# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 20.2-4

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 20.2 to 20.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/20.2

οὔτε γὰρ πρὸ τοῦ πειρασμοῦ ἐν γάμῳ φάσκει τὸν Χριστὸν ἡκέναι οὔθ᾿ ὅλως τι τῶν θεοσημείων εἰργάσατο <πρὶν> ἢ τοῦ κηρύγματος ἤρξατο, εἰ μή τι ἃ λέγεται περὶ αὐτοῦ ἐν παιγνίῳ ὅτε παιδίον ἦν πεποιηκέναι. ἔδει γὰρ καὶ παιδικὰ ἔχειν αὐτὸν σημεῖα, ἵνα μὴ πρόφασις γένηται ταῖς ἄλλαις αἱρέσεσι λέγειν ὅτι ἀπὸ τοῦ Ἰορδάνου ἦλθεν<ν ὁ> Χριστὸς εἰς αὐτόν, ὅπερ ἐστὶν ἡ περιστερά· τοῦτο γάρ φασι διὰ τὴν ψῆφον τοῦ ωݲ καὶ ἄλφα, ὅ ἐστι περιστεερά, ἐπείπερ ἔφη ὁ σωτήρ »ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ᾱ καὶ ἐγώ εἰμι τὸ ωݲ«. διὸ καὶ ἐν τῷ δωδεκάτῳ ἔτει τῆς γεννήσεως αὐτοῦ εἰσάγει τὸν Ἰησοῦν ὁ Λουκᾶς εἰρηκότα πρὸς τὴν Μαριὰμ ζητοῦσαν αὐτόν, ἡνίκα τοῖς διδασκάλοις προσδιελέγετο ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις·

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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/.