# Historia ecclesiastica 1.8.5

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.8.5

Τάδε μὲν, ὡς εἴρηται, τῷ βασιλεῖ ἔδοξε, καὶ νόμῳ ἐκυρώθη, ἀμέλλητί τε τοῦ προσήκοντος τέλους ἐτύγχανε. Χριστιανοὶ δὲ ὡς ἐπίπαν τὰς Ῥωμαίων ἀρχὰς ἐπετρόπευον: καὶ τοῦ λοιποῦ θύειν ἀπείρητο πᾶσιν, ἢ μαντείαις καὶ τελεταῖς κεχρῆσθαι, ἢ ξόανα ἀνατιθέναι, ἢ Ἑλληνικὰς ἄγειν ἑορτάς. Πολλὰ δὲ καὶ τῶν κατὰ πόλεις ἐθῶν, ἠμείβετο τῆς ἀρχαιότητος. Ἀμέλει τοι παρὰ μὲν Αἰγυπτίοις οὐκέτι εἰς τοὺς εἰωθότας Ἑλληνικοὺς ναοὺς, εἰς δὲ τὰς ἐκκλησίας ἐξ ἐκείνου προφέρεται ὁ πῆχυς, ᾧ σημαίνεται τῶν τοῦ Νείλου ὑδάτων ἡ ἐπίδοσις.

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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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