# Ὁμίλαι 2.44

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/2.44

Εἰ δὲ τὸ πῖον ὄρος ἐπιθυμεῖ, καὶ τίνος τὰ πάντα; εἰ ψεύδεται, καὶ τίς ἀληθεύει; εἰ ἐν σκηνῇ οἰκεῖ, καὶ τίς ἀχώρητος; εἰ δὲ ὀρέγεται κνίσσης καὶ θυσιῶν καὶ θυμάτων καὶ προχύσεων, καὶ τίς ἀπροσδεὴς καὶ τίς ἅγιος καὶ τίς καθαρὸς καὶ τίς τέλειος; εἰ λύχνοις καὶ λυχνίαις τέρπεται, καὶ τίς τοὺς φωστῆρας ἔταξεν ἐν οὐρανῷ; εἰ ἐν γνόφῳ καὶ σκότῳ καὶ θυέλλῃ καὶ καπνῷ σύνεστιν, καὶ τίς φῶς ὤν φωτίζει τὸν μέγιστον αἰῶνα; εἰ διὰ σαλπίγγων καὶ ὀλολυγμῶν καὶ βολίδων καὶ τοξευμάτων προσέρχεται, καὶ τίς ἡ τῶν ὅλων προσδόκιμος γαλήνη; εἰ πολέμους αὐτὸς ἀγαπᾷ, καὶ τίς εἰρήνην θέλει; εἰ τὰ κακὰ αὐτὸς κτίζει, καὶ τίς ἀγαθὰ δημιουργεῖ; εἰ ἄστοργος αὐτός, καὶ τίς φιλάνθρωπος; εἰ αὐτὸς πιστὸς οὐκ ἔστιν περὶ ὧν ὑπισχνεῖται, καὶ τίς πιστευθήσεται; εἰ αὐτὸς πονηροὺς καὶ μοιχοὺς καὶ φονεῖς ἀγαπᾷ, καὶ τίς ἔσται δίκαιος κριτής; εἰ αὐτὸς μεταμελεῖται, καὶ τίς βέβαιος; εἰ αὐτὸς κακοὺς ἐκλέγεται, καὶ τίς ἀγαθοὺς προσίεται;

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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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