# Historia ecclesiastica 1.9.4-5

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 1.9.4 to 1.9.5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/1.9.4

παρὰ τὸ κοινῇ κρατοῦν ἐν τῇ Ῥωμαίων πολιτείᾳ. Περὶ πάντων γὰρ εὖ βούλεσθαι ᾠήθη, οἷς ἔργον ἀεὶ τὸ θεῖον θεραπεύειν, καὶ φιλοσοφίαν ἀσκεῖν. Ἐπεὶ τούτου χάριν καὶ οἱ πάλαι Ῥωμαῖοι ἀδεῶς διατίθεσθαι τὰς Ἑστιακὰς παρθένους καὶ ἑξαετεῖς οὔσας, ἐνομοθέτησαν. Τεκμήριον δὲ κἀκεῖνο μέγιστον τῆς τοῦ βασιλέως περὶ τὴν θρησκείαν αἰδοῦς. Τοὺς μὲν γὰρ πανταχῆ κληρικοὺς θέσει νόμου ἀτελεῖς ἀνῆκε: τῶν δὲ ἐπισκόπων ἐπικαλεῖσθαι τὴν κρίσιν ἐπέτρεψε τοῖς δικαζομένοις, ἢν βούλωνται τοὺς πολιτικοὺς ἄρχοντας παραιτεῖσθαι: κυρίαν δὲ εἶναι τὴν αὐτῶν ψῆφον, καὶ κρείττω τῆς τῶν ἄλλων δικαστῶν, ὡσανεὶ παρὰ τοῦ βασιλέως ἐξενεχθεῖσαν: εἰς ἔργον δὲ τὰ κρινόμενα ἄγειν τοὺς ἄρχοντας,

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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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