# Historia ecclesiastica 2.20.2

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 20. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.20.2

Ἐπεὶ δὲ χαλεπῶς τὸ πλῆθος ἔφερεν, οὗ τῆς ἀρετῆς ἐπειράθη ἀποστερούμενον, καὶ στάσις ἠπειλεῖτο, ἔδοξεν εὖ ἔχειν, Διοσπολίταις μὲν ἕτερον αἱρεῖσθαι ἐπίσκοπον, Μάξιμον δὲ ἐν Ἱεροσολύμοις μεῖναι, καὶ Μακαρίῳ συνιερᾶσθαι: μετὰ δὲ τὴν αὐτοῦ τελευτὴν, ἡγεῖσθαι τῆς ἐκκλησίας. Ἰστέον μέντοι ὡς οἱ τάδε ἠκριβωκότες, κατὰ γνώμην Μακαρίου γενέσθαί τε καὶ σπουδασθῆναι τῷ πλήθει ταῦτα, ἰσχυρίζονται: φασὶ γὰρ αὐτὸν μεταμεληθῆναι ἐπὶ τῇ Μαξίμου χειροτονίᾳ, ἐπιλογισάμενον ὡς ὀρθῶς περὶ Θεοῦ δοξάζων, καὶ διὰ τὴν ὁμολογίαν τῷ λαῷ κεχαρισμένος,

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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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