# Historia Ecclesiastica 16.2-3

Gelasius, Historia Ecclesiastica, 16.2 to 16.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gelasius/historia-ecclesiastica/16.2

ἐγὼ δὲ φαίην ὑπουργὸν ἐν τοῖς κτίσμασι γεγενῆσθαι αὐτὸν ὑπὸ τοῦ θεοῦ. ἐδεῖτο γὰρ ὁ θεὸς ὑπουργοῦ εἰς τὴν τοῦ ἀνθρώπου καὶ τοῦ κόσμου κατασκευήν. διὸ μέλλων ὁ δημιουργὸς θεὸς κτίζειν τὰς κτιστὰς φύσεις ὑπεστήσατο ἑαυτῷ ἐργαλεῖον, δι᾿ οὑ κτίσει πάσας τὰς φύσεις. ὥσπερ γὰρ ὁ τέκτων προϋφιστᾷ ἐργαλεῖα εἰς τὴν τῶν ὑπ’ αὐτοῦ μελλόντων γίνεσθαι κατασκευήν, οὕτως ἔστι νοῆσαι καὶ ἐπὶ τοῦ θεοῦ, ὅτι ὑποστήσας ἑαυτῷ ὡς ἐργαλεῖον τὸν υἱὸν ἔκτισε δι᾿ αὐτοῦ τὸν κόσμον.

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Gelasius, Historia Ecclesiastica, ed. Gerhard Loeschke, Margret Heinemann. 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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