# Historia Ecclesiastica 7.8

Gelasius, Historia Ecclesiastica, ΛΟΓΟΣ Γ, Chapter 7. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/gelasius/historia-ecclesiastica/7.8

Διόπερ τοῦ ποθουμένου τυχοῦσα, λοιπὸν καὶ περὶ τὴν τῶν ἥλων ἀναζήτησιν ἀδιστάκτως ἑαυτὴν ἐπιδίδωσιν, ἐν οἷς τὸ κυριακὸν σῶμα ἐν τῷ τοῦ σταυροῦ ξύλῳ καθήλωτο. καὶ εὑροῦσα τὰ μὲν εἰς τὸ βασιλίκὸν ἐνέβαλε κρόνος, τῆς τοῦ παιδὸς προμηθουμένη κεφαλῆς, ἵνα τὰ τῶν πολεμίων ἀποκρούηται βέλη· ὅπερ κράνος ἅτε θεῖον δῶρον πρὸς τὸν υἱὸν μετεκόμισε. τὰ δὲ λοιπὰ τῶν ἥλων τῷ τοῦ βασιλικοῦ ἵππου χαλκεύσασα ἀνέμιξε χαλινῷ, ἀσφάλειαν μὲν μηχανωμένη τῷ βασιλεῖ, καὶ παλαιᾷ προφητείᾳ πέρας ἐπιθήσασα. πόρρωθεν γὰρ Ζαχαρίας ὁ προφήτης ἐβόα· »καὶ ἔσται τὸ ἐπὶ τοῦ χαλινοῦ ἅγιον τῷ κυρίῳ παντοκράτορι«.

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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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