# Historia ecclesiastica 3.16.8

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 3, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/3.16.8

Ἡλίκος μὲν οὖν τὴν φύσιν ἐγεγόνει, καὶ ἐκ τούτου τεκμαίρεσθαι χρεών. Ἦν δὲ καὶ τὸν βίον ἐξ ἀγαθῶν ἔργων καὶ ἀκριβοῦς πολιτείας ἐπιφανὴς, καὶ ἡσυχίας εἰς ἄγαν ἐραστής. Σεμνὸς δὲ, καὶ τὰς διαβολὰς ἐπὶ τοσοῦτον εὐλαβούμενος,

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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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