# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 23.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/23.3

εἰ γὰρ δή φαμεν ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας εἶναι τοῦ θεοῦ τὸν λόγον (λοιπὸν γὰρ ἡ λέξις ὁμολογείσθω καὶ παρ’ αὐτῶν), τί ἂν εἴη τοῦτο ἢ τὸ ἀληθῶς καὶ ἀίδιον τῆς οὐσίας, ἐξ ἧς καὶ γεγέννηται; οὐ γὰρ ἑτεροειδές, ἵνα μὴ ξένον καὶ ἀνόμοιον τῇ οὐσίᾳ τοῦ πατρὸς ἐπιμιγνύηται, οὐδὲ ἔξωθεν ἁπλῶς ὅμοιος, ἵνα μὴ καθ’ ἕτερον ἢ ὅλως ἑτεροούσιος φαίνηται, ὥσπερ χαλκὸς στίλβων καὶ χρυσὸς καὶ ἄργυρος καὶ κασσίτερος. ταῦτα γὰρ ξένα καὶ ἑτεροφυῆ ἀλλήλων καὶ ἀπεσχοινισμένα τῇ φύσει καὶ τῇ δυνάμει τυγχάνουσι· καὶ οὔτε ὁ χαλκὸς ἴδιος τοῦ χρυσοῦ οὔτε ἡ φάσσα ἐκ τῆς περιστερᾶς, ἀλλὰ ὅμοια μὲν νομίζεται εἶναι, ἑτεροούσια δὲ ἀλλήλων ἐστίν.

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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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