# Epistula ad Dracontium 4.1

Athanasius Alexandrinus, Epistula ad Dracontium, Τοῦ αὐτοῦ ἐπιστολὴ πρὸς Δρακόντιον, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/athanasius-alexandrinus/epistula-ad-dracontium/4.1

Εἰ γὰρ τὸν αὐτὸν νοῦν εἶχον πάντες οἷον νῦν ἔχουσιν οἱ συμβουλεύοντές σοι, πῶς ἂν ἐγένου σὺ Χριστιανὸς ἐπισκόπων μὴ ὄντων; ἐὰν δὲ καὶ οἱ μεθ’ ἡμᾶς ἀναλάβωσι τὸν τοιοῦτον νοῦν, πῶς ἂν συστῆναι δυνήσονται αἱ ἐκκλησίαι; ἢ νομίζουσιν οἱ συμβουλεύοντές σοι μηδὲν εἰληφέναι σε ὅτι καταφρονοῦσιν; ἀλλὰ καὶ τοῦτο ψευδῶς.

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Athanasius Alexandrinus, Epistula ad Dracontium. 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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