# Historia ecclesiastica 1.1.5

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 1. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.1.5

Καὶ Ἰώσηπος δὲ ὁ Ματθίου ὁ ἱερεὺς, ἀνὴρ παρά τε Ἰουδαίοις καὶ Ῥωμαίοις ἐπιδοξότατος γενόμενος, ἀξιόχρεως ἂν εἴη μάρτυς τῆς περὶ Χριστοῦ ἀληθείας. Ἄνδρα μὲν γὰρ αὐτὸν ἀποκαλεῖν ὀκνεῖ, ὡς παραδόξων ἔργων ποιητὴν, καὶ διδάσκαλον λόγων ἀληθῶν: Χριστὸν δὲ περιφανῶς ὀνομάζει, καὶ τῷ σταυρῷ καταδικασθῆναι, καὶ τριταῖον ζῶντα φανῆναι. Καὶ ἄλλα μυρία θαυμάσια περὶ αὐτοῦ προειρῆσθαι τοῖς θείοις προφήταις οὐκ ἀγνοεῖ. Πολλοὺς δὲ ὄντας οὓς ἐπηγάγετο Ἕλληνάς τε καὶ Ἰουδαίους, ἐπιμεῖναι ἀγαπῶντας αὐτὸν μαρτυρεῖ, καὶ τὸ ἀπ̓ αὐτοῦ ὠνομασμένον μὴ ἐπιλεῖψαι φῦλον.

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Sozomenus, Salaminius Hermias, Historia ecclesiastica, ed. Robert Hussey. 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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