# Eclogae propheticae 45

Clement of Alexandria, Eclogae propheticae, Chapter 45. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/clement-of-alexandria/eclogae-propheticae/45

»Ἡ μακροθυμία γλυκύτης ἐστὶν ὑπὲρ τὸ μέλι«, οὐχ ὅτι ἐστὶ μακροθυμία, ἀλλὰ κατὰ τὸν καρπὸν τῆς μακροθυμίας. ἐπεὶ οὐδὲ ὁ ἐγκρατής ἐστιν ἀπαθής, κρατῶν οὐκ ἀπόνως τῶν παθῶν· ὅταν δὲ ἕξις γένηται, οὐκέτι ἐγκρατής, ἐν μιᾷ ἕξει τῷ ἁγίῳ πνεύματι γενομένου τοῦ ἀνθρώπου.

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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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