{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2040.tlg059.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg059.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2040.tlg059.local001","title":"In sanctam Christi generationem","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 sanctam Christi generationem, MPG 31: 1457–1476. Cod: 3,001: Homilet.","citationShort":"In sanctam Christi generationem, MPG 31: 1457–1476."},"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 sanctam Christi generationem. In sanctam Christi generationem, MPG 31: 1457–1476.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2040.tlg059.local001","excerpt":"{ΟΜΙΛΙΑ ΕΙΣ ΤΗΝ ΑΓΙΑΝ ΤΟΥ ΧΡΙΣΤΟΥ ΓΕΝΝΗΣΙΝ.} Χριστοῦ γέννησις ἡ μὲν οἰκεία καὶ πρώτη καὶ ἰδία αὐτοῦ τῆς θεότητος σιωπῇ τιμάσθω· μᾶλλον δὲ καὶ ταῖς ἐννοίαις ἡμῶν μὴ ζητεῖν ἐκεῖνα μηδὲ πολυπραγμονεῖν ἐπιτάξωμεν. Ὅπου γὰρ οὐ χρόνος, οὐκ αἰὼν ἐμεσίτευσεν, οὐ τρόπος ἐπινενόηται, οὐ θεατὴς παρῆν, οὐχ ὁ διηγούμενός ἐστι, πῶς φαντασθῇ ὁ νοῦς; πῶς δὲ ὑπηρετήσει ταῖς διανοίαις ἡ γλῶσσα; Ἀλλὰ Πατὴρ ἦν, καὶ Υἱὸς ἐγεννήθη. Μὴ εἴπῃς, Πότε; ἀλλὰ παράδραμε τὸ ἐπερώτημα. Μὴ ἐπιζητήσῃς, Πῶς; ἀδύνατος γὰρ ἡ ἀπόκρισις. Τὸ μὲν γὰρ, πότε, χρονικόν· τὸ δὲ, πῶς, ὄλι- σθον ἐμποιεῖ πρὸς τοὺς σωματικοὺς τῆς γεννήσεως τρόπους. Ἔχω εἰπεῖν ἀπὸ τῆς Γραφῆς, ὅτι ὡς ἀπαύγασμα ἀπὸ τῆς δόξης, καὶ ὡς εἰκὼν ἀπὸ τοῦ πρωτοτύπου. Ἀλλ' ὅμως ἐπειδὴ οὐχ ἵστησί σου τὴν πολυπραγμοσύνην τῶν λογισμῶν ὁ τοιοῦτος λόγος τῆς ἀποκρίσεως, ἐπὶ τὸ ἄῤῥητον καταφεύγω τῆς δόξης, καὶ ὁμολογῶ ἀνεπινόητον εἶναι λογισμοῖς καὶ ἄφατον ῥήμασιν…","divisions":[{"label":"31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg059.local001/#tlg2040-tlg059-local001-31"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg059.local001/#tlg2040-tlg059-local001-segment-1"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg059.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2040.tlg059.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040/tlg059/local001.json.gz"}}