# Historia ecclesiastica 3.14.31

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 3, Chapter 14. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/3.14.31

τελεώτερον δὲ, εἰ ὁ Θεὸς θελήσειε, τοῖς ἑξῆς εἰρήσεται περὶ αὐτῶν. Ἀρμενίοις δὲ καὶ Παφλαγόσι, καὶ τοῖς πρὸς τὸν Πόντον οἰκοῦσι, λέγεται Εὐστάθιος ὁ τὴν ἐν Σεβαστείᾳ τῆς Ἀρμενίας ἐκκλησίαν ἐπιτροπεύσας, μοναχικῆς πολιτείας ἆρξαι: καὶ τῆς ἐν ταύτῃ σπουδαίας ἀγωγῆς, ἐδεσμάτων τε ὧν χρὴ μετέχειν καὶ ἀπέχεσθαι, καὶ ἐσθῆτος ᾗ δεῖ κεχρῆσθαι, καὶ ἠθῶν, καὶ πολιτείας ἀκριβοῦς εἰσηγητὴν γενόμενον: ὡς καὶ τὴν ἐπιγεγραμμένην Βασιλείου τοῦ Καππαδόκου Ἀσκητικὴν βίβλον ἰσχυρίζεσθαί τινας αὐτοῦ γραφὴν εἶναι.

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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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