# Epistula ad Afros 7.3

Athanasius Alexandrinus, Epistula ad Afros, Τοῦ αὐτοῦ Ἀθανασίου ἐπισκόπου Ἀλεξανδρείας πρὸς τοὺς ἐν τῇ Ἀφρικῇ ἐπισκόπους, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/epistula-ad-afros/7.3

ἀλλ’ ἐὰν πάλιν ἐρωτηθῶσι πῶς ὅμοιος, ἀποθρασυνόμενοι φήσουσιν· ἀρετῇ τελείᾳ καὶ συμφωνίᾳ τῷ τὸ αὐτὸ θέλειν τῷ πατρὶ καὶ μὴ θέλειν ὅπερ ὁ πατὴρ οὐ θέλει. ἀλλὰ μαθέτωσαν, ὅτι ὁ ἐξ ἀρετῆς καὶ τοῦ θέλειν ὁμοιούμενος τῷ θεῷ ἔχει μὲν καὶ τοῦ τρέπεσθαι τὴν προαίρεσιν. οὐκ ἔστι δὲ οὕτως ὁ λόγος, εἰ μὴ ἄρα ἐκ μέρους καὶ καθ’ ἡμᾶς ὅμοιος, ὅτι μὴ καὶ κατ’ οὐσίαν ὅμοιός ἐστι. ταῦτα δὲ ἴδια ἡμῶν τῶν γενητῶν καὶ κτιστὴν ἐχόντων τὴν φύσιν.

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Athanasius Alexandrinus, Epistula ad Afros. 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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