# Adversus haereses (liber 5) 1

Irenaeus, Adversus haereses (liber 5), Fragment 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/irenaeus/adversus-haereses-liber-5/1

Τῷ δὲ μόνῳ βεβαίῳ καὶ ἀληθεῖ διδασκάλῳ ἑπόμενος τῷ Λόγῳ Θεοῦ Ἰησοῦ Χριστῷ τῷ Κυρίῳ ἡμῶν, τῷ διὰ τὴν ὑπερβάλλουσαν αὐτοῦ ἀγάπην γεγονότι τοῦτο ὅπερ ἐσμέν, ἵνα ἡμᾶς εἶναι καταρτίσῃ ἐκεῖνο ὅπερ ἐστὶν αὐτός. Οὐ γὰρ ἄλλως ἡμεῖς μαθεῖν ἐδυνάμεθα τὰ τοῦ Θεοῦ, εἰ μὴ ὁ διδάσκαλος ἡμῶν, Λόγος ὤν, ἄνθρωπος ἐγένετο. Οὐδὲ γὰρ ἄλλος υἱός τις ἦν ἐξηγήσασθαι τὰ τοῦ Πατρός, εἰ μὴ ὁ ἀΐδιος αὐτοῦ Λόγος.

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Irenaeus Theol., Adversus haereses (liber 5). 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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