# Historia ecclesiastica 1.8.1

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 1, Chapter 8. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.8.1

Κωνσταντῖνος δὲ, εἰς μόνον αὐτὸν πάσης τῆς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχῆς περιστάσης, γράμματι δημοσίῳ προηγόρευσε τοῖς ἀνὰ τὴν ἕω ὑπηκόοις, τὴν Χριστιανῶν σέβειν θρησκείαν, καὶ τὸ θεῖον ἐπιμελῶς θεραπεύειν: θεῖον δὲ νοεῖν μόνον, ὃ καὶ ὄντως ἐστὶ, καὶ διαρκῆ κατὰ παντὸς τοῦ χρόνου τὴν δύναμιν ἔχει. Τάδε μὲν γὰρ σπουδάζουσιν, ἄφθονα πάντα τὰ ἀγαθὰ φιλεῖν προσγίνεσθαι: καὶ ἅπερ ἂν ἐγχειρῶσι, μετὰ χρηστῶν ἐλπίδων ἀπαντᾷν: τοῖς δὲ περὶ τὸ κρεῖττον ἁμαρτάνουσι, κοινῇ καὶ ἰδίᾳ ἐν πολέμοις τε καὶ εἰρήνῃ πάντα δυσχερῆ συμβαίνειν.

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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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