# Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 11.4-3

Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΑΣΩΝ ΑΙΡΕΣΕΩΝ, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/refutatio-omnium-haeresium/11.4-3

τὸ δὲ σκότος ὕδωρ εἶναί φασι φοβερόν, εἰς ὃ κατέσπασται <καὶ> μετενήνεκται εἰς τοιαύτην φύσιν μετὰ τοῦ πνεύματος τὸ φῶς. φρόνιμον οὖν τὸ σκότος ὂν καὶ γινῶσκον, ὅτι, ἂν ἀπαρθῇ ἀπ᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸ φῶς, μένει τὸ σκότος ἔρημον, ἀφανές, ἀλαμπές, ἀδύναμον, ἄπρακτον, ἀσθενές, <οὕ>τω δὴ πάσῃ συνέσει καὶ φρονήσει βιάζεται εἰς ἑαυτὸ τὴν λαμπηδόνα καὶ τὸν σπινθῆρα τοῦ φωτὸς μετὰ τῆς τοῦ πνεύματος εὐωδίας.

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Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, ed. Paul Wendland. 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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