Contra Manichaeos
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Ἐπὶ πᾶσι δὲ τούτοις τοῦτό φαμεν ἀγαθόν, ὅπερ θέλει ὁ θεός· ὥσπερ γὰρ τὸ φῶς ἐκ τοῦ ἡλίου ὁρίζεται, οὕτω καὶ τὸ ἀγαθὸν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ. Πᾶν οὖν, ὃ θέλει ὁ ἀγαθός, ἀγαθόν ἐστι, καὶ τοῦτό ἐστιν ἀγαθόν, ὃ θέλει. Κριτής ἐστιν ὁ θεός, οὐχ ἡμεῖς κριταὶ τοῦ θεοῦ. Τί οὖν αὐτὸν ἀνακρίνομεν; Θεὸς ὀρρωδεῖ καὶ δειλιᾷ καὶ δέδοικε; Θεὸς φοβούμενος μὴ εἴη θεός.