# Ὁμίλαι 2.47

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/2.47

Ταῦτα ἐγὼ Κλήμης ἀκούσας ἔφην· ἀληθῶς τοῦτο θεοσέβεια, τοῦτο ἀληθῶς εὐσέβεια. πάλιν τε ἔφην· ἤθελον μαθεῖν οὖν, διὰ τί οὕτως ἐγράφησαν αἱ βίβλοι. μέμνημαι γὰρ ὡς ἔφης, ὅτι εἰς ἔλεγχον τᾶν μελλόντων τολμᾶν πιστεύειν τι λεγόμενον κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ. πλὴν ἐπεὶ χαρίζῃ ἡμῖν, πυνθάνεσθαι τολμῶμεν, σοῦ κελεύσαντος, εἴ τις βουληθείη, φίλτατε Πέτρε, λέγειν ἡμῖν· ἀληθῆ ἐστιν τὰ γεγραμμένα, κἄν σοι ψευδῆ δοκῇ τὰ κατὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ ῥηθέντα· πῶς ἀποκριθῶμεν αὐτῷ;

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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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