# Vita Constantini 3.1.2

Eusebius, Vita Constantini, Book 3, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/vita-constantini/3.1.2

αὐτίκα δ´ οὖν οἱ μὲν θεοὺς τοὺς μὴὄντας παντοίαις ἀνάγκαις ἐβιάζοντο σέβειν τοῦ ὄντος ἀφεστῶτες, ὁ δὲ τοὺς μὴ ὄντας ὅτι μὴ εἰσὶν ἔργοις καὶ λόγοις ἀπελέγχων τὸν μόνον ὄντα περεκάλει γνωρίζειν. εἶτα οἱ μὲν βλασφήμοις τὸν Χριστὸν τοῦ θεοῦ διεχλεύαζον φωναὶς, ὀ δὲ ἐφ’ ᾧ μέλιστα οἱ ἄθεοι τὰς βλασφημίας ἐκίνουν τοῦὸ νικητικὸν ἐπεγράφετο φυλακτήριον, τῷ τοῦ πάθους σεμνυνόμενος τροπαίῳ. οἱ μὲν ἤλαυνον ἀοίκους καὶ ἀνεστίους καθιστῶντες τοὺς θεραπευτὰς τοῦ θεοῦ, ὁ δὲ ἀνεκαλεῖτο τοὺς πάντας καὶ ταὶς οἰκείαις ἀπεδίδου ἑστίαις.

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Eusebius, Vita Constantini, ed. Ivar A. Heikel. 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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