# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.20.34

Eusebius, De ecclesiastica theologia, Book 1, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/de-ecclesiastica-theologia/1.20.34

οὕτως γάρ φησιν »καὶ τῷ υἱῷ ἔδωκεν ζωὴν ἔχειν ἐν ἑαυτῷ, καθὼς ὁ πατὴρ ζωὴν ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ«. οὐκοῦν ὁ μὲν ἔδωκεν, ὁ δὲ εἴληφεν. καὶ μόνος τοῦτ’ εἴληφεν τὸ γέρας, ὡς μὴ ἔξωθέν ποθεν αὐτῷ πορίζεσθαι ὁμοίως τοῖς λοιποῖς ζῶσιν τὴν ζωήν, ἀλλ’ ἐν ἑαυτῷ πηγάζουσαν ἔχειν αὐτὴν κατὰ τὴν ἐν τῷ πατρί. διὸ πάντα μὲν 〈τὰ〉 τῆς ζωῆς μέτοχα ἐξ ἐπιχορηγίας τοῦ υἱοῦ ζῇ· μόνος δὲ αὐτὸς πηγάζουσαν ζωὴν ἔχει ἐν ἑαυτῷ, τοῦ πατρὸς αὐτῷ τοῦτο δωρησαμένου εἰς ἀπόλαυσιν τῶν μελλόντων δι’ αὐτοῦ ζωοποιεῖσθαι.

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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.
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