# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.20.46

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/1.20.46

καὶ πῶς οὗτος εἶπεν ἂν ζῆν ἰδιάζουσαν ζωὴν παρὰ τὸν πατέρα; πῶς δὲ αὐτὸς ἀπέσταλτο συνημμένος καὶ ἡνωμένος ἀεὶ τῷ θεῷ; πῶς δὲ καὶ διδάσκαλον αὐτοῦ φησὶν εἶναι τὸν πατέρα; πῶς δὲ »τὰ ἀρεστὰ τῷ πατρὶ πάντοτε« πράττειν ἑαυτὸν ἔλεγεν ; | αὗται γὰρ διαρρήδην υἱοῦ ὑφεστῶτος καὶ ζῶντος εἶεν ἂν φωναί, καὶ δι’ ὅλου δὲ τοῦ εὐαγγελίου ὁ εὐχόμενος τῷ πατρί, 〈ὁ〉 δοξάζων τὸν πατέρα, ὁ παρὰ τοῦ πατρὸς δοξασθῆναι ἀξιῶν, τί ἕτερον ἢ ὑφεστῶτα ἑαυτὸν δείκνυσιν, καὶ μάλιστα ὅτε φησὶν »δύο ἀνθρώπων ἡ μαρτυρία ἀληθής ἐστιν.

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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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