# Historia ecclesiastica 2.17.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.17.2

Καὶ μαρτυρεῖ Ἀπολινάριος ὁ Σύρος ὧδε λέγων Οὐκ ὀκνεῖ δὲ καὶ μετὰ ταῦτα πολεμεῖν ἡ δυσσέβεια ἀλλὰ πρῶτον μὲν ἐπὶ τὸν μακάριον διδάσκαλον τοῦ ἀνδρὸς ὁπλίζεται καὶ οὗτος παρῆν συνήγορος, ὡς πατρὶ παῖς: ἔπειτα καὶ ἐπ’ αὐτὸν, ὡς ἧκεν ἐπὶ τὴν τῆς ἐπισκοπῆς διαδοχὴν, πολλῇ μὲν ἀποφυγῇ χρησάμενος: κατὰ Θεὸν δὲ ἀνευρεθεὶς, ὡς καὶ τῷ μακαρίῳ ἀνδρὶ τῷ τὴν ἐπισκοπὴν ἐγχειρίσαντι προδεδήλωτο θείαις δηλώσεσιν, οὐχ ἕτερον ἔσεσθαι τὸν διάδοχον ἢ τοῦτον.

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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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