# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 6.7-2

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), Κατὰ Ὀφιτῶν ݲ, τῆς δὲ ἀκολουθίας λݲζݲ., Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/6.7-2

πῶς οὖν βασιλεὺς ἐπουράνιος ὁ ὄφις, εἴπερ κατὰ τοῦ Πατρὸς ἐγήγερται; πῶς δὲ εἰ τὴν γνῶσιν δίδωσιν, ἐν ἀπάτῃ καταγγέλλεται ἠπατηκέναι τὴν Εὔαν; ὁ δὲ δί ἀπάτης γνῶσιν ἐντιθεὶς οὐκέτι γνῶσιν δίδωσιν, ἀλλὰ ἀντὶ γνώσεως ἀγνωσίαν, ὡς καὶ ἀληθῶς ἔστιν ἰδεῖν ὅτι τοῦτο ἐν αὐτοῖς τελειοῦται. ἀγνωσίαν γὰρ ἔχοντες γνῶσιν ταύτην νομίζουσιν, ἐν τούτῳ ἀληθεύοντες ἐν τῷ τὴν ἑαυτῶν γνῶσιν ἀπάτην καὶ ἀγνωσίαν λέγειν.

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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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