# Praeperatio Evangelica 9.12-2

Eusebius, Praeperatio Evangelica, ΒΙΒΛΙΟΝ ΠΕΜΠΤΟΝ, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/praeperatio-evangelica/9.12-2

εἰ γὰρ δὴ ἀβίαστον καὶ ἀκατανάγκαστον καὶ πάντων κρεἲττον τὴν φύσιν ἀπαθὲς ὂν καὶ ἐλεύθερον τὸ θεῖον, πῶς ἂν εἷεν θεοὶ, μαγγανείαις ταῖς διὰ τοιῶνδε σχημάτων καὶ γραμμῶν καὶ τύπων στεφάνοις τε καὶ τοῖς ἀπὸ γῆς ἄνθεσι καί τισιν ἄλλοις ἀσήμοις καὶ βαρβάροις ἤχοις τε καὶ φωναῖς κηλούμενοι, καὶ τοῖς τυχοῦσιν ἀνθρώποις χειρούμενοι, καὶ ὡσπερεὶ δεσμοῖς καταδουλούμενοι, ὥστε μηδὲ τὴν αὐτεξούσιον καὶ προαιρετικὴν σώζειν ἐφ᾿ ἑαυτοῖς δύναμιν;

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Eusebius, Praeperatio 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.tlg001.local001/.