# De Creatis (Fragmenta Ap. Photium, Bibl. Cod. 235) 7.4

Methodius, De Creatis (Fragmenta Ap. Photium, Bibl. Cod. 235), Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/methodius/de-creatis-fragmenta-ap-photium-bibl-cod-235/7.4

εἰ γὰρ ὁ αὐτὸς ἀνενδεὴς ὢν καὶ οὐκ ἔχων ἀρχὴν γενέσεως τυγχάνει, ταύτῃ μᾶλλον καθ᾿ ὑμᾶς ὁ δημιουργὸς οὐδέποτε δημιουργήσας δημιουργῶν εὑρεθήσεται, καὶ πάλιν εἰς αὐτὸ ἔοικεν ὁ λόγος περιδεδραμηκέναι, αύτοματισμὸν ὁμολογεῖν. ἐὰν γὰρ κἂν τὸ ἀκαριαίτατον > ἀνδριάντα κινῆσαι ὁ δημιουργὸς λεχθῇ, ἀρχῇ ὑποπεσεῖται, καθ ἣν πρότερον αὐτὸν ἄκοσμον καὶ ἀκίνητον ὄντα ἤρξατο κινεῖν καὶ κοσμεῖν. οὔκουν καὶ ἠν καὶ ἔσται διηνεκῶς ὁ αὐτὸς ἀεὶ κόσμος· ἀπεικαστέον γὰρ τῷ μὲν θεῷ τὸν τεχνίτην, τὸν δὲ ἀνδριάντα τῷ κόσμῳ.

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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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