# Historia ecclesiastica 1.12.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.12.7

λῆξιν. Ἀναπνέουσα δὲ διαπαντὸς τὴν εἰς τὸ θεῖον εὐλάβειαν, αἰσχρορρημοσύνης ἀηδίαν ἀποστρέφεται, μηδὲ μέχρι φωνῆς ἀνεχομένη τούτων, ὧν τὰς πράξεις τῆς οἰκείας ἀγωγῆς ἀφώρισεν. Ἐπὶ βραχύ τε συστέλλουσα τὴν χρείαν τῆς φύσεως, καὶ τὸ σῶμα συναναγκάζουσα τῶν μετρίων δεῖσθαι, σωφροσύνῃ μὲν τῆς ἀκολασίας κρατεῖ, δικαιοσύνῃ δὲ τὴν ἀδικίαν κολάζει, καὶ ἀληθείᾳ τὸ ψεῦδος, καὶ εὐταξίᾳ τῶν ἐπὶ πᾶσι μέτρων μεταλαγχάνει.

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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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