Friday, March 22, 2024

I Don't See Any Obvious Errors in the Greek of the Letter to Theodore Other than a Missing Accent

The Seventeenth Sentence of the Letter to Theodore as Transcribed by Agamemnon Tselikas

Διὰ τοῦτο ἡ σοφία τοῦ Θεοῦ διὰ Σολομῶντος παραγγέλλει, ἀποκρίνου τῷ μωρῷ ἐκ τῆς μωρίας αὐτοῦ, πρὸς τοὺς τυφλοὺς τὸν νοῦν τὸ φῶς τῆς ἀληθείας δεῖν ἐπικρύπτεσθαι διδάσκουσα.
"For this reason, the wisdom of God through Solomon commands, 'Answer the fool according to his folly,' teaching that the light of truth should be hidden from the blind."

The Sixteenth Sentence of the Letter to Theodore as Transcribed by Agamemnon Tselikas

Οὐ γὰρ ἅπασι πάντα ἀληθῆ λεκτέον.
"For not all things should be spoken truthfully to everyone."

The Fifteenth Sentence of the Letter to Theodore as Transcribed by Agamemnon Tselikas

Τούτοις οὖν, καθὼς καὶ προείρηκα, οὐδέποτε εἰκτέον, οὐδὲ προτείνουσιν αὐτοῖς τὰ κατεψευσμένα συγχωρητέον τοῦ Μάρκου εἶναι τὸ μυστικὸν εὐαγγέλιον, ἀλλὰ καὶ μεθ᾽ ὅρκου ἀρνητέον
"Therefore, as I have said before, we must never concede to them that the false teachings belong to the secret gospel of Mark, but we must also deny it under oath."

The Fourteenth Sentence of the Letter to Theodore as Transcribed by Agamemnon Tselikas

Τοῦ δὲ κράματος τούτου ἐξαντλῆται τὸ τῶν Καρποκρατιανῶν δόγμα.
"From this mixture, the doctrine of the Carpocratians is drawn off."

The Thirteenth Sentence of the Letter to Theodore as Transcribed by Agamemnon Tselikas

Ἔτι δὲ καὶ ἐμίανε ταῖς ἀχράντοις καὶ ἁγίαις λέξεσιν ἀναμιγνὺς ἀναιδέστατα ψεύσματα
"Moreover, he polluted even the pure and holy words, mixing in shameless lies."

The Twelfth Sentence of the Letter to Theodore as Transcribed by Agamemnon Tselikas

Οὕτως οὖν προπαρεσκεύασεν, οὐ φθονερῶς οὐδ᾽ ἀπροφυλάκτως, ὡς ἐγὼ οἶμαι, καὶ ἀποθνήσκων κατέλιπε τὸ αὐτοῦ σύγγραμμα τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ τῇ ἐν Ἀλεξανδρείᾳ, ὅπου εἰσέτι νῦν ἀσφαλῶς εὖ μάλα τηρεῖται, ἀναγινωσκόμενον πρὸς αὐτοὺς μόνους τοὺς μυουμένους τὰ μεγάλα μυστήρια.
"So he prepared in such a way, not enviously or negligently, as I think, and, dying, he left his writing to the church in Alexandria, where even now it is securely and well preserved, being read only by those who are initiated into the great mysteries."
 
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