# Historia ecclesiastica 1.12.10

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 12. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.12.10

Γράφει γὰρ, ἀρχομένους αὐτοὺς τοῦ φιλοσοφεῖν ἐξίστασθαι τῶν ὄντων τοῖς προσήκουσι, καὶ πράγμασι καὶ ἐπιμιξίαις ἀπαγορεύοντας, ἔξω τειχῶν ἐν μοναγρίαις καὶ ἐν κήποις διατρίβειν: οἰκήματα δὲ αὐτοῖς εἶναι ἱερὰ, ἃ καλεῖται μοναστήρια, ἐν τούτοις δὲ μεμονωμένους σεμνὰ μυστήρια ἐπιτελεῖν: ἐπιμελῶς δὲ ψαλμοῖς καὶ ὕμνοις τὸ θεῖον θεραπεύειν: καὶ πρὸ ἡλίου δύσεως μὴ ἀπογεύεσθαι τροφῆς, τοὺς δὲ διὰ τριῶν ἡμερῶν καὶ πλειόνων: καὶ λοιπὸν, ῥηταῖς ἡμέραις χαμευνεῖν, καὶ οἴνου πάμπαν καὶ ἐναίμων ἀπέχεσθαι: ὄψον δὲ αὐτοῖς εἶναι ἄρτον καὶ ἅλας καὶ ὕσσωπον, καὶ ποτὸν ὕδωρ: γυναῖκας δὲ αὐτοῖς συνεῖναι γηραλέας παρθένους,

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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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