# Historia ecclesiastica 2.9.12

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 2, Chapter 9. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/2.9.12

Καὶ ὥστε τοῦτο δῆλον γενέσθαι, κήρυξ βοῶν σημανεῖ πᾶσιν, ὅτι Οὐσθαζάνης τὴν κεφαλὴν ἀποτέμνεται, μοχθηρὸς μὲν οὐδαμῶς ἔν τινι ἐν τοῖς βασιλείοις φανεὶς, Χριστιανὸς δὲ ὢν, καὶ τὸν ἴδιον Θεὸν ἀρνήσασθαι τῷ βασιλεῖ μὴ πειθόμενος.

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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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