# De Creatis (Fragmenta Ap. Photium, Bibl. Cod. 235) 3.6

Methodius, De Creatis (Fragmenta Ap. Photium, Bibl. Cod. 235), Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/methodius/de-creatis-fragmenta-ap-photium-bibl-cod-235/3.6

Εἰ γὰρ διὰ κόσμον καὶ οὐχὶ δι᾿ ἑαυτόν, ἕτερος ὢν κόσμου, παντοκράτωρ τοκράτωρ γνωρίζοιτο συγγνώμῃ ὁ θεός ἀναγκάζομαι γὰρ τοῦτο εἰπεῖν), αὐτὸς καθ᾿ ἑαυτὸν ἀτελὴς ἔσται καὶ προσδεὴς τούτων, ἃ παντοκράτωρ καὶ δημιουργός ἐστιν. ῾Υπερφυῶς. Οὖκ ἄρα ἀποδεκτέον ταύτην τὴν ὀλέθριον ἁμαρτίαν τῶν λεγόντων παντοκράτορα εἶναι καὶ δημιουργὸν διὰ τὰ κρατούμενα καὶ δημιουργούμενα τρεπτά, ἀλλ’ οὐ δι᾿ ἑαυτὸν εἶναι τὸν θεόν.

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Methodius, De Creatis (Fragmenta Ap. Photium, Bibl. Cod. 235), ed. D.G. Nathanael Bonwetsch. 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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