# Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum 5.2

Eusebius, Constantini imperatoris oratio ad coetum sanctorum, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/constantini-imperatoris-oratio-ad-coetum-sanctorum/5.2

φημὶ δὴ τοῦτον τὰς ἀρχὰς στηρίξαι τοῦδε τοῦ παντὸς ὑπόθεσίν τε ἀνθρώπων ἀνευρεῖν λόγῳ νομοθετήσαντα, καὶ παραχρῆμα μὲν εἰς μακάριόν τινα καὶ εὐανθῆ καρπῶν τε διαφόρων βρίθοντα χῶρον ἀποικίσαι τοὺς νεωστὶ τεχθέντας, ἀδαεῖς τ’ αὐτοὺς κατ’ ἀρχὰς ἀγαθῶν καὶ κακῶν εἶναι θελῆσαι, τέλος δ’ ἀπονεῖμαι μόνην λογικῷ ζώῳ πρέπουσαν τὴν ἐπὶ γῆς ἕδραν, καὶ τότε ἤδη οἷα δὴ τότε δὴ καὶ τὸγ ένος αὔξειν ἐκέλευσεν, ὡς ἂν ποτε τὸ ὅλον ὑπὸ τῆς τοῦ ὠκεανοῦ περινοστήσεως διοριζόμενον οἰκοῖτο.

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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/.