# Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 32.7

Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΔΣΩΝ ΑΙΠΕΣΕΩΝ ΕΑΕΓΧΟΥ ΒΙΒΔΙΟΝ >, Chapter 32. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/refutatio-omnium-haeresium/32.7

ὁ δημιοργὸς ἀπὸ τοῦ φόβου· τοῦτ’ ἔστιν ὅ λέγει, φησίν, ἡ γραφή· »ἀρχὴ Σοφίας φόβος κυρίου«. αὕτη γὰρ ἀρχὴ τῶν τῆς Σοφίας παθῶν· ἐφοβήθη γάρ, εἶτα ἐλυπήθη, εἶτα ἠπόρησε, καὶ οὕτως ἐπὶ δέηαιν καὶ ἱκετείαν κατέφυγεν. ἔστι δὲ πυρώδης, φησίν, ἡ ψυχικὴ ούσία, καλεῖται δὲ καὶ τόπος <μεσότητος> ὐπ᾿ αὐτῶν ἑβδομὰς καὶ παλαιὸς τῶν ἡμερῶν· καὶ ὅσα τοιαῦτα λέγουσι περὶ τούτου, ταῦτα εἶναι τοῦ φυχικοῦ, ὅν φησιν εἶναι τοῦ κόσμου δημιουργόν.

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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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