# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 39

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/39

Καὶ ὁ Σίμων· πρόδηλος εἶ φεύγων ἀπὸ τῶν γραφῶν ἀκοῦσαι τὸν κατὰ τοῦ θεοῦ σου 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 ἐστι, καὶ οὐκ ἔστιν ὁ τῶν ὅλων ἀνώτερος κατὰ τὰς γραφὰς πάσῃ ὑποκείμενος μοχθηρίᾳ, καὶ ὕστερον ζητήσομεν τὸν συγγράψαντα. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· ἵνα μὴ δόξω, ἀποκρίνομαι. ἐγώ φημι, ὅτι τὰ δοκοῦντά σοι ταῦτα κατὰ θεοῦ γεγράφθαι ἀληθῆ μέν ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ οὕτως οὔπω τὸν θεὸν δείκνυσι μοχθηρόν. καὶ ὁ Σίμων πῶς οὖν, ἔφη, τοῦτο συστῆσαι δύνασαι;

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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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