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| St. Ephraim Fifth to Hypatius against False Teachings IntraText CT - Text |
The right method for separating Good and Evil.
But consider how foolish is the wisdom of the Teaching, nor do they know how to hide their falsehood. But how is [cx] Falsehood able to hide from the face of Truth? For instead of that which they assert, (namely), "lo, the Good is refined, and goes up," it would be right that the Evil should consume away and be removed little by little and cast into another place. For in this way there would have been advantage to both sides. For that Evil which was removed hence (?) would not be able to conquer on account of its defeat, and that Evil which was left behind could have been easily conquered on account of its smallness. For in proportion as the Particles of the Evil were plucked up from day to day and removed, so the Particles of the Good would have been strengthened from hour to hour, and would have conquered.