# Adversus haereses (liber 4) 5

Irenaeus, Adversus haereses (liber 4), Fragment 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/irenaeus/adversus-haereses-liber-4/5

Ἐδίδαξεν ἡμᾶς ὁ Κύριος ὅτι Θεὸν εἰδέναι οὐδεὶς δύναται μὴ οὐχὶ Θεοῦ διδάξαντος, τουτέστιν ἄνευ Θεοῦ μὴ γινώσκεσθαι τὸν Θεόν· αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ γινώσκεσθαι αὐτὸν θέλημα εἶναι τοῦ Πατρός· γνώσονται γὰρ αὐτὸν οἷς ἂν ἀποκαλύψῃ ὁ Υἱός.

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Irenaeus Theol., Adversus haereses (liber 4). 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.
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