# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 8.3

Athanasius Alexandrinus, De decretis Nicaenae synodi, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/8.3

εἰ δὲ τὸ ἄτοπον τοῦτο συνορῶντες ἄρχεσθε λέγειν, ὅτι ὁ υἱὸς κτίσμα ὢν ἱκανὸς γέγονεν, ὥστε ὑπὸ τοῦ ἀγενήτου γενέσθαι, ἐξ ἀνάγκης καὶ τὰ ἄλλα πάντα γενητὰ ὄντα δυνατὰ ἦν παρὰ τοῦ ἀγενήτου ὑπουργηθῆναι· κτίσμα γὰρ καθ’ ὑμᾶς κἀκεῖνος ὥσπερ οὖν καὶ ταῦτα πάντα ἐστί. καὶ περιττὴ λοιπὸν τοῦ λόγου ἡ γένεσις κατὰ τὴν ἀσεβῆ καὶ μωρὰν ὑμῶν ἐπίνοιαν, αὐτάρκους ὄντος τοῦ θεοῦ τὰ πάντα αὐτουργεῖν πάντων τε τῶν γενητῶν δυναμένων τὴν ἄκρατον χεῖρα βαστάξαι τοῦ θεοῦ.

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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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