# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 16.7

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Οὐαλεντίνων τῶν καὶ ΓνωστιΚῶν ݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας λα., Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/16.7

Ταύτην σύνταξιν καὶ οὐσίαν τῆς ὕλης γεγενῆσθαι λέγουσιν, ἐξ ἧς ὅδε ὁ κόσμος συνέστηκεν. ἐκ μὲν γὰρ τῆς ἐπιστροφῆς τὴν τοῦ κόσμου καὶ τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ πᾶσαν ψυχὴν τὴν γένεσιν εἰληφέναι, ἐκ δὲ τοῦ φόβου καὶ τῆς λύπης τὰ λοιπὰ τὴv ἀρχὴν ἐσχηκέναι. ἀπὸ γὰρ τῶν δακρύων αὐτῆς γεγονέναι πᾶσαν ἕνυγρον οὐσίαν, ἀπὸ δὲ τοῦ γέλωτος τὴν φωτεινήν, ἀπὸ δὲ τῆς λύπης καὶ ἐκπλήξεως τὰ σωματικὰ τοῦ κόσμου στοιχεῖα.

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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.
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