# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 11.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/11.5

ἁπλοῦς δὲ ὢν τὴν φύσιν ἑνὸς καὶ μόνου τοῦ υἱοῦ πατήρ ἐστι. διὰ τοῦτο γὰρ καὶ μονογενής ἐστι καὶ μόνος ἐν τοῖς κόλποις τοῦ πατρός ἐστι, μόνον τε αὐτὸν ἐξ ἑαυτοῦ δείκνυσιν ὁ πατὴρ λέγων· οὗτός ἐστιν ὁ υἱός μου ὁ ἀγαπητός, ἐν ᾧ ηὐδόκησα· λόγος δέ ἐστιν οὗτος τοῦ πατρός, ἐν ᾧ τὸ ἀπαθὲς καὶ ἀμερὲς τοῦ πατρὸς νοεῖν δυνατόν. λόγος γὰρ οὐδὲ ὁ τῶν ἀνθρώπων κατὰ πάθος καὶ μέρος γεννᾶται, μήτι γε ὁ τοῦ θεοῦ.

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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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