# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 23.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/23.4

εἰ μὲν οὖν καὶ ὁ υἱὸς οὕτως ἐστίν, ἔστω κτίσμα ὥσπερ καὶ ἡμεῖς καὶ μὴ ὁμοούσιος· εἰ δὲ υἱός ἐστι λόγος, σοφία, εἰκὼν τοῦ πατρός, ἀπαύγασμα, εἰκότως ὁμοούσιος ἂν εἴη. εἰ μὴ γὰρ τὸ μὴ ἐκ τοῦ θεοῦ, ἀλλ’ ὡς ὄργανον ἑτεροφυὲς καὶ ἑτεροούσιον δείκνυται, καλῶς ἄρα ἡ σύνοδος ἔγραψε καὶ νενόηκεν ὀρθῶς.

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