# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 27.4

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 27. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/27.4

Ἰδοὺ ἡμεῖς μὲν ἐκ πατέρων εἰς πατέρας διαβεβηκέναι τὴν τοιαύτην διάνοιαν ἀποδεικνύομεν, ὑμεῖς δέ, ὦ νέοι Ἰουδαῖοι καὶ τοῦ Καιάφα μαθηταί, τίνας ἄρα τῶν ῥημάτων ὑμῶν ἔχετε δεῖξαι πατέρας; ἀλλ’ οὐδένα τῶν φρονίμων καὶ σοφῶν ἂν εἴποιτε· πάντες γὰρ ὑμᾶς ἀποστρέφονται, πλὴν μόνου τοῦ διαβόλου. μόνος γὰρ ὑμῖν οὗτος τῆς τοιαύτης ἀποστασίας πατὴρ γέγονεν, ὁ καὶ κατὰ τὴν ἀρχὴν ὑμῖν ἐπισπείρας τὴν ἀσέβειαν ταύτην καὶ νῦν λοιδορεῖν τὴν οἰκουμενικὴν σύνοδον πείσας ὑμᾶς, ὅτι μὴ τὰ ὑμέτερα ἀλλὰ ταῦτα γεγράφασιν, ἅπερ οἱ ἀπ’ ἀρχῆς αὐτόπται καὶ ὑπηρέται τοῦ λόγου γενόμενοι παραδεδώκασιν.

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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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