One fitted instrument (Philoc. 6)
All divine Scripture is one perfect and fitted instrument of God; the many strings sound one harmony under the same Spirit.
Greek
1. Τούτῳ δὲ τῷ ἑκατέρως εἰρηνοποιῷ οὐδὲν ἐν τοῖς θείοις λογίοις ἔτι ἐστὶ σκολιὸν οὐδὲ στραγγαλῶδες, πάντα γὰρ ἐνώπια τοῖς νοοῦσι· καὶ ἐπεὶ μηδέν ἐστι τοιούτῳ σκολιὸν μηδὲ στραγγαλῶδες, διὰ τοῦτο πλῆθος εἰρήνης βλέπει ἐν ὅλαις ταῖς γραφαῖς, καὶ ταῖς δοκούσαις περιέχειν μάχην καὶ ἐναντιώματα πρὸς ἀλλήλας. γίνεται δὲ καὶ τρίτος εἰρηνοποιὸς, ὁ τὴν ἄλλοις φαινομένην μάχην τῶν γραφῶν ἀποδεικνὺς εἶναι οὐ μάχην, καὶ παριστὰς τὴν συμφωνίαν καὶ τὴν εἰρήνην τούτων, ἤτοι παλαιῶν πρὸς καινὰς, ἢ νομικῶν πρὸς προφητικὰς, ἢ εὐαγγελικῶν πρὸς εὐαγγελικὰς, ἢ εὐαγγελικῶν πρὸς ἀποστολικὰς, ἢ ἀποστολικῶν πρὸς ἀποστολικάς. καὶ γὰρ πᾶσαί εἰσι κατὰ τὸν Ἐκκλησιαστὴν αἱ γραφαὶ λόγοι σοφῶν ὡς τὰ βούκεντρα, καὶ ὡς ἧλοι πεφυτευμένοι, οἳ παρὰ τῶν συνθεμάτων ἐδόθησαν ἐκ ποιμένος ἑνὸς, καὶ οὐδὲν περισσὸν ἐξ αὐτῶν. εἷς δὲ ποιμὴν τῶν λογικῶν ὁ λόγος, δόξαν μὲν ἐχόντων διαφωνίας τοῖς μὴ ἔχουσιν ὦτα εἰς τὸ ἀκούειν, τὸ δὲ ἀλ…
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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