# Historia ecclesiastica 3.5.9

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 3, Chapter 5. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/3.5.9

Ἐλέγον δὲ ταύτην τὴν πίστιν ὁλόγραφον εὑρηκέναι Λουκιανοῦ, τοῦ ἐν Νικομηδείᾳ μαρτυρήσαντος, ἀνδρὸς τά τε ἄλλα εὐδοκιμωτάτου, καὶ τὰς ἱερὰς γραφὰς εἰς ἄκρον ἠκριβωκότος: πότερον δὲ ἀληθῶς ταῦτα ἔφασαν, ἢ τὴν ἰδίαν γραφὴν σεμνοποιοῦντες τῷ ἀξιώματι τοῦ μάρτυρος, λέγειν οὐκ ἔχω.

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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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