# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 14.1

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/14.1

Ἆρ’ οὖν μάτην γέγραπται τοῦτο τὸ ῥητόν; τοῦτο γὰρ πάλιν ἐκεῖνοι περιβομβοῦσιν ὡς ἀγέλη κωνώπων. οὐχί γε, οὐ μάτην γέγραπται, ἀλλὰ καὶ μάλα ἀναγκαίως. καὶ γὰρ καὶ κτίζεσθαι λέγεται, ἀλλ’ ὅτε γέγονεν ἄνθρωπος· ἀνθρώπου γὰρ ἴδιον τοῦτο. τὴν δὲ διάνοιαν ταύτην εὑρήσει καλῶς ἐν τοῖς λογίοις κειμένην ὁ μὴ πάρεργον ἡγούμενος τὴν ἀνάγνωσιν, ἀλλὰ καὶ τὸν καιρὸν καὶ τὰ πρόσωπα καὶ τὴν χρείαν τῶν γεγραμμένων ἐρευνῶν καὶ οὕτω τὰ ἀναγνώσματα διακρίνων καὶ διανοούμενος.

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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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