# Apologia ad Constantium 26.5

Athanasius Alexandrinus, Apologia ad Constantium, Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἀπολογία πρὸς τὸν βασιλέα Κωνστάντιον, Chapter 26. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/apologia-ad-constantium/26.5

εἰ ταῦτα ἔλεγον, τί ἂν ἀπεκρινάμην; τοιαύτην γὰρ μέμψιν ἔσχον διὰ τοῦ Ἰεζεκιὴλ καὶ οἱ ποιμένες τῶν παλαιῶν. τοῦτο γινώσκων καὶ ὁ μακάριος ἀπόστολος Παῦλος ἑκάστῳ ἡμῶν διὰ τοῦ μαθητοῦ παρήγγειλε λέγων μὴ ἀμέλει τοῦ ἐν σοὶ χαρίσματος, ὃ ἐδόθη σοι μετ’ ἐπιθέσεως τῶν χειρῶν τοῦ πρεσβυτερίου .

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