# Historia ecclesiastica 4.17.1

Sozomenus, Historia ecclesiastica, Book 4, Chapter 17. Ancient Greek.

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/4.17.1

Πεισθεὶς δὲ ὁ βασιλεὺς, ὡς οὔτε τῷ δημοσίῳ λυσιτελεῖ διὰ τὴν δαπάνην, οὔτε τοῖς ἐπισκόποις διὰ τὰς μακρὰς ὁδοὺς, εἰς ταὐτὸν πάντας συνελθεῖν, διεῖλε τὴν σύνοδον: καὶ γράφει τοῖς τότε ἐν Ἀριμίνῳ καὶ Σελευκείᾳ, τὰ περὶ τῆς πίστεως ἀμφίβολα προδιαθεῖναι: ἐν τέλει δὲ διαλαβεῖν κατὰ τὸν τῆς ἐκκλησίας θεσμὸν, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἀδίκως καθῃρῆσθαι ἢ ὑπερορίας οἰκεῖν μεμφομένων ἐπισκόπων, ὧν εἷς ἦν Κύριλλος Ἱεροσολύμων, καὶ περὶ τῶν ἐπαγομένων ἐγκλημάτων τισὶ τῶν ἐπισκόπων δικάσαι: κατηγόρουν γὰρ ἄλλοι ἄλλων: Γεωργίου δὲ Αἰγύπτιοι, ἁρπαγῶν καὶ ὕβρεων: ἐπὶ κεκριμένοις δὲ πᾶσι, δέκα ἑκατέρωθεν καταλαβεῖν τὰ βασίλεια ἐπὶ μηνύσει τῶν γεγενημένων.

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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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