# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 2.3.3

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Haeresis praef2, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/2.3.3

ἀλλὰ καθάπερ τοῖς προειρημένοις συγγραφεῦσι διὰ σπουδῆς ἐγένετο οὐ τὸ κακὸν σημᾶναι, ἀλλὰ πρὸς φόβον καὶ ἀσφάλειαν τῆς ἀνθρωπείας φύσεως, εἰς τὸ γινώσκειν τὰ δεινὰ καὶ ἀλετήρια καὶ προασφαλίζεσθαι καὶ διαδιδράσκειν σὺν τῇ τοῦ θεοῦ δυνάμει διὰ τοῦ προσέχειν καὶ μὴ συναμιλλᾶσθαι τοῖς δηλητηρίοις τοιούτοις περιτυχόντας καὶ ὑπὸ τῶν τοιτούτων ἐπιβουλευθέντας ἢ δι’ ἐμφυσήματος ἢ δήγματος ἢ θεωρίας, οἱ αὐτοὶ τὰ αὐτὰ μεριμνήσαντες 〈ἅμα〉καὶ ἀλεξητήρια ῥιζῶν τε καὶ βοτανῶν προετύπωσαν πρὸς ἀθέτησιν τῆς τῶν προειρημένων ἑρπετῶν μοχθηρίας, —

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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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