# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 71

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 71. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/71

Ταῦτα τοῦ Πέτρου εἰπόντος ἀπεκρίναντο Νικήτης τε καὶ Ἀκύλας· οὐ πάνυ ἡμᾶς κύριε λυπεῖ τοῦτο πράττειν διὰ τὸ ὑπὸ σοῦ προστετάχθαι· πρῶτον μὲν, ὅτι πάντα καλῶς νοεῖν τε καὶ συμβουλεύειν ἄξιος ὢν ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ θεοῦ προνοίας ἐξελέγης· ἔπειτα δὲ, ὅτι ὡς ἐπιπολὺ ἡμερῶν δύο ἀνάγκη τοῦτο πράττειν ἡμᾶς ἀπολιμπανομένους σου· καὶ αὗται δὲ πολλαὶ πρὸς τὸ μή σε τὸν κύριον ἡμῶν καθορᾶν· πλὴν ὡς κελεύεις διὰ τὸ συμφέρον οὐκ ἀντιλέγομεν. ταῦτα εἰπόντες προῆγον.

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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/.