# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 7.9-3-10

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 7.9 to 7.10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/7.9-3

εἰ δὲ καὶ ἥσσων τῇ δυνάμει ἐστίν, οὐκέτι εὑρεθήσεται ἡ δημιουργία συνεστῶσα, ἀλλ’ ἐξέλιπεν ἔκπαλαι, ἀναρπαζομένη καθ᾿ ἑκάστην ἡμέραν ὑπό τε τοῦ πονηροῦ εἰς τὸ ἴδιον μέρος καὶ ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ εἰς τὰ ἄνω. καὶ πῶς ἔτι ἡ δημιουργία σταθήσεται; εἰ δὲ ὅτι χρόνω λήξει λέγεις καὶ δυνατὸν ταύτην ὅλως λήγειν διὰ τῆς τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ ἐπιμελείας, οὐκοῦν ὁ ἀγαθὸς αἴτιος τῆς βλάβης ἔσται ὁ μὴ πάλαι ποιήσας, ὅπερ ὕστερον ἀγαθὸν ἔδοξεν ἐπιτελεῖν, μήτε μὴν πεποιηκὼς ἀπὸ τῶν ἀνέκαθεν, πρὶν ἢ τοὺς πλείους ἀδικηθῆναι καὶ ἐν καθέζει αὐτοὺς γενέσθαι τοῦ κριτοῦ καὶ κάτω μεμενηκέναι;

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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/.