Ancient Greek · ~2 min
Book 20, Chapter 15
Origen, Commentarii in evangelium Joannis (lib. 19, 20, 28, 32) 20.15.118
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ἀλλὰ καὶ εἴπερ, ὡς ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐκ τοῦ διαβόλου ἔταξεν τὸ »’Ἐστίν«, πεποιήκει ἐπὶ τοῦ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἔλαττον ἂν περὶ τὸν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ παρίστη, πολλῷ κρείττονος τυγχάνοντος τοῦ γεγεννῆσθαι ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ παρὰ τὸ εἶναι ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ. φήσει δέ τις ὅτι τινὰ τῶν κτισμάτων ἐστὶν μὲν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ, οὐ μὴν γεγέννηται ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ, καὶ πάντως ταῦτα ἐλάττονα ἔχει τάξιν ἐν τῷ παντὶ τῶν γεγεννῆσθαι λεγομένων ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ.