# Ὁμίλαι 19.10

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/19.10

Αὐτίκα γοῦν τί τὴν ἀρχὴν ἔλεγες; εἰ ἐκ Θεοῦ ὁ πονηρὸς γεγένηται, τῆς αὐτῆς αὐτῷ ὤν οὐσίας, καὶ πονηρός ἐστιν. ἐμοῦ δὲ δείξαντος οὐ[ξ οὗ] περ αὐτὸς ἔδωκας παραδείγματο[ς], ὅτι ἐξ ἀγαθῶν κακοὶ γίνονται καὶ ἐκ κακῶν ἀγαθοὶ, οὐ παρεδέξω, ἀνθρώπινον φήσας εἶναι τὸ παράδειγμα. ὅθεν καὶ νῦν ἐγὼ οὐδὲ τὸ γεγεννῆσθαι Θεὸν παραδέχομαι, ὅτι τὸ γεννᾶν ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶν, οὐ Θεοῦ. ἀλλ᾽ οὔτε ἀγαθὸς ἢ κακὸς, ἢ δίκαιος ἢ ̓ἄδικος εἶναι δύναται ὁ Θεὸς, οὔτε μὴν φρόνιμος ἢ ζῶον ἢ ὅσα ἄλλα ἀνθρώποις προσεῖναι δύναται· ἀνθρώπων γὰρ τὰ τοιαῦτα. καὶ εἰ μὴ χρὴ ζητοῦντας περὶ Θεοῦ διδόναι αὐτῷ τὰ ἀνθρώποις προσόντα καλά, οὐδέν ἐστιν τοῦ λοιποῦ νοεῖν ἢ λέγειν, ἢ τοῦτο μόνον ζητεῖν, τὸ τῆς προαιρέσεως αὐτοῦ, ἥν αὐτὸς συνεχώρησεν ἡμῖν νοεῖν, ὅπως κρινόμενοι ἀναπολόγητοι ὦμεν περὶ ὧν γνόντες οὐκ ἐφυλάξαμεν.

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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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