Prologue rem mid
Rem mid: lemma continues; spiritual reading held with the letter.
Greek
ι ῥᾳδίως εἰς τὰ αὐτοῦ καὶ γλυκὺ τοῖς δαιμονίοις γίνονται θήραμα· θορυβοῦνται δέ πως ἔσθ' ὅτε καὶ οἱ βεβηκότες ἐν πίστει· νομίζουσι γὰρ αὐτὸν τὰς ἱερὰς καὶ θείας εἰδέναι Γραφάς, ἐπείπερ ἐξ αὐτῶν τοῖς ἰδίοις λόγοις παμπόλλους ἐπισωρεύει τὰς μαρτυρίας, καίτοι μὴ εἰδὼς ἃ λέγει. προλ.5 Ἐπειδὴ δὲ πλεῖστοί τινες τῶν δεισιδαιμόνων, τοῖς τὰ Χριστοῦ φρονοῦσι περιτυγχάνοντες, ἄνω τε καὶ κάτω κατονειδίζουσι, τὰς ἐκείνου καθ' ἡμῶν προβαλλόμενοι συγγραφάς, φάσκοντες ἀπρόσβλητον αὐτὰς ἔχειν τὴν δείνωσιν, καὶ οὐδένα πώποτε τῶν παρ' ἡμῖν διδασκάλων ἢ ἀντειπεῖν ἰσχύσαι ἤγουν ἀνατρέψαι τὰ αὐτοῦ, προτρεψάντων εἰς τοῦτο πολλῶν καὶ δὴ καὶ θαρσήσας λέγοντι τῷ Θεῷ καὶ νῦν· Πορεύου, καὶ ἐγὼ ἀνοίξω τὸ στόμα σου, καθῆκα μὲν ἐμαυτὸν ἐπί γε τὸ δεῖν
About this text
Cyril of Alexandria, Against Julian (Greek). SERIES on this page: Prologue + Books I–X CLOSEOUT.
English follows PG 76 Greek (CPG 5233). SC/GCS/Routledge / modern English syncs were not used as wording. Contra Julianum SERIES CLOSEOUT Prologue + Books I–X.
Witnesses
- Copy-text PG 76 — Contra Julianum (Greek)
English is newly prepared for study from the stated edition. Open Greek on each section for the source text. This is not a complete critical edition.