# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 31.1

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 31. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/31.1

Οὐκοῦν καὶ μᾶλλον ἀληθέστερον ἂν εἴη τὸν θεὸν ἐκ τοῦ υἱοῦ σημαίνειν καὶ πατέρα λέγειν ἢ ἐκ μόνων τῶν ἔργων ὀνομάζειν καὶ λέγειν αὐτὸν ἀγένητον. τοῦτο μὲν γὰρ τὰ ἐκ τοῦ βουλήματος τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ λόγου γενόμενα ἔργα σημαίνει, τὸ δὲ τοῦ πατρὸς ὄνομα τὸ ἴδιον ἐκ τῆς οὐσίας αὐτοῦ γέννημα γνωρίζει. ὅσῳ δὲ ὁ λόγος τῶν γενητῶν διαφέρει, τοσοῦτον καὶ πλέον τὸ λέγειν τὸν θεὸν πατέρα τοῦ λέγειν ἀγένητον διαφέροι ἄν.

---

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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2035.tlg003.local001/.