# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 3.2-5-5

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 3.2 to 3.5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/3.2-5

καὶ γὰρ οὐκ αἴτιον τὸ ἐργαλεῖον τῶν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ γινομένων, ἀλλὰ ὁ ἐνεργῶν τὸ ἐνέργημα διὰ τοῦ ἐργαλείου δι' οὑ τὸ ἔργον γίνεται, ὡς καὶ γέγραπται »μὴ δοξασθήσεται πρίων ἄνευ τοῦ ἕλκοντος αὐτόν« καὶ τὰ ἑξῆς. οὕτω δὲ ὸρῶμεν ὅτι οὔτε ἡ μάχαιρα αἰτία τοῦ φόνου, ἀλλὰ ὁ τῇ μαχαίρᾳ τὸν φόνον ἐπιχειρήσας καὶ οὐ τὸ κηροπλαστεῖον δύναται δι' ἑαυτοῦ ποιεῖν τὰ πλασσόμενα, ἀλλὰ ὁ τὸ κηροπλαστεῖον καὶ τὸ πλάσμα ἐργασάμενος. οὐκοῦν οὐδὲ οἱ ἄγγελοι αἴτιοι, ἀλλ’ ὁ τοὺς ἀγγέλους ποιήσας, εἰ καὶ <μὴ> ἦν αὐτοῖς τοῦ [μὴ] ποιῆσαι ἄνθρωπον. ἢ γὰρ καταψηφίζεται τῆς ἄνω δυνάμεως ἄγνοιαν καὶ ἀγνωσίαν τῶν μελλόντων ἔσεσθαι, παρὰ τὸ αὐτῆς θέλημα ἐπιτελουμένων, ἢ εὐδοκίᾳ τῇ ἑαυτῆς * τοὺς ἀγγέλους πεποιηκέναι πρὸς τὸ χρήσιμον τὴν κατασκευὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου, οὗ ἤθελε κατασκευάζειν ποιήσασα τοὺς ἀγγέλους, καὶ μὴ ἐντειλαμένη τοῦ μὴ] ἐπιτελέσαι τὸ ἐπιχείρημα τουτέστι τοῦ ἀνθρώπου τὸ πλαστεῖον, ὡς ἡ αὐτοῦ μυθώδης τεχνουργία περιέχει.

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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/.