# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 31.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/31.4

εἰ δὲ καὶ πατέρα θέλει λέγειν ἡμῶν τὸν ἴδιον ἑαυτοῦ πατέρα, οὐ χρὴ διὰ τοῦτο συνεκτείνειν ἑαυτοὺς τῷ υἱῷ κατὰ τὴν φύσιν. καὶ τοῦτο γὰρ δι’ αὐτὸν λέγεται παρ’ ἡμῶν. ἐπειδὴ γὰρ τὸ ἡμέτερον ὁ λόγος ἐφόρεσε σῶμα καὶ γέγονεν ἐν ἡμῖν, ἀκολούθως διὰ τὸν ἐν ἡμῖν λόγον καὶ ἡμῶν ὁ θεὸς λέγεται πατήρ. τὸ γὰρ ἐν ἡμῖν πνεῦμα τοῦ λόγου δι’ ἡμῶν τὸν ἑαυτοῦ πατέρα ὡς ἡμῶν ὀνομάζει· οὗτος τοῦ ἀποστόλου νοῦς ἐστι λέγοντος· ἐξαπέστειλεν ὁ θεὸς τὸ πνεῦμα τοῦ υἱοῦ αὐτοῦ εἰς τὰς καρδίας ἡμῶν κρᾶζον· ἀββᾶ ὁ πατήρ.

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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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