# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.10.1

Eusebius, De ecclesiastica theologia, Book 1, Chapter 10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/de-ecclesiastica-theologia/1.10.1

ὁ δ’ ἀληθῶς υἱὸς τοῦ θεοῦ, ἐξ αὐτοῦ ἅτε δὴ ἐκ πατρὸς ἀποεχθείς, εἰκότως καὶ μονογενὴς καὶ ἀγαπητὸς χρηματίσειεν ἂν τοῦ πατρός· οὕτω δὲ καὶ θεὸς ἂν εἴη. τί γὰρ ἂν γένοιτο θεοῦ γέννημα 〈ἢ τὸ〉 τῷ γεγεννηκότι ἀφωμοιωμένον ; κτίζει μὲν οὖν βασιλεὺς πόλιν ἀλλ’ οὐ γεννιᾷ πόλιν, γεννᾶν δὲ υἱὸν ἀλλ’ οὐ κτίζειν λέγεται· καὶ [ὁ] τεχνίτης δημιουργὸς ἀλλ’ οὐχὶ πατὴρ γένοιτ’ ἂν τοῦ πρὸς αὐτοῦ δημιουργουμένου, τοῦ δ’ ἐξ αὐτοῦ φύντος υἱοῦ οὐκ ἢν δημιουργὸς λεχθείη. καὶ δὴ καὶ ὁ τῶν ὅλων θεὸς τοῦ μὲν υἱοῦ πατήρ, τοῦ δὲ κόσμου κτίστης ἂν εἰκότως καὶ ποιητὴς λέγοιτο.

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Eusebius of Caesarea, De ecclesiastica theologia, ed. Erich Klostermann. 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.tlg009.local002/.