# Fragmenta 39

Marcellus Ancyranus, Fragmenta, Fragment 39. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/marcellus-ancyranus/fragmenta/39

Re 32 ὅτι τὰ τοιαῦτα γράφων Ὠριγένης ἰδίοις ἐχρῆτο δόγμασιν, δῆλον ἀφ’ ὦν καὶ τὰ ἑαυτοῦ ἀνατρέπει πολλάκις ἐν γοῦν ἑτέρῳ χωρίῳ ἅτινα περὶ θεοῦ λέγει, ἀκόλουθόν ἐστιν ὑπομνῆσαι. γράφει δὲ οὕτως· οὐ γὰρ ὁ θεὸς πατὴρ εἶναι ἤρξατο κωλυόμενος, ὡς οἱ γινόμενοι πατέρες ἄνθρωποι, ὑπὸ τοῦ μὴ δύνασθαί πω πατέρες εἶναι. εἰ γὰρ ἀεὶ τέλειος ὁ θεὸς, καὶ πάρεστιν αὐτῷ δύναμις τοῦ πατέρα αὐτὸν εἶναι, καὶ καλὸν αὐτὸν εἶναι πατέρα τοιούτου υἱοῦ, <τί> ἀναβάλλεται καὶ τοῦ καλοῦ στερίσκει καἰ, ὡς ἐστιν εἰπεῖν, ἐξ οὑ δύναται πατὴρ εἶναι, οὐ #x003C;; τὸ αύτὸ μέντοιγε καὶ περὶ τοῦ ἁγίου πνεύματος λεκτέον. πῶς οὖν ᾿Ωριγένους καὶ τοῦτο γράψαντος, ὁ μακάριος κατ’ αὐτὸν Παυλῖνος τοῦτο μὲν ἀποκρύψασθαι οὐκ ἀκίνδυνον ἐνόμισεν, χρήσασθαι δὲ εἰς κατασκευὴν τῶν ἑαυτῷ δοκούντων τοῖς ἐναντίοις, ὧν οὐδὲ αὐτὸν ἂν Ὠριγένη εἴποιμι τὸν λόγοι ἀποδοῦναι δυνατὸν εἶναι;

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Marcellus of Ankara, Fragmenta, ed. Erich Klostermann. 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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