# De ecclesiastica theologia 1.20.74

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/1.20.74

διὸ καὶ ὁ υἱὸς θεός, διὰ τὴν ἐν αὐτῷ τοῦ πατρὸς ὡς ἐν εἰκόνι μόρφωσιν. ὃ δὴ παρίστησιν ὁ θεῖος ἀπόστολος, τοτὲ μὲν λέγων »ὃς ἐν μορφῇ θεοῦ ὑπάρχων«, τοτὲ δὲ αὐτὸν »εἰκόνα τοῦ θεοῦ« ὁριζόμενος. οὐκοῦν μετὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐπηγοριῶν καὶ »εἰκὼν τοῦ θεοῦ« πρὸ τῆς ἐνσάρκου παρουσίας ὁ υἱὸς ἦν τε καὶ ὠνόμασται. ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ἀπὸ τῆς καινῆς διαθήκης, ὀλίγα ἀπὸ μυρίων, ἡμῖν λόγου συμμετρίας χάριν συνῆκται.

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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/.