saphohs ekdidakoysin, eypeithohs peri ekastoy ta legomena paradechesthe, ohs /Mohysea men mikroy deontos nomizein Theon kai /Elissaion yperthaymazein kai ton toytoy didaskalon ton /Thesbitaen ymnein: kai pantas toys kath' ekastaen genean agioys toys energaethentas para Theoy kai ta megala kai aoidima katapraxamenoys, isaggeloys anagete tais timais: oyden de zygomacheite peri tohn archaiohn, oyde atheteite taen tohn paterohn exaegaesin, kai tayta pephykotohn anthrohpohn mae lian eykolohs anagesthai pros taen pistin taes akoaes: o de ophthalmois ysterois epi tohn ophthalmohn eidete kai a tois daktylois exesti psaelaphaesai kai akribohs tae aisthaesei katalabein, tayta apistohs kai agnohmonohs omoy kakoyrgeite kai prophaeteias katapatoyntes kai taen ekbasin tohn prorraeseohn anatrepontes. Ta gar nyn epi taes peiras orohmena kai palai phthasas /Aesaias dia tohn logohn edidaxen: % idoy o Theos aemohn krisin antapodidohsi kai antapodohsei: aytos aexei kai sohsei aemas. Tote anoigaesontai ophthalmoi typhlohn kai ohta kohphohn akoysontai: tote aleitai ohs elaphos o chohlos kai tranae estai glohssa mogilaloy [Is35,4-6] %. Tayta oy /Petroy kai /Iohannoy ta raemata, oyde tinos tohn neohn kai ypoptohn prosohpohn oi logoi, ina ke- charismenaen eyphaemian yponoaesantes athetaesaete taen alaetheian, alla taes ymeteras prophaeteias oi logoi, ei ton /Thekoyitaen gnohrisaete ton yion toy /Amohs, prophaetaen prophaetoy paida, /Israaelitaen ek genoys andra, taes kata ton nomon agohgaes to kephalaion. Toh de Theoh doxa, kratos, timae, nyn kai aei kai eis toys aiohnas tohn aiohnohn. Amaen.