# Ancoratus 72.1-2

Epiphanius, Ancoratus, 72.1 to 72.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/ancoratus/72.1

72. Πνεύματα δὲ πλεῖστά φησιν ἡ γραφή· »ὁ ποιῶν τοὺς ἀγγέλους αὐτοῦ πνεύματα καὶ τοὺς λειτουργοὺς αὐτοῦ πυρὸς φλόγα« καί »πάντα τὰ πνεύματα αἰνεῖτε τὸν κύριον‘. χάρισμα δὲ ἀξίοις διδοται »διακρίσεως πνευμάτων‘. ἃ μὲν γὰρ ἐπουράνιά ἐστι, »χαίροντα τῇ ἀληθείᾳ«, ἃ δὲ ἐπίγεια, ἀπάτης καὶ πλάνης ἐπιτήδεια, ἃ δὲ ὑπόγεια, ἀβύσσου καὶ σκότους τέκνα· »παρεκάλει« γὰρ τὸ εὐαγγέλιόν φησιν ἴνα μὴ πέμψῃ αὐτοὺς εἰς τὴν ἄβυσσον ἀπελθεῖν«· ὡσαύτως δὲ καὶ τοῖς πνεύμασιν ἀπέτασσε καὶ πνεύματα δὲ ἐξεδίωκε λόγῳ καὶ »οὐκ εἴα αὐτὰ λαλεῖν«.

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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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