# Historia ecclesiastica 1.3.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.3.6

Ἐπεὶ δὲ τοῦτο παντελῶς ὀλίγων καὶ θείων ἀνδρῶν ἐστὶ κατορθῶσαι, ἐδίδασκον δεύτερον καθαρμὸν τετάχθαι ἐκ μετανοίας. Φιλάνθρωπον γὰρ ὄντα τὸν Θεὸν, συγγνώμην νέμειν τοῖς ἐπταικόσιν, εἰ μεταμεληθῶσι, καὶ ἔργοις ἀγαθοῖς τὴν μεταμέλειαν βεβαιώσουσι.

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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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