# Vita Constantini 3.21.1

Eusebius, Vita Constantini, Book 3, Chapter 21. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/eusebius-scr-eccl-et-theol/vita-constantini/3.21.1

Ἐπειδὴ δὲ λοιπὸν ἡ σύνοδος ἀναλύειν ἤμελλεν, συντατιμίαν συγκαλέσας ἡμέραν, παροῦσι δὲ τὴν πρὸς φιλονείκους ἔριδας ἐκτρέπεσθαι, μηδὲ βασκίνειν, εἴ τις εὐδοκιμῶν ἐν ἐπισκόποις φαινοιτο τρέπεσθαι, μηδὲ βασκαίνειν, εἴ τις εὐδοκιμῶν ἐν ἐπισκόποις φαίνοιτο σοφίας ἐν λόγῳ, κοινὸν δ’ ἡγεῖσθαι τἀγαθὸν τῆς ἑνὸς ἀρετῆς, μηδὲ μὴν τῶν μετριωτέρων κατεπαίρεσθαι τοὺς κρείττονας, θεοῦ γὰρ εἶναι τὸ κριτήριον τῶν ἀληθεὶ λόγῳ κρειττόνων, καὶ τοὶς ἀσθενεστέροις δὲ δεῖν ὑποκατακλίνεθαι λόγῳ συγγνώμης, τῷ τὸ τέλειον ἁπανταχοῦ σπάνιον τυγχάνειν.

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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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