ΝΑΜΑΤΑ ΓΛΥΚΥΡΡΟΙΑ: "Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

37 ὁ δὲ εἶπεν, ὁ ποιήσας τὸ ἔλεος μετ' αὐτοῦ. εἶπεν δὲ αὐτῷ ὁ ἰησοῦς, πορεύου καὶ σὺ ποίει ὁμοίως.
38 ἐν δὲ τῷ πορεύεσθαι αὐτοὺς αὐτὸς εἰσῆλθεν εἰς κώμην τινά: γυνὴ δέ τις ὀνόματι μάρθα ὑπεδέξατο αὐτόν.
39 καὶ τῇδε ἦν ἀδελφὴ καλουμένη μαριάμ, [ἣ] καὶ παρακαθεσθεῖσα πρὸς τοὺς πόδας τοῦ κυρίου ἤκουεν τὸν λόγον αὐτοῦ.
40 ἡ δὲ μάρθα περιεσπᾶτο περὶ πολλὴν διακονίαν: ἐπιστᾶσα δὲ εἶπεν, κύριε, οὐ μέλει σοι ὅτι ἡ ἀδελφή μου μόνην με κατέλιπεν διακονεῖν; εἰπὲ οὖν αὐτῇ ἵνα μοι συναντιλάβηται.
41 ἀποκριθεὶς δὲ εἶπεν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, μάρθα μάρθα, μεριμνᾷς καὶ θορυβάζῃ περὶ πολλά,
42 ἑνὸς δέ ἐστιν χρεία: μαριὰμ γὰρ τὴν ἀγαθὴν μερίδα ἐξελέξατο ἥτις οὐκ ἀφαιρεθήσεται αὐτῆς.

Τετάρτη 1 Δεκεμβρίου 2010

"Cretans are always liars, evil beasts, lazy gluttons."

St. Paul's Letter to Titus 1:5-14

TITUS, my son, appoint elders in every town as I directed you, if any
man is blameless, the husband of one wife, and his children are
believers and not open to the charge of being profligate or insubordinate.
For a bishop, as God's steward, must be blameless; he must not be
arrogant or quick-tempered or a drunkard or violent or greedy for gain,
but hospitable, a lover of goodness, master of himself, upright,
holy, and self-controlled; he must hold firm to the sure word as
taught, so that he may be able to give instruction in sound doctrine and
also to confute those who contradict it. For there are many
insubordinate men, empty talkers and deceivers especially the circumcision
party; they must be silenced, since they are upsetting whole families by
teaching for base gain what they have no right to teach. One of
themselves, a prophet of their own, said, "Cretans are always liars, evil
beasts, lazy gluttons." This testimony is true. Therefore rebuke them
sharply, that they may be sound in the faith, instead of giving heed to
Jewish myths or to commands of men who reject the truth.