[1] Ἐπειδήπερ ἀπὸ τῆς καθόδου τῆς τοῦ σωτῆρος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦ Χριστοῦ παρουσίας, τοῦ ἀόκνου καὶ φιλανθρώπου καὶ ἰσχυροῦ καὶ ποιμένος καὶ διδασκάλου καὶ ἰατροῦ, τὸ ἀπόρρητον καὶ ὅσιον καὶ ἄμεμπτον μυστήριον τῶν τὴν ἐλπίδα ὁσίως κατεχόντων καὶ ἐσφραγισμένων χριστιανῶν ἐθεασάμην καὶ εἶδον ἐγώ, ᾧ καὶ ἐδούλευσα προθύμως, ἀναγκαῖον ᾠήθην ἃ ἤκουσα καὶ εἶδον μυστήρια
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