# Historia ecclesiastica 1.20.3

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.20.3

Ἵνα δὲ καὶ εἰς τὸν ἑξῆς χρόνον βέβαιον καὶ δῆλον τοῖς ἐσομένοις ὑπάρχῃ τὸ σύμβολον τῆς τότε συναρεσάσης πίστεως, ἀναγκαῖον ᾠήθην εἰς ἀπόδειξιν τῆς ἀληθείας αὐτὴν τὴν περὶ τούτων γραφὴν παραθέσθαι: εὐσεβῶν δὲ φίλων καὶ τὰ τοιαῦτα ἐπιστημόνων, οἷα δὲ μύσταις καὶ μυσταγωγοῖς μόνοις δέον τάδε λέγειν καὶ ἀκούειν ὑφηγουμένων, ἐπῄνεσα τὴν βουλήν: οὐ γὰρ ἀπεικὸς καὶ τῶν ἀμυήτων τινὰς τῇδε τῇ βίβλῳ ἐντυχεῖν: ὡς ἔνι δὲ τῶν ἀπορρήτων ἃ χρὴ σιωπᾷν ἀποκρυψάμενον: ὡς μὴ πάμπαν ἀγνοεῖν τὰ δόξαντα τῇ συνόδῳ.

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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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