# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 11.3

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 11. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/11.3

πάλιν τε οἱ μὲν ἄνθρωποι οὐ δυνάμενοι καθ’ ἑαυτοὺς εἶναι ἐν τόπῳ τυγχάνοντές εἰσι περιεχόμενοι καὶ συνεστῶτες ἐν τῷ τοῦ θεοῦ λόγῳ, ὁ δὲ θεὸς ὤν ἐστι καθ’ ἑαυτὸν περιέχων τὰ πάντα καὶ ὑπ’ οὐδενὸς περιεχόμενος, καὶ ἐν πᾶσι μέν ἐστι κατὰ τὴν ἑαυτοῦ ἀγαθότητα καὶ δύναμιν, ἔξω δὲ τῶν πάντων πάλιν ἐστὶ κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν φύσιν. ὥσπερ οὖν οὐ τὸν αὐτὸν τρόπον οἱ ἄνθρωποι κτίζουσιν, ὅνπερ τρόπον ὁ θεὸς κτίζει, οὐδ’ οὕτως εἰσὶν οἱ ἄνθρωποι, ὥσπερ ἐστὶν ὁ θεός· οὕτως ἄλλως ἐστὶν ἡ τῶν ἀνθρώπων γένεσις καὶ ἄλλως ἐστὶν ὁ υἱὸς ἐκ τοῦ πατρός.

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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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