# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 12.8-9

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 12.8 to 12.9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/12.8

καὶ πολλά ἐστιν ἄλλα ἃ λέγουσι ληρώδη. * καίτοι γε τοῦ Ζαχαρίου μὴ ἀποκτανθέντος εὐθύς, ἀλλὰ καὶ ἐπιμείναντος μετὰ τὴν τοῦ Ἰωάννου γέννησιν καὶ προφητεύσαντος περί τε Ἰωάννου καὶ περὶ τῆς παρουσίας τοῦ κυρίου καὶ ἐνσάρκου γεννήσεως ἀπὸ τῆς ἁγίας παρθένου Μαρίας διὰ πνεύ- ματος ἀγίου, ὡς λέγει καὶ σύ, παιδίον, προφήτης ὑψίστου κληθήσῃ· προπορεύσῃ γὰρ πρὸ προσώπου κυρίου ἑτοιμάσαι ὁδοὺς αὐτοῦ‘, »ἐπιστρέψαι καρδίας πατέρων ἐπὶ τέκνα καὶ ἀπειθεῖς ἐν φρονήσει« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. πόσα δὲ ἄλλα ἔστιν εἰπεῖν περὶ τῆς αὐτῶν ψευδηγορίας καὶ τοῦ αὐτῶν μιασμοῦ;

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Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2021.tlg002.local001/.