# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 21.5.1-5

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 21.5.1 to 21.5.5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/21.5.1

5. Ἀνατρέπεται δὲ τοῦτο τὸ δόγμα ἀπ' αὐτῆς τῆς ἀληθείας. εἰ γὰρ αὐτὸς εἴη ἡ δύναμις τοῦ θεοῦ ἡ μεγάλη καὶ τὸ σὺν αὐτῷ πορ- νίδιον τὸ πνεῦμα τὸ ἅγιον ὡς αὐτός φησι, φησάτω τί τὸ ὄνομα τῆς δυνάμεως ἢ τίνι τῷ λόγῳ τὸ ἐπίθετον τῇ μὲν γυναικὶ ἐφηύρατο, ἑαυτῷ δὲ οὐδὲν τὸ παράπαν· πῶς δὲ ἐν χρόνῳ τινὶ εὑρίσκεται κατὰ διαδοχὴν τὸ χρεὼν ἐπὶ τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀποδούς, ὅτε ἐν μέσῃ τῶν Ῥωμαίων πόλει ὁ τάλας καταπεσὼν τέθνηκεν· τίνι <δὲ> τῷ λόγῳ ὁ Πέτρος ἀπεφήνατο, αὐτὸν μὴ κλῆρον μὴ μερίδα ἔχειν ἐν τῷ μέρει τῆς θεοσεβείας· πῶς δὲ δύναται ὁ κόσμος θεοῦ ἀγαθοῦ μὴ ὑπάρχειν, ὁπότε ἐξ αὐτοῦ πάντες οἱ ἀγαθοὶ ἐξελέγησαν· πῶς δὲ ἀριστερὰ εἴη δύναμις ἡ ἐν νόμῳ καὶ ἐν προφήταις λαλήσασα, ἥτις περὶ τῆς ἐλεύσεως τοῦ Χριστοῦ <ἀπὸ τοῦ> ἀγαθοῦ θεοῦ προκεκήρυχεν καὶ τὰ φαῦλα πάντα ἀπαγορεύει·

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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/.