# Libros quinque adversus haereses 1-6

Irenaeus, Libros quinque adversus haereses, Κεφ. ιγ΄.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/irenaeus/libros-quinque-adversus-haereses/1-6

1. ΠΡΟΣ δὲ τούτοις ἀμύθητον πλῆθος ἀποκρύφων καὶ νόθων γραφῶν, ἃς αὐτοὶ ἔπλασαν, παρεισφέρουσιν εἰς κατάπληξιν τῶν ἀνοήτων, καὶ τὰ τῆς ἀληθείας μὴ ἐπισταμένων γράμματα. Προσπαραλαμβάνουσι δὲ εἰς τοῦτο κᾀκεῖνο τὸ ῥᾳδιούργημα, 1ὡς τοῦ Κυρίου τὰ διὰ 2 τοῦ διδασκάλου αὐτῷ φήσαντος, καθὼς ἔθος ἐστὶν, εἰπὲ ἄλφα, ἀποκρίνασθαι τὸ ἄλφα. Πάλιν τε τὸ βῆτα τοῦ διδασκάλου κελεύσαντος εἰπεῖν, ἀποδοὺς κρίνασθαι τὸν Κύριον· σύ μοι πρότερον εἰπὲ τί ἐστι τὸ ἄλφα, καὶ τότε σοι ἐρῶ τί ἐστι τὸ βῆτα. Καὶ τοῦτο ἐξηγοῦνται, ὡς αὐτοῦ μόνου τὸ ἄγνωστον ἐπισταμένου, ὃ ἐφανέρωσεν ἐν τῷ τόπῳ τοῦ ἄλφα.

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Irenaeus, Libros quinque adversus haereses, ed. William Wigan Harvey. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg1447.tlg001.local001/.