{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2040.tlg038.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg038.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2040.tlg038.local001","title":"In Mamantem martyrem","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":"In Mamantem martyrem, MPG 31: 589– 600. Cod: 1,786: Encom., Hagiogr., Homilet.","citationShort":"In Mamantem martyrem, MPG 31: 589– 600."},"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":"In Mamantem martyrem. In Mamantem martyrem, MPG 31: 589– 600.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2040.tlg038.local001","excerpt":"ἄλλων μὲν μαρτυρεῖσθαι, αὐτὸν δὲ ἐπαισχύνεσθαι τῇ προσηγορίᾳ ταύτῃ. Ἀλλὰ κατασιωπήσας τοὺς νόθους ποιμένας, ἐφ' ἑαυτὸν περιίστησι τὴν ἀληθῆ τῆς ποιμαντικῆς μαρτυρίαν· Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός. Ἐγώ εἰμι, καὶ οὐκ ἠλλοίωμαι. Πῶς, ὅταν τὰ μεγάλα λέγῃ· Ἐγὼ τῇ χειρί μου ἐστερέω- σα τὴν γῆν· ἐγὼ ἐξέτεινα τὸν οὐρανὸν μόνος· ὡς ὅταν τἄλλα λέγῃ τὰ ἀξιοπρεπῆ καὶ ἄξια περὶ Θεοῦ λέγεσθαι, οὕτως λέγει· Ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός; Ἀποδιώκει τοὺς νόθους, καὶ τὴν ἀλήθειαν εἰς ἑαυ- τὸν περιίστησιν. Ἐγώ εἰμι ὁ ποιμὴν ὁ καλός. Μάθε τίς ἐστιν ὁ ποιμὴν, καὶ τίς ἐστιν ὁ καλός. Αὐ- τὸς ἑρμηνεύει. Ὁ ἀληθινὸς ποιμὴν τὴν ψυχὴν αὐ- τοῦ τίθησιν ὑπὲρ τῶν προβάτων· ὁ δὲ μισθωτὸς, καὶ οὐκ ὢν ποιμὴν, οὗ οὐκ ἔστι τὰ πρόβατα ἴδια, οὐ μέλει αὐτῷ, ὅταν ἴδῃ λύκον ἐρχόμενον. Ἐνταῦθα ζητεῖ ἡ Ἐκκλησία, εἰ ποιμὴν ὁ Κύ- ριος, τίς μισθωτὸς ποιμήν; Μὴ ὁ διάβολος; Καὶ εἰ ὁ διάβολος μισθωτὸς ποιμὴν, τίς ὁ λύκος; Ἀλλὰ λύκος μὲν ὁ διάβολος,…","divisions":[{"label":"31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg038.local001/#tlg2040-tlg038-local001-31"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg038.local001/#tlg2040-tlg038-local001-segment-1"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg038.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2040.tlg038.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040/tlg038/local001.json.gz"}}