# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 30.4

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 30. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/30.4

ἀλλ’ οἱ θαυμαστοὶ καὶ εἰς ἀσέβειαν εὐχερεῖς οὐ τῆς εἰς τὸν θεὸν τιμῆς φροντίζοντες ἐφεῦρον τὸ ὄνομα τοῦ ἀγενήτου, τῆς δὲ κατὰ τοῦ σωτῆρος χάριν κακονοίας· εἰ γὰρ ἔμελεν αὐτοῖς τιμῆς καὶ εὐφημίας, ἔδει μᾶλλον, καὶ τοῦτο βέλτιον ἦν, πατέρα τὸν θεὸν εἰδέναι τε καὶ λέγειν αὐτούς, ἢ ἐκείνως ὀνομάζειν αὐτούς. λέγοντες μὲν γὰρ ἐκεῖνοι τὸν θεὸν ἀγένητον ἐκ τῶν γενομένων αὐτόν, καθὰ προεῖπον, ποιητὴν μόνον λέγουσιν, ἵνα καὶ τὸν λόγον ποίημα σημάνωσι κατὰ τὴν ἰδίαν ἡδονήν· ὁ δὲ τὸν θεὸν πατέρα λέγων εὐθὺς ἐν αὐτῷ καὶ τὸν υἱὸν σημαίνει καὶ οὐκ ἀγνοήσει, ὅτι υἱοῦ ὄντος διὰ τοῦ υἱοῦ τὰ γενόμενα ἐκτίσθη πάντα.

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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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