# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 17.1

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/17.1

Εἴθε δὲ καὶ οὗτοι κἂν ἐξ ὧν λέγουσι νῦν ἐθελήσουσιν ὁμολογεῖν τὴν ἀλήθειαν. εἰ γὰρ ἅπαξ διδόασι τὸν θεὸν προφέροντα λόγους, ἴσασιν ὅλως αὐτὸν πατέρα. τοῦτο δὲ γινώσκοντες σκοπείτωσαν, ὅτι μὴ θέλοντες ἕνα διδόναι τοῦ θεοῦ λόγον πολλῶν αὐτὸν εἶναι πατέρα φαντάζονται. καὶ τὸ μὲν ὅλως εἶναι τοῦ θεοῦ λόγον οὐ θέλουσιν ἀρνεῖσθαι, τὸ δὲ εἶναι τοῦτον τοῦ θεοῦ υἱὸν οὐχ ὁμολογοῦσιν. ἔστι δὲ τοῦτο τῆς ἀληθείας ἀγνωσία καὶ τῶν θείων γραφῶν ἀπειρία.

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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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