# Historia ecclesiastica 2.15.3

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 15. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.15.3

Ἔπειτα δὲ τῆς περὶ τὸ δόγμα προνοίας, ἵλεω καὶ αὐτὸ ἕξειν τὸ θεῖον ὑπισχνεῖτο, τεκμηρίοις χρώμενος τοῖς Οὐαλλεριανῷ καὶ αὐτῷ συμβεβηκόσιν. Αὐτὸς μὲν γὰρ διὰ τὴν εἰς Χριστὸν πίστιν συμμάχῳ χρώμενος τῇ θεόθεν ῥοπῇ, ἐκ τοῦ πρὸς δύσιν ὠκεανοῦ ἀρξάμενος, τὴν πᾶσαν Ῥωμαίων οἰκουμένην ὑφ̓ ἑαυτὸν ἐποιήσατο: καὶ πολλοὺς πολέμους κατώρθωσε, πρὸς ἀλλοφύλους καὶ τοὺς τότε τυράννους μαχόμενος: καὶ μὴ δεηθῆναι σφαγίων ἢ μαντείων τινῶν: ἀλλὰ ἀποχρῆσαι αὐτῷ εἰς νίκην τὸ τοῦ σταυροῦ σύμβολον,

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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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