# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 10.6

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/10.6

εἰ δὲ αἱ αὐταὶ λέξεις ἐπὶ θεοῦ καὶ ἀνθρώπων ἐν ταῖς θείαις ποτὲ κεῖνται γραφαῖς, ἀλλ’ ἀνθρώπων ἐστὶ διορατικῶν, ὡς παρήγγειλεν ὁ Παῦλος, προσέχειν τῇ ἀναγνώσει καὶ οὕτω διακρίνειν καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἑκάστου τῶν σημαινομένων φύσιν τὰ γεγραμμένα διαγινώσκειν καὶ μὴ συγχέειν τὴν διάνοιαν, ὥστε τὰ τοῦ θεοῦ μὴ ἀνθρωπίνως νοεῖν μηδὲ τὰ τῶν ἀνθρώπων ὡς περὶ θεοῦ ποτε λογίζεσθαι. τοῦτο γάρ ἐστι τὸν οἶνον ὕδατι μίξαι καὶ πῦρ ἀλλότριον ἐπιβάλλειν ἐπὶ τὸ θυσιαστήριον τῷ θείῳ πυρί.

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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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