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spoken by the savior, so that all libraries, he says, I think, would become full of books containing the histories of the works of the Lord and of the words concerning them, if someone were to write down everything one by one. 649 {3Jo 21, 25}3We understand the name of the world in different ways. And it is possible according to one meaning to demonstrate the truthfulness of the saying and to refute the rashness of those who senselessly disparage the divinely-inspired words of the evangelists.

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εἰρημένα ὑπὸ τοῦ σωτῆρος, ὥστε πάντα βιβλιοφυλακεῖα πλήρη ἄν, φησίν, οἶμαι γενέσθαι βιβλίων τὰς ἱστορίας τοῦ κυρίου περιεχόντων ἔργων καὶ τῶν ἐπ' αὐτοῖς λόγων, εἰ καθ' ἕκαστόν τις ἅπαντα μέλλοι συγγράφειν. 649 {3Jο 21, 25}3∆ιάφορον νοοῦμεν τὸ τοῦ κόσμου ὄνομα. καὶ δυνατὸν κατὰ μίαν σημασίαν παραστῆσαι τὸ ἀψευδὲς τοῦ λόγου καὶ ἐλέγξαι τὴν προπέτειαν τῶν ἀσυνέτως διασυρόντων τοὺς θεοπνεύστους τῶν εὐαγγελιστῶν λόγους.