# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 26.7-10

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 26.7 to 26.10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/26.7

οὕτω καὶ ὁ ματαιόφρων Ἐβίων καὶ οἱ ἀμφ᾿ αὐτὸν προὔλαβον ἑαυτοὺς κατατέμνοντες καὶ ἀναιροῦντες ἀπ᾿ ἀρχῆς ἐκεῖνα ἐφ’ οἷς καὶ σεμνύνονται. Χριστὸς γὰρ ἑαυτὸν οὐ περιέτεμεν, παιδίον γεννηθείς· δόξα δὲ τῷ ἐλεήμονι θεῶ, οτι ἑαυτὸν προέλαβεν ὁ Ἐβίων, ἵνα τὰ ἀληθινὰ μὴ ὁμολογγήσῃ, εἰς τὸ καὶ ἔλεγχον αὐτῷ τοῦτο γενέσθαι. εἰ μὲν γὰρ ἔλεγεν αὐτὸν θεὸν ἄνωθεν ἥκοντα περιτετμῆσθαι τὴν ὀκταήμερον <περιτομὴν> ὑπὸ τῆς Μαρίας, τὸ τηνικαῦτα θεὸς ὢν συγχωρῶν κατὰ ἰδίαν εὐδοκίαν) παρεῖχεν ἂν τῷ ἀγύρτῃ τὴν περὶ τῆς περιτομῆς πιθανολογίαν. ὀπότε δὲ ψιλὸν ἄνθρωπον αὐτὸν γεγενῆσθαι ἀπὸ ἀνθρώπων παρεισφέρει, οὐκέτι αἴτιός ἐστιν ὁ παῖς, εἰ καὶ τὴν ὀκταήμερον περιτομὴν περιετμήθη. οὐ γὰρ ἑαυτὸν περιέ- τέμεν, ἀλλὰ ὑπὸ ἀνθρώπων περιετμήθη. καὶ γὰρ οἱ παῖδες οὐχ ἑαυτοὺς περιτέμνουσι καὶ οὐδὲ αἴτιοί εἰσι τῆς ἑαυτῶν περιτομῆς, ἀλλ’ οἱ αὐτῶν γονεῖς. ἐκεῖνοι γὰρ ἀδαεῖς ὄντες νηπιάζουσιν ἀγνοοῦντες καὶ οὐδὲ οἴδασι τί αὐτοῖς ἀπὸ τῶν γονέων γίνεται.

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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/.