# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 16.1

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/16.1

Ὅσης μὲν οὖν ἀσεβείας ἐστὶ τοῦτο μεστόν, οὐδένα τῶν κἂν βραχεῖαν αἴσθησιν ἐχόντων ἀμφιβάλλειν ἡγοῦμαι. ἐπειδὴ δὲ τονθορύζοντες λέγουσιν, ὀνόματα μόνον εἶναι τοῦ υἱοῦ λόγος καὶ σοφία, ἀναγκαῖον ἐρωτῆσαι τούτους· εἰ ὀνόματα μόνον ἐστὶ ταῦτα τοῦ υἱοῦ, ἄλλος ἂν αὐτὸς εἴη παρὰ ταῦτα.

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