Ὁσιότης
holiness
Translated by Catharine Roth13 Dec 2005Vetting: high3 revisions
Translation
[Meaning] devotion to God. That man is holy who has sanctified himself through faith and good works and has dedicated himself to God. Hence Moses said concerning the man who abandons God and denied the covenants with God: "Do not say in your heart, 'let holy things come to me in departing from the Lord.'"1 Just as he who is apostate from God and an evildoer is called unholy, so he who becomes familiar with God through faith and doing good is rightly called holy and just.
Greek original · Adler’s text
Ὁσιότης· ἡ πρὸς θεὸν καθοσίωσις. καὶ ἐκεῖνος ὅσιος ὁ ἑαυτὸν διὰ πίστεως καὶ ἔργων ἀγαθῶν καθοσιώσας καὶ τῷ θεῷ ἀφιερώσας. ὅθεν περὶ τοῦ τὸν θεὸν καταλιμπάνοντος καὶ ἀρνουμένου τὰς πρὸς θεὸν συνθήκας ἔλεγεν ὁ Μωσῆς· μὴ εἴπῃς ἐν τῇ καρδίᾳ σου, ὅσιά μοι γένοιτο ἐν τῷ ἀποστῆναι ἀπὸ κυρίου. καθάπερ οὖν ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ ἀποστάτης καὶ κακοῦργος ἀνόσιος λέγεται, οὕτως ὁ τῷ θεῷ διὰ πίστεως καὶ ἀγαθουργίας οἰκειωθεὶς ὅσιος καὶ δίκαιος εἰκότως ὀνομάζεται.
Betacode
*(osio/ths: h( pro\s qeo\n kaqosi/wsis. kai\ e)kei=nos o(/sios o( e(auto\n dia\ pi/stews kai\ e)/rgwn a)gaqw=n kaqosiw/sas kai\ tw=| qew=| a)fierw/sas. o(/qen peri\ tou= to\n qeo\n katalimpa/nontos kai\ a)rnoume/nou ta\s pro\s qeo\n sunqh/kas e)/legen o( *mwsh=s: mh\ ei)/ph|s e)n th=| kardi/a| sou, o(/sia/ moi ge/noito e)n tw=| a)posth=nai a)po\ kuri/ou. kaqa/per ou)=n o( tou= qeou= a)posta/ths kai\ kakou=rgos a)no/sios le/getai, ou(/tws o( tw=| qew=| dia\ pi/stews kai\ a)gaqourgi/as oi)keiwqei\s o(/sios kai\ di/kaios ei)ko/tws o)noma/zetai.
Notes (1)
- From the Chronicon of George the Monk, 314.14-22.
- 1cf. Deuteronomy 29.19 LXX. ↩
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Revision history3 revisions · last 20 May 2016
- coding — David Whitehead
- Revised — David Whitehead
- more keywords — David Whitehead
- Translated — Catharine Roth