# Ὁμίλαι 3.40

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/3.40

Ὁμῶς ὁ Σίμων πολλὰ ἀπὸ τῶν γραφῶν ἐδόκει δεικνύειν τὸν Θεὸν παντὶ πάθει ὑποκείμενον. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος ταῦτα ἔφη· εἰ μηδὲν ἀγαπᾶ ὁ κακὸς καὶ πάνυ μοχθηρὸς ἐφ᾽ οἷς ἁμαρτάνει ἑαυτὸν ἐλέγχειν, ἀπόκριναί μοι. καὶ ὁ Σίμων ἔφη· οὐκ ἀγαπᾶ. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος ἔφη· πῶς οὖν κακὸς καὶ μοχθηρὸς εἶναι δύναται ὁ Θεός, εἴπερ αὐτοῦ λήματι τὰ κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ κακὰ δημοσίᾳ γραφέντα προσετέθη; καὶ ὁ Σίμων· ἐνδέχεται μὴ κατὰ προαίρεσιν αὐτοῦ ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρας δυνάμεως τὸν κατ᾽ αὐτοῦ γραφῆναι ἔλεγχον. καὶ ὁ Πέτρος ἔφη· πρῶτον οὖν τοῦτο ζητήσωμεν. εἰ μὲν ὑπὸ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ βουλῆς ἑαυτὸν ἤλεγξεν, ὡς φθάσας συνωμολόγησας, μοχθηρὸς οὐκ ἔστιν, εἰ δὲ ὑφ᾽ ἑτέρας δυνάμεως, ζητητέον καὶ παντὶ σθένει ἐξεταστέον, μή τις αὐτὸν μόνον ἀγαθὸν ὄντα ἐπὶ πᾶσι τοῖς κακοῖς ὑπέβαλεν.

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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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