# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 22.4

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 22. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/22.4

οὐκοῦν μὴ ξενιζέσθω τις ἀκούων ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ θεοῦ εἶναι τὸν υἱὸν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλὰ καὶ μᾶλλον ἀποδεχέσθω τοὺς πατέρας διακαθάραντας τὸν νοῦν καὶ λευκότερον καὶ ὡς ἐκ παραλλήλου τὸ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ γράψαντας τὸ ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας. ταὐτὸν γὰρ ἡγήσαντο τὸ λέγειν ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ καὶ τὸ λέγειν ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας τοῦ θεοῦ εἶναι τὸν λόγον, ἐπεὶ καὶ τὸ θεός, καθὰ προεῖπον, οὐδὲν ἕτερον ἢ τὴν οὐσίαν αὐτοῦ τοῦ ὄντος σημαίνει.

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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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