# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.20.68

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/1.20.68

δι’ οὗ τὰ πάντα«) θέα ὅπως περὶ τοῦ αὐτοῦ ὁμοίως εἴρηται τὸ »δι’ οὗ καὶ ἐποίησεν τοὺς αἰῶνας«. ιδ’. ἐπιστῆσαι δὲ τὸν νοῦν ἐν τούτοις ἄξιον, ὅπως ὠνόμασται ἀπαύγασμα· οἶμαι γὰρ τῆς ἐκ τοῦ πατρὸς τοῦ υἱοῦ γεννήσεως παραστατικὸν εἶναι τὸν λόγον. πολλάκις γὰρ ὠνομασμένου υἱοῦ καὶ τοῦ θεοῦ πατρὸς χρηματίσαντος, 〈ἵνα μὴ καταπεσόντες〉 ἐπὶ τὰς τῶν ζῴων γενέσεις τοιοῦτόν τινα τρόπον ὑπολάβοιμεν, ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοῦ θεοπρεπεστέρᾳ κέχρηται εἰκόνι ὁ ἀπόστολος,

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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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