# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 1.5

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/1.5

δέον τὸ ἔμπαλιν αὐτοὺς λέγειν· διατί σὺ θεὸς ὢν ἄνθρωπος γέγονας; τὰ γὰρ ἔργα θεὸν αὐτὸν ἐδείκνυεν, ἵνα τὴν μὲν ἀγαθότητα τοῦ πατρὸς προσκυνήσωσι, τὴν δὲ δι’ ἡμᾶς αὐτοῦ οἰκονομίαν θαυμάσωσι. τοῦτο μὲν οὔτε ἔλεγον, ἀλλ’ οὔτε τὰ γινόμενα βλέπειν ἐβούλοντο. ἢ ἔβλεπον μέν – ἐξ ἀνάγκης γὰρ ἦν ὁρᾶν αὐτά – πάλιν δὲ ἐγόγγυζον μεταβαλλόμενοι· διατί ἐν τῷ σαββάτῳ θεραπεύεις τὸν παραλυτικόν, καὶ τὸν ἐκ γενετῆς τυφλὸν τότε ποιεῖς ἀναβλέπειν;

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Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi. Text: The Greek Library, from the Perseus Digital Library and other open sources, CC BY-SA 4.0. Changes: apostrophes normalised and the text divided into reading sections by Interlinea.
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