# Ancoratus 52.4

Epiphanius, Ancoratus, Chapter 52. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/ancoratus/52.4

οὐκ ἔστι δὲ τούτων οὐδὲν εἰς θεόν, ὡς ὑπολαμβάνεις, ὦ κενόδοξε. παρὰ θεῷ γὰρ ταῦτα οὐκ ἕστιν. οὔτε θέλων τοίνυν ἐγέννησεν οὔτε μὴ θέλων, ἀλλ’ ὑπερβολῇ φύσεως. ὑπερβαίνει γὰρ ἡ θεία φύσις βουλὴν καὶ οὐχ ὑποπίπτει χρόνῳ οὔτε ἀνάγκῃ ἄγεται.

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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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