# Historia ecclesiastica 2.17.9

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.17.9

Οὓς ἐπιμελῶς ἀνέκρινεν Ἀλέξανδρος, τί μὲν αὐτοὺς ἤρετο ἢ ἐποίησεν ὁ τῆς παιδιᾶς ἱερεύς: τί δὲ αὐτοὶ ἀπεκρίναντο ἢ ἐδιδάχθησαν. Ἀνευρὼν δὲ πᾶσαν τὴν ἐκκλησιαστικὴν τάξιν ἀκριβῶς ἐπ’ αὐτοῖς φυλαχθεῖσαν, ἐδοκίμασεν ἅμα τοῖς ἀμφ̓ αὐτὸν ἱερεῦσι βουλευσάμενος, μὴ χρῆναι ἀναβαπτίσαι τοὺς ἅπαξ ἐν ἁπλότητι τῆς θείας χάριτος ἀξιωθέντας. Τὰ δὲ ἄλλα περὶ αὐτοὺς ἐπλήρου, ἃ θέμις μόνους τοὺς ἱερωμένους μυσταγωγοῦντας τελεῖν.

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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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