# Eclogae propheticae 17

Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/eclogae-propheticae/17

Ὁ θεὸς ἡμᾶς ἐποίησεν οὐ προόντας. ἐχρῆν γὰρ καὶ εἰδέναι ἡμᾶς ὅπου ἦμεν, εἰ προῆμεν, καὶ πῶς καὶ διὰ τί δεῦρο ἥκομεν· εἰ δ᾿ οὐ προῆμεν, τῆς γενέσεως μόνος αἴτιος ὁ θεός. ὡς οὖν οὐκ ὄντας ἐποίησεν, οὕτως καὶ γενομένους σῴζει τῇ ἰδίᾳ χάριτι, ἐὰν ἄξιοι καὶ ἐπιτήδειοι φανῶμεν, εἰ δὲ μή, παρήσει πρὸς τὸ οἰκεῖον τέλος· »καὶ γὰρ ζώντων ἐστὶ καὶ νεκρῶν κύριος.«

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Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae, ed. Otto Stählin. 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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