# Demonstratio Evangelica 17.4-3

Eusebius, Demonstratio Evangelica, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ EKTON, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/demonstratio-evangelica/17.4-3

ἢ καὶ ἄλλως θυγάτηρ Σιῶν ἡ ἐκκλησία Χριστοῦ λεχθείη ἂν, ὡς ἂν ἐκ τῆς προτέρας συναγωγῆς τῶν ἐκ περιτομῆς διά τε ἀποστόλων καὶ εὐαγγελιστῶν ὑποστᾶσα, οἳ καὶ γεννήματα ἐτύγχανον μητρὸς τῆς ἀπορριφείσης διὰ τὰς οἰκείας δυσσεβείας, καὶ χήρας γεγενημένης διὰ τὸ ἀπελάσαι τὸν ἄνδρα, διὰ τῶν προφητῶν ἐπιμεμψάμενον αὐτῇ καὶ φήσαντα “οὐχ ὡς ἄνδρα με ἐκάλεσας καὶ πατέρα καὶ ἀρχηγὸν τῆς παρθενίας σου;” ὃς καὶ τοῖς ἐξ αὐτῆς γενομένοιε τὸν τρόπον τῆς μητρὸς διαβάλλων φησὶ “ποῖον τοῦτο τὸ βιβλίον τοῦ ἀποστασίου τῆς μητρὸς ὑμῶν, ᾧ ἐξαπέστειλα αὐτήν;” καὶ πάλιν “κριθῆτε πρὸς τὴν μητέρα ὑμῶν, κριθῆτε, ὅτι αὕτη οὐ γυνή μου, κἀγὼ οὐκ ἀνὴρ αὐτῆς.”

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Eusebius, Demonstratio Evangelica, ed. Wilhelm Dindorf. 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.tlg005.local001/.