# Refutatio Omnium Haeresium 9.4-2

Hippolytus, Refutatio Omnium Haeresium, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΟΓΔΟΟΝ., Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/hippolytus-scr-eccl/refutatio-omnium-haeresium/9.4-2

τὸ δὲ φωτισθὲν ὁμοῦ καὶ μορφωθὲν ἐκείναις ἄνωθεν ταῖς πολυποικίλοις ἰδέαις πῆξιν ἔλαβε καὶ ἀνεδέξατο τὰς ιδέας τὰς ἄνωθεν ἁπάσας ἀπὸ τοῦ τρίτου αἰῶνος τοῦ τριπλασιάσαντος αὑτόν. ὁ δὲ αἰὼν οὗτος ὁ τρίτος τοὺς χαρακτῆρας βλέπων πάντας ἀθρόως τοὺς ἑαυτοῦ εἰς τὸ ὑποκείμενον κάτω σκότος κατειλημμένους, τήν τε δύναμιν τοῦ σκότους οὐκ ἀγνοῶν καὶ τὸ ἀφελὲς του φωτὸς ομου καὶ ἄφθονον, οὐκ εἴασεν ἐπὶ πολὺ τοὺς φωτεινοὺς χαρακτῆρας ἄνωθεν ὑπὸ τοῦ σκότους κάτω κατασπασθῆναι·

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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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