# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 2.4-4

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Ὀφιτῶν ݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας λݲζݲ., Chapter 2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/2.4-4

παρὰ τοῖς τοίνυν τὴν ἀλήθειαν ἐπιγινώσκουσι κατα- γέλαστον τοῦτο τὸ δόγμα καὶ οἱ αὐτῷ προσανέχοντες, τὸν ὄφιν ὡς θεὸν δοξάζοντες. μηκέτι γὰρ δυνάμενος ὁ διάβολος τὴν ἀνδρείαν διάνοιαν τὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ κυρίου λαβοῦσαν τὴν δύναμιν τῆς ἀληθείας ἀπατᾶν τρέπεται ἐπὶ τὸ θῆλυ τουτέστιν τὴν τῶν ἀνθρώπων ἄγνοιαν καὶ πείθει τοὺς ἐν τῇ ἀγνοίᾳ, ἐπειδὴ οὐ δύναται τὸν στερεὸν λογισμὸν ἀπατῆσαι.

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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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