# Historia ecclesiastica 1.13.8

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.13.8

Ἀργεῖν δὲ οὔτε αὐτὸς ἠνείχετο, καὶ τὸν μέλλοντα καλῶς βιοῦν, ἐργάζεσθαι παρεκελεύετο, καὶ καθ̓ ἑαυτὸν ἀνακρίνειν, καὶ λόγον τιθέναι ὧν ἐποίησε νύκτωρ καὶ καθ̓ ἡμέραν: εἰ δέ τι μὴ δέον πέπραχεν, ἀναγράφεσθαι τοῦτο, ἵνα τοῦ λοιποῦ φείδηται τῶν ἁμαρτημάτων, ἑαυτὸν αἰδούμενος εἰ πολλὰ εὕροι γεγραμμένα: ἅτε δεδιὼς, μὴ φωραθείσης αὐτῷ τῆς γραφῆς,

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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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