# De incarnatione (Ms 47) 2.2

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De incarnatione (Ms 47), Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-incarnatione-ms-47/2.2

Εἰ γὰρ αὐτομάτως τὰ πάντα χωρὶς προνοίας κατ’ αὐτοὺς γέγονεν, ἔδει τὰ πάντα ἁπλῶς γεγενῆσθαι, καὶ ὅμοια εἶναι, καὶ μὴ διάφορα. Ὡς γὰρ ἐπὶ σώματος ἑνὸς ἔδει τὰ πάντα εἶναι ἥλιον ἢ σελήνην· καὶ ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἔδει τὸ ὅλον εἶναι χεῖρα, ἢ ὀφθαλμὸν, ἢ πόδα. Νῦν δὲ οὐκ ἔστι μὲν οὕτως· ὁρῶμεν δὲ τὸ μὲν, ἥλιον· τὸ δὲ, σελήνην· τὸ δὲ, γῆν· καὶ πάλιν ἐπὶ τῶν ἀνθρωπίνων σωμάτων, τὸ μὲν, πόδα· τὸ δὲ, χεῖρα· τό δὲ κεφαλήν. ἡ δὲ τοιαύτη διάταξις, οὐκ αὐτομάτως αὐτὰ γεγενῆσθαι γνωρίζει, ἀλλ’ αἰτίαν τούτων προηγεῖσθαι δείκνυσιν· ἀφ’ ἧς καὶ τὸν διαταξάμενον καὶ πάντα ποιήσαντα Θεόν ἐστι νοεῖν.

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Athanasius of Alexandria, De incarnatione (Ms 47), ed. Archibald Robertson. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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