# Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior 79

Clemens Romanus, Clementina Epitome Prior Edita Correctior, Section 79. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/clementina-epitome-prior-edita-correctior/79

Ταῦτα ἀκούων ὁ Πέτρος ὑπὸ συμπαθείας ἐδάκρυε καὶ εὐθέως τοῖς συνοῦσι γνησίοις εἶπεν· εἴ τις πέπονθεν εὐσεβὴς ἀνὴρ, οἷα ὁ τούτου πατὴρ, εὐθέως ἂν τῷ τῆς θεοσεβείας λόγῳ ἢ τῷ πονηρῷ ἐπέγραφε τὴν αἰτίαν· οὕτω καὶ τοῖς ταλαιπώροις ἔθνεσι συμβαίνει πάσχειν, καὶ ἀγνοοῦμεν οἱ θεοσεβεῖς. ταλαιπώρους δὲ αὐτοὺς εὐλόγως εἴρηκα, ὅτι καὶ ἐνταῦθα πλανῶνται, καὶ τῆς ἐκεῖθεν ἐλπίδος ἀποτυγχάνουσι. τοῖς γὰρ ἐν θεοσεβείᾳ τὰ λυπηρὰ πάσχουσιν ἔκτισις αὐτὰ γίνεται τῶν παραπτωμάτων.

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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/.