# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 16

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/16

Ἐγὼ δὲ πρὸς αὐτὸν σοὶ μὲν ἑτοίμως ἔχω συνοδεύειν, εἶπον· τοῦτο γὰρ οὐκ οἶδ’ ὅπως χαίρων προῄρημαι. πλὴν περὶ ἀληθείας βούλομαι πρῶτον πληροφορηθῆναι ἵνα γνῶ, εἰ ἡ ψυχὴ ἀθάνατος ἢ θνητὴ, καὶ εἰ ἀΐδιος οὖσα, περὶ ὧν ἔπραξεν ἐνταῦθα, ἔχει κριθῆναι, καὶ τί ποτέ ἐστι δίκαιον ἢ ἀρέσκον θεῷ, καὶ εἰ γέγονεν ὁ κόσμος καὶ διὰ τί γέγονεν, καὶ εἰ λυθήσεται καὶ εἰ οὐ λυθήσεται, καὶ εἰ κρείττων ἔσται ἢ οὐδὲ ἔσται· καὶ ἵνα μὴ τὸ κατ’ εἶδος λέγω, ταῦτά τε καὶ τὰ τούτοις ἑπόμενα μαθεῖν ἤθελον. ὁ δὲ τί ταυτὶ βούλεται τὰ ῥήματα τῷ θείῳ πνεύματι γνοὺς ταχεῖαν τὴν ἀπόκρισιν ἐποιεῖτο, ἵνα καὶ ταχύ με πρὸς τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπαναγάγηται. καὶ συντόμως ἐγώ σοι, ἔλεγεν, ὦ Κλήμη, τὴν τῶν ὄντων γνῶσιν παρέξομαι, καὶ τὰ νῦν ἐξ αὐτῆς ἄκουε.

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Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, 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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