# Ὁμίλαι 16.12

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/16.12

Καὶ ὁ Πέτρος ἀπεκρίνατο· εἷς ἐστιν ὁ τῇ αὐτοῦ σοφίᾳ εἰπών· ποιήσωμεν ἄνθρωπον. ᾗ δὲ σοφίᾳ ὥσπερ ἰδίῳ πνεύματι αὐτὸς ἀεὶ συνέχαιρεν. ἥνωται μὲν ὡς ψυχὴ τῷ Θεῷ, ἐκτείνεται δὲ ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ, ὡς χεὶρ, δημιουργοῦσα τὸ πᾶν. διὰ τοῦτο δὲ καὶ εἷς ἄνθρωπος ἐγένετο, ἀπ᾽ αὐτοῦ δὲ προῆλθεν καὶ τὸ θῆλυ. καὶ μία οὖσα τῷ γένει δυάς ἐστιν. κατὰ γὰρ ἔκτασιν καὶ συστολὴν ἡ μονὰς δυὰς εἶναι νομίζεται. ὥστε ἑνὶ Θεῷ, ὡς γονεῦσιν, ὀρθῶς ποιῶ τὴν πᾶσαν προσαναφέρων τιμήν. καὶ ὁ Σίμων ἔφη τί δοὺ εἰ καὶ αἱ γραφαὶ ἑτέρους θεοὺς λέγουσιν, οὐ παραδέξῃ;

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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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