# De ecclesiastica theologia 2.7.9-10

Eusebius, De ecclesiastica theologia, 2.7.9 to 2.7.10. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/de-ecclesiastica-theologia/2.7.9

τίνα τοίνυν ἐρεῖ τὸν ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ κατεληλυθότα καὶ ταῦτα διδάσκοντα; πότερα τὸν θεὸν αὐτὸν ἢ τὸν τούτῳ συνημμένον λόγον; ἀλλ’ εἰ λέγοι τὸν πατέρα, γυμνῶς ἀνακαλύψας τὸν Σαβέλλιον, αὐτὸς αὐτὸν ὁ σωτὴρ ἐψευσμένον ἀπελέγξει λέγων »καταβέβηκα ἐκ τοῦ οὐρανοῦ οὐχ ἵνα ποιήσω τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με«, καὶ »οὐ δύναμαι ἐγὼ ἀπ’ ἐμαυτοῦ ποιεῖν οὐδέν· καθὼς ἀκούω κρίνω«, καὶ »οὐ ζητῶ τὸ θέλημα τὸ ἐμὸν ἀλλὰ τὸ θέλημα τοῦ πέμψαντός με«, καὶ »ὁ πατήρ μου μείζων μού ἐστιν«. ταῦτα γὰρ οἴεσθαι τὸν πατέρα φάσκειν ἐσχάτης ἂν εἴη μανίας.

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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/.