# Historia ecclesiastica 1.1.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.1.9

Οὐ μὴν οὐδ̓ οὕτω παρὰ λόγον δόξειε, διὰ τῶν ἄλλων ἐθνῶν εἰς τὰ μάλιστα τὴν ἐκκλησίαν ἐπιδοῦναι. Πρῶτον μὲν, καθότι φιλεῖ ὁ Θεὸς τὰς ἐκ παραδόξου μεταβάσεις βραβεύειν ἐπὶ τοῖς θείοις καὶ μεγίστοις πράγμασιν: ἔπειτα δὲ, οὐ ταῖς τυχούσαις ἀρεταῖς τῶν ἐξ ἀρχῆς προστάντων αὐτῆς οἰκονομηθεῖσαν ἐστὶν εὑρεῖν τὴν θρησκείαν.

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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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