# Historia ecclesiastica 4.17.6

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

Canonical: https://interlinea.aeterna-institute.org/library/greek/sozomenus/historia-ecclesiastica/4.17.6

Ἐπεὶ δὲ ταῦτα περιέχουσαν καὶ τὴν προκομισθεῖσαν παῤ αὐτῶν γραφὴν ἀνέγνωσαν, οἱ μὲν πλείους μηδὲν δεῖσθαι νεωτέρας πίστεως ἰσχυρίζοντο: ἀλλ̓ ἀρκεῖσθαι τοῖς ἤδη δόξασι πρὸ αὐτῶν: συνεληλυθέναι δὲ νῦν, ἵνα εἴτι καινοτομοῖτο κατὰ τούτων, κωλύσωσιν: εἰ δὲ μηδὲν παρὰ ταῦτα καινοτομεῖ τὰ ἀνεγνωσμένα, λέγειν ἐξῄτουν τοὺς εἰσηγητὰς ταύτης τῆς γραφῆς, καὶ φανερῶς ἀποκηρύττειν τὸ Ἀρείου δόγμα, ὡς θορύβου αἴτιον εἰσέτι νῦν ἐξ ἐκείνου γενόμενον ταῖς πανταχοῦ ἐκκλησίαις.

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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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