# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 18.3

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/18.3

ἐν δὲ τῷ Ποιμένι γέγραπται, ἐπειδὴ καὶ τοῦτο καίτοι μὴ ὂν ἐκ τοῦ κανόνος προφέρουσι· πρῶτον πάντων πίστευσον, ὅτι εἷς ἐστιν ὁ θεός, ὁ τὰ πάντα κτίσας καὶ καταρτίσας καὶ ποιήσας ἐκ τοῦ μὴ ὄντος εἰς τὸ εἶναι τὰ πάντα. ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο πάλιν οὐδὲν πρὸς τὸν υἱόν ἐστι· περὶ γὰρ τῶν πάντων λέγει τῶν δι’ αὐτοῦ γενομένων, ὧν καὶ ἄλλος ἐστὶν αὐτός. οὐ γὰρ οἷόν τε τὸν δημιουργοῦντα τοῖς ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ γενομένοις συγκαταριθμεῖν, εἰ μὴ καὶ τὸν ἀρχιτέκτονα τοῖς ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ γενομένοις οἰκοδομήμασι τὸν αὐτὸν ἄν τις παραφρονῶν λέγοι.

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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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