# Ὁμίλαι 11.7

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/11.7

Ἀλλά φησιν, ἐχρῆν αὐτοὺς τοὺς προσκυνοῦντας ἀναιρεῖσθαι ὑπὸ τοῦ ὄντως Θεοῦ, ἵνα ἄλλος τοῦτο μὴ ποιῇ. ἀλλ᾽ οὐκ εἶ σοφώτερος τοῦ Θεοῦ, ἵνα αὐτῷ ὡς φρονιμώτερος γνώμην δῷς. οἶδεν ὅ ποιεῖ. πᾶσιν γὰρ ἐν ἀσεβείᾳ οὖσιν μακροθυμεῖ, ὡς ἐλεήμων καὶ φιλάνθρωπος πατὴρ, εἰδὼς ὅτι καὶ ἐξ ἀσεβῶν εὐσεβεῖς γίνονται. καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν σεβόντων τὰ αἰσχρὰ καὶ ἀναίσθητα πολλοὶ νήψαντες τὸ μὲν αὐτὰ σέβειν καὶ ἁμαρτάνειν ἐπαύσαντο, τῷ δὲ ὄντως Θεῷ πρὸς ταῖς εὐχαῖς καὶ Ἕλληνες ἐσώθησαν.

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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.
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