# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 4.7-8

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 4.7 to 4.8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/4.7

καὶ εἰ μὲν ἔλεγεν ὁ νόμος »ἐὰν ἅψησθε νεκροῦ«, κατὰ πάντων ἐξεφέρετο ἡ ψῆφος καὶ ἁπλῶς <ἐπὶ> παντὸς νεκροῦ ἠν ἐπικειμένη ἠ τοῦ ζητήματος ὁπότε δὲ λέγει Πὰν ἅψηταί τις τοῦ νεκροῦ«, ἐπὶ ἕνα τινὰ φέρει τὴν ἀγωγήν, φημὶ δὲ ἐπὶ τὸν κύριον, ὡς ἄνω μοι προδεδήλωται. ἔλεγε δὲ τοῦτο αἰνιγματωδῶς ἄρα ὁ νόμος διὰ τοὺς μέλλοντας χεῖρας ἐπιβάλλειν ἐπὶ τὸν Χριστὸν καὶ σταυρῷ παραδιδόναι, ὅτι χρείαν εἶχον οὑτοι καθαρισμοῦ, ἕως δύνῃ αὐτοῖς ἡ ἡμέρα καὶ ἀνατείλῃ αὐτοῖς ἄλλο φῶς διὰ τοῦ βαπτίσματος τοῦ ὕδατος, τοῦ »λουτροῦ τῆς παλιγγενεσίας«·

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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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