# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 11.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/11.4

τῶν μὲν γὰρ ἀνθρώπων τὰ γεννήματα μέρη πως τῶν γεννώντων εἰσίν, ἐπεὶ καὶ αὐτῶν τῶν σωμάτων ἡ φύσις οὐχ ἁπλῆ τίς ἐστιν, ἀλλὰ ῥευστή, καὶ ἐκ μερῶν ἔχει τὴν σύνθεσιν. ἀπορρέουσί τε ἄνθρωποι γεννῶντες καὶ πάλιν ἐπιρρεῖ τὰ ἐκ τῶν τροφῶν εἰς αὐτοὺς εἰσαγόμενα· δι’ ἣν αἰτίαν καὶ πολλῶν κατὰ καιρὸν τέκνων γίνονται πατέρες οἱ ἄνθρωποι. ὁ δὲ θεὸς ἀμερὴς ὢν ἀμερίστως ἐστὶ καὶ ἀπαθὴς τοῦ υἱοῦ πατήρ. οὔτε γὰρ ἀπορροὴ τοῦ ἀσωμάτου ἔστιν οὔτ’ ἐπιρροή τις εἰς αὐτὸν γίνεται ὡς ἐπ’ ἀνθρώπων·

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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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