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Ancient Greek citations of θεόσοφος ( theósophos ) c. 35–108 CE , Ignatius of Antioch , “Sancti Ignatii Epistolae Genuinae”, in Jacques Paul Migne , editor, Cursus Completus Patrologiae Graecae 1857 , →OCLC page coll. 644 :c. 35–108 CE , Ignatius of Antioch , “Sancti Ignatii Epistolae Genuinae”, in Jacques Paul Migne , editor, Cursus Completus Patrologiae Graecae 1857 , →OCLC page coll. 652 :c. 150–215 CE , Clement of Alexandria , “Stromata I”, in Jacques Paul Migne , editor, Cursus Completus Patrologiae Graecae University of the Aegean pdf transcription of the Greek edition, volume 8 (overall work in Ancient Greek and Latin), Paris: Migne, published 1857 , →OCLC page coll. 708 (transcribed to page 5) :οὐκ εὐθὺς δ’ εἴ τις μὴ προηγουμένως ἐπιτελεῖ, κατὰ περίστασιν αὐτὸ ποιεῖ, ἀλλὰ οἰκονομούμενός τι θεοσόφως καὶ συμπεριφερόμενος ἐνεργήσει. ouk euthùs d’ eí tis mḕ proēgouménōs epiteleî, katà perístasin autò poieî, allà oikonomoúmenós ti theosóphōs kaì sumperipherómenos energḗsei. (please add an English translation of this quotation) c. 234 – c. 305 Porphyry , “De abstinentia [ ab esu animalium] IV”, in August Nauck, editor, Opuscula tria , Lipsiae: B. G. Teubner, published 1860 , →OCLC page 179, (n. 17) :Ἰνδῶν γὰρ τῆς πολιτείας εἰς πολλὰ νενεμημένης, ἔστι τι γένος παρ’ αὐτοῖς τὸ τῶν θεοσόφων , οὓς γυμνοσοφιστὰς καλεῖν εἰώθασιν Ἕλληνες. Indôn gàr tês politeías eis pollà nenemēménēs, ésti ti génos par’ autoîs tò tôn theosóphōn , hoùs gumnosophistàs kaleîn eiṓthasin Héllēnes. (please add an English translation of this quotation) c. 250 – c. 330 Iamblichus , edited by Gustav Parthey, Jamblichi De mysteriis liber (overall work in Ancient Greek and Latin), Berlin: F. Nicolai, published 1857 , →OCLC page 249 (n. 7.1) :Τῆς δ’ αὐτῆς θεοσόφου Μούσης κἀκεῖνα δεῖται εἰς τὴν διάλυσιν τὰ ἀπορήματα· πρότερον δέ σοι βούλομαι τῶν Αἰγυπτίων τὸν τρόπον τῆς θεολογίας διερμηνεῦσαι· Tês d’ autês theosóphou Moúsēs kakeîna deîtai eis tḕn diálusin tà aporḗmata; próteron dé soi boúlomai tôn Aiguptíōn tòn trópon tês theologías diermēneûsai; (please add an English translation of this quotation) fl. 6th century , Olympiodorus, deacon of Alexandria, “Commentarii in Ecclestiasten”, in Jacques Paul Migne , editor, Cursus Completus Patrologiae Graecae University of the Aegean pdf transcription of the Greek edition, volume 93 (overall work in Ancient Greek and Latin), Paris: Migne, →OCLC page coll. 624 surrounding line 17 (transcribed to page 46) :Ὥσπερ γὰρ τὰ βούκεντρα πλήττουσι τοὺς βόας, ἐπὶ τῷ τὴν αὔλακα τῷ ἀρότρῳ τέμνειν· οὕτω καὶ οἱ τῶν θεοσόφων ἀνδρῶν λόγοι διεγείρουσιν ἡμᾶς τοὺς ἐπ’ ἐλπίδι ἀροτριῶντας, ἀνατέμνειν τῆς ψυχῆς τὴν αὔλακα, καὶ διακαθαίρειν, καὶ καταφυτεύειν τὰ καλὰ τῆς ἀρετῆς μοσχεύματα. Hṓsper gàr tà boúkentra plḗttousi toùs bóas, epì tôi tḕn aúlaka tôi arótrōi témnein; hoútō kaì hoi tôn theosóphōn andrôn lógoi diegeírousin hēmâs toùs ep’ elpídi arotriôntas, anatémnein tês psukhês tḕn aúlaka, kaì diakathaírein, kaì kataphuteúein tà kalà tês aretês moskheúmata. (please add an English translation of this quotation) fl. 6th century , Alexander Monachus, “Inventio crucis”, in Jacques Paul Migne , editor, Cursus Completus Patrologiae Graecae University of the Aegean pdf transcription of the Greek edition (overall work in Ancient Greek and Latin), Paris: Migne, →OCLC pages coll. 4029 surrounding line 33 (transcribed to pages 4–5) :Οἱ δὲ λοιποὶ πάντες θεόσοφοι διδάσκαλοι τῆς ἁγίας καὶ καθολικῆς καὶ ἀποστολικῆς Ἐκκλησίας, ὡς ἐξ ἑνὸς στόματος, ὡρί σαντο εἶναι τὴν γενέθλιον ἡμέραν τοῦ Χριστοῦ τῇ πρὸ ὀκτὼ Καλανδῶν Ἰανουαρίων. Hoi dè loipoì pántes theósophoi didáskaloi tês hagías kaì katholikês kaì apostolikês Ekklēsías, hōs ex henòs stómatos, hōrí santo eînai tḕn genéthlion hēméran toû Khristoû têi prò oktṑ Kalandôn Ianouaríōn. (please add an English translation of this quotation) c. 675 – 749 John of Damascus , “Passio sancti Artemii”, in Jacques Paul Migne , editor, Cursus Completus Patrologiae Graecae University of the Aegean pdf transcription of the Greek edition, volume 96 (overall work in Ancient Greek and Latin), Paris: Migne, →OCLC page coll. 1277 surrounding line 26 (transcribed to page 10) :Ἀλλὰ τί μοι τῶν σαπρῶν τε καὶ ὀδωδότων Ἑρμοῦ ῥημάτων τῶν παρ’ ὑμῖν τιμωμένων, ἤδη πρὸ πολλοῦ σεσηπότων καὶ ἀπεῤῥυηκότων; Οὐδὲ γὰρ ὅσιον περὶ τῶν ζώντων ἐρωτᾷν τοὺς νεκροὺς, ἔχων ἐκ τῶν θεοσόφων λογίων τοὺς ἀληθεῖς μάρτυρας οἳ, τὴν Χριστοῦ παρουσίαν τε καὶ θεότητα προκατήγγειλαν. Allà tí moi tôn saprôn te kaì odōdótōn Hermoû rhēmátōn tôn par’ humîn timōménōn, ḗdē prò polloû sesēpótōn kaì aperrhuēkótōn? Oudè gàr hósion perì tôn zṓntōn erōtâin toùs nekroùs, ékhōn ek tôn theosóphōn logíōn toùs alētheîs márturas hoì, tḕn Khristoû parousían te kaì theótēta prokatḗngeilan. (please add an English translation of this quotation) fl. 9th century , George Hamartolos , “Chronicon breve”, in Jacques Paul Migne , editor, Cursus Completus Patrologiae Graecae University of the Aegean pdf transcription of the Greek edition, volume 110 (overall work in Ancient Greek and Latin), Paris: Migne, published 1863 , →OCLC page coll. 165 surrounding line 30 (transcribed to page 39) :οὐ γὰρ μία γέγονεν ὁδός, καθὼς Χρυσόστομος ὁ θεόσοφος λέγει, ἀλλὰ καθ’ ἑκάστην φυλὴν τὸ ὕδωρ ἐτειχίζετο, ὡς πολλὰς γενέσθαι τὰς διαβάσεις τοῦ λαοῦ, ἵνα μὴ φύσεως ἔργον τοῦτο νομισθῇ, ἀλλὰ θεοῦ τοῦ πᾶσαν φύσιν δημιουργήσαντος καὶ κυριεύοντος, ὅθεν ἐν βραχείᾳ καιροῦ ῥοπῇ τἀναντία εἰργάζετο. ou gàr mía gégonen hodós, kathṑs Khrusóstomos ho theósophos légei, allà kath’ hekástēn phulḕn tò húdōr eteikhízeto, hōs pollàs genésthai tàs diabáseis toû laoû, hína mḕ phúseōs érgon toûto nomisthêi, allà theoû toû pâsan phúsin dēmiourgḗsantos kaì kurieúontos, hóthen en brakheíāi kairoû rhopêi tanantía eirgázeto. 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