# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 5.13

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Πτολεμαϊτῶν ιݲγݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας λݲγݲ., Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/5.13

ἀργεῖν γὰρ θέλει ἡμᾶς ἀπὸ τῶν ἔργων τῶν πονηρῶν. καὶ νηστεύειν δέ· ἀλλὰ οὐχὶ σωματικὴν βούλεται νηστείαν ἡμᾶς νηστεύειν, ἀλλὰ τὴν πνευματικήν, ἐν ᾖ εστιν ἀποχὴ πάντων τῶν φαύλων. φυλάσσεται μέντοι Τε καὶ παρὰ τοῖς ἡμετέροις ἠ κατὰ τὸ φαινόμενον νηστεία, ἐπεὶ καὶ χυχῇ τι συμβάλλεσθαι δύναται αὕτη μετὰ λόγου γινομένη, ὁπότε μηδὲ διὰ τὴν πρός τινας μίμησιν γίνεται μήτε διὰ τὸ ἔθος μήτε διὰ τὴν ἡμέραν, ὡς ὡρισμένης <εἰς> τοῦτο ἡμέρας.

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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/.