# Ὁμίλαι 3.54

Clemens Romanus, Ὁμίλαι, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clemens-romanus/text-4/3.54

Ὅθεν ἀδύνατόν ἐστιν ἄνευ τῆς τούτου διδασκαλίας ἀληἐπιστῆναι, κἄν τὸν αἰῶνα τις ζητῇ, ἔνθα τὸ ζητούμενον οὐκ ἔστιν. ἦν δὲ καὶ ἔστιν ἐν τῷ Ἰησοῦ ἡμῶν λόγῳ. πλὴν τἀληθῆ τοῦ νόμου εἰδὼς Σαδδουκαίοις πυνθανομένοις, καθ᾽ ὅν λόγον Μωϋσῆς ἑπτὰ συνεχώρησεν γαμεῖν, ἔφη· Μωϋσῆς κατὰ τὴν σκληροκαρδίαν ὑμῶν ἐπέτρεψεν ὑμῖν. ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς γὰρ οὕτως οὐκ ἐγένετο. ὁ γὰρ κτίσας ἀπ᾽ ἀρχῆς τὸν ἄνθρωπον ἄρσεν καὶ θῆλυ ἐποίησεν αὐτόν.

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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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