# Historia ecclesiastica 1.3.4

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.3.4

Ἐπεὶ δὲ λοιπὸν ἑρμηνέως οὐδὲν ἔδει, ἀλλὰ περιφανῶς ἐδείχθη τῷ βασιλεῖ ᾗ χρὴ περὶ Θεοῦ νομίζειν, ἅμα ἡμέρᾳ συγκαλέσας τοὺς ἱερέας τοῦ Χριστοῦ, περὶ τοῦ δόγματος ἐπυνθάνετο. Οἱ δὲ, τὰς ἱερὰς βίβλους προϊσχόμενοι, τὰ περὶ Χριστοῦ ἐξηγοῦντο: καὶ πρὶν γενέσθαι, σαφῆ τὴν ἐπὶ τούτοις πρόρρησιν ἐκ τῶν προφητῶν ἀπέδειξαν. Τὸ δὲ φανὲν αὐτῷ σημεῖον σύμβολον εἶναι ἔλεγον τῆς κατὰ τοῦ ᾅδου νίκης, ἣν εἰς ἀνθρώπους ἐλθὼν κατώρθωσε τῷ σταυρωθῆναι καὶ ἀποθανεῖν καὶ τριταῖος ἀναβιῶναι.

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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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