# Historia ecclesiastica 2.20.3

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.20.3

ἀναγκαίως φυλακτέος ἐστὶν εἰς τὴν αὐτοῦ διαδοχήν. Ἑδεδίει γὰρ μὴ τελευτήσαντος αὐτοῦ, καιρὸν εὑρόντες οἱ ἀμφὶ τὸν Εὐσέβιον καὶ Πατρόφιλον, οἱ δὴ τὰ Ἀρείου φρονοῦντες, ὁμοδόξῳ τὸν ἐνθάδε θρόνον ἐπιτρέψουσιν. Ἐπεὶ καὶ Μακαρίου περιόντος, νεωτερίσαι ἐπεχείρησαν: ἀφορισθέντες δὲ παῤ αὐτοῦ, διὰ τοῦτο ἡσυχίαν ἦγον.

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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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