# Historia ecclesiastica 3.18.1-3

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, 3.18.1 to 3.18.3. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/3.18.1

Οὐ μὴν ἀλλὰ καὶ περὶ αὐτὸ τὸ δόγμα τὰ πρῶτα τὴν πατρῴαν ἐφύλαττον δόξαν: ἄμφω γὰρ ἐπαινέται τῆς ἐν Νικαίᾳ πίστεως. Καὶ Κώνστας μὲν οὕτω διαμείνας ἐτελεύτησε: Κωνστάντιος δὲ μέχρι μέν τινος ὁμοίως εἶχε. Μετὰ ταῦτα δὲ διαβληθείσης τῆς τοῦ ὁμοουσίου λέξεως, τῆς προτέρας παρεκινήθη γνώμης: οὐ μὴν παντελῶς ἀπέσχετο τοῦ κατ̓ οὐσίαν ὅμοιον εἶναι τὸν Υἱὸν συνομολογεῖν τῷ Πατρί. Οἱ δὲ ἀμφὶ τὸν Εὐσέβιον, καὶ ἄλλοι τινὲς τῶν τότε ἀνὰ τὴν ἕω ἐπὶ λόγῳ καὶ βίῳ θαυμαζομένων ἐπισκόπων, διαφορὰν, ὡς ἔγνωμεν, εἰσηγοῦντο τοῦ ὁμοούσιον λέγειν καὶ κατ̓ οὐσίαν ὅμοιον, ὅπερ ὁμοιούσιον ὠνόμαζον. Τὸ μὲν γὰρ ὁμοούσιον, ἐπὶ σωμάτων κυρίως νοεῖσθαι, οἷον ἀνθρώπων καὶ τῶν ἄλλων ζώων, καὶ δένδρων καὶ φυτῶν, οἷς ἐξ ὁμοίου ἡ μετουσία καὶ ἡ γένεσίς ἐστι: τὸ δὲ ὁμοιούσιον, ἐπὶ ἀσωμάτων, οἷον ἐπὶ Θεοῦ καὶ Ἀγγέλων, ἑκατέρου πρὸς ἑαυτὸν νοουμένου κατ̓ ἰδίαν οὐσίαν.

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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.
License: CC BY-SA 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/). Source: https://thegreeklibrary.pages.lisn.upsaclay.fr/works/tlg2048.tlg001.local002/.