# Ὁμίλαι 2.49

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/2.49

Καὶ ὁ Πέτρος ἀπεκρίνατο· εὐκόπως ἐλεγχθῆναι δυνάμενον προέτεινας ἡμῖν· πλὴν ἄκουσον, πῶς οὐδὲν ἀγνοεῖ Θεὸς, ἀλλὰ καὶ προγινώσκει. ὅ δὲ πυνθάνομαί σου, πρῶτον ἀπόκριναί μοι ὁ τὰς βίβλους γράψας καὶ εἰπὼν πῶς ὁ κόσμος ἐκτίσθη καὶ ὅτι οὐ προγινώσκει ὁ Θεός, ἄνθρωπος ἦν, ἢ οὔ; κᾀγὼ ἔφην· ἄνθρωπος. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος ἀπεκρίνατο· ἀνθρώπῳ οὖν ὄντι, πόθεν δυνατὸν ἦν εἰδέναι ἀψευδῶς, πῶς ὁ κόσμος ἐκτίσθη, καὶ ὅτι ὁ Θεὸς οὐ προγινώσκει;

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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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