Needed discipline for truth (Philoc. 14)
Those who would not err about the truth in understanding the divine Scriptures need training, prayer, and careful comparison of text with text.
Greek
1. Καὶ ἐποίησεν ὁ θεὸς τοὺς δύο φωστῆρας τοὺς μεγάλους, τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν μέγαν εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς ἡμέρας, καὶ τὸν φωστῆρα τὸν ἐλάσσω εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς νυκτὸς, καὶ τοὺς ἀστέρας· καὶ ἔθετο αὐτοὺς ὁ θεός ἐν τῷ στερεώματι τοῦ οὐρανοῦ, ὥστε φαίνειν ἐπὶ τῆς γῆς, καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς ἡμέρας καὶ τῆς νυκτός. ζητητέον δὲ εἰ ταὐτόν ἐστι τό. εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς ἡμέρας τῷ· καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς ἡμέρας· καὶ τό· εἰς ἀρχὰς τῆς νυκτός τῷ ἀπὸ κοινοῦ ἂν νοηθέντι· καὶ ἄρχειν τῆς νυκτός. καὶ ὁ Ἀκύλας γὰρ τὸ ἀνάλογον ἐτήρησε, ποιήσας ἀντὶ μὲν τοῦ εἰς ἀρχάς, εἰς ἐξουσίαν· ἀντὶ δὲ τοῦ καὶ ἄρχειν, ἐξουσιάζειν. φασὶ δὲ, οἶς ἐμέλησε τῆς τῶν σημαινομένων ἐξετάσεως, ἐν τοῖς τόποις τοῖς ἔχουσι συζυγίαν προσηγοριῶν καὶ κατηγορημάτων, προύφίστασθαι τὰ τυγχάνοντα τῶν προσηγοριῶν, καὶ ἐπιγίνεσθαι κατηγορήματα παρὰ τὰς προσηγορίας. καὶ προσηγορίαν μὲν ἔχουσαν κατηγόρημά φασιν, οἶον τὴν φρόνησιν, κατηγόρημα δὲ εἶναι τὸ φρονεῖν· ὁμοίως προσηγορίαν τὴν …
About this text
Origen’s Philocalia (Greek anthology). SERIES on this page: §§1–27 (sampled bookends).
English follows Robinson 1893 Greek. George Lewis 1911 was not used as wording. Philocalia SERIES CLOSEOUT §§1–27.
Witnesses
- Copy-text J. A. Robinson, Cambridge 1893 — Greek (Greek · Philocalia §§1–27 SERIES)
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