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Gregory the Theologian
Bilingual Anthologyfrom the First theological oration
(27), * §§ 3-9
translated by C. G. Browne, J. E.
Swallow. Greek Fonts / Gregory Theologian Home Page
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| Why should a man who is a hostile listener to such words be allowed to hear about the Generation of God, or his creation, or how God was made out of things which had no existence, or of section and analysis and division? Why do we make our accusers judges? Why do we put swords into the hands of oar enemies? How, thinkest thou, or with what temper, will the arguments about such subjects be received by one who approves of adulteries, and corruption of children, and who worships the passions and cannot conceive of aught higher than the body ... who till very lately set up gods for himself, and gods too who were noted for the vilest deeds? Will it not first be from a material standpoint, shamefully and ignorantly, and in the sense to which he has been accustomed? Will he not make thy Theology a defence for his own gods and passions ? For if we ourselves wantonly misuse these words, it will be a long time before we shall persuade them to accept our philosophy. And if they are in their own persons inventors of evil things, how should they refrain from grasping at such things when offered to them? Such results come to us from mutual contest. Such results follow to those who fight for the Word beyond what the Word approves; they are behaving like mad people, who set their own house on fire, or tear their own children, or disavow their own parents, taking them for strangers. |
Τί γέννησιν ἀκούει θεοῦ καὶ κτίσιν͵ καὶ θεὸν ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων͵ καὶ τομὴν καὶ διαίρεσιν καὶ ἀνάλυσιν͵ ὁ πικρὸς τῶν λεγομένων ἀκροατής; τί δικαστὰς τοὺς κατηγόρους καθίζομεν; τί τὰ ξίφη τοῖς ἐχθροῖς ἐγχειρίζομεν; πῶς͵ οἴει͵ δέξεται τὸν περὶ τούτων λόγον͵ ἢ μεθ΄ οἵας τῆς διανοίας͵ ὁ τὰς μοιχείας ἐπαινῶν καὶ τὰς παιδοφθορίας καὶ προσκυνῶν τὰ πάθη καὶ μηδὲν ὑπὲρ τὸ σῶμα διανοηθῆναι δυνάμενος͵ ὁ χθὲς καὶ πρώην ἑαυτῷ στήσας θεούς͵ καὶ τούτους ἐπὶ τοῖς αἰσχίστοις γνωριζομένους; οὐχ ὑλικῶς; οὐκ αἰσχρῶς; οὐκ ἀμαθῶς; οὐκ ἀμαθῶς; οὐχ ὡς εἴωθεν; οὐ συνήγορον τῶν οἰκείων θεῶν καὶ παθῶν τὴν σὴν θεολογίαν ποιήσεται; εἰ γὰρ αὐτοὶ ταῖς φωναῖς ταύταις ἐπηρεάζομεν͵ σχολῇ γ΄ ἂν ἐκείνους πείσαιμεν φιλοσοφεῖν ἐν τοῖς ἡμετέροις· καὶ εἰ παρ΄ ἑαυτῶν εἰσὶν ἐφευρεταὶ κακῶν͵ πότε ἂν τῶν διδομένων ἀπόσχοιντο; ταῦτα ἡμῖν ὁ πρὸς ἀλλήλους πόλεμος. ταῦτα οἱ πλεῖον ὑπὲρ τοῦ Λόγου μαχόμενοι͵ ἢ ὅσον ἀρέσκει τῷ Λόγῳ͵ καὶ ταὐτὸν πάσχοντες τοῖς μαινομένοις͵ οἳ τοὺς ἰδίους οἴκους ἀνάπτουσιν͵ ἢ τοὺς παῖδας σπαράττουσιν͵ ἢ τοὺς γονέας περιωθοῦσιν͵ ὡς ἀλλοτρίους νομίζοντες. |
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