# Libros quinque adversus haereses 3-5

Irenaeus, Libros quinque adversus haereses, Κεφ. ή.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/irenaeus/libros-quinque-adversus-haereses/3-5

3. Τὸ δέλτα στοιχεῖον γράμματα ἐν ἑαυτῷ ἔχει πέντε, αὐτὸ δὲ τὸ δέλτα, καὶ τὸ1 ει, καὶ τὸ λάμβδα, καὶ τὸ ταῦ, καὶ τὸ ἄλφα· καὶ ταῦτα πάλιν τὰ γράμματα δἰ ἄλλων γράφεται γραμμάτων, καὶ τὰ ἄλλα δἰ ἄλλων. Εἰ οὖν ἡ πᾶσα ὑπόστασις τοῦ δέλτα εἰς ἄπειρον ἐκπίπτει, ἀεὶ ἄλλων ἄλλα γράμματα γεννώντων, καὶ διαδεχομένων ἄλληλα, πόσῳ μᾶλλον ἐκείνου τοῦ στοιχείου μεῖζον εἶναι τὸ πέλαγος τῶν γραμμάτων; Καὶ εἰ τὸ ἓν γράμμα οὕτως ἄπειρον, ὅρα ὅλου τοῦ ὀνόματος τὸν βυθὸν τῶν γραμμάτων, ἐξ ὧν τόν προπάτορα Μάρκου Σιγὴ συνεστάναι ἐδογμάτισε. 2Διὸ καὶ τὸν Πατέρα ἐπιστάμενον τὸ ἀχώροτον αὑτοῦ, δεδωκέναι τοῖς στοιχείοις, ἃ καὶ Αἰῶνας καλεῖ, ἑνὶ ἑκάστῳ αὐτῶν τὴν ἰδίαν ἐκφώνησιν ἐκβοᾷν, διὰ τὸ μὴ δύνασθαι ἕνα τὸ ὅλον ἐφωνεῖν.

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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/.