# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 38

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 38. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/38

Ὅμως ὁ Σίμων πολλὰ τῆς γραφῆς κακῶς ἐκλαμβάνων δεικνύειν ἔσπευδε παντὶ πάθει τοῖς ἀνθρώποις ὁμοίως τὸν θεὸν ὑποκείμενον. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος εἰ μηδὲν ἀγαπᾷ, φησὶν, ὁ κακὸς καὶ πάνυ μοχθηρὸς, ἐφ’ οἷς ἁμαρτάνει, ἑαυτὸν ἐλέγχειν, ἀπόκριναί μοι. καὶ ὁ Σίμων οὐκ ἀγαπᾷ, ἔφη. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· πῶς οὖν κακὸς καὶ μοχθηρὸς εἶναι δύναται ὁ θεὸς, εἴ περ αὐτοῦ θελήματι τὰ κατ’ αὐτοῦ δεινὰ δημοσίᾳ γραφέντα προετέθη; καὶ ὁ Σίμων· ἐνδέχεται μὴ κατὰ προαίρεσιν αὐτοῦ ὑφ’ ἑτέρας δυνάμεως τὸν κατ’ αὐτοῦ γραφῆναι ἔλεγχον. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος ἔφη· πρῶτον οὖν τοῦτο ζητήσωμεν. εἰ μὲν ὑπὸ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βουλῆς ἑαυτὸν ἤλεγξεν, ὡς φθάσας σὺ πρότερον ὡμολόγησας, μοχθηρὸς οὐκ ἔστιν· εἰ δὲ καὶ ὑφ’ ἑτέρας δυνάμεως, ζητητέον καὶ παντὶ σθένει ἐξεταστέον, μή τις αὐτὸν μόνον ἀγαθὸν ὄντα ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς κακοῖς ὑπέλαβε. -

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1271.tlg011.local001/.