# Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita 39

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita, Section 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-altera-nunc-primum-edita/39

Καὶ ὁ Σίμων· πρόδηλος εἶ φεύγων ἀπὸ τῶν γραφῶν τὸν κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ σου ἀκοῦσαι ἔλεγχον. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· αὐτός μοι φαίνῃ τοῦτο ποιῶν. ὁ γὰρ τάξιν ζητήσεως φεύγων ἐξέτασιν ἀληθῆ γενέσθαι οὐ βούλεται. ὅθεν ἐγὼ τῇ τάξει χρώμενος καὶ βουλόμενος πρῶτον τὸν συγγραφέα νοηθῆναι πρόδηλός εἰμι τὴν εὐθεῖαν ὁδεύειν θέλων. καὶ ὁ Σίμων· ὁμολόγησον πρῶτον, εἴ γε τὰ κατὰ τοῦ δημιουργοῦ γεγραμμένα ἀληθῆ ἐστιν, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ τῶν ὅλων ἀνώτερος κατὰ τὰς γραφὰς πάσῃ ὑποκείμενος μοχθηρίᾳ, καὶ ὕστερον ζητήσομεν τὸν συγγράψαντα. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· ἵνα μὴ δόξω ἀντιλέγειν σου τῇ ἀταξίᾳ μηδὲ θέλειν ζητεῖν, ἀποκρίνομαι. ἐγώ φημι, ὅτι τὰ κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ γεγραμμένα ἀληθῆ ἂν εἴη, καὶ οὔπω τὸν θεὸν δείκνυσι μοχθηρόν. καὶ ὁ Σίμων ἔφη· πῶς τοῦτο συστῆσαι δύνασαι;

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Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Altera Nunc Primum Edita, ed. Albert Dressel. 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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