# Historia ecclesiastica 2.5.6

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.5.6

Τούτων οὕτω συμβάντων, κατὰ σκοπὸν προὐχώρει τῷ βασιλεῖ τὸ σπουδαζόμενον. Οἱ μὲν γὰρ τὰ πρὶν σεμνὰ καὶ φοβερὰ εἰκῆ ἐρριμμένα, καὶ καλάμης καὶ φορυτοῦ ἔνδοθεν βεβυσμένα ὁρῶντες, εἰς καταφρόνησιν ἦλθον τῶν πρότερον σεβασμίων, καὶ πλάνην τοῖς προγόνοις ἐμέμφοντο. Οἱ δὲ, ζηλώσαντες τοὺς Χριστιανοὺς τῆς παρὰ τῷ βασιλεῖ τιμῆς, ἀναγκαῖον ᾠήθησαν τὰ τοῦ κρατοῦντος ἤδη μιμήσασθαι. Ἄλλοι δὲ, καθέντες ἑαυτοὺς εἰς διάσκεψιν τοῦ δόγματος, ἢ σημείοις, ἢ ὀνείρασιν, ἢ ἐπισκόπων ἢ μοναχῶν συνουσίαις, ἐδοκίμασαν ἄμεινον εἶναι χριστιανίζειν.

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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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