# De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum) 20

Hippolytus, De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum), Fragment 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/de-benedictione-balaam-fragmenta-ap-irenaeum/20

Οὐ πορεύσῃ μετ' αὐτῶν, οὐδὲ καταράσῃ τὸν λαόν. Οὐ περὶ τοῦ λαοῦ αἰνίττεται, πάντες γὰρ κατεστρώθησαν· ἀλλὰ διὰ τὸ προδηλούμενον τοῦ Χριστοῦ μυστήριον. Ἐπειδὴ γὰρ ἔμελλεν ἐκ τῶν πατέρων κατὰ σάρκα γεννᾶσθαι, προδιδάσκει τὸ πνεῦμα τὸν ἄνδρα, μήποτε κατὰ ἄγνοιαν πορευθεὶς καταράσηται τὸν λαόν. Οὐχ ὡς ἀρὰν ἰσχύουσαν παρὰ τὴν τοῦ Θεοῦ βούλησιν, ἀλλ' εἰς ἔνδειξιν τῆς τοῦ Θεοῦ προνοίας, ἧς εἶχε διὰ τοὺς προπάτορας εἰς αὐτούς.

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Hippolytus Scr. Eccl., De benedictione Balaam (fragmenta ap. Irenaeum). Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
License: CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2115.tlg046.local001/.