# Historia ecclesiastica 2.23.7

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.23.7

καὶ τοὺς κατὰ τῆς ἐκκλησίας θορύβους. Αὐτόν τε τοῦ λοιποῦ μὴ συγχωρήσειν τὰ τοιαῦτα: ἀλλὰ δικαστὴν ἔσεσθαι κατὰ τοὺς πολιτικοὺς νόμους, εἰ μὴ ἡσυχίαν ἄγοιεν, καὶ δίκην λαβεῖν παῤ αὐτῶν, ὡς οὐ μόνον ἀδίκως τοῖς ἀθῴοις ἐπιβουλευόντων, ἀλλ̓ ἀδίκως τῇ εὐταξίᾳ τῆς ἐκκλησίας καὶ τῇ εὐσεβείᾳ λυμαινομένων. Τοιαῦτα γράψας ὁ βασιλεὺς Ἀθανασίῳ, προσέταξεν εἰς τὸ κοινὸν ἀναγνωσθῆναι τὴν ἐπιστολὴν, ἵν̓ εἰδέναι πάντες ἔχοιεν τὴν αὐτοῦ προαίρεσιν.

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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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