# Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum 23.2

Eusebius, Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum, Chapter 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/constantini-imperatoris-oratio-ad-coetum-sanctorum/23.2

ἥδε ἐστὶν ἀληθῶς θεοσέβεια, ἥδε εἰλικρινὴς θρησκεία ἡ παντελῶς ἄχραντος, οὗτος ἔμφρων βίος, ὃν οἱ μετιόντες ὡς διὰ λεωφόρου σεμνῆν τινος ἐπὶ τὸν ἀέναον πορεύονται βίον· οὐδεὶς γὰρ ὅλως τελευτᾷ ὁ τὸν τοιοῦτον ἐνστησάμενος βίον καθαρεύων τε τὴν ψυχὴν ἀπὸ τοῦ σώματος, πληροῖ δὲ μᾶλλον τὴν προσταχθεῖσαν αὐτῷ θεόθεν λειτουργίαν ἢ ἀποθνήσκει· ὁ γάρ τοι τὸν θεὸν ὁμολογήσας οὐ γίνεται πάρεργον ὕβρεως οὐδὲ θεμοῦ, ἀλλ´ εὐγενῶς τὴν ἀνάγκην ὑποστὰς τὴν τῆς καρτερίας Πεῖραν ἐφόδιον ἔχει τῆς πρὸς τοῦ θεοῦ εὐμενείας.

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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/.