# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 29.3

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 29. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/29.3

πρῶτον μὲν γὰρ κἂν οὕτω τὸν θεὸν ὀνομάζωσιν, οὐ δείκνυται τῶν γενητῶν ὁ λόγος. τῆς γὰρ οὐσίας τοῦ πατρὸς ὡς γέννημα πάλιν οὕτως παρ’ αὐτῷ ἐστιν ἀιδίως. οὐ γὰρ τὸ ὄνομα τοῦτο παραιρεῖ τὴν τοῦ λόγου φύσιν, οὐδὲ πάλιν τὸ ἀγένητον πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν ἔχει τὸ σημαινόμενον, ἀλλὰ πρὸς τὰ διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ γενόμενα.

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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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