# Historia ecclesiastica 2.18.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 18. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.18.2

οὐδέποτε δὲ δικαίως αὐτὸν ἑλεῖν δόξαντες. Τὰ μὲν οὖν πρῶτα δἰ ἐπιστολῆς ἐπειράθη αὐτοῦ Εὐσέβιος, δέχεσθαι τοὺς περὶ Ἄρειον: εἰ δὲ ἀπειθήσει, κακῶς αὐτὸν ποιήσειν ἀγράφως ἠπείλει. Ὡς δὲ οὐκ εἶξε, μὴ δεκτοὺς εἶναι ἐνιστάμενος τοὺς ἐπὶ νεωτερισμῷ τῆς ἀληθείας αἵρεσιν εὑρόντας, καὶ παρὰ τῆς ἐν Νικαίᾳ συνόδου ἀποκηρυχθέντας, ἐσπούδαζεν ὅπως αὐτὸς ὁ βασιλεὺς προσδέξηται τὸν Ἄρειον, καὶ κάθοδον αὐτῷ παράσχῃ. Ἀλλὰ ταῦτα μὲν ὡς ἐγένετο,

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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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