The Hidden Mystery and the Law
When integrity is approaching, one falls into wickedness.
In the ancient times, when error was trading in life and idolatry was prevailing, men did not even have the knowledge of the Pantokrator God; so much did they lack knowing our Lord Jesus Christ (Rom 16:25–27).
But Moses the lawgiver and the prophets, having been prepared to teach the truth—manifestly to the Jews, but according to the dispensation to the Gentiles—for this reason, according to the providence of God, many became captives and lived among the nations so that they might instruct them by their own conscience. The prophets, having been prepared to preach the Pantokrator God, the matter concerning the Only-begotten was still in a secret state, more mysterious by them [...]
Greek
προσούσης ἀκεραιότηρος εἰς κακουργίαν ἐκπίπτει. Rom 16,25–27 Ἐπὶ τῶν παλαιῶν χρόνων πλάνης ἐμπολιτευομένης τῷ βίῳ καὶ τῆς εἰδωλολατρίας ἐπικρατούσης, οὐδὲ τοῦ παντοκράτορος θεοῦ γνῶσιν 112 εἶχον οἱ ἄνθρωποι· τοσοῦτον ἀπεῖχον εἰδέναι τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦν Χριστόν. Μωϋσέως δὲ τοῦ νομοθέτου καὶ τῶν προφητῶν προχειρισθέντων διδάσκειν τὴν ἀλήθειαν, κατὰ μὲν τὸ φανερὸν Ἰουδαίους, κατὰ δὲ οἰκονομίαν καὶ τὰ ἔθνη–διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ κατὰ πρόνοιαν θεοῦ καὶ αἰχμάλωτοι πολλάκις ἐγένοντο καὶ διέτριβον παρὰ τοῖς ἔθνεσιν, ἵνα τῇ ἑαυτῶν συνουσίᾳ παιδεύωσιν αὐτούς–προχειρισθέντων οὖν προφητῶν κηρύσσειν τὸν παντοκράτορα θεόν, τὸ περὶ τοῦ μονογενοῦς ἔτι ἐν ἀπορρήτῳ ἦν, μυστηριώτερον μὲν ὑπ' αὐτῶν
About this text
Diodorus of Tarsus on Romans (catena fragments).
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Khazarzar scan
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- Copy-text PG (Khazarzar) (Greek)
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