# Historia ecclesiastica 1.18.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.18.2

ὥστε πρὸς ἑαυτοὺς στασιάζειν καὶ ἐναντία δοκεῖν. Λέγεται οὖν, ὥς τινος αὐτῶν ὑπὸ φιλοτιμίας λόγων κομπάζοντος, καὶ τοῖς ἱερεῦσιν ἐπιτωθάζοντος, οὐκ ἤνεγκε τὸν τύφον γέρων ἁπλοῦς τις τῶν ἐν ὁμολογίαις εὐδοκιμησάντων. Τοιούτων δὲ σκινδαλμῶν καὶ τερθρίας ἄμοιρος ὢν, τὸν πρὸς αὐτὸν ἀνεδέξατο λόγον. Ἐπὶ τοῦτο δὲ, τοῖς μὲν προπετέσι τῶν εἰδότων τὸν ὁμολογητὴν γέλωτα ἐκίνησε τὸ πράγμα, τοῖς δὲ ἐπιεικέσι δέος, προορωμένοις μὴ παρὰ ἀνδρὶ τεχνίτῃ λόγων γελοῖος φανείη.

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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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