# Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 48.1-2

Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, ΤΟΥ ΚΑΤΑ ΠΔΣΩΝ ΑΙΠΕΣΕΩΝ ΕΑΕΓΧΟΥ ΒΙΒΔΙΟΝ >, Chapter 48. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/refutatio-omnium-haeresium/48.1-2

Κέχρηται δὲ διακόνῳ τῷ τῶν ἑπτὰ ἀριθμῶν μεγέθει, ἴνα τῆς αὐτοβουλήτου <βουλῆς> φανερωθῇ ὁ καρπός. τὸν μέντοι ἐπὶ τοῦ παρόντος, φησί, τὸν ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐπισήμου μορφωθέντα νόησον, τὸν ὥσπερ μερισθέντα καὶ ἔξω μείναντα, ὃς τῇ αὑτοῦ δυνάμει τε καὶ φρονήσει διὰ τῆς ἑαυτοῦ προβολῆς τοῦτον <τὸν> [τὴν ζωὴν] ἑπτὰ δυνάμεων μιμήσει τῆς ἑπιταδυνάμου δυνάμεως ἐψύχωσε κόσμον, καὶ ψυχὴν ἔθετο εἶναι τοῦ ὁρωμένου παντός.

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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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