# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 28.6

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 28. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/28.6

εἰ γὰρ τὸ μὴ ἔχον ἀρχὴν εἰς τὸ εἶναι μηδὲ γενητὸν ἢ κτιστόν, ἀλλ’ ἀίδιον ὄν, τοῦτο λέγουσιν ἀγένητον, τοὐναντίον δὲ τούτων εἶναι τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ λόγον, τίς οὐ συνορᾷ τὴν πανουργίαν τῶν θεομάχων; τίς οὐκ ἂν αὐτοὺς οὕτω μαινομένους καταλιθώσειεν; ἐπειδὴ γὰρ αἰσχύνονται προφέρειν ἔτι τὰ πρῶτα τῶν μύθων ἑαυτῶν λογάρια, ἐφ’ οἷς κατεγνώσθησαν, ἄλλως πάλιν αὐτὰ σημαίνειν ἐπενόησαν οἱ δείλαιοι διὰ τοῦ ὀνόματος τοῦ ὡς αὐτοὶ λέγουσιν ἀγενήτου. εἰ γὰρ ὁ υἱὸς τῶν γενητῶν ἐστι, δηλονότι ἐξ οὐκ ὄντων καὶ αὐτὸς γέγονε, καὶ εἰ ἀρχὴν ἔχει τοῦ εἶναι, οὐκ ἦν ἄρα πρὶν γεννηθῇ, καὶ εἰ μή ἐστιν ἀίδιος, ἦν ποτε ὅτε οὐκ ἦν.

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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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