# Historia ecclesiastica 1.22.2-3

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 1.22.2 to 1.22.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.22.2

Τί οὖν, ἔφη ὁ βασιλεὺς, ὁμοίως φρονῶν, χωρίζῃ τῆς κοινωνίας; τοῦ δὲ προφέροντος τὴν ἐπὶ Δεκίου Ναυάτῳ καὶ Κορνηλίῳ συμβᾶσαν διαφορὰν, καὶ ὡς μετὰ τὸ βάπτισμα κοινωνίας οὐκ ἀξιοῖ μυστηρίων τοὺς ἁμαρτίας ἐνόχους, ἣν πρὸς θάνατον καλοῦσιν αἱ θεῖαι γραφαί: Θεοῦ γὰρ ἐξουσίας μόνου, οὐχ ἱερέων ἠρτῆσθαι τὴν ἄφεσιν: ὑπολαβὼν ὁ βασιλεὺς εἶπεν: ὦ Ἀκέσιε, κλίμακα θὲς, καὶ μόνος εἰς οὐρανοὺς ἀνάβηθι. Ταῦτα δὲ οἶμαι εἰπεῖν τὸν βασιλέα πρὸς Ἀκέσιον, οὐκ ἐπαινοῦντα: ἀλλ̓ ὅτι ἄνθρωποι ὄντες, ἀναμαρτήτους σφᾶς εἶναι νομίζουσιν.

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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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