# Historia ecclesiastica 4.16.12

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 4, Chapter 16. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/4.16.12

ἐν ᾗ τὰ πρῶτα τὸν Χριστὺν ἐπέγνω, καὶ τῆς ἐκκλησιαστικῆς φιλοσοφίας μετέσχεν. Ἀλλ̓ ἐπεὶ φέρων ἡμᾶς ὁ λόγος εἰς τὸν ἄνδρα τοῦτον ἤγαγεν, ἰστέον ὡς ὑπὸ θεοφιλίας ἱκανὸς ἦν δαίμονας ἀπελαύνειν, καὶ τοὺς ὀχλουμένους ὑπ’ αὐτῶν καθαίρειν. Οὕτω γοῦν δαιμονιῶν τις ξίφος σπασάμενος, ἀνὰ τὴν ἀγορὰν ἔθεε: φευγόντων δὲ πάντων, καὶ θορύβου τὴν πόλιν ἔχοντος, ὑπαντώμενος αὐτῷ τὸν Χριστὸν ἐπωνόμασε, καὶ τῷ λόγῳ κατέβαλε: καὶ αὐτίκα ἐκάθῃρε, καὶ σωφρονεῖν ἐποίησε.

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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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