{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2022.tlg016.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2022.tlg016.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg016.local001","title":"Apologetica","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Anonymous","authorityName":"GREGORIUS NAZIANZENUS Theol.","authorUrl":null,"authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg2022-gregorius-nazianzenus/","editors":[],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Corpus local","sourceTitle":null,"edition":null,"publisher":null,"place":null,"date":null,"volume":null,"series":null,"citation":"Apologetica (orat. 2), MPG 35: 408–513. Cod: 14,294: Apol., Orat.","citationShort":"Apologetica (orat. 2), MPG 35: 408–513."},"rights":{"text":"Document TEI P5 local en UTF-8.","url":null},"provenance":{"authority":null,"sponsors":[],"funders":[],"principal":null,"responsibilities":[]},"corpus":{"version":"2.2.0","date":"2026-08-29"},"revisionDate":"2026-08-29","sourceUrl":"https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Patrologia_Graeca_Vol._035.pdf","sourceLinkType":"facsimile","sourceRights":"Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0","citation":"Apologetica. Apologetica (orat. 2), MPG 35: 408–513.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2022.tlg016.local001","excerpt":"απτόμενον, ὅτι μὴ πᾶσα ἀνάγκη, ἑαυτῷ προσλαλοῦν- τα καὶ τῷ Θεῷ, ζῇν ὑπὲρ τὰ ὁρώμενα, καὶ τὰς θείας ἐμφάσεις ἀεὶ καθαρὰς ἐν ἑαυτῷ φέρειν ἀμιγεῖς τῶν κάτω χαρακτήρων καὶ πλανωμένων, ὄντως ἔσοπτρον ἀκηλίδωτον Θεοῦ καὶ τῶν θείων καὶ ὂν καὶ ἀεὶ γινόμενον, φωτὶ προσλαμβάνοντα φῶς, καὶ ἀμαυρο- τέρῳ τρανότερον, ἤδη τὸ τοῦ μέλλοντος αἰῶνος ἀγαθὸν ταῖς ἐλπίσι καρπούμενον, καὶ συμπεριπολεῖν ἀγ- γέλοις, ἔτι ὑπὲρ γῆς ὄντα καταλιπόντα τὴν γῆν, καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ πνεύματος ἄνω τιθέμενον. Εἴ τις ὑμῶν τούτῳ τῷ ἔρωτι κάτοχος, οἶδεν ὃ λέγω, καὶ τῷ τότε πάθει συγγνώσεται· τοὺς γὰρ πολλοὺς οὐδ' ἂν πείσαιμι λέγων ἴσως, ὅσοις καὶ ἐν γέλωτι τὸ πρᾶγμα δοκεῖ, κακῶς διατεθεῖσιν εἴτε ὑπὸ τῆς ἰδίας αὐτῶν ἀνοίας, εἴτε ὑπὸ τῶν ἀναξίων τοῦ ἐπαγγέλματος· οἳ πράγματι καλῷ κακὸν περι- τεθείκασιν ὄνομα, τῇ φιλοσοφίᾳ τὴν κενοδοξίαν, συν- εργὸν λαβόντες τὸν φθόνον καὶ τὴν τῶν πολλῶν κα- κίαν πρὸς τὸ χεῖρον οὖσαν ἑτοιμοτέραν· ἵν'…","divisions":[{"label":"35","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2022.tlg016.local001/#tlg2022-tlg016-local001-35"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2022.tlg016.local001/#tlg2022-tlg016-local001-segment-1"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2022.tlg016.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2022.tlg016.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2022/tlg016/local001.json.gz"}}