{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2042.tlg008.local002","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2042.tlg008.local002","title":"De oratione","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Origenes","authorityName":"ORIGENES Theol.","authorUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg2042-origenes/","authorityUrl":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/authors/tlg2042-origenes/","editors":["Paul Koetschau"],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Trustees of Tufts University","sourceTitle":"Origenes Werke","edition":null,"publisher":"J.C. 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Hinrich'sche Buchhandlung, 1899. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2042.tlg008.local002","excerpt":"Τὰ διὰ τὸ εἶναι μέγιστα καὶ ὑπὲρ ἄνθρωπον τυγχάνειν εἰς ὑπερβολήν τε ὑπεράνω τῆς ἐπικήρου φύσεως ἡμῶν ἀδύνατα τῷ λογικῷ καὶ θνητῷ γένει καταλαβεῖν ἐν πολλῇ δὲ καὶ ἀμετρήτῳ ἐκχεομένῃ ἀπὸ θεοῦ εἰς ἀνθρώπους χάριτι θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ τῆς ἀνυπερβλήτου εἰς ἡμᾶς χάριτος ὑπηρέτου Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ τοῦ συνεργοῦ πνεύματος βουλήσει θεοῦ δυνατὰ γίνεται. ἀδύνατον γοῦν τῇ ἀνθρωπίνῃ φύσει ὑπάρχον σοφίας κτῆσις, ᾗ τὰ πάντα κατεσκεύασται („πάντα“ γὰρ κατὰ τὸν Δαυῒδ ὁ θεὸς „ἐν σοφίᾳ“ ἐποίησε), δυνατὸν ἐξ ἀδυνάτου γίνεται διὰ τοῦ κυρίου ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ, „ὃς ἐγενήθη σοφία ἡμῖν ἀπὸ θεοῦ δικαιοσύνη τε καὶ ἁγιασμὸς καὶ ἀπολύτρωσις.“ „τίς γὰρ ἄνθρωπος γνώσεται βουλὴν θεοῦ; ἢ τίς ἐνθυμηθήσεται τί θέλει ὁ κύριος; ἐπεὶ λογισμοὶ θνητῶν δειλοὶ, καὶ ἐπισφαλεῖς αἱ ἐπίνοιαι ἡμῶν· φθαρτὸν γὰρ σῶμα βαρύνει ψυχὴν. καὶ βρίθει τὸ γεῶδες σκῆνος νοῦν πολυφροντίδα. καὶ μόγις εἰκάζομεν τὰ ἐπὶ γῆς, τὰ δὲ ἐν οὐρανοῖς τίς…","divisions":[{"label":"Chapter 1","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-1"},{"label":"Chapter 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-2"},{"label":"Chapter 3","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-3"},{"label":"Chapter 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-4"},{"label":"Chapter 5","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-5"},{"label":"Chapter 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-6"},{"label":"Chapter 7","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-7"},{"label":"Chapter 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-8"},{"label":"Chapter 9","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-9"},{"label":"Chapter 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-10"},{"label":"Chapter 11","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-11"},{"label":"Chapter 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-12"},{"label":"Chapter 13","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-13"},{"label":"Chapter 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-14"},{"label":"Chapter 15","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-15"},{"label":"Chapter 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-16"},{"label":"Chapter 17","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-17"},{"label":"Chapter 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-18"},{"label":"Chapter 19","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-19"},{"label":"Chapter 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-20"},{"label":"Chapter 21","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-21"},{"label":"Chapter 22","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-22"},{"label":"Chapter 23","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-23"},{"label":"Chapter 24","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-24"},{"label":"Chapter 25","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-25"},{"label":"Chapter 26","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-26"},{"label":"Chapter 27","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-27"},{"label":"Chapter 28","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-28"},{"label":"Chapter 29","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-29"},{"label":"Chapter 30","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-30"},{"label":"Chapter 31","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-31"},{"label":"Chapter 32","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2042.tlg008.local002/#tlg2042-tlg008-local002-32"},{"label":"Chapter 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