# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 21.7

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Haeresis 21, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/21.7

7. Καὶ ταῦτά μοι ἐν ἐπιτομῇ πρὸς τὴν τούτου αἵρεσιν εἰρημένα ἀρκέσει τοῖς ἐντυγχάνουσιν εἰς πρόφασιν ἀληθείας τε καὶ ἰάσεως καὶ εἰς ἔλεγχον τῶν διὰ τῆς τοιαύτης θηριώδους φθορᾶς πειρωμένων ἀδικεῖν τοὺς ἀγνοοῦντας. ὑπερβήσομαι δὲ καὶ ἐφ᾿ ἑτέρας πάλιν βαδιοῦμαι αἱρέσεως ἔλεγχον, τούτου τὴν ἰοβολίαν ἱκανῶς συντρίψας. ἔστιν γὰρ ἐν αὐτῷ μεταβολὴ καὶ ἐνδοιασμός, πλάνου μὲν ὄντος αὐτοῦ μορφὴν δὲ ὀνόματος Χριστοῦ ἐνδυσαμένου, ὡς ἡ τῶν ἐκτρωμάτων ἑρπετώδης ἐξ οὐρίων ᾠῶν ἀσπίδων κυϊσκομένη φθορὰ καὶ ἄλλων ἐχιδνῶν, ὥς φησιν ὁ προφήτης »ᾠὰ ἀσπίδων ἔρρηξαν, καὶ ὁ μέλλων τῶν ᾠῶν αὐτῶν φαγεῖν ηὺρεν οϋριον καὶ ἐν αὐτῷ βασιλίσκον«. ἀλλὰ τῇ δυνάμει ὡς ἔφην τοῦ Χριστοῦ τοῦτον παίσαντες διὰ τῶν τῆς ἀληθείας λόγων καὶ τὴν αὐτοῦ λύμην ἀφανίσαντες ἐπὶ τὰς ἑξῆς ἴωμεν, ἀγαπητοί.

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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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