# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 7-2

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Ἀντίγραφον ἐπιστολῆς τῆς ἐν Νικαίᾳ συνόδου κατὰ Ἀρείου καὶ τῶν σὺν αὐτῷ.. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/7-2

τοὺς δὲ ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ κατασταθέντας μυστικωτέρᾳ χειροτονίᾳ βεβαιωθέντας κοινωνηθῆναι ἐπὶ τούτοις, ἐφ’ ᾧτε ἔχειν μὲν αὐτοὺς τὴν τιμὴν καὶ λειτουργεῖν, δευτέρους δὲ εἶναι ἐξάπαντος πάντων τῶν ἐν ἑκάστῃ παροικίᾳ καὶ ἐκκλησίᾳ ἐξεταζομένων τῶν ὑπὸ τὸν τιμιώτατον ἀδελφὸν καὶ συλλειτουργὸν ἡμῶν Ἀλέξανδρον προκεχειρισμένων, ὡς τούτοις μὲν μηδεμίαν ἐξουσίαν εἶναι τοὺς ἀρέσκοντας αὐτοῖς προχειρίζεσθαι ἢ ὑποβάλλειν ὀνόματα ἢ ὅλως ποιεῖν τι χωρὶς γνώμης τοῦ τῆς καθολικῆς ἐκκλησίας ἐπισκόπου.

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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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