# De centurione et contra Manichaeos et Apolinaristas 15

Severianus Gabalensis, De centurione et contra Manichaeos et Apolinaristas, Section 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/severianus-gabalensis/de-centurione-et-contra-manichaeos-et-apolinaristas/15

Οὗτος τοίνυν ὁ πιστὸς προήνεγκεν πίστιν ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ , ὁ δὲ αἱρετικὸς προφέρει ἀπιστίαν ἐκ τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ . Καὶ ὅρα τῆς γραφῆς τὴν σύνεσιν, μᾶλλον δὲ ὅρα τὴν πηγὴν τῆς σοφίας, οἷα φθέγγεται· Ὁ ἀγαθὸς ἄνθρωπος ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ θησαυροῦ τῆς καρδίας προφέρει τὰ ἀγαθά, καὶ ὁ πονηρὸς ἄνθρωπος ἀπὸ τοῦ πονηροῦ θησαυροῦ τῆς καρδίας προφέρει αὐτοῦ προφέρει τὰ κακά. Ἐνταῦθα πρόσεχε πῶς οὐ φύσιν πονηρὰν οὔτε ἀγαθὴν ἔδειξεν, ἀλλὰ προαίρεσιν, καὶ πρὸς τοῦτο νεύουσαν καὶ πρὸς ἐκεῖνο βλέπουσαν. Τοῦτο δὲ τὸ ῥῆμα τὴν Μανιχαίων ἐλέγχει κακίαν, τῶν τὴν σάρκα πονηρὰν ὁριζομένων, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν ἐκ τοῦ ἀγαθοῦ. Βούλονται γὰρ οἱ τῶν Μανιχαίων παῖδες τὴν μὲν σάρκα εἶναι τοῦ πονηροῦ, τουτέστιν τοῦ διαβόλου, τὴν δὲ ψυχὴν τοῦ θεοῦ.

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Severianus Gabalensis, De centurione et contra Manichaeos et Apolinaristas. 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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