# Ὁμίλαι 2.42

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/2.42

Παραδείγματος δὲ ἕνεκεν τὰ ῥηθησόμενα αὐτάρκως ἕξει. οὐκ οἶμαι δέ, ὦ φίλε Κλήμης, εἰ δυνήσεταί τις, κἄν βραχεῖάν τινα πρὸς Θεὸν στοργὴν καὶ εὐγνωμοσύνην ἀποσώζων, παραδέξασθαι ἤ κιἄν ἀκοῦσαι τὰ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ λεγόμενα. πῶς δὲ ἔστιν αὐτόν τινα μοναρχικὴν ψυχὴν ἔχειν καὶ ὅσιον γενέσθαι, προειληφότα ὅτι πολλοί εἰσιν θεοὶ καὶ οὐχ εἷς; εἰ δὲ καὶ εἷς, ἐν πολλοῖς ἀτοπήμασιν εὑρίσκων αὐτόν, τίς ὅσιος σπουδάσει γενέσθαι, τὴν τῶν ὅλων ἀρχὴν διὰ τὰ ἴδια τῆς φύσεως ἀτοπήματα ἐλπίσας μὴ ἐπέρχεσθαι τὰ ἄλλων ἀδικήματος.

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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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