# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.20.39

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/1.20.39

εἰ δ’ ἐν τῷ θεῷ ἦν ὁ λόγος, δι’ ὃν καὶ λογικὸς ἂν ῥηθείη, τῶν τοῦ πατρὸς νοημάτων σημαντικός τις ὤν, πῶς ἂν αὐτὸς ἑαυτοῦ γένοιτο διδάσκαλος; πῶς δ’ ἀχώριστος ὢν τοῦ θεοῦ, ἑαυτὸν ἔλεγεν ἀπεστάλθαι; πῶς δὲ ἕν καὶ ταὐτὸν ὑπάρχων τῷ θεῷ τὰ ἀρεστὰ πράττειν αὐτῷ διεμαρτύρετο; εἰ δὲ πρὸς ταῦτα λέγοι Μάρκελλος ἐν τῇ σαρκὶ ὄντα τὸν λόγον ταύτας εἰρηκέναι τὰς φωνάς, καὶ τί τοῦτο φήσομεν πρὸς τὸ μὴ ὁμολογεῖν υἱὸν αὐτὸν εἶναι, ἀλλὰ λόγον μόνον;

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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/.