{"schemaVersion":2,"id":"tlg2102.tlg043.local001","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/","urn":"urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2102.tlg043.local001","title":"De trinitate","titleGreek":null,"alternateTitles":[],"author":"Anonymous","authorityName":null,"authorUrl":null,"authorityUrl":null,"editors":[],"publication":{"digitalPublisher":"Corpus local","sourceTitle":null,"edition":null,"publisher":null,"place":null,"date":null,"volume":null,"series":null,"citation":"De trinitate (lib. 3) [Sp.], MPG 39: 773– 992. Cod: 33,187: Theol. Cf. et 2102 008, 009, 042.","citationShort":"De trinitate (lib. 3) [Sp.], MPG 39: 773– 992."},"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._039.pdf","sourceLinkType":"facsimile","sourceRights":"Creative Commons Public Domain Mark 1.0","citation":"De trinitate. De trinitate (lib. 3) [Sp.], MPG 39: 773– 992.. urn:cts:greekLit:tlg2102.tlg043.local001","excerpt":"ναι, καὶ τὴν ἰδίαν αὐτῆς προαίρεσιν, ἤτουν τῆς γνώ- σεως τὴν ἔφεσιν. Τὸ μὲν γὰρ σῶμα ἐναποκεκλεισμέ- νην ἔχον αὐτὴν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, ὡς ἐν τυφλῷ φρουρίῳ, διὰ τῶν ὑλικῶν παθῶν ἀποῤῥηγνύει τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ ὁμι- λίας, καὶ καταφέρει πρὸς γῆν καὶ τὰ γῆς, οἶμαι, φροντίσματα· καὶ οὕτω κατακρατεῖν ἐπιχειρεῖ τῆς φύσει κρείττονος, καὶ τοσούτῳ κρείττονος, ὅσον τὸ ἀθάνατον τοῦ θνητοῦ. Ἡ δέ γε τῆς ἰδίας αὐτῆς προαιρέσεως, ἢ γνώσεως πάλιν ἐπιθυμία, ἕλκει μὲν εἰς τὸ θέλειν εἰδέναι τι αὐτὴν, καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦτο πορεύε- ται, μὴ ἔχουσα δὲ ὀρθὸν τῆς πορείας ἀγωγὸν, ἢ κα- κῶν χρησαμένη ὁμιλίαις ἀνθρώπων, πλανᾶται καὶ ἀπορεῖ, καὶ τέλος, ἐφ' ἣν τύχοι προσορμήσασα δό- ξαν, ἀμαθῶς ταύτην ἀνείλετο· καὶ οὕτω δὴ γέγονεν οἰκτίστη τε καὶ ἀθλία, ἐν γνώσεως ἀγαθῆς ὑποψίᾳ καὶ δόξῃ θηρασαμένη κακόνοιαν. Ὅτι γὰρ πάντες ἄνθρωποι κατὰ φύσιν τοῦ γινώσκειν ὀρεγόμεθα, δηλοῖ τοῦτο, ὥς φησιν Ἀριστοτέλης, καὶ ἡ τῶν αἰσθήσεων ἐπι- θυμία, πέρα…","divisions":[{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 2","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-1"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 4","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-2"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 6","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-3"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 8","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-4"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 10","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-5"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 12","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-6"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 14","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-7"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 16","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-8"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 18","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-9"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 20","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-10"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 22","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-11"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 24","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-12"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 26","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-13"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 28","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-14"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 30","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-15"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 32","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-16"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 34","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-17"},{"label":"39","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-39"},{"label":"Section 36","url":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/#tlg2102-tlg043-local001-segment-18"}],"formats":{"html":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001/","json":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/api/works/tlg2102.tlg043.local001.json","compressedReadingDocument":"https://thegreeklibrary.org/works/tlg2102/tlg043/local001.json.gz"}}