# Ὁμίλαι 19.14

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/19.14

Καὶ ὁ Σίμων· τί δὲ εἰ ὕλη αὐτῷ σύγχρονος οὖσα καὶ ἰσοδύναμος ὡς ἐχθρὰ προβάλλει αὐτῷ ἡγεμόνας, ἐμποδίζοντας αὐτοῦ τοῖς βουλήμασιν. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος· εἰ ἀΐδιός ἐστιν ἡ ὕλη, οὐδὲ ἐχθρά τινός ἐστιν, τὸ γὰρ αἰεὶ ὄν καὶ ἀπαθές ἐστιν, ἀπαθὲς δὲ ὅν μακάριόν ἐστιν, μακάριον δὲ ὅν ἔχθρας δεκτικὸν γενέσθαι οὐ δύναται, ἀϊδίῳ κτίσει στερηθῆναί τινος μὴ πεφοβημένη. πῶς δὲ οὐχὶ μᾶλλον ἀγαπᾷ τὸν δημιουρὸν ἡ ὕλη, ὁπότε*

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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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