# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 15.4

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/15.4

εἰ δὲ συνομολογοῦσιν ἡμῖν εἶναι θεόπνευστα τὰ τῆς γραφῆς ῥήματα, τολμησάτωσαν φανερῶς εἰπεῖν, ἃ κεκρυμμένως φρονοῦσιν, ὅτι ἄλογος καὶ ἄσοφος ἦν ὁ θεός ποτε, καὶ μανέντες εἴπωσιν· ἦν ὅτε οὐκ ἦν καὶ πρὶν γεννηθῆναι οὐκ ἦν ὁ Χριστός· πάλιν τε ἀποφηνάσθωσαν τὴν πηγὴν μὴ ἐξ ἑαυτῆς γεγεννηκέναι τὴν σοφίαν, ἀλλ’ ἔξωθεν ἑαυτῆς κεκτῆσθαι ταύτην, ἵνα καὶ τολμήσωσιν εἰπεῖν· ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων γέγονεν ὁ υἱός. τοῦτο γὰρ οὐκ ἔτι πηγὴν ταύτην δείκνυσιν, ἀλλά τινα λάκκον ὥσπερ ἔξωθεν ὕδωρ λαβόντα κεχρημένον τῷ ὀνόματι τῆς πηγῆς.

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