# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 26.1-2-4

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 26.1 to 26.4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/26.1-2

26. Καὶ ὅτι ἐπλανήθη ἡ Ἀχαμὼθ ἐκτὸς τοῦ Πληρώματος καὶ ἐμορφώθη φώθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Χριστοῦ καὶ ἀνεζητήθη ὑπὸ τοῦ Σωτῆρος, μηνύειν αὐτὸν λέγουσιν ἐν τῷ εἰπεῖν αὐτὸν ἐληλυθέναι ἐπὶ τὸ πεπλανημένον <πρόβατον>. πρόβατον μὲν γὰρ πεπλανημένον τὴν Μητέρα αὐτῶν ἐξηγοῦντα λέγεσθαι, ἐξ ἧς τὴν ὧδε θέλουσιν ἐσπάρθαι ἐκκλησίαν· πλάνην δὲ τὴν ἐκτὸς Πληρώματος ἐν <πᾶσι> τοῖς πάθεσι ἐκκλησίαν· πλάνην δὲ τὴν ἐκτὸς Πληρώματος τίθενται. τὴν δὲ γυναῖκα τὴν σαροῦσαν τὴν οἰκίαν καὶ εὑρίσκουσαν τὴν δραχμὴν τὴν ἄνω Σοφίαν διηγοῦνται λέγεσθαι, ἥτις ἀπολέσασα τὴν Ἐνθύμησιν αὐτῆς, ὕστερον καθαρισθέντων πάντων διὰ τῆς τοῦ Σωτῆρος παρουσίας εὑρίσκει αὐτήν, διὸ καὶ ταύτην ἀποκαθίστασθαι κατ᾿ αὐτοὺς ἐντὸς Πληρώματος. Συμεῶνα <δὲ> τὸν εἰς τὰς ἀγκάλας λαβόντα τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ εὐχαριστήσαντα τῷ θεῷ καὶ εἰπόντα »νῦν ἀπολύεις τὸν δοῦλόν σου, δέσποτα, κατὰ τὸ ῥῆμά σου ἐν εἰρήνῃ« τύπον εἶναι τοῦ Δημιουργοῦ λέγουσιν, ὃς ἐλθόντος τοῦ Σωτῆρος ἔμαθε τὴν μετάθεσιν αὐτοῦ καὶ ηὐχαρίστησε τῷ Βυθῷ.

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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/.