# Fragmenta in evangelium Matthaei 4

Origen, Fragmenta in evangelium Matthaei, Page 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/origen/fragmenta-in-evangelium-matthaei/4

Ἐν τούτοις Ἠλίας οὐχ ἡ ψυχὴ δοκεῖ μοι λέγεσθαι, ἵνα μὴ ἐμπίπτω εἰς τὸ ἀλλότριον τῆς ἐκκλησίας τοῦ θεοῦ περὶ τῆς μετενσωματώσεως δόγμα, οὔτε παραδιδόμενον ὑπὸ τῶν ἀποστόλων οὔτε ἐμφαινόμενόν που τῶν γραφῶν· καὶ γὰρ ἐναντίον ἐστὶ τῷ ‘τὰ βλεπόμενα πρόσκαιρα’ εἶναι καὶ συντέλειαν πείσεσθαι τὸν αἰῶνα τοῦτον, ἀλλὰ καὶ τῷ πληρωθῆναι <τὸ> ‘ὁ οὐρανὸς καὶ ἡ γῆ παρελεύσονται’ καὶ τὸ ‘παράγει γὰρ τὸ σχῆμα τοῦ κόσμου τούτου’ καὶ τὸ ‘οἱ οὐρανοὶ ἀπολοῦνται’ μετὰ τῶν ἑξῆς αὐτῷ. Εἰ γὰρ (καθ' ὑπόθεσιν) δὶς δύναται γενέσθαι ἐν τῇ ἀπ'

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Origenes Theol., Fragmenta in evangelium Matthaei. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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