# Historia ecclesiastica 4.16.15

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/4.16.15

τί ποτε χρὴ περὶ τῆς συνόδου ποιεῖν. Ὁ δὲ, ὡς εἰκὸς, ἐπὶ εὐσεβείᾳ δἰ ἐπιστολῆς ἐπαινέσας αὐτὸν, καὶ ἐπὶ τῷ πάθει Νικομηδείας παραμυθησάμενος ἐξ ὑποδειγμάτων ἱερῶν ἱστοριῶν, παροτρύνει ἐπιταχύναι τὴν σύνοδον, καὶ μὴ καθυφεῖναι, ὡς ὑπὲρ εὐσεβείας τῆς σπουδῆς οὔσης: μηδὲ ἀπράκτους ἀποπέμψαι τοὺς ἐπὶ τούτῳ συλλεγομένους ἱερέας, ἅπαξ ἐξεληλυθότας, καὶ κατὰ τὴν ὁδοιπορίαν ὄντας. Ὥρισε δὲ τῇ συνόδῳ τόπον ἀντὶ Νικομηδείας τὴν Νίκαιαν,

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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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