# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.17.4

Eusebius, De ecclesiastica theologia, Book 1, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/de-ecclesiastica-theologia/1.17.4

ταῦτα οὐ μᾶλλον Μαρκέλλου ἢ Σαβελλίου λέγοντος ἀκούειν προσήκει νομίζειν, εἰ μὴ ἄρα τοῦτ’ ἐπισκώπτοι Σαβελλίῳ Μάρκελλος, ὅτι μὴ ἀναιδῶς τὸν ἐν τῷ θεῷ σημαντικὸν λόγον, ὡς αὐτὸς οἴεται, υἱὸν ἐτόλμα ὀνομάζειν. οὐ γὰρ αὖ τοσαύτη αὐτῷ λογισμοῦ παρῆν ἄνοια. ὡς λόγον ὁμοίως ἀνθρώποις καὶ τῷ ἐπὶ πάντων διδόναι θεῷ, οὐδ’ οὕτως ἠλίθιος ἦν, ὡς τὸν μὴ ὑφεστῶτα λόγον υἱὸν θεοῦ καλεῖν. διόπερ Σαβέλλιος ἕνα θεὸν εἰπών, τὸν δ’ υἱὸν ἀρνησάμενος,

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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/.