# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.20.62

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/1.20.62

μήτι οὖν κἀνταῦθα ἐπὶ τὴν σάρκα οἷόν τέ ἐστιν ἐκλαβεῖν τὸ λόγιον; μὴ περὶ τῆς σαρκὸς ἁρμόζει λέγειν τὸ »ὃς [καὶ« καὶ τὸ »ὑπάρχων«; ἀλλὰ μὴ σὰρξ »ἐκένωσεν ἑαυτὸν μορφὴν δούλου λαβών«; ἀλλὰ γελοῖον τοῦτό γε. φέρ’ οὖν ἐξετάσωμεν ὅπως εἴρηται τὸ »ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων οὐχ ἁρπαγμὸν ἡγήσατο τὸ εἶναι ἴσα θεῷ, ἀλλ’ ἑαυτὸν ἐκένωσεν«. εἰ μὲν δὴ λόγος ἦν ἀνύπαρκτος, μηδαμῶς ἔξωθεν τοῦ θεοῦ ὑφεστώς, ἀλλ’ ἔνδον ὢν ἐν αὐτῷ, ποτὲ μὲν ἐν ἡσυχία καὶ σιγῇ ποτὲ δὲ ἐν τῷ ἐνεργεῖν,

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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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