# Historia ecclesiastica 2.4.7

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 4. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.4.7

Δείκνυσι δὲ αὐτοῦ τὴν εὐσεβῆ μέμψιν, ἡ περὶ τούτου γραφεῖσα ἐπιστολὴ Μακαρίῳ τῷ Ἱεροσολύμων ἐπισκόπῳ, καὶ Εὐσεβίῳ τῷ Παμφίλου, καὶ τοῖς ἄλλοις Παλαιστινῶν ἐπισκόποις: οὓς καὶ κατὰ ταυτὸν συνελθεῖν προσέταξε τοῖς ἐκ Φοινίκης ἐπισκόποις: ὥστε τοῦ πρότερον ἐνθάδε βωμοῦ ἀνακαθαιρουμένου ἐκ βάθρων, πυρί τε τῶν ξοάνων παραδεδομένων, ἐκκλησίαν αὐτόθι διαγράψαι, τῆς τοῦ τόπου ἀρχαιότητος καὶ σεμνότητος ἀξίαν, καὶ τοῦ λοιποῦ προνοεῖν, ἐλεύθερον σπονδῶν καὶ θυμάτων τοῦτον εἶναι: ὥστε μηδὲν ἕτερον πράττεσθαι, ἢ τὸν Θεὸν θρησκεύειν κατὰ τὸν τῆς ἐκκλησίας νόμον.

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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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