# Historia ecclesiastica 2.23.1

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 23. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.23.1

Μελιτιανοὶ δὲ τῆς προτέρας ἀποτυχόντες πείρας, ἑτέρας ὕφαινον κατὰ Ἀθανασίου γραφάς: τὴν μὲν, ὡς ποτήριον ἱερὸν συνέτριψε: τὴν δὲ, ὡς Ἀρσένιον τινὰ κτείνας, ἐξέτεμεν αὐτοῦ τὸν βραχίονα, καὶ παῤ ἑαυτῷ ἔχει γοητείας ἕνεκα. Οἷα δὲ κληρικὸς, ἐλέγετο ὁ Ἀρσένιος οὗτος ἁμαρτήματι περιπεσὼν κρύπτεσθαι:

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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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