# Ὁμίλαι 16.18

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/16.18

Καὶ ὁ Σίμων· μὴ γὰρ τοῦτό ἐστιν αὐτοῦ ἀπόῤῥητον ὄνομα, τὸ Θεὸς, ὅπερ πάντες λέγουσιν, ὅτι τοσοῦτον καὶ περὶ ὀνόματος διισχυρίζῃ, ἵνα μὴ ἄλλῳ δοθῇ; καὶ ὁ Πέτρος ἔφη· ἐπίσταμαι ὅτι τοῦτο οὐκ ἔστιν αὐτῷ τι ἀπόῤῥητον ὄνομα, ἀλλὰ τὸ κατὰ συνθήκην ἀνθρώπων λεγόμενον, ὅπερ εἰ ἑτέρῳ δώσεις, καὶ τὸ μὴ λεγόμενον ἑτέρῳ προσάψεις, τῷ τῆς προαιρέσεως λόγῳ. τὸ λεγόμενον ὄνομα τοῦ μὴ λεγομένου πρόοδός ἐστιν. τούτῳ τῷ λόγῳ ἡ ὕβρις καὶ εἰς τὸ μήπω ῥηθὲν λογίζεται, ᾧ λόγῳ ἡ πρὸς τὸ ἐγνωσμένον τιμὴ εἰς τὸ μήπω ἐγνωσμένον ἀναφέρεται.

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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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