# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 35.4

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 35. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/35.4

καὶ ἐβουλόμην μὲν σιωπῇ παραδοῦναι τὸ τοιοῦτον, ὅπως ἐν τοῖς προστάταις μόνοις ἀναλωθῇ τὸ κακὸν καὶ μὴ εἰς ἑτέρους τόπους διαβὰν τὸ τοιοῦτον ῥυπώσῃ τινῶν ἀκεραίων τὰς ἀκοάς. ἐπειδὴ δὲ Εὐσέβιος ὁ νῦν ἐν τῇ Νικομηδείᾳ νομίσας ἐπ’ αὐτῷ κεῖσθαι τὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας, ὅτι καταλείψας τὴν Βηρυτὸν καὶ ἐποφθαλμίσας τῇ ἐκκλησίᾳ Νικομηδέων καὶ οὐκ ἐκδεδίκηται κατ’ αὐτοῦ, προίσταται καὶ τούτων τῶν ἀποστατῶν καὶ γράφειν ἐπεχείρησε πανταχοῦ συνιστῶν αὐτούς, ὅπως ὑποσύρῃ τινὰς ἀγνοοῦντας εἰς τὴν αἰσχίστην ταύτην καὶ χριστομάχον αἵρεσιν, ἀνάγκην ἔσχον εἰδὼς τὸ ἐν τῷ νόμῳ γεγραμμένον μηκέτι μὲν σιωπῆσαι, ἀναγγεῖλαι δὲ πᾶσιν ὑμῖν,

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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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