# Ὁμίλαι 11.31

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/11.31

Ἀλλ᾽ ἐρεῖ τις ὑμῶν· χρὴ οὖν ἡμᾶς ποιεῖν ὅσα ἐν εἰδώλοις ἐποιοῦμεν; φημί σοι, οὐχ ὅλα, ἀλλ᾽ ὅσα καλῶς ἐποιεῖτε, καὶ ἐνταῦθα πλεῖον. ὅ τι γὰρ ἂν καλῶς γίνηται ἐν τῇ πλάνῃ, ἀπὸ τῆς ἀληθείας ἤρτηται, ὡς εἰ καί τι ἐν τῇ ἀληθείᾳ κακῶς γένοιτο, ἀπὸ τῆς πλάνης ἐστίν. ἀπολάβετε οὖν ὑμῶν πανταχόθεν τὰ ἴδια, μὴ τὰ ἀλλότρια, καὶ μὴ λέγετε, εἴ τι ποιοῦσιν οἱ πεπλανημένοι καλόν, ποιεῖν οὐκ ὀφείλομεν. τούτῳ γὰρ τῷ λόγῳ, ἐὰν μὴ φονεύῃ τις εἴδωλα σέβων, φονεύειν ὀφείλομεν, ὅτι ὁ ἐν πλάνῃ ὤν οὐ φονεύει.

---

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, ed. Albert Schwegler. 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.tlg006.local001/.