# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 16-2-17

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, 16 to 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/16-2

εἰκότως ἄρα σε ὁ πονηρὸς τῇ ἑαυτοῦ κατεστρέψατο κακίᾳ, καὶ τοῖς μὲν ἴσως ἡδὺ τὸ τοιοῦτον εἶναι ἐδόκει (οὕτω γὰρ ἀστεῖον σεαυτὸν προςπεποίηκας), ἔστι δὲ πάντη ὀλέθριον τὸ κακόν. φέρε δή, τῆς ἐν τοῖς ἀτοπήμασι διατριβῆς ἀπαλλαγεὶς ἄκουε, ὦ δαιμόνιε Ἄρειε. σοὶ γὰρ διαλέγομαι. τῆς ἐκκλησίας δήπου τοῦ θεοῦ ἀποκεκηρυγμένος οὐκ αἰσθάνῃ; ἀπόλωλας, εὖ ἴσθι, ἐὰν μὴ βλέψας εἰς σεαυτὸν τὴν παροῦσάν σου κατακρίνῃς ἄνοιαν. ἀλλ’ ἐρεῖς, ὡς ὄχλοι συμπράττουσί σοι καὶ τὰς φροντίδας ἀπελαφρύνουσιν.

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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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