{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2040.tlg063.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2040.tlg063.local001","title":"De jejunio","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":"De jejunio (homilia 3) [Sp.], MPG 31: 1508–1509. Cod: 529: Homilet.","citationShort":"De jejunio (homilia 3) [Sp.], MPG 31: 1508–1509."},"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":"De jejunio. De jejunio (homilia 3) [Sp.], MPG 31: 1508–1509.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2040.tlg063.local001","excerpt":"κραιπάλης καὶ τρυφῆς καὶ κενοδοξίας. Ἐφίστα- ταί σοι καὶ καθεύδοντι· οὐδὲ γὰρ τῶν ὕπνων δυσωπεῖται τοὺς νόμους. Τί οὖν ποιήσεις πρὸς τοὺς πολλοὺς τούτους πολεμίους ἔχων; Τάφον ὀρύξαι; Ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτον ὑπερβήσεται. Χάρακα προστῆσαι; Ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτον διαβήσεται. Πῶς οὖν ἀγωνίσασθαι χρή; πῶς δὲ ἐπισχεῖν τὴν τοσ- αύτην ἐπιβουλήν; Οὐδὲ γὰρ ὁρᾷν ἐστι τοὺς μαχο- μένους. Ἀλλ' εὕρηται μέγιστον βοήθημα, νηστεία καὶ προσευχή. Τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ τρόπῳ ἡττῶνται οἱ χείρους τῶν ὁρατῶν πολεμίων, πονηροὶ δαίμονες· ὡς διδάσκει ὁ Κύριος τοὺς μαθητὰς, περὶ τοῦ σελη- νιαζομένου λέγων· «Τοῦτο τὸ γένος ἐν οὐδενὶ ἐλαύνεται, εἰ μὴ ἐν προσευχῇ καὶ νηστείᾳ.» Μέγα οὖν ἀγαθὸν ἀνθρώποις νηστεία, ἥτις ἀπόφασιν Θεοῦ ἀνεκαλέσατο. Ἐκηρύχθη ἐν Νινευῇ τριήμερος καταστροφή· καὶ ἐνίκησεν ἡ πρὸς τὸν Θεὸν ἐπιστροφὴ τὴν καταστροφήν. Ἡ γὰρ ἀπειλὴ τῆς καταστροφῆς διὰ τὴν ἐπιστροφὴν ἀνείθη. Εὐγνώμονες ἁμαρτωλοὶ οἱ Νι- νευῖται,…","divisions":[{"label":"31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001/#tlg2040-tlg063-local001-31"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001/#tlg2040-tlg063-local001-segment-1"},{"label":"31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001/#tlg2040-tlg063-local001-31"},{"label":"Section 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001/#tlg2040-tlg063-local001-segment-2"},{"label":"31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001/#tlg2040-tlg063-local001-31"},{"label":"Section 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001/#tlg2040-tlg063-local001-segment-3"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2040.tlg063.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2040/tlg063/local001.json.gz"}}