# Panarion (Adversus haereses) 8.1-7-2

Epiphanius, Panarion (Adversus haereses), 8.1 to 8.2. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/epiphanius/panarion-adversus-haereses/8.1-7

8. Ὁ γὰρ κύριος ἡμῶν Ἰησοῦς Χριστὸς καὶ θεὸς Λόγος, ὁ ἐκ πατρὸς πρὸ πάντων τῶν αἰώνων ἀνάρχως καὶ ἀχρόνως γεννηθείς, οὐκ ὄφις (μὴ γένοιτο), ἀλλὰ κατὰ τοῦ ὄφεως αὐτὸς ἠλθεν. ἐὰν δὲ εἴπῃ »γίνεσθε φρόνιμοι ὡς ὁ ὄφις καὶ ἀκέραιοι ὡς ἡ περιστερά«, δεῖ ἡμᾶς ἐρωτᾶν καὶ γινώσκειν διὰ τί τὰ δύο ταῦτα πρόσωπα ἡμῖν εἰς διδασκαλίαν παρεισήγαγεν, τῆς τε περιστερᾶς καὶ τοῦ ὄφεως.

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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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