# Historia ecclesiastica 1.5.1

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.5.1

Οὐκ ἀγνοῶ δὲ, ὡς Ἕλληνες λέγουσι, Κωνσταντῖνον ἀνελόντα τινὰς τῶν ἐγγυτάτω γένους, καὶ τῷ θανάτῳ Κρίσπου τοῦ ἑαυτοῦ παιδὸς συμπράξαντα, μεταμεληθῆναι, καὶ περὶ καθαρμοῦ κοινώσασθαι Σωπάτρῳ τῷ φιλοσόφῳ, κατ̓ ἐκεῖνο καιροῦ προεστῶτι τῆς Πλωτίνου διαδοχῆς: τὸν δὲ ἀποφῄνασθαι, μηδένα καθαρμὸν εἶναι τῶν τοιούτων ἁμαρτημάτων: ἀδημονοῦντα δὲ τὸν βασιλέα ἐπὶ τῇ ἀπαγορεύσει, περιτυχεῖν ἐπισκόποις, οἳ μετανοίᾳ καὶ βαπτίσματι ὑπέσχοντο πάσης αὐτὸν ἁμαρτίας καθαίρειν: ἡσθῆναί τε τούτοις κατὰ σκοπὸν εἰρηκόσι, καὶ θαυμάσαι τὸ δόγμα, καὶ Χριστιανὸν γενέσθαι, καὶ τοὺς ἀρχομένους ἐπὶ τοῦτο ἀγαγεῖν.

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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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