# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.20.69

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/1.20.69

περὶ μὲν τοῦ πατρὸς εἰπὼν »φῶς οἰκῶν ἀπρόσιτον«, τὸν δὲ υἱὸν ἀπαύγασμα τοῦ πατρικοῦ φωτὸς ὁρισάμενος, ὥστε εἶναι τὸ ἀπαύγασμα γέννημα τοῦ πρώτου φωτός, οὐ κατὰ τὴν τῶν θνητῶν ζῴων ὑποστὰν γένεσιν, κατὰ δὲ τὸ ῥηθὲν παράδειγμα. εἰκότως οὖν καὶ εἰκόνα αὐτὸν | »τοῦ θεοῦ τοῦ ἀοράτου« ἀποκαλεῖ, διὰ τὸ »ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ« ὑπάρχειν, καὶ διὰ τὸ »ἀπαύγασμα« εἶναι »καὶ χαρακτῆρα τῆς ὑποστάσεως«.

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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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