# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 23.1

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/23.1

Καὶ γὰρ καὶ τὸ παράδειγμα τοῦ φωτὸς καὶ τοῦ ἀπαυγάσματος τοιοῦτον ἔχει τὸν νοῦν. οὐ γὰρ κατὰ τὸ ἐξαπτόμενον ἐκ τῆς θέρμης τοῦ ἡλίου πῦρ, ὅπερ καὶ σβέννυσθαι πάλιν εἴωθεν, εἰρήκασιν οἱ ἅγιοι εἶναι τὸν λόγον πρὸς τὸν θεόν, τοῦτο γὰρ ἔργον ἔξωθεν καὶ κτίσμα τοῦ ποιοῦντος ἦν, ἀλλὰ ἀπαύγασμα αὐτὸν εὐηγγελίσαντο πάντες, ἵνα τὸ ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας ἴδιον καὶ ἀδιαίρετον καὶ τὴν πρὸς τὸν πατέρα ἑνότητα δηλώσωσι.

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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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