# Ὁμίλαι 3.20

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/3.20

Πλὴν ἐπὶ τὸν πρῶτον τῆς ἀληθείας ἐφόρα μοι λόγον. ἐὰν τῷ ὑπὸ χειρῶν Θεοῦ κυοφορηθέντι ἀνθρώπῳ τὸ ἅγιον Χριστοῦ μὴ δῷ τις ἔχειν πνεῦμα, πῶς ἑτέρῳ τινὶ ἐκ μυσαρᾶς σταγόνος γεγενημένῳ διδοὺς ἔχειν οὐ τὰ μέγιστα ἀσεβεῖ; τὰ δὲ μέγιστα εὐσεβῇ, ἐὰν ἑτέρῳ μὲν μὴ δῴη ἔχειν, ἐκεῖνον δὲ μόνον ἔχειν λέγοι, ὃς ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς αἰῶνος ἅμα τοῖς ὀνόμασιν μορφὰς ἀλλάσσων τὸν αἰῶνα τρέχει, μέχρις ὅτε ἰδίων χρόνων τυχών, διὰ τοὺς καμάτους Θεοῦ ἐλέει χρισθείς, εἰς ἀεὶ ἕξει τὴν ἀνάπαυσιν. οὗτος ἄρχειν τε καὶ κυριεύειν πάντων τῶν ἐν ἀέρι καὶ γῇ καὶ ὕδασιν τετίμηται· πρὸς τούτοις δὲ αὐτοῦ πεποιηκότος τὸν ἄνθρωπον τὴν πνοὴν ἔσχεν, ψυχῆς ἄῤῥητον περιβολήν, ὅπως ἀθάνατος εἶναι δυνηθῇ.

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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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