# Eclogae propheticae 22

Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/eclogae-propheticae/22

Ἐπεὶ ἐξ ἑαυτῆς κινεῖται ἡ ψυχή, ἡ χάρις ἡ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὃ ἔχει ἡ ψυχή, τὴν προθυμίαν, ἀπαιτεῖ παρ᾿ αὐτῆς, οἷον ἔρανον εἰς σωτηρίαν· βούλεται γὰρ τῆς ψυχῆς ἴδιον εἶναι τὸ ἀγαθόν, ὃ δίδωσιν αὐτῇ ὁ κύριος, οὐ γάρ ἐστιν ἀναίσθητος, ἵνα φέρηται ὡς σῶμα. τὸ μὲν οὖν ἔχειν τοῦ λαβόντος, τὸ λαβεῖν δὲ τοῦ θελήσαντος καὶ ὀρεχθέντος, τὸ κρατεῖν δὲ ὃ ἔλαβεν τοῦ κρατεῖν μελετήσαντος καὶ δυναμένου. διὰ τοῦτο [ἐπὶ] τῇ ψυχῇ ὁ θεὸς τὴν αἵρεσιν δέδωκεν, ἵνα αὐτὸς μὲν μηνύσῃ τὸ δέον, ἥ δὲ ἑλομένη δέξηται καὶ κατάσχῃ.

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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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