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Type 1992
(formerly typ/84)

	Ἠλλοιωμένος ὅλως ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου
	πέφηνας, πάτερ, παμμάκαρ Ἰωάννη.
	Ὅθεν ἐξύφανας ἡμῖν ἱστὸν θεογνωσίας
	δι’ οὗ πᾶς τις τέμνεται καρδίαν
	καὶ πρόσω βαίνει τῆς ἧσπερ ἐκέκτητο ἀχλύος,
	φωταυγούμενος σαῖς δᾳδουχίαις
	εἰς ἔφεσιν γλυκίου παραδείσου πάμπαν,
	οὗπερ πολίτης λῃστὴς νῦν ὑπάρχει
	σὺν σοί, φέριστε, καὶ χορείαις ἁγίων πάντων,
	ὧν ταῖς πρεσβείαις σωθείημεν πάντες.

Text status	Text completely known
Editorial status	Not a critical text
Genre(s)	Author-related epigram
Metre(s)	Dodecasyllable
Subject(s)	John Klimax (6th c. - 7th c.) - PMBZ: 13914: "Personenkennziffer: 2791"
Tag(s)	Praise of the author Spiritual value of the book
Translation(s)	You have appeared to be totally changed by the Holy Spirit, most blessed father John. Hence you have woven for us the web of knowledge of God, by which everyone is struck in the heart and overcomes his own former blindness, guided by the brightness of your torch towards the desire of the wholly sweet paradise, of which the robber is now a citizen, together with you, best of men, and with the choirs of all the saints, by whose intercessions may we all be saved. Language English Source(s) K. Bentein, F. Bernard, M. De Groote, K. Demoen 2009, Book Epigrams in Honor of the Church Fathers: Some Inedita from the Eleventh Century, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 49(2), 281-294: 288 Mutatus totus ex spiritu sancto apparuisti pater beatissime Ioannes, ex quo texuisti nobis telam scientiae Dei, qua unusquisque secatur corde, et ulterius suam per caliginem pergit tuis illuminatus facibus ad desiderium dulcis omnino, cuius civis existit latro, coeli, tecum optime, chorique sanctorum, quorum suffragiis salvemus omnes. Language Latin Source(s) I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 362
Bibliography	Bibliography category to be determined K. Bentein, F. Bernard, M. De Groote, K. Demoen 2009, Book Epigrams in Honor of the Church Fathers: Some Inedita from the Eleventh Century, Greek, Roman, and Byzantine Studies (GRBS), 49(2), 281-294: 288 I. Hardt, 1810, Catalogus codicum manuscriptorum graecorum Bibliothecae Regiae Bavaricae. Cod. CCCXLVIII-CCCCLXXII continens (vol. 4), Munich: 362
Number of verses	10
Occurrence(s)	[20869] ἠλοιομ(έν)ο(ς) ὅλο(ς) ἐκ πν(εύματο)ς ἁγ(ί)ου [1259] MILAN - Biblioteca Ambrosiana D 58 sup. [1259] (f. 174v) (10 verses) [21310] Ἠλλοιωμένος ὅλος ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου. [13th c.] MUNICH - Bayerische Staatsbibliothek - gr. 440 [13th c.] ((unsure) f. 175v) (10 verses) [17377] Ἠλλοιωμένος ὅλος ἐκ πνεύματος ἁγίου [1001-1050] OXFORD - Christ Church College 72 [1001-1050] (f. 257v) (10 verses)
Acknowledgements	Contributor(s) Cristina Cocola The credits system has been implemented in 2019. Credits from before the new system was in use might be incomplete.
Identification	Vassis ICB 2005, 307: "In s. Ioann. Climacum" Vassis ICB 2011, 224: "In s. Ioann. Climacum"
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