# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 6.4

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 6. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/6.4

αὐτοὶ δὲ κατὰ ποίαν ἄρα τούτων νομίσαντες εἶναι τὸν τοῦ θεοῦ υἱὸν τοιαῦτα περὶ αὐτοῦ μυθολογοῦσιν; εἰς γὰρ τὴν αὐτὴν ἀσέβειαν εὖ οἶδ’ ὅτι συνδραμοῦνται τοῖς περὶ Εὐσέβιον. εἰ μὲν οὖν κατὰ τὴν πρώτην, οἷοί εἰσιν οἱ ἐκ βελτιώσεως τρόπων ἐπικτώμενοι τὴν τοῦ ὀνόματος χάριν καὶ λαμβάνοντες ἐξουσίαν, ἵνα υἱοὶ θεοῦ γένωνται (τοῦτο γὰρ ἔλεγον κἀκεῖνοι), οὐδὲν διαφέρειν ἡμῶν δόξειεν οὐδὲ μονογενὴς ἂν εἴη ἐξ ἀρετῆς καὶ αὐτὸς ἐσχηκὼς τὴν τοῦ υἱὸς προσηγορίαν.

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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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