# De decretis Nicaenae synodi 8.4

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/de-decretis-nicaenae-synodi/8.4

ἀνοήτου δὴ οὔσης αὐτῶν τῆς τοιαύτης φρενοβλαβείας, ἴδωμεν εἰ μὴ καὶ τὸ λεγόμενον τοῦτο τῶν ἀσεβῶν τὸ σόφισμα πλέον τῶν ἄλλων αὐτῶν ἀλογώτερον ἀναφανείη. Ἀδὰμ μόνος ὑπὸ μόνου τοῦ θεοῦ διὰ τοῦ λόγου γέγονεν. ἀλλ’ οὐκ ἐν τῷ πάλιν τὸν Ἀδὰμ πλέον τι τῶν πάντων ἀνθρώπων ἔχειν ἢ διαφέρειν τῶν μετ’ αὐτὸν ἄν τις φήσειεν, εἰ μόνος μὲν αὐτὸς ὑπὸ μόνου τοῦ θεοῦ πεποίηται καὶ πέπλασται, ἡμεῖς δὲ πάντες ἐκ τοῦ Ἀδὰμ γεννώμεθα καὶ κατὰ διαδοχὴν τοῦ γένους συνιστάμεθα, ἕως μόνον καὶ αὐτὸς ἐκ γῆς ἐπλάσθη, καὶ μὴ ὢν πρότερον ὕστερον γέγονεν.

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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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