# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 16.3-6

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 16.3 to 16.6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/16.3

διὸ καὶ αὐτὴν τοῖς ἀμφοτέροις ὀνόμασι καλεῖσθαι, Σοφίαν τε πατρωνυμικῶς (ὁ γὰρ πατὴρ αὐτῆς Σοφία κλῄζεται) καὶ Πνεῦμα ἅγιον ἀπὸ τοῦ περὶ τὸν Χριστὸν πνεύματος. μορφωθεῖσαν δὲ αὐτὴν καὶ ἔμφρονα γενηθεῖσαν, παραυτίκα δὲ κενωθεῖσαν τοῦ ἀοράτως αὐτῇ συνόντος Λόγου τουτέστιν τοῦ Χριστοῦ, ἐπὶ ζήτησιν ὁρμῆσαι τοῦκαταλιπόντος αὐτὴν φωτὸς καὶ μὴ δυνηθῆναι καταλαβεῖν αὐτὸ διὰ τὸ κωλυθῆναι ὑπὸ τοῦ Ὅρου. καὶ ἐνταῦθα τὸν Ὅρον κωλύοντα αὐτὴν τῆς εἰς τοῦμπροσθεν ὁρμῆς εἰπεῖν »Ἰαώ«· ὅθεν τὸ Ἰαὼ ὄνομα γεγενῆσθαι φάσκουσι. μὴ δυνηθεῖσαν δὲ διοδεῦσαι τὸν Ὅρον διὰ τὸ συμπεπλέχθαι τῷ πάθει καὶ μόνην ἀπολειφθεῖσαν ἔξω, παντὶ μέρει τοῦ πάθους ὑποπεσεῖν, πολυμεροῦς καὶ πολυποικίλου ὐπάρχοντος, καὶ παθεῖν λύπην μέν, ὅτι οὐ κατέλαβεν, φόβον δέ, μὴ καθάπερ αὐτὴν τὸ φῶς οὕτω καὶ τὸ ζῆν ἐπιλίπῃ, ἀπορίαν τε ἐπὶ τούτοις. ἐν ἀγνοίᾳ δὲ τὰ πάντα· καὶ οὐ καθάπερ ἡ μήτηρ αὐτῆς, ἡ πρώτη Σοφία Αἰών, ἑτεροίωσιν ἐν τοῖς πάθεσιν εἶχεν, ἀλλὰ ἐναντιότητα. ἐπισυμβεβηκέναι δ᾿ αὐτῇ καὶ ἑτέραν διάθεσιν, τὴν τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς ἐπὶ τὸν ζωοποιήσαντα.

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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/.