# Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum 19.9

Eusebius, Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum, Chapter 19. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/constantini-imperatoris-oratio-ad-coetum-sanctorum/19.9

ὅτως δὲ μή τις τῶν δυναστευόντων ἐν τῇ βασιλευούσῃ πόλει ἐγκαλεῖν ἔχῃ τῷ ποιητῇ, ὡς παρὰ τοὺς πατρῴους νόμους συγγράφοντι ἐκβάλλοντί τε τὰ Πάλαι ὑπὸ τῶν προγόνων περὶ τῶν θεῶν νομιζόμενα, ἐπικαλύπτεται Τὴν ἀλήθειαν. ἠπίστατο γὰρ οἶμαι τὴν μακαρίαν καὶ ἐπώνυμον Τοῦ σωτῆρος τελετήν, ἵνα δὲ τὸ ἄγριον τῆς ὠμότητος ἐκκλίνοι, ἤγαγε τὰς διανοίας τῶν ἀκουόντων πρὸς τὴν ἑαυτῶν συνήσειαν, καί φησι χρῆναι βωμοὺς ἱδρύσθαι καὶ νεὼς κατασκευάζειν θυςίας τ’ ἐπιτελεῖσθαι τῷ νεωστὶ τεχθέντι. ἀκολούθως δὲ καὶ τὰ λοιπὰ ἐπήγαγε τοῖς φρονοῦσι. Φηςὶ γάρ·

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Eusebius, Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum, ed. Ivar A. Heikel. 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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2018.tlg021.local001/.