# Ancoratus 52.3

Epiphanius, Ancoratus, Chapter 52. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/ancoratus/52.3

ἐὰν εἴπωμεν μὴ θέλων, ἀνάγκῃ περιβάλλομεν τὸ θεῖον, καὶ ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι θέλων, διδόαμεν ὅτι ἦν τὸ θέλημα πρὸ τοῦ Λόγου· κἄν τε ἄτομον καὶ ῥιπὴ ⟨ὀφθαλμοῦ ἤ⟩ πολλοστημόριον ὥρας εἴη, τὸ πολλοστημόριον χρόνου ἐστὶ σημαντικὸν πρὸ Λόγου καὶ πάλιν παρεμπίπτομεν τῷ λόγῳ αὐτῶν. καὶ ἐὰν εἴπωμεν ὅτι οὐ θέλων ἐγέννησεν, ἄρα ἀνάγκῃ φύσεως ἠκται τὸ θεῖον καὶ οὐκ ἐλευθεριότητι θελήματος.

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Epiphanius, Ancoratus, ed. Karl Holl. 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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