{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2040.tlg029.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg029.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2040.tlg029.local001","title":"Homilia exhortatoria ad sanctum baptisma","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Anonymous","authorityName":"BASILIUS Caesariensis Theol.","authorUrl":null,"authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg2040-basilius-caesariensis/","editors":[],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Corpus local","sourceTitle":null,"edition":null,"publisher":null,"place":null,"date":null,"volume":null,"series":null,"citation":"Homilia exhortatoria ad sanctum baptisma, MPG 31: 424–444. Cod: 3,713: Homilet.","citationShort":"Homilia exhortatoria ad sanctum baptisma, MPG 31: 424–444."},"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._031.pdf","sourceLinkType":"facsimile","sourceRights":"Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0","citation":"Homilia exhortatoria ad sanctum baptisma. Homilia exhortatoria ad sanctum baptisma, MPG 31: 424–444.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2040.tlg029.local001","excerpt":"ἀποθανεῖν, καὶ καιρὸς τοῦ γεννηθῆναι. Τίς δὲ ὁ λό- γος τῆς ἐναλλαγῆς; Ὅτι ὁ μὲν περὶ τῶν ἐν γε- νέσει καὶ φθορᾷ διαλεγόμενος, τῇ σωματικῇ ἑπόμε- νος φύσει, τὴν γένεσιν προέταξε τοῦ θανάτου (ἀδύνα- τον γὰρ θανάτου πεῖραν λαβεῖν τὸν μὴ πρότερον γεν- νηθέντα)· ἐγὼ δὲ, περὶ τῆς πνευματικῆς ἀναγεννήσεως τὸν λόγον ποιεῖσθαι μέλλων, τὸν θάνατον προτίθημι τῆς ζωῆς. Διὰ γὰρ τοῦ ἀποθανεῖν τῇ σαρκὶ περιγίνεται ἡμῖν τὸ γεννηθῆναι τῷ πνεύματι, καθά φησι καὶ ὁ Κύριος· Ἐγὼ ἀποκτενῶ, καὶ ζῇν ποιήσω. Ἀποθάνω- μεν οὖν, ἵνα ζήσωμεν. Ἀποκτείνωμεν τὸ φρόνημα τῆς σαρκὸς, τὸ μὴ δυνάμενον ὑποταγῆναι τῷ νόμῳ τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα τὸ φρόνημα τοῦ πνεύματος ἰσχυρὸν ἡμῖν ἐγγένηται, δι' οὗ ζωὴ καὶ εἰρήνη περιγίνεσθαι πέφυκε. Συνταφῶμεν τῷ Χριστῷ τῷ ὑπὲρ ἡμῶν ἀπο- θανόντι, ἵνα καὶ συναναστῶμεν τῷ ἡμῖν τὴν ἀνάστασιν προξενήσαντι. Καιρὸς μὲν οὖν ἄλλοις ἄλλος ἐπιτήδειος· ἴδιος ὕπνου, καὶ ἴδιος ἐγρηγόρσεως· ἴδιος πολέμου, καὶ…","divisions":[{"label":"31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg029.local001/#tlg2040-tlg029-local001-31"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg029.local001/#tlg2040-tlg029-local001-segment-1"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg029.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2040.tlg029.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040/tlg029/local001.json.gz"}}