# Ὁμίλαι 16.17

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/16.17

Ἡμεὶς Θεὸν λέγομεν , οὐ ἐστιν τὸ ἴδιον ἄλλῳ προςεῖναι μὴ δυνάμενον. ὥσπερ γὰρ ἄπειρος ὤν πανταχόθεν διὰ τοῦτο λέγεται ἀπέραντος, καὶ ἀνάγκη πᾶσα, ἑτέρου μὴ δυναμένου ὡς αὐτὸς ἀπείρῳ εἶναι, τὸ καλεῖσθαι ἀπέραντος, (εἰ δέ τις λέγει δυνατὸν εἶναι ψεύδεται· δύο γὰρ πανταχόθεν ἄπειρα συνυπάρχειν οὐ δύνανται· περαιοῦται γὰρ τὸ ἕτερον ὑπὸ τοῦ ἑτέρου), οὕτως φύσις ἐστὶν, ἕν εἶναι τὸ ἀγέννητον. εἰ δὲ ἐν σχήματί ἐστιν, καὶ οὕτως ἕν ἐστιν τὸ ἀσύγκριτον. διὰ τοῦτο καὶ ὕψιστος λέγεται, ὅτι πάντων ἀνώτερος ὤν τὰ πάντα αὐτῷ ὑποκείμενα ἔχει.

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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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