# Historia ecclesiastica 1.13.7

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 13. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.13.7

καὶ τοὺς τρόπους ἐρύθμιζε. Διὰ τοσούτων δὲ ἀρετῶν ἔμπλεως θείας προγνώσεως γεγονὼς, οὐχ ἡγεῖτο ἀρετὴν, προειδέναι τὸ μέλλον: καὶ κατὰ τοῦτο μὴ πονεῖν εἰκῆ περὶ τοῦτο συνεβούλευεν: οὔτε τὸν ἀγνοοῦντα τὰ ἐσόμενα εὐθύνας ὑφέξειν, οὔτε τὸν εἰδότα παρὰ τοῦτο ζηλωτὸν ἔσεσθαι ἀποφαινόμενος. Τὸ γὰρ ἀληθῶς μακάριον ὑπάρχειν, ἐν τῷ σέβειν τὸν Θεὸν εἶναι, καὶ τοὺς νόμους αὐτοῦ φυλάττειν. Εἰ δὲ καὶ τούτου, φησὶ, μέλει τῳ, καθαρευέτω τὴν ψυχήν: τουτὶ γὰρ δύνασθαι διορατικὴν αὐτὴν ποιεῖν, καὶ τῶν ἐσομένων ἐπιστήμονα, τοῦ Θεοῦ τὸ μέλλον προαναφαίνοντος.

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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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